In 1998 Honolulu's urban population was 395,789, up from a 1990 census figure of 365,272. The population of the metropolitan area was 872,478 in 1998, up from 836,231 in 1990.
Ethnically and culturally, Honolulu is different from many United States cities. According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, in 1996 people of Asian or Pacific Island ancestry constituted 64 percent of Honolulu's population, Caucasians 31 percent, African Americans 4 percent, and Hispanics, who may be of any race, 7 percent. The largest nonwhite ethnic groups are Japanese, Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian, Filipino, and Chinese.
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