VALLEY COUNTIES

VALLEY COUNTIES

Racial breakdown

The percentage of whites, blacks and Hispanics/Latinos living in counties in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys. The numbers may not add up to 100 percent as some Hispanics may be of any race and are also included in other applicable race categories. The figures are from 2005.

MAHONING

Whites: 82.1 percent

Blacks: 15.9 percent

Hispanics/Latinos: 3.2 percent

TRUMBULL

Whites: 90.3 percent

Blacks: 8.2 percent

Hispanics/Latinos: 0.9 percent

COLUMBIANA

Whites: 96.4 percent

Blacks: 2.4 percent

Hispanics/Latinos: 1.3 percent

LAWRENCE

Whites: 95 percent

Blacks: 3.9 percent

Hispanics/Latinos: 0.8 percent

MERCER

Whites: 93.2 percent

Blacks: 5.4 percent

Hispanics/Latinos: 0.8 percent

Source: U.S. Census Bureau