were under the age of 18 and 10.2% are 65 or older. Seattle has the largest African American population of any city in the Pacific Northwest, it is largely concentrated in the Central District, High Point and Rainier Beach neighborhoods, which are at least 15% Black.. While Seattle's Hispanic population is only 6.6%, it is largely concentrated on the city's South Park neighborhood. In addition, the city has seen a major uptick in immigration in recent decades. The foreign-born population increased 40 percent between the 1990 and 2000 census. Although the 2000 census shows only 5.28% of the population as Hispanic or Latino of any race, Hispanics are believed to be the most rapidly growing population group in Washington State, with an estimated increase of 10% just in the years 2000–2002. Ethnic groups According to the 2010 United States Census, Seattle had a population of 608,660 with a racial and ethnic composition as follows: White: 69.5% (Non-Hispanic Whites: 66.3%) Asian: 13.8% (4.1% Chinese, 2.6% Filipino, 2.2% Vietnamese, 1.3% Japanese, 1.1% Korean, 0.8% Indian, 0.3% Indonesian, 0.3% Cambodian, 0.3% Laotian, 0.2% Pakistanis, 0.2% Thai) Black or African American: 7.9% (including Somalis) Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 9.0% (4.0% Mexican, 2.3% Puerto Rican, 1.3% Colombian, 0.2% Guatemalan, 0.2% Salvadoran, 0.2% Cuban) American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.4% Other race: 2.4% Two or more races: 5.1% The racial composition of the city in 2016 was 65.7% white, 14.1% Asian, 7.0% Black, 0.4% Native American, 0.9% Pacific Islander, 2.3% from other races, and 5.6% from two or more races. 6.6% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race. Amongst the city's European origin population, 11.3% were of German, 9.1% Irish, 8.1% English and 5.0% Norwegian ancestry according to Census 2000. Religion Seattle residents identify as mostly various types of Christian (52%), but with a large portion of irreligious. Seattle residents' current religious affiliations are shown in the table below: Christianity 52% Protestantism 34% Evangelical Protestant 23% Mainline Protestant 10% Historically Black Protestant 1% Catholicism 15% Mormonism 2% Jehovah's Witness 1% Other Christian 1% Non-Christian Faiths 10% Buddhism 3% Hinduism 1% Judaism 1% Other religion 5% Unaffiliated 37% Housing and homeless issues Estimates of Seattle's homeless population put the number somewhere around 6,000 to 8,000 people; up to 1,000 are children and young adults. As of January 27, 2017, according to the Point-In-Time Count in