uded because the US
Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American
descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican
origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group
(white, black, Asian, etc.)

Uruguay
white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%, Amerindian (practically
nonexistent)

Uzbekistan
Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak
2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 est.)

Vanuatu
Ni-Vanuatu 98.5%, other 1.5% (1999 Census)

Venezuela
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African,
indigenous people

Vietnam
Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Muong 1.5%, Khome
1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1% (1999 census)

Virgin Islands
black 76.2%, white 13.1%, Asian 1.1%, other 6.1%,
mixed 3.5% (2000 census)

Wallis and Futuna
Polynesian

West Bank
Palestinian Arab and other 83%, Jewish 17%

Western Sahara
Arab, Berber

Yemen
predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans

Zambia
African 98.7%, European 1.1%, other 0.2%

Zimbabwe
African 98% (Shona 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%), mixed and
Asian 1%, white less than 1%

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@2076 Exchange rates

Afghanistan
afghanis per US dollar - 541 (2005), 48 (2004), 49
(2003), 41 (2002), note, in 2002, the afghani was revalued and the
currency stabilized at about 50 afghanis to the dollar; before 2002,
the market rate varied widely from the official rate

Akrotiri
Cypriot pounds per US dollar - 0.46019 (2006), 0.4641
(2005), 0.4686 (2004), 0.5174 (2003), 0.6107 (2002)

Albania
leke per US dollar - 98.5927 (2006), 102.649 (2005), 102.78
(2004), 121.863 (2003), 140.155 (2002)

Algeria
Algerian dinars per US dollar - 73.2 (2006), 73.276 (2005),
72.061 (2004), 77.395 (2003), 79.682 (2002)

American Samoa
the US dollar is used

Andorra
euros per US dollar - 0.79669 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054
(2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002)

Angola
kwanza per US dollar - 80.3 (2006), 88.6 (2005), 83.541
(2004), 74.606 (2003), 43.53 (2002)

Anguilla
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2005), 2.7
(2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002), note, fixed rate since 1976

Antigua and Barbuda
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7
(2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (