ETHNIC AND RACIAL HERITAGE

The Census provides two different ways for respondents to indicate their heritage. The method shown here pertains to Asians, American Indians and Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and persons of Hispanic ethnicity. As a part of the race and ethnicity questions on the short form of the 2000 Census, members of these groups were asked to indicate one or more categories of racial or ethnic origin. In the case of Americans Indians and Alaskan Natives, respondents were given the opportunity to identify their affiliation with one or more tribes.

* Southern Asian includes Asian Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Sri Lankan.

** Southeastern Asian includes Cambodian, Filipino, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Thai and Vietnamese.

*** Eastern Asian includes Chinese, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese.

Hispanic Ancestries, 2000
		Percent of	Percent of
	Number	Total Population	Hispanic Population
Total Non-Hispanic (All Races)	118,328	98.15%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	2,235	1.85%	100.00%
Mexican	1,001	0.83%	44.79%
Puerto Rican	262	0.22%	11.72%
Cuban	97	0.08%	4.34%
Dominican	27	0.02%	1.21%
Central American	101	0.08%	4.52%
Costa Rican	19	0.02%	0.85%
Guatemalan	15	0.01%	0.67%
Honduran	18	0.01%	0.81%
Nicaraguan	18	0.01%	0.81%
Panamanian	13	0.01%	0.58%
Salvadorian	11	0.01%	0.49%
Other Central American	7	0.01%	0.31%
South American	249	0.21%	11.14%
Argentinian	29	0.02%	1.30%
Bolivian	6	0.00%	0.27%
Chilean	15	0.01%	0.67%
Columbian	60	0.05%	2.68%
Ecuadorian	28	0.02%	1.25%
Paraguayan	2	0.00%	0.09%
Peruvian	33	0.03%	1.48%
Uruguayan	9	0.01%	0.40%
Venezuelan	55	0.05%	2.46%
Other South American	12	0.01%	0.54%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	498	0.41%	22.28%
Spaniard	37	0.03%	1.66%
Spanish	94	0.08%	4.21%
Spanish American	14	0.01%	0.63%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	353	0.29%	15.79%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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