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)	1,136,144	97.10%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	33,967	2.90%	100.00%
Mexican	3,084	0.26%	9.08%
Puerto Rican	22,956	1.96%	67.58%
Cuban	756	0.06%	2.23%
Dominican	774	0.07%	2.28%
Central American	518	0.04%	1.53%
Costa Rican	56	0.00%	0.16%
Guatemalan	102	0.01%	0.30%
Honduran	62	0.01%	0.18%
Nicaraguan	41	0.00%	0.12%
Panamanian	136	0.01%	0.40%
Salvadorian	98	0.01%	0.29%
Other Central American	23	0.00%	0.07%
South American	1,031	0.09%	3.04%
Argentinian	120	0.01%	0.35%
Bolivian	23	0.00%	0.07%
Chilean	81	0.01%	0.24%
Columbian	412	0.04%	1.21%
Ecuadorian	118	0.01%	0.35%
Paraguayan	15	0.00%	0.04%
Peruvian	126	0.01%	0.37%
Uruguayan	6	0.00%	0.02%
Venezuelan	86	0.01%	0.25%
Other South American	44	0.00%	0.13%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	4,848	0.41%	14.27%
Spaniard	120	0.01%	0.35%
Spanish	1,014	0.09%	2.99%
Spanish American	78	0.01%	0.23%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	3,636	0.31%	10.70%

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

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