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)	167,682	98.99%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	1,709	1.01%	100.00%
Mexican	395	0.23%	23.11%
Puerto Rican	410	0.24%	23.99%
Cuban	92	0.05%	5.38%
Dominican	35	0.02%	2.05%
Central American	86	0.05%	5.03%
Costa Rican	14	0.01%	0.82%
Guatemalan	16	0.01%	0.94%
Honduran	19	0.01%	1.11%
Nicaraguan	4	0.00%	0.23%
Panamanian	19	0.01%	1.11%
Salvadorian	14	0.01%	0.82%
Other Central American	0	0.00%	0.00%
South American	200	0.12%	11.70%
Argentinian	25	0.01%	1.46%
Bolivian	1	0.00%	0.06%
Chilean	16	0.01%	0.94%
Columbian	57	0.03%	3.34%
Ecuadorian	23	0.01%	1.35%
Paraguayan	3	0.00%	0.18%
Peruvian	45	0.03%	2.63%
Uruguayan	2	0.00%	0.12%
Venezuelan	16	0.01%	0.94%
Other South American	12	0.01%	0.70%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	491	0.29%	28.73%
Spaniard	23	0.01%	1.35%
Spanish	113	0.07%	6.61%
Spanish American	5	0.00%	0.29%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	350	0.21%	20.48%

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

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