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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.

Asian Ancestries, including Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI), 2000
Percent of Percent of Asian/
Number Total Population NHPI Population
Total Non-Asian, Non-NHPI 859,583 98.17% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 16,000 1.83% 100.00%
Total Asian 15,792 1.80% 98.70%
Southern Asian 5,956 0.68% 37.23%
Asian Indian 5,205 0.59% 32.53%
Bangladeshi 34 0.00% 0.21%
Pakistani 681 0.08% 4.26%
Sri Lankan 36 0.00% 0.23%
Southeastern Asian 2,078 0.24% 12.99%
Cambodian 49 0.01% 0.31%
Filipino 1,022 0.12% 6.39%
Indonesian 72 0.01% 0.45%
Laotian 10 0.00% 0.06%
Malaysian 29 0.00% 0.18%
Thai 122 0.01% 0.76%
Vietnamese 774 0.09% 4.84%
Eastern Asian 7,296 0.83% 45.60%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 4,377 0.50% 27.36%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 597 0.07% 3.73%
Korean 2,138 0.24% 13.36%
Taiwanese 183 0.02% 1.14%
Other Asian or Not Specified 462 0.05% 2.89%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 208 0.02% 1.30%
Polynesian 104 0.01% 0.65%
Native Hawaiian 64 0.01% 0.40%
Samoan 38 0.00% 0.24%
Tongan 2 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 40 0.00% 0.25%
Guamanian or Chamorro 36 0.00% 0.23%
Other Micronesian 4 0.00% 0.03%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 64 0.01% 0.40%

* 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) 851,785 97.28% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 23,798 2.72% 100.00%
Mexican 2,290 0.26% 9.62%
Puerto Rican 13,306 1.52% 55.91%
Cuban 781 0.09% 3.28%
Dominican 961 0.11% 4.04%
Central American 799 0.09% 3.36%
Costa Rican 241 0.03% 1.01%
Guatemalan 88 0.01% 0.37%
Honduran 90 0.01% 0.38%
Nicaraguan 40 0.00% 0.17%
Panamanian 144 0.02% 0.61%
Salvadorian 159 0.02% 0.67%
Other Central American 37 0.00% 0.16%
South American 1,281 0.15% 5.38%
Argentinian 131 0.01% 0.55%
Bolivian 28 0.00% 0.12%
Chilean 99 0.01% 0.42%
Columbian 421 0.05% 1.77%
Ecuadorian 182 0.02% 0.76%
Paraguayan 15 0.00% 0.06%
Peruvian 223 0.03% 0.94%
Uruguayan 19 0.00% 0.08%
Venezuelan 93 0.01% 0.39%
Other South American 70 0.01% 0.29%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,380 0.50% 18.40%
Spaniard 133 0.02% 0.56%
Spanish 919 0.10% 3.86%
Spanish American 88 0.01% 0.37%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,240 0.37% 13.61%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Iroquois 331 35.86% 0.04%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 215 23.29% 0.02%
3. Cherokee 162 17.55% 0.02%
4. Latin American Indians 74 8.02% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 38 4.12% 0.00%
6. Sioux 34 3.68% 0.00%
7. Chippewa 30 3.25% 0.00%
8. Delaware 25 2.71% 0.00%
9. Apache 23 2.49% 0.00%
10. Navajo 16 1.73% 0.00%
11. Choctaw 14 1.52% 0.00%
12. Pima 10 1.08% 0.00%
13. Tohono O'Odham 10 1.08% 0.00%
14. Cree 7 0.76% 0.00%
15. Pueblo 6 0.65% 0.00%
16. Seminole 6 0.65% 0.00%
17. Alaskan Athabascan 6 0.65% 0.00%
18. Creek 5 0.54% 0.00%
19. Comanche 4 0.43% 0.00%
20. Eskimo 4 0.43% 0.00%
21. Chickasaw 3 0.33% 0.00%
22. Potawatomi 3 0.33% 0.00%
23. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.33% 0.00%
24. Cheyenne 2 0.22% 0.00%
25. Lumbee 2 0.22% 0.00%
26. Menominee 2 0.22% 0.00%
27. Ottawa 2 0.22% 0.00%
28. Shoshone 2 0.22% 0.00%
29. Crow 1 0.11% 0.00%
30. Kiowa 1 0.11% 0.00%
31. Ute 1 0.11% 0.00%
32. Yaqui 1 0.11% 0.00%
33. Yuman 1 0.11% 0.00%
34. Aleut 1 0.11% 0.00%

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

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