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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 2,906,179 98.65% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 39,652 1.35% 100.00%
Total Asian 39,026 1.32% 98.42%
Southern Asian 13,407 0.46% 33.81%
Asian Indian 12,648 0.43% 31.90%
Bangladeshi 120 0.00% 0.30%
Pakistani 530 0.02% 1.34%
Sri Lankan 109 0.00% 0.27%
Southeastern Asian 8,934 0.30% 22.53%
Cambodian 525 0.02% 1.32%
Filipino 4,342 0.15% 10.95%
Indonesian 205 0.01% 0.52%
Laotian 721 0.02% 1.82%
Malaysian 59 0.00% 0.15%
Thai 457 0.02% 1.15%
Vietnamese 2,625 0.09% 6.62%
Eastern Asian 15,813 0.54% 39.88%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 9,280 0.32% 23.40%
Hmong 326 0.01% 0.82%
Japanese 2,092 0.07% 5.28%
Korean 3,687 0.13% 9.30%
Taiwanese 428 0.01% 1.08%
Other Asian or Not Specified 872 0.03% 2.20%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 626 0.02% 1.58%
Polynesian 306 0.01% 0.77%
Native Hawaiian 190 0.01% 0.48%
Samoan 103 0.00% 0.26%
Tongan 6 0.00% 0.02%
Other Polynesian 7 0.00% 0.02%
Micronesian 149 0.01% 0.38%
Guamanian or Chamorro 136 0.00% 0.34%
Other Micronesian 13 0.00% 0.03%
Melanesian 4 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 167 0.01% 0.42%

* 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) 2,865,095 97.26% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 80,736 2.74% 100.00%
Mexican 15,802 0.54% 19.57%
Puerto Rican 47,444 1.61% 58.76%
Cuban 1,556 0.05% 1.93%
Dominican 784 0.03% 0.97%
Central American 2,283 0.08% 2.83%
Costa Rican 120 0.00% 0.15%
Guatemalan 666 0.02% 0.82%
Honduran 388 0.01% 0.48%
Nicaraguan 200 0.01% 0.25%
Panamanian 253 0.01% 0.31%
Salvadorian 554 0.02% 0.69%
Other Central American 102 0.00% 0.13%
South American 2,511 0.09% 3.11%
Argentinian 346 0.01% 0.43%
Bolivian 55 0.00% 0.07%
Chilean 245 0.01% 0.30%
Columbian 668 0.02% 0.83%
Ecuadorian 188 0.01% 0.23%
Paraguayan 37 0.00% 0.05%
Peruvian 510 0.02% 0.63%
Uruguayan 30 0.00% 0.04%
Venezuelan 310 0.01% 0.38%
Other South American 122 0.00% 0.15%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 10,356 0.35% 12.83%
Spaniard 333 0.01% 0.41%
Spanish 1,666 0.06% 2.06%
Spanish American 110 0.00% 0.14%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 8,247 0.28% 10.21%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 796 34.78% 0.15%
2. Latin American Indians 179 7.82% 0.03%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 178 7.78% 0.03%
4. Chippewa 148 6.47% 0.03%
5. Sioux 139 6.07% 0.03%
6. Blackfeet 138 6.03% 0.03%
7. Iroquois 122 5.33% 0.02%
8. Choctaw 80 3.49% 0.02%
9. Apache 77 3.36% 0.01%
10. Navajo 66 2.88% 0.01%
11. Pueblo 42 1.83% 0.01%
12. Seminole 33 1.44% 0.01%
13. Cree 24 1.05% 0.00%
14. Cheyenne 23 1.00% 0.00%
15. Ottawa 22 0.96% 0.00%
16. Eskimo 22 0.96% 0.00%
17. Lumbee 20 0.87% 0.00%
18. Tlingit-Haida 18 0.79% 0.00%
19. Chickasaw 17 0.74% 0.00%
20. Creek 16 0.70% 0.00%
21. Kiowa 12 0.52% 0.00%
22. Delaware 11 0.48% 0.00%
23. Potawatomi 11 0.48% 0.00%
24. Shoshone 9 0.39% 0.00%
25. Comanche 8 0.35% 0.00%
26. Tohono O'Odham 8 0.35% 0.00%
27. Crow 7 0.31% 0.00%
28. Osage 7 0.31% 0.00%
29. Paiute 6 0.26% 0.00%
30. Ute 6 0.26% 0.00%
31. Aleut 6 0.26% 0.00%
32. Pima 3 0.13% 0.00%
33. Menominee 2 0.09% 0.00%
34. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.09% 0.00%
35. Yakama 2 0.09% 0.00%
36. Yaqui 2 0.09% 0.00%
37. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.04% 0.00%

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

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