Albuquerque, NM

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)	416,365	58.42%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	296,373	41.58%	100.00%
Mexican	107,004	15.01%	36.10%
Puerto Rican	2,468	0.35%	0.83%
Cuban	2,031	0.28%	0.69%
Dominican	83	0.01%	0.03%
Central American	1,154	0.16%	0.39%
Costa Rican	79	0.01%	0.03%
Guatemalan	278	0.04%	0.09%
Honduran	112	0.02%	0.04%
Nicaraguan	131	0.02%	0.04%
Panamanian	194	0.03%	0.07%
Salvadorian	284	0.04%	0.10%
Other Central American	76	0.01%	0.03%
South American	1,119	0.16%	0.38%
Argentinian	100	0.01%	0.03%
Bolivian	65	0.01%	0.02%
Chilean	157	0.02%	0.05%
Columbian	326	0.05%	0.11%
Ecuadorian	123	0.02%	0.04%
Paraguayan	10	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	182	0.03%	0.06%
Uruguayan	12	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	68	0.01%	0.02%
Other South American	76	0.01%	0.03%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	182,514	25.61%	61.58%
Spaniard	1,095	0.15%	0.37%
Spanish	37,274	5.23%	12.58%
Spanish American	7,876	1.11%	2.66%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	136,269	19.12%	45.98%

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

Home | About | Help | Contact | Use Policy