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)	939,229	98.81%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	11,329	1.19%	100.00%
Mexican	5,351	0.56%	47.23%
Puerto Rican	1,795	0.19%	15.84%
Cuban	481	0.05%	4.25%
Dominican	99	0.01%	0.87%
Central American	340	0.04%	3.00%
Costa Rican	49	0.01%	0.43%
Guatemalan	74	0.01%	0.65%
Honduran	37	0.00%	0.33%
Nicaraguan	19	0.00%	0.17%
Panamanian	125	0.01%	1.10%
Salvadorian	25	0.00%	0.22%
Other Central American	11	0.00%	0.10%
South American	578	0.06%	5.10%
Argentinian	50	0.01%	0.44%
Bolivian	54	0.01%	0.48%
Chilean	31	0.00%	0.27%
Columbian	181	0.02%	1.60%
Ecuadorian	69	0.01%	0.61%
Paraguayan	12	0.00%	0.11%
Peruvian	88	0.01%	0.78%
Uruguayan	5	0.00%	0.04%
Venezuelan	75	0.01%	0.66%
Other South American	13	0.00%	0.11%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	2,685	0.28%	23.70%
Spaniard	87	0.01%	0.77%
Spanish	509	0.05%	4.49%
Spanish American	50	0.01%	0.44%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	2,039	0.21%	18.00%

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

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