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)	135,152	98.00%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	2,764	2.00%	100.00%
Mexican	1,018	0.74%	36.83%
Puerto Rican	626	0.45%	22.65%
Cuban	98	0.07%	3.55%
Dominican	51	0.04%	1.85%
Central American	195	0.14%	7.05%
Costa Rican	9	0.01%	0.33%
Guatemalan	12	0.01%	0.43%
Honduran	14	0.01%	0.51%
Nicaraguan	6	0.00%	0.22%
Panamanian	130	0.09%	4.70%
Salvadorian	12	0.01%	0.43%
Other Central American	12	0.01%	0.43%
South American	90	0.07%	3.26%
Argentinian	5	0.00%	0.18%
Bolivian	7	0.01%	0.25%
Chilean	3	0.00%	0.11%
Columbian	29	0.02%	1.05%
Ecuadorian	17	0.01%	0.62%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	14	0.01%	0.51%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	14	0.01%	0.51%
Other South American	1	0.00%	0.04%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	686	0.50%	24.82%
Spaniard	16	0.01%	0.58%
Spanish	95	0.07%	3.44%
Spanish American	9	0.01%	0.33%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	566	0.41%	20.48%

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

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