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)	230,683	91.73%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	20,811	8.27%	100.00%
Mexican	13,001	5.17%	62.47%
Puerto Rican	359	0.14%	1.73%
Cuban	145	0.06%	0.70%
Dominican	30	0.01%	0.14%
Central American	231	0.09%	1.11%
Costa Rican	39	0.02%	0.19%
Guatemalan	77	0.03%	0.37%
Honduran	35	0.01%	0.17%
Nicaraguan	8	0.00%	0.04%
Panamanian	22	0.01%	0.11%
Salvadorian	35	0.01%	0.17%
Other Central American	15	0.01%	0.07%
South American	348	0.14%	1.67%
Argentinian	66	0.03%	0.32%
Bolivian	23	0.01%	0.11%
Chilean	29	0.01%	0.14%
Columbian	80	0.03%	0.38%
Ecuadorian	17	0.01%	0.08%
Paraguayan	7	0.00%	0.03%
Peruvian	67	0.03%	0.32%
Uruguayan	2	0.00%	0.01%
Venezuelan	34	0.01%	0.16%
Other South American	23	0.01%	0.11%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	6,697	2.66%	32.18%
Spaniard	63	0.03%	0.30%
Spanish	1,487	0.59%	7.15%
Spanish American	208	0.08%	1.00%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	4,939	1.96%	23.73%

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

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