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)	398,846	90.46%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	42,042	9.54%	100.00%
Mexican	16,055	3.64%	38.19%
Puerto Rican	11,738	2.66%	27.92%
Cuban	2,848	0.65%	6.77%
Dominican	681	0.15%	1.62%
Central American	2,878	0.65%	6.85%
Costa Rican	204	0.05%	0.49%
Guatemalan	1,577	0.36%	3.75%
Honduran	410	0.09%	0.98%
Nicaraguan	135	0.03%	0.32%
Panamanian	133	0.03%	0.32%
Salvadorian	332	0.08%	0.79%
Other Central American	87	0.02%	0.21%
South American	2,240	0.51%	5.33%
Argentinian	201	0.05%	0.48%
Bolivian	30	0.01%	0.07%
Chilean	88	0.02%	0.21%
Columbian	1,041	0.24%	2.48%
Ecuadorian	259	0.06%	0.62%
Paraguayan	19	0.00%	0.05%
Peruvian	283	0.06%	0.67%
Uruguayan	38	0.01%	0.09%
Venezuelan	180	0.04%	0.43%
Other South American	101	0.02%	0.24%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	5,602	1.27%	13.32%
Spaniard	133	0.03%	0.32%
Spanish	711	0.16%	1.69%
Spanish American	85	0.02%	0.20%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	4,673	1.06%	11.12%

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

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