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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.

Asian Ancestries, including Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI), 2000
Percent of Percent of Asian/
Number Total Population NHPI Population
Total Non-Asian, Non-NHPI 202,558 97.72% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 4,732 2.28% 100.00%
Total Asian 4,655 2.25% 98.37%
Southern Asian 159 0.08% 3.36%
Asian Indian 146 0.07% 3.09%
Bangladeshi 1 0.00% 0.02%
Pakistani 12 0.01% 0.25%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 4,015 1.94% 84.85%
Cambodian 9 0.00% 0.19%
Filipino 174 0.08% 3.68%
Indonesian 8 0.00% 0.17%
Laotian 1,768 0.85% 37.36%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 61 0.03% 1.29%
Vietnamese 1,995 0.96% 42.16%
Eastern Asian 365 0.18% 7.71%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 178 0.09% 3.76%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 75 0.04% 1.58%
Korean 111 0.05% 2.35%
Taiwanese 1 0.00% 0.02%
Other Asian or Not Specified 116 0.06% 2.45%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 77 0.04% 1.63%
Polynesian 22 0.01% 0.46%
Native Hawaiian 18 0.01% 0.38%
Samoan 4 0.00% 0.08%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 33 0.02% 0.70%
Guamanian or Chamorro 31 0.01% 0.66%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.04%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 22 0.01% 0.46%

* 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) 197,044 95.06% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 10,246 4.94% 100.00%
Mexican 6,933 3.34% 67.67%
Puerto Rican 274 0.13% 2.67%
Cuban 132 0.06% 1.29%
Dominican 8 0.00% 0.08%
Central American 1,031 0.50% 10.06%
Costa Rican 7 0.00% 0.07%
Guatemalan 118 0.06% 1.15%
Honduran 59 0.03% 0.58%
Nicaraguan 7 0.00% 0.07%
Panamanian 8 0.00% 0.08%
Salvadorian 774 0.37% 7.55%
Other Central American 58 0.03% 0.57%
South American 100 0.05% 0.98%
Argentinian 6 0.00% 0.06%
Bolivian 2 0.00% 0.02%
Chilean 4 0.00% 0.04%
Columbian 29 0.01% 0.28%
Ecuadorian 6 0.00% 0.06%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 26 0.01% 0.25%
Uruguayan 2 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 6 0.00% 0.06%
Other South American 19 0.01% 0.19%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,768 0.85% 17.26%
Spaniard 25 0.01% 0.24%
Spanish 227 0.11% 2.22%
Spanish American 28 0.01% 0.27%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,488 0.72% 14.52%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 7,597 82.08% 4.46%
2. Choctaw 728 7.87% 0.43%
3. Creek 166 1.79% 0.10%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 147 1.59% 0.09%
5. Chickasaw 66 0.71% 0.04%
6. Sioux 41 0.44% 0.02%
7. Latin American Indians 40 0.43% 0.02%
8. Osage 30 0.32% 0.02%
9. Cheyenne 29 0.31% 0.02%
10. Seminole 25 0.27% 0.01%
11. Chippewa 24 0.26% 0.01%
12. Apache 22 0.24% 0.01%
13. Potawatomi 22 0.24% 0.01%
14. Iroquois 18 0.19% 0.01%
15. Navajo 13 0.14% 0.01%
16. Alaskan Athabascan 13 0.14% 0.01%
17. Delaware 12 0.13% 0.01%
18. Blackfeet 11 0.12% 0.01%
19. Kiowa 9 0.10% 0.01%
20. Lumbee 8 0.09% 0.00%
21. Aleut 7 0.08% 0.00%
22. Comanche 6 0.06% 0.00%
23. Ottawa 6 0.06% 0.00%
24. Pima 5 0.05% 0.00%
25. Pueblo 5 0.05% 0.00%
26. Tlingit-Haida 5 0.05% 0.00%
27. Crow 2 0.02% 0.00%
28. Paiute 2 0.02% 0.00%
29. Ute 2 0.02% 0.00%
30. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 2 0.02% 0.00%
31. Cree 1 0.01% 0.00%
32. Shoshone 1 0.01% 0.00%
33. Yaqui 1 0.01% 0.00%

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

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