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)	205,462	94.27%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	12,493	5.73%	100.00%
Mexican	1,377	0.63%	11.02%
Puerto Rican	3,102	1.42%	24.83%
Cuban	2,513	1.15%	20.12%
Dominican	278	0.13%	2.23%
Central American	872	0.40%	6.98%
Costa Rican	108	0.05%	0.86%
Guatemalan	92	0.04%	0.74%
Honduran	154	0.07%	1.23%
Nicaraguan	271	0.12%	2.17%
Panamanian	156	0.07%	1.25%
Salvadorian	60	0.03%	0.48%
Other Central American	31	0.01%	0.25%
South American	2,047	0.94%	16.39%
Argentinian	164	0.08%	1.31%
Bolivian	61	0.03%	0.49%
Chilean	160	0.07%	1.28%
Columbian	726	0.33%	5.81%
Ecuadorian	117	0.05%	0.94%
Paraguayan	7	0.00%	0.06%
Peruvian	266	0.12%	2.13%
Uruguayan	20	0.01%	0.16%
Venezuelan	465	0.21%	3.72%
Other South American	61	0.03%	0.49%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	2,304	1.06%	18.44%
Spaniard	129	0.06%	1.03%
Spanish	404	0.19%	3.23%
Spanish American	19	0.01%	0.15%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,752	0.80%	14.02%

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

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