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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 625,872 99.13% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 5,490 0.87% 100.00%
Total Asian 5,256 0.83% 95.74%
Southern Asian 2,008 0.32% 36.58%
Asian Indian 1,830 0.29% 33.33%
Bangladeshi 9 0.00% 0.16%
Pakistani 153 0.02% 2.79%
Sri Lankan 16 0.00% 0.29%
Southeastern Asian 1,640 0.26% 29.87%
Cambodian 22 0.00% 0.40%
Filipino 1,101 0.17% 20.05%
Indonesian 10 0.00% 0.18%
Laotian 46 0.01% 0.84%
Malaysian 2 0.00% 0.04%
Thai 157 0.02% 2.86%
Vietnamese 302 0.05% 5.50%
Eastern Asian 1,484 0.24% 27.03%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 606 0.10% 11.04%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.02%
Japanese 251 0.04% 4.57%
Korean 615 0.10% 11.20%
Taiwanese 11 0.00% 0.20%
Other Asian or Not Specified 124 0.02% 2.26%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 234 0.04% 4.26%
Polynesian 121 0.02% 2.20%
Native Hawaiian 50 0.01% 0.91%
Samoan 69 0.01% 1.26%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 61 0.01% 1.11%
Guamanian or Chamorro 60 0.01% 1.09%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.02%
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 52 0.01% 0.95%

* 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) 565,155 89.51% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 66,207 10.49% 100.00%
Mexican 47,445 7.51% 71.66%
Puerto Rican 11,118 1.76% 16.79%
Cuban 426 0.07% 0.64%
Dominican 60 0.01% 0.09%
Central American 548 0.09% 0.83%
Costa Rican 26 0.00% 0.04%
Guatemalan 198 0.03% 0.30%
Honduran 112 0.02% 0.17%
Nicaraguan 46 0.01% 0.07%
Panamanian 65 0.01% 0.10%
Salvadorian 80 0.01% 0.12%
Other Central American 21 0.00% 0.03%
South American 420 0.07% 0.63%
Argentinian 75 0.01% 0.11%
Bolivian 35 0.01% 0.05%
Chilean 32 0.01% 0.05%
Columbian 94 0.01% 0.14%
Ecuadorian 40 0.01% 0.06%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 105 0.02% 0.16%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 20 0.00% 0.03%
Other South American 16 0.00% 0.02%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 6,190 0.98% 9.35%
Spaniard 113 0.02% 0.17%
Spanish 767 0.12% 1.16%
Spanish American 49 0.01% 0.07%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,261 0.83% 7.95%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 265 29.58% 0.21%
2. Latin American Indians 160 17.86% 0.13%
3. Sioux 75 8.37% 0.06%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 75 8.37% 0.06%
5. Chippewa 60 6.70% 0.05%
6. Apache 39 4.35% 0.03%
7. Iroquois 36 4.02% 0.03%
8. Navajo 33 3.68% 0.03%
9. Blackfeet 28 3.13% 0.02%
10. Potawatomi 19 2.12% 0.02%
11. Creek 18 2.01% 0.01%
12. Choctaw 12 1.34% 0.01%
13. Pueblo 12 1.34% 0.01%
14. Ottawa 9 1.00% 0.01%
15. Tohono O'Odham 6 0.67% 0.00%
16. Aleut 6 0.67% 0.00%
17. Comanche 5 0.56% 0.00%
18. Menominee 5 0.56% 0.00%
19. Chickasaw 4 0.45% 0.00%
20. Delaware 4 0.45% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.33% 0.00%
22. Crow 2 0.22% 0.00%
23. Osage 2 0.22% 0.00%
24. Seminole 2 0.22% 0.00%
25. Yuman 2 0.22% 0.00%
26. Cree 1 0.11% 0.00%
27. Kiowa 1 0.11% 0.00%
28. Lumbee 1 0.11% 0.00%
29. Shoshone 1 0.11% 0.00%
30. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.11% 0.00%

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

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