Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI

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 1,071,478 98.43% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 17,036 1.57% 100.00%
Total Asian 16,589 1.52% 97.38%
Southern Asian 2,124 0.20% 12.47%
Asian Indian 1,929 0.18% 11.32%
Bangladeshi 41 0.00% 0.24%
Pakistani 126 0.01% 0.74%
Sri Lankan 28 0.00% 0.16%
Southeastern Asian 9,102 0.84% 53.43%
Cambodian 880 0.08% 5.17%
Filipino 995 0.09% 5.84%
Indonesian 66 0.01% 0.39%
Laotian 1,402 0.13% 8.23%
Malaysian 18 0.00% 0.11%
Thai 130 0.01% 0.76%
Vietnamese 5,611 0.52% 32.94%
Eastern Asian 5,002 0.46% 29.36%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,838 0.17% 10.79%
Hmong 44 0.00% 0.26%
Japanese 470 0.04% 2.76%
Korean 2,605 0.24% 15.29%
Taiwanese 45 0.00% 0.26%
Other Asian or Not Specified 361 0.03% 2.12%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 447 0.04% 2.62%
Polynesian 145 0.01% 0.85%
Native Hawaiian 61 0.01% 0.36%
Samoan 73 0.01% 0.43%
Tongan 6 0.00% 0.04%
Other Polynesian 5 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 218 0.02% 1.28%
Guamanian or Chamorro 209 0.02% 1.23%
Other Micronesian 9 0.00% 0.05%
Melanesian 8 0.00% 0.05%
Fijian 8 0.00% 0.05%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 76 0.01% 0.45%

* 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) 1,019,598 93.67% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 68,916 6.33% 100.00%
Mexican 46,942 4.31% 68.11%
Puerto Rican 5,108 0.47% 7.41%
Cuban 1,634 0.15% 2.37%
Dominican 1,225 0.11% 1.78%
Central American 3,025 0.28% 4.39%
Costa Rican 84 0.01% 0.12%
Guatemalan 2,061 0.19% 2.99%
Honduran 281 0.03% 0.41%
Nicaraguan 71 0.01% 0.10%
Panamanian 72 0.01% 0.10%
Salvadorian 389 0.04% 0.56%
Other Central American 67 0.01% 0.10%
South American 758 0.07% 1.10%
Argentinian 72 0.01% 0.10%
Bolivian 44 0.00% 0.06%
Chilean 117 0.01% 0.17%
Columbian 198 0.02% 0.29%
Ecuadorian 41 0.00% 0.06%
Paraguayan 13 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 129 0.01% 0.19%
Uruguayan 9 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 104 0.01% 0.15%
Other South American 31 0.00% 0.04%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 10,224 0.94% 14.84%
Spaniard 97 0.01% 0.14%
Spanish 994 0.09% 1.44%
Spanish American 78 0.01% 0.11%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 9,055 0.83% 13.14%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Chippewa 1,274 31.26% 1.59%
2. Ottawa 1,098 26.94% 1.37%
3. Potawatomi 407 9.99% 0.51%
4. Cherokee 374 9.18% 0.47%
5. Latin American Indians 236 5.79% 0.29%
6. All Other Native American Tribes 140 3.43% 0.17%
7. Sioux 83 2.04% 0.10%
8. Blackfeet 63 1.55% 0.08%
9. Apache 53 1.30% 0.07%
10. Iroquois 48 1.18% 0.06%
11. Navajo 44 1.08% 0.05%
12. Choctaw 22 0.54% 0.03%
13. Creek 12 0.29% 0.01%
14. Eskimo 9 0.22% 0.01%
15. Cheyenne 7 0.17% 0.01%
16. Chickasaw 7 0.17% 0.01%
17. Pima 7 0.17% 0.01%
18. Comanche 6 0.15% 0.01%
19. Cree 6 0.15% 0.01%
20. Lumbee 6 0.15% 0.01%
21. Shoshone 6 0.15% 0.01%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 6 0.15% 0.01%
23. Pueblo 5 0.12% 0.01%
24. Seminole 5 0.12% 0.01%
25. Yaqui 5 0.12% 0.01%
26. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 5 0.12% 0.01%
27. Menominee 4 0.10% 0.00%
28. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.07% 0.00%
29. Crow 2 0.05% 0.00%
30. Delaware 2 0.05% 0.00%
31. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.05% 0.00%
32. Yuman 2 0.05% 0.00%
33. Osage 1 0.02% 0.00%
34. Paiute 1 0.02% 0.00%
35. Ute 1 0.02% 0.00%
36. Aleut 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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