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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 951,128 98.82% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 11,313 1.18% 100.00%
Total Asian 11,006 1.14% 97.29%
Southern Asian 3,205 0.33% 28.33%
Asian Indian 3,015 0.31% 26.65%
Bangladeshi 8 0.00% 0.07%
Pakistani 138 0.01% 1.22%
Sri Lankan 44 0.00% 0.39%
Southeastern Asian 3,806 0.40% 33.64%
Cambodian 439 0.05% 3.88%
Filipino 788 0.08% 6.97%
Indonesian 40 0.00% 0.35%
Laotian 703 0.07% 6.21%
Malaysian 8 0.00% 0.07%
Thai 159 0.02% 1.41%
Vietnamese 1,669 0.17% 14.75%
Eastern Asian 3,620 0.38% 32.00%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,763 0.18% 15.58%
Hmong 436 0.05% 3.85%
Japanese 599 0.06% 5.29%
Korean 784 0.08% 6.93%
Taiwanese 38 0.00% 0.34%
Other Asian or Not Specified 375 0.04% 3.31%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 307 0.03% 2.71%
Polynesian 132 0.01% 1.17%
Native Hawaiian 85 0.01% 0.75%
Samoan 40 0.00% 0.35%
Tongan 2 0.00% 0.02%
Other Polynesian 5 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 97 0.01% 0.86%
Guamanian or Chamorro 72 0.01% 0.64%
Other Micronesian 25 0.00% 0.22%
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 78 0.01% 0.69%

* 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) 936,274 97.28% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 26,167 2.72% 100.00%
Mexican 14,755 1.53% 56.39%
Puerto Rican 2,351 0.24% 8.98%
Cuban 595 0.06% 2.27%
Dominican 172 0.02% 0.66%
Central American 1,748 0.18% 6.68%
Costa Rican 336 0.03% 1.28%
Guatemalan 505 0.05% 1.93%
Honduran 416 0.04% 1.59%
Nicaraguan 93 0.01% 0.36%
Panamanian 94 0.01% 0.36%
Salvadorian 226 0.02% 0.86%
Other Central American 78 0.01% 0.30%
South American 2,415 0.25% 9.23%
Argentinian 58 0.01% 0.22%
Bolivian 15 0.00% 0.06%
Chilean 43 0.00% 0.16%
Columbian 1,900 0.20% 7.26%
Ecuadorian 53 0.01% 0.20%
Paraguayan 8 0.00% 0.03%
Peruvian 154 0.02% 0.59%
Uruguayan 6 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 89 0.01% 0.34%
Other South American 89 0.01% 0.34%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,131 0.43% 15.79%
Spaniard 82 0.01% 0.31%
Spanish 585 0.06% 2.24%
Spanish American 61 0.01% 0.23%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,403 0.35% 13.00%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 602 49.67% 0.46%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 140 11.55% 0.11%
3. Lumbee 118 9.74% 0.09%
4. Latin American Indians 107 8.83% 0.08%
5. Choctaw 41 3.38% 0.03%
6. Chippewa 40 3.30% 0.03%
7. Creek 38 3.14% 0.03%
8. Iroquois 30 2.48% 0.02%
9. Apache 26 2.15% 0.02%
10. Navajo 20 1.65% 0.02%
11. Blackfeet 18 1.49% 0.01%
12. Potawatomi 17 1.40% 0.01%
13. Sioux 16 1.32% 0.01%
14. Seminole 6 0.50% 0.00%
15. Shoshone 6 0.50% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 5 0.41% 0.00%
17. Delaware 5 0.41% 0.00%
18. Pueblo 5 0.41% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 5 0.41% 0.00%
20. Comanche 4 0.33% 0.00%
21. Yaqui 4 0.33% 0.00%
22. Tlingit-Haida 4 0.33% 0.00%
23. Cheyenne 3 0.25% 0.00%
24. Houma 2 0.17% 0.00%
25. Kiowa 2 0.17% 0.00%
26. Aleut 2 0.17% 0.00%
27. Crow 1 0.08% 0.00%
28. Osage 1 0.08% 0.00%
29. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.08% 0.00%
30. Ute 1 0.08% 0.00%

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

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