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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 333,887 97.67% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 7,964 2.33% 100.00%
Total Asian 7,679 2.25% 96.42%
Southern Asian 492 0.14% 6.18%
Asian Indian 465 0.14% 5.84%
Bangladeshi 4 0.00% 0.05%
Pakistani 21 0.01% 0.26%
Sri Lankan 2 0.00% 0.03%
Southeastern Asian 1,918 0.56% 24.08%
Cambodian 12 0.00% 0.15%
Filipino 194 0.06% 2.44%
Indonesian 18 0.01% 0.23%
Laotian 1,153 0.34% 14.48%
Malaysian 6 0.00% 0.08%
Thai 57 0.02% 0.72%
Vietnamese 478 0.14% 6.00%
Eastern Asian 4,907 1.44% 61.61%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 431 0.13% 5.41%
Hmong 4,207 1.23% 52.83%
Japanese 93 0.03% 1.17%
Korean 162 0.05% 2.03%
Taiwanese 14 0.00% 0.18%
Other Asian or Not Specified 362 0.11% 4.55%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 285 0.08% 3.58%
Polynesian 68 0.02% 0.85%
Native Hawaiian 31 0.01% 0.39%
Samoan 37 0.01% 0.46%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 191 0.06% 2.40%
Guamanian or Chamorro 186 0.05% 2.34%
Other Micronesian 5 0.00% 0.06%
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 26 0.01% 0.33%

* 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) 328,017 95.95% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 13,834 4.05% 100.00%
Mexican 8,529 2.49% 61.65%
Puerto Rican 471 0.14% 3.40%
Cuban 177 0.05% 1.28%
Dominican 51 0.01% 0.37%
Central American 2,307 0.67% 16.68%
Costa Rican 258 0.08% 1.86%
Guatemalan 1,206 0.35% 8.72%
Honduran 402 0.12% 2.91%
Nicaraguan 92 0.03% 0.67%
Panamanian 33 0.01% 0.24%
Salvadorian 279 0.08% 2.02%
Other Central American 37 0.01% 0.27%
South American 374 0.11% 2.70%
Argentinian 6 0.00% 0.04%
Bolivian 3 0.00% 0.02%
Chilean 17 0.00% 0.12%
Columbian 277 0.08% 2.00%
Ecuadorian 19 0.01% 0.14%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 25 0.01% 0.18%
Uruguayan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 16 0.00% 0.12%
Other South American 10 0.00% 0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,925 0.56% 13.91%
Spaniard 18 0.01% 0.13%
Spanish 220 0.06% 1.59%
Spanish American 36 0.01% 0.26%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,651 0.48% 11.93%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 222 39.71% 0.03%
2. Lumbee 85 15.21% 0.01%
3. Latin American Indians 82 14.67% 0.01%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 40 7.16% 0.00%
5. Chippewa 28 5.01% 0.00%
6. Iroquois 17 3.04% 0.00%
7. Sioux 16 2.86% 0.00%
8. Blackfeet 10 1.79% 0.00%
9. Choctaw 10 1.79% 0.00%
10. Apache 9 1.61% 0.00%
11. Potawatomi 7 1.25% 0.00%
12. Aleut 4 0.72% 0.00%
13. Creek 3 0.54% 0.00%
14. Osage 3 0.54% 0.00%
15. Delaware 2 0.36% 0.00%
16. Navajo 2 0.36% 0.00%
17. Seminole 2 0.36% 0.00%
18. Yakama 2 0.36% 0.00%
19. Cheyenne 1 0.18% 0.00%
20. Chickasaw 1 0.18% 0.00%
21. Kiowa 1 0.18% 0.00%
22. Ottawa 1 0.18% 0.00%
23. Paiute 1 0.18% 0.00%
24. Ute 1 0.18% 0.00%
25. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.18% 0.00%
26. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.18% 0.00%

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

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