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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 193,020 99.25% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,457 0.75% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,420 0.73% 97.46%
Southern Asian 149 0.08% 10.23%
Asian Indian 143 0.07% 9.81%
Bangladeshi 1 0.00% 0.07%
Pakistani 5 0.00% 0.34%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 999 0.51% 68.57%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 95 0.05% 6.52%
Indonesian 3 0.00% 0.21%
Laotian 2 0.00% 0.14%
Malaysian 2 0.00% 0.14%
Thai 10 0.01% 0.69%
Vietnamese 887 0.46% 60.88%
Eastern Asian 240 0.12% 16.47%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 183 0.09% 12.56%
Hmong 2 0.00% 0.14%
Japanese 28 0.01% 1.92%
Korean 23 0.01% 1.58%
Taiwanese 4 0.00% 0.27%
Other Asian or Not Specified 32 0.02% 2.20%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 37 0.02% 2.54%
Polynesian 28 0.01% 1.92%
Native Hawaiian 18 0.01% 1.24%
Samoan 10 0.01% 0.69%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 7 0.00% 0.48%
Guamanian or Chamorro 7 0.00% 0.48%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
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 2 0.00% 0.14%

* 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) 191,562 98.50% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 2,915 1.50% 100.00%
Mexican 1,511 0.78% 51.84%
Puerto Rican 128 0.07% 4.39%
Cuban 131 0.07% 4.49%
Dominican 8 0.00% 0.27%
Central American 180 0.09% 6.17%
Costa Rican 18 0.01% 0.62%
Guatemalan 56 0.03% 1.92%
Honduran 49 0.03% 1.68%
Nicaraguan 21 0.01% 0.72%
Panamanian 10 0.01% 0.34%
Salvadorian 15 0.01% 0.51%
Other Central American 11 0.01% 0.38%
South American 77 0.04% 2.64%
Argentinian 5 0.00% 0.17%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Chilean 9 0.00% 0.31%
Columbian 21 0.01% 0.72%
Ecuadorian 2 0.00% 0.07%
Paraguayan 3 0.00% 0.10%
Peruvian 22 0.01% 0.75%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.10%
Venezuelan 10 0.01% 0.34%
Other South American 1 0.00% 0.03%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 880 0.45% 30.19%
Spaniard 17 0.01% 0.58%
Spanish 159 0.08% 5.45%
Spanish American 30 0.02% 1.03%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 674 0.35% 23.12%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Houma 3,922 81.37% 0.09%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 495 10.27% 0.01%
3. Cherokee 117 2.43% 0.00%
4. Choctaw 74 1.54% 0.00%
5. Latin American Indians 38 0.79% 0.00%
6. Pueblo 27 0.56% 0.00%
7. Sioux 12 0.25% 0.00%
8. Creek 9 0.19% 0.00%
9. Osage 8 0.17% 0.00%
10. Navajo 7 0.15% 0.00%
11. Chippewa 5 0.10% 0.00%
12. Comanche 5 0.10% 0.00%
13. Iroquois 5 0.10% 0.00%
14. Paiute 5 0.10% 0.00%
15. Blackfeet 4 0.08% 0.00%
16. Apache 3 0.06% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 3 0.06% 0.00%
18. Eskimo 3 0.06% 0.00%
19. Cheyenne 2 0.04% 0.00%
20. Ottawa 2 0.04% 0.00%
21. Shoshone 2 0.04% 0.00%
22. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.04% 0.00%
23. Seminole 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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