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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 4,443,038 95.15% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 226,533 4.85% 100.00%
Total Asian 224,016 4.80% 98.89%
Southern Asian 63,814 1.37% 28.17%
Asian Indian 51,959 1.11% 22.94%
Bangladeshi 777 0.02% 0.34%
Pakistani 10,633 0.23% 4.69%
Sri Lankan 445 0.01% 0.20%
Southeastern Asian 93,258 2.00% 41.17%
Cambodian 2,648 0.06% 1.17%
Filipino 22,494 0.48% 9.93%
Indonesian 840 0.02% 0.37%
Laotian 1,355 0.03% 0.60%
Malaysian 288 0.01% 0.13%
Thai 1,709 0.04% 0.75%
Vietnamese 63,924 1.37% 28.22%
Eastern Asian 63,203 1.35% 27.90%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 45,182 0.97% 19.94%
Hmong 5 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 4,320 0.09% 1.91%
Korean 10,341 0.22% 4.56%
Taiwanese 3,355 0.07% 1.48%
Other Asian or Not Specified 3,741 0.08% 1.65%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 2,517 0.05% 1.11%
Polynesian 1,093 0.02% 0.48%
Native Hawaiian 589 0.01% 0.26%
Samoan 433 0.01% 0.19%
Tongan 54 0.00% 0.02%
Other Polynesian 17 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 737 0.02% 0.33%
Guamanian or Chamorro 698 0.01% 0.31%
Other Micronesian 39 0.00% 0.02%
Melanesian 46 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 46 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 641 0.01% 0.28%

* 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) 3,320,983 71.12% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,348,588 28.88% 100.00%
Mexican 985,197 21.10% 73.05%
Puerto Rican 15,712 0.34% 1.17%
Cuban 10,170 0.22% 0.75%
Dominican 1,737 0.04% 0.13%
Central American 86,227 1.85% 6.39%
Costa Rican 1,278 0.03% 0.09%
Guatemalan 10,014 0.21% 0.74%
Honduran 14,456 0.31% 1.07%
Nicaraguan 3,507 0.08% 0.26%
Panamanian 1,595 0.03% 0.12%
Salvadorian 51,305 1.10% 3.80%
Other Central American 4,072 0.09% 0.30%
South American 27,060 0.58% 2.01%
Argentinian 2,459 0.05% 0.18%
Bolivian 994 0.02% 0.07%
Chilean 1,218 0.03% 0.09%
Columbian 12,000 0.26% 0.89%
Ecuadorian 1,814 0.04% 0.13%
Paraguayan 114 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 3,189 0.07% 0.24%
Uruguayan 444 0.01% 0.03%
Venezuelan 3,478 0.07% 0.26%
Other South American 1,350 0.03% 0.10%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 222,485 4.76% 16.50%
Spaniard 2,044 0.04% 0.15%
Spanish 13,632 0.29% 1.01%
Spanish American 829 0.02% 0.06%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 205,980 4.41% 15.27%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 2,606 26.86% 0.83%
2. Cherokee 2,291 23.62% 0.73%
3. Choctaw 984 10.14% 0.31%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 767 7.91% 0.24%
5. Apache 320 3.30% 0.10%
6. Creek 258 2.66% 0.08%
7. Chickasaw 238 2.45% 0.08%
8. Sioux 182 1.88% 0.06%
9. Chippewa 157 1.62% 0.05%
10. Comanche 155 1.60% 0.05%
11. Iroquois 152 1.57% 0.05%
12. Navajo 121 1.25% 0.04%
13. Osage 115 1.19% 0.04%
14. Blackfeet 102 1.05% 0.03%
15. Potawatomi 98 1.01% 0.03%
16. Delaware 75 0.77% 0.02%
17. Pueblo 72 0.74% 0.02%
18. Ottawa 53 0.55% 0.02%
19. Seminole 50 0.52% 0.02%
20. Lumbee 46 0.47% 0.01%
21. Kiowa 38 0.39% 0.01%
22. Yaqui 25 0.26% 0.01%
23. Eskimo 24 0.25% 0.01%
24. Cheyenne 20 0.21% 0.01%
25. Shoshone 18 0.19% 0.01%
26. Houma 17 0.18% 0.01%
27. Aleut 16 0.16% 0.01%
28. Cree 15 0.15% 0.00%
29. Alaskan Athabascan 15 0.15% 0.00%
30. Tlingit-Haida 14 0.14% 0.00%
31. Ute 12 0.12% 0.00%
32. Yuman 10 0.10% 0.00%
33. Crow 9 0.09% 0.00%
34. Paiute 9 0.09% 0.00%
35. Tohono O'Odham 9 0.09% 0.00%
36. Pima 8 0.08% 0.00%
37. Puget Sound Salish 5 0.05% 0.00%
38. Menominee 3 0.03% 0.00%
39. Yakama 3 0.03% 0.00%
40. Colville 1 0.01% 0.00%

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

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