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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 156,230 99.31% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,092 0.69% 100.00%
Total Asian 880 0.56% 80.59%
Southern Asian 147 0.09% 13.46%
Asian Indian 129 0.08% 11.81%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 17 0.01% 1.56%
Sri Lankan 1 0.00% 0.09%
Southeastern Asian 496 0.32% 45.42%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.09%
Filipino 150 0.10% 13.74%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.09%
Thai 11 0.01% 1.01%
Vietnamese 333 0.21% 30.49%
Eastern Asian 210 0.13% 19.23%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 79 0.05% 7.23%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 62 0.04% 5.68%
Korean 65 0.04% 5.95%
Taiwanese 4 0.00% 0.37%
Other Asian or Not Specified 27 0.02% 2.47%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 212 0.13% 19.41%
Polynesian 33 0.02% 3.02%
Native Hawaiian 15 0.01% 1.37%
Samoan 17 0.01% 1.56%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.09%
Micronesian 151 0.10% 13.83%
Guamanian or Chamorro 37 0.02% 3.39%
Other Micronesian 114 0.07% 10.44%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.09%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.09%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 27 0.02% 2.47%

* 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) 152,560 96.97% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 4,762 3.03% 100.00%
Mexican 2,858 1.82% 60.02%
Puerto Rican 215 0.14% 4.51%
Cuban 49 0.03% 1.03%
Dominican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Central American 763 0.48% 16.02%
Costa Rican 14 0.01% 0.29%
Guatemalan 608 0.39% 12.77%
Honduran 34 0.02% 0.71%
Nicaraguan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Panamanian 6 0.00% 0.13%
Salvadorian 89 0.06% 1.87%
Other Central American 12 0.01% 0.25%
South American 54 0.03% 1.13%
Argentinian 6 0.00% 0.13%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 2 0.00% 0.04%
Columbian 17 0.01% 0.36%
Ecuadorian 5 0.00% 0.10%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 15 0.01% 0.31%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 7 0.00% 0.15%
Other South American 2 0.00% 0.04%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 823 0.52% 17.28%
Spaniard 4 0.00% 0.08%
Spanish 126 0.08% 2.65%
Spanish American 13 0.01% 0.27%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 680 0.43% 14.28%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 1,145 61.23% 0.25%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 303 16.20% 0.07%
3. Iroquois 217 11.60% 0.05%
4. Choctaw 118 6.31% 0.03%
5. Delaware 36 1.93% 0.01%
6. Creek 35 1.87% 0.01%
7. Osage 32 1.71% 0.01%
8. Navajo 28 1.50% 0.01%
9. Chickasaw 27 1.44% 0.01%
10. Ottawa 26 1.39% 0.01%
11. Latin American Indians 24 1.28% 0.01%
12. Sioux 17 0.91% 0.00%
13. Apache 16 0.86% 0.00%
14. Chippewa 15 0.80% 0.00%
15. Potawatomi 15 0.80% 0.00%
16. Seminole 10 0.53% 0.00%
17. Cheyenne 9 0.48% 0.00%
18. Pueblo 9 0.48% 0.00%
19. Shoshone 7 0.37% 0.00%
20. Blackfeet 6 0.32% 0.00%
21. Comanche 6 0.32% 0.00%
22. Kiowa 3 0.16% 0.00%
23. Lumbee 2 0.11% 0.00%
24. Pima 2 0.11% 0.00%
25. Yaqui 2 0.11% 0.00%
26. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.11% 0.00%
27. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.11% 0.00%
28. Crow 1 0.05% 0.00%
29. Menominee 1 0.05% 0.00%
30. Ute 1 0.05% 0.00%
31. Aleut 1 0.05% 0.00%
32. Eskimo 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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