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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 446,683 98.64% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 6,168 1.36% 100.00%
Total Asian 6,047 1.34% 98.04%
Southern Asian 1,939 0.43% 31.44%
Asian Indian 1,802 0.40% 29.22%
Bangladeshi 17 0.00% 0.28%
Pakistani 105 0.02% 1.70%
Sri Lankan 15 0.00% 0.24%
Southeastern Asian 1,095 0.24% 17.75%
Cambodian 16 0.00% 0.26%
Filipino 485 0.11% 7.86%
Indonesian 29 0.01% 0.47%
Laotian 23 0.01% 0.37%
Malaysian 106 0.02% 1.72%
Thai 102 0.02% 1.65%
Vietnamese 334 0.07% 5.42%
Eastern Asian 2,806 0.62% 45.49%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,164 0.26% 18.87%
Hmong 7 0.00% 0.11%
Japanese 716 0.16% 11.61%
Korean 883 0.19% 14.32%
Taiwanese 36 0.01% 0.58%
Other Asian or Not Specified 207 0.05% 3.36%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 121 0.03% 1.96%
Polynesian 83 0.02% 1.35%
Native Hawaiian 55 0.01% 0.89%
Samoan 27 0.01% 0.44%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 23 0.01% 0.37%
Guamanian or Chamorro 21 0.00% 0.34%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.03%
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 15 0.00% 0.24%

* 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) 436,555 96.40% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 16,296 3.60% 100.00%
Mexican 11,973 2.64% 73.47%
Puerto Rican 811 0.18% 4.98%
Cuban 260 0.06% 1.60%
Dominican 73 0.02% 0.45%
Central American 248 0.05% 1.52%
Costa Rican 34 0.01% 0.21%
Guatemalan 84 0.02% 0.52%
Honduran 38 0.01% 0.23%
Nicaraguan 6 0.00% 0.04%
Panamanian 53 0.01% 0.33%
Salvadorian 21 0.00% 0.13%
Other Central American 12 0.00% 0.07%
South American 310 0.07% 1.90%
Argentinian 31 0.01% 0.19%
Bolivian 14 0.00% 0.09%
Chilean 26 0.01% 0.16%
Columbian 97 0.02% 0.60%
Ecuadorian 23 0.01% 0.14%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 36 0.01% 0.22%
Uruguayan 2 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 63 0.01% 0.39%
Other South American 16 0.00% 0.10%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,621 0.58% 16.08%
Spaniard 36 0.01% 0.22%
Spanish 359 0.08% 2.20%
Spanish American 30 0.01% 0.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,196 0.48% 13.48%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Potawatomi 417 24.22% 0.40%
2. Cherokee 362 21.02% 0.35%
3. Chippewa 323 18.76% 0.31%
4. Ottawa 136 7.90% 0.13%
5. Blackfeet 75 4.36% 0.07%
6. All Other Native American Tribes 72 4.18% 0.07%
7. Latin American Indians 67 3.89% 0.06%
8. Sioux 64 3.72% 0.06%
9. Apache 36 2.09% 0.03%
10. Iroquois 25 1.45% 0.02%
11. Choctaw 15 0.87% 0.01%
12. Navajo 12 0.70% 0.01%
13. Creek 11 0.64% 0.01%
14. Alaskan Athabascan 11 0.64% 0.01%
15. Pueblo 9 0.52% 0.01%
16. Chickasaw 8 0.46% 0.01%
17. Lumbee 8 0.46% 0.01%
18. Aleut 6 0.35% 0.01%
19. Cree 4 0.23% 0.00%
20. Delaware 4 0.23% 0.00%
21. Puget Sound Salish 4 0.23% 0.00%
22. Cheyenne 3 0.17% 0.00%
23. Seminole 3 0.17% 0.00%
24. Shoshone 3 0.17% 0.00%
25. Eskimo 3 0.17% 0.00%
26. Pima 2 0.12% 0.00%
27. Yaqui 2 0.12% 0.00%
28. Comanche 1 0.06% 0.00%
29. Crow 1 0.06% 0.00%
30. Kiowa 1 0.06% 0.00%
31. Osage 1 0.06% 0.00%

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

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