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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 680,392 99.00% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 6,857 1.00% 100.00%
Total Asian 6,688 0.97% 97.54%
Southern Asian 1,724 0.25% 25.14%
Asian Indian 1,563 0.23% 22.79%
Bangladeshi 22 0.00% 0.32%
Pakistani 106 0.02% 1.55%
Sri Lankan 33 0.00% 0.48%
Southeastern Asian 1,472 0.21% 21.47%
Cambodian 20 0.00% 0.29%
Filipino 610 0.09% 8.90%
Indonesian 41 0.01% 0.60%
Laotian 49 0.01% 0.71%
Malaysian 44 0.01% 0.64%
Thai 94 0.01% 1.37%
Vietnamese 614 0.09% 8.95%
Eastern Asian 3,322 0.48% 48.45%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,426 0.21% 20.80%
Hmong 28 0.00% 0.41%
Japanese 880 0.13% 12.83%
Korean 843 0.12% 12.29%
Taiwanese 145 0.02% 2.11%
Other Asian or Not Specified 170 0.02% 2.48%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 169 0.02% 2.46%
Polynesian 90 0.01% 1.31%
Native Hawaiian 53 0.01% 0.77%
Samoan 37 0.01% 0.54%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 51 0.01% 0.74%
Guamanian or Chamorro 39 0.01% 0.57%
Other Micronesian 12 0.00% 0.18%
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 28 0.00% 0.41%

* 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) 678,621 98.74% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 8,628 1.26% 100.00%
Mexican 4,633 0.67% 53.70%
Puerto Rican 885 0.13% 10.26%
Cuban 376 0.05% 4.36%
Dominican 33 0.00% 0.38%
Central American 422 0.06% 4.89%
Costa Rican 28 0.00% 0.32%
Guatemalan 122 0.02% 1.41%
Honduran 113 0.02% 1.31%
Nicaraguan 23 0.00% 0.27%
Panamanian 71 0.01% 0.82%
Salvadorian 48 0.01% 0.56%
Other Central American 17 0.00% 0.20%
South American 401 0.06% 4.65%
Argentinian 56 0.01% 0.65%
Bolivian 20 0.00% 0.23%
Chilean 27 0.00% 0.31%
Columbian 115 0.02% 1.33%
Ecuadorian 26 0.00% 0.30%
Paraguayan 7 0.00% 0.08%
Peruvian 47 0.01% 0.54%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 85 0.01% 0.99%
Other South American 18 0.00% 0.21%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,878 0.27% 21.77%
Spaniard 56 0.01% 0.65%
Spanish 275 0.04% 3.19%
Spanish American 43 0.01% 0.50%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,504 0.22% 17.43%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 808 61.59% 0.80%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 99 7.55% 0.10%
3. Choctaw 56 4.27% 0.06%
4. Lumbee 51 3.89% 0.05%
5. Latin American Indians 44 3.35% 0.04%
6. Sioux 44 3.35% 0.04%
7. Chippewa 37 2.82% 0.04%
8. Iroquois 29 2.21% 0.03%
9. Creek 23 1.75% 0.02%
10. Apache 21 1.60% 0.02%
11. Blackfeet 15 1.14% 0.01%
12. Comanche 11 0.84% 0.01%
13. Navajo 9 0.69% 0.01%
14. Delaware 8 0.61% 0.01%
15. Osage 8 0.61% 0.01%
16. Eskimo 8 0.61% 0.01%
17. Tlingit-Haida 7 0.53% 0.01%
18. Potawatomi 6 0.46% 0.01%
19. Cheyenne 5 0.38% 0.00%
20. Chickasaw 5 0.38% 0.00%
21. Crow 5 0.38% 0.00%
22. Pueblo 5 0.38% 0.00%
23. Yuman 5 0.38% 0.00%
24. Aleut 4 0.30% 0.00%
25. Seminole 3 0.23% 0.00%
26. Menominee 2 0.15% 0.00%
27. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.15% 0.00%
28. Cree 1 0.08% 0.00%
29. Kiowa 1 0.08% 0.00%
30. Ottawa 1 0.08% 0.00%
31. Paiute 1 0.08% 0.00%
32. Pima 1 0.08% 0.00%
33. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.08% 0.00%
34. Ute 1 0.08% 0.00%

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

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