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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 123,473 97.35% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 3,365 2.65% 100.00%
Total Asian 3,341 2.63% 99.29%
Southern Asian 210 0.17% 6.24%
Asian Indian 204 0.16% 6.06%
Bangladeshi 1 0.00% 0.03%
Pakistani 3 0.00% 0.09%
Sri Lankan 2 0.00% 0.06%
Southeastern Asian 331 0.26% 9.84%
Cambodian 14 0.01% 0.42%
Filipino 91 0.07% 2.70%
Indonesian 5 0.00% 0.15%
Laotian 139 0.11% 4.13%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 21 0.02% 0.62%
Vietnamese 61 0.05% 1.81%
Eastern Asian 2,726 2.15% 81.01%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 165 0.13% 4.90%
Hmong 2,285 1.80% 67.90%
Japanese 49 0.04% 1.46%
Korean 218 0.17% 6.48%
Taiwanese 9 0.01% 0.27%
Other Asian or Not Specified 74 0.06% 2.20%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 24 0.02% 0.71%
Polynesian 11 0.01% 0.33%
Native Hawaiian 6 0.00% 0.18%
Samoan 5 0.00% 0.15%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 7 0.01% 0.21%
Guamanian or Chamorro 7 0.01% 0.21%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 5 0.00% 0.15%

* 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) 125,727 99.12% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,111 0.88% 100.00%
Mexican 585 0.46% 52.66%
Puerto Rican 125 0.10% 11.25%
Cuban 70 0.06% 6.30%
Dominican 9 0.01% 0.81%
Central American 36 0.03% 3.24%
Costa Rican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Guatemalan 16 0.01% 1.44%
Honduran 2 0.00% 0.18%
Nicaraguan 5 0.00% 0.45%
Panamanian 5 0.00% 0.45%
Salvadorian 5 0.00% 0.45%
Other Central American 3 0.00% 0.27%
South American 56 0.04% 5.04%
Argentinian 1 0.00% 0.09%
Bolivian 2 0.00% 0.18%
Chilean 7 0.01% 0.63%
Columbian 26 0.02% 2.34%
Ecuadorian 5 0.00% 0.45%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.18%
Peruvian 5 0.00% 0.45%
Uruguayan 1 0.00% 0.09%
Venezuelan 5 0.00% 0.45%
Other South American 2 0.00% 0.18%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 230 0.18% 20.70%
Spaniard 6 0.00% 0.54%
Spanish 41 0.03% 3.69%
Spanish American 0 0.00% 0.00%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 183 0.14% 16.47%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 184 90.20% 0.05%
2. Chippewa 71 34.80% 0.02%
3. Sioux 32 15.69% 0.01%
4. Cherokee 21 10.29% 0.01%
5. Potawatomi 13 6.37% 0.00%
6. Iroquois 12 5.88% 0.00%
7. Latin American Indians 11 5.39% 0.00%
8. Menominee 8 3.92% 0.00%
9. Pueblo 7 3.43% 0.00%
10. Creek 4 1.96% 0.00%
11. Apache 2 0.98% 0.00%
12. Choctaw 2 0.98% 0.00%
13. Navajo 2 0.98% 0.00%
14. Aleut 2 0.98% 0.00%
15. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.98% 0.00%
16. Blackfeet 1 0.49% 0.00%
17. Yaqui 1 0.49% 0.00%
18. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.49% 0.00%

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

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