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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 1,484,821 94.98% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 78,461 5.02% 100.00%
Total Asian 71,931 4.60% 91.68%
Southern Asian 4,408 0.28% 5.62%
Asian Indian 3,843 0.25% 4.90%
Bangladeshi 39 0.00% 0.05%
Pakistani 343 0.02% 0.44%
Sri Lankan 183 0.01% 0.23%
Southeastern Asian 41,715 2.67% 53.17%
Cambodian 418 0.03% 0.53%
Filipino 33,558 2.15% 42.77%
Indonesian 228 0.01% 0.29%
Laotian 1,093 0.07% 1.39%
Malaysian 56 0.00% 0.07%
Thai 2,798 0.18% 3.57%
Vietnamese 3,564 0.23% 4.54%
Eastern Asian 24,516 1.57% 31.25%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 10,681 0.68% 13.61%
Hmong 81 0.01% 0.10%
Japanese 6,852 0.44% 8.73%
Korean 6,457 0.41% 8.23%
Taiwanese 445 0.03% 0.57%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,292 0.08% 1.65%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 6,530 0.42% 8.32%
Polynesian 4,565 0.29% 5.82%
Native Hawaiian 3,162 0.20% 4.03%
Samoan 1,146 0.07% 1.46%
Tongan 161 0.01% 0.21%
Other Polynesian 96 0.01% 0.12%
Micronesian 1,302 0.08% 1.66%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,198 0.08% 1.53%
Other Micronesian 104 0.01% 0.13%
Melanesian 53 0.00% 0.07%
Fijian 53 0.00% 0.07%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 610 0.04% 0.78%

* 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) 1,241,244 79.40% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 322,038 20.60% 100.00%
Mexican 232,145 14.85% 72.09%
Puerto Rican 9,258 0.59% 2.87%
Cuban 11,121 0.71% 3.45%
Dominican 818 0.05% 0.25%
Central American 14,553 0.93% 4.52%
Costa Rican 489 0.03% 0.15%
Guatemalan 3,111 0.20% 0.97%
Honduran 1,117 0.07% 0.35%
Nicaraguan 1,205 0.08% 0.37%
Panamanian 621 0.04% 0.19%
Salvadorian 7,180 0.46% 2.23%
Other Central American 830 0.05% 0.26%
South American 6,013 0.38% 1.87%
Argentinian 1,309 0.08% 0.41%
Bolivian 89 0.01% 0.03%
Chilean 573 0.04% 0.18%
Columbian 1,597 0.10% 0.50%
Ecuadorian 575 0.04% 0.18%
Paraguayan 46 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 1,174 0.08% 0.36%
Uruguayan 85 0.01% 0.03%
Venezuelan 224 0.01% 0.07%
Other South American 341 0.02% 0.11%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 48,130 3.08% 14.95%
Spaniard 1,042 0.07% 0.32%
Spanish 7,859 0.50% 2.44%
Spanish American 714 0.05% 0.22%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 38,515 2.46% 11.96%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Yuman 1,543 15.41% 1.54%
2. Cherokee 1,403 14.01% 1.40%
3. Navajo 1,272 12.70% 1.27%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 1,108 11.07% 1.11%
5. Latin American Indians 758 7.57% 0.76%
6. Paiute 584 5.83% 0.58%
7. Apache 447 4.46% 0.45%
8. Sioux 424 4.23% 0.42%
9. Choctaw 318 3.18% 0.32%
10. Shoshone 304 3.04% 0.30%
11. Chippewa 283 2.83% 0.28%
12. Pueblo 264 2.64% 0.26%
13. Blackfeet 199 1.99% 0.20%
14. Iroquois 166 1.66% 0.17%
15. Creek 97 0.97% 0.10%
16. Potawatomi 91 0.91% 0.09%
17. Chickasaw 81 0.81% 0.08%
18. Yaqui 64 0.64% 0.06%
19. Pima 57 0.57% 0.06%
20. Tlingit-Haida 50 0.50% 0.05%
21. Seminole 47 0.47% 0.05%
22. Eskimo 47 0.47% 0.05%
23. Ute 45 0.45% 0.05%
24. Cheyenne 42 0.42% 0.04%
25. Tohono O'Odham 42 0.42% 0.04%
26. Comanche 41 0.41% 0.04%
27. Delaware 41 0.41% 0.04%
28. Alaskan Athabascan 41 0.41% 0.04%
29. Osage 37 0.37% 0.04%
30. Kiowa 36 0.36% 0.04%
31. Aleut 33 0.33% 0.03%
32. Puget Sound Salish 32 0.32% 0.03%
33. Lumbee 31 0.31% 0.03%
34. Ottawa 28 0.28% 0.03%
35. Cree 26 0.26% 0.03%
36. Yakama 21 0.21% 0.02%
37. Menominee 17 0.17% 0.02%
38. Crow 15 0.15% 0.02%
39. Colville 14 0.14% 0.01%
40. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 9 0.09% 0.01%
41. Houma 1 0.01% 0.00%

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

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