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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 471,686 98.43% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 7,512 1.57% 100.00%
Total Asian 7,399 1.54% 98.50%
Southern Asian 1,918 0.40% 25.53%
Asian Indian 1,712 0.36% 22.79%
Bangladeshi 42 0.01% 0.56%
Pakistani 103 0.02% 1.37%
Sri Lankan 61 0.01% 0.81%
Southeastern Asian 1,214 0.25% 16.16%
Cambodian 14 0.00% 0.19%
Filipino 506 0.11% 6.74%
Indonesian 100 0.02% 1.33%
Laotian 5 0.00% 0.07%
Malaysian 47 0.01% 0.63%
Thai 151 0.03% 2.01%
Vietnamese 391 0.08% 5.21%
Eastern Asian 4,045 0.84% 53.85%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,108 0.44% 28.06%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 1,208 0.25% 16.08%
Korean 637 0.13% 8.48%
Taiwanese 92 0.02% 1.22%
Other Asian or Not Specified 222 0.05% 2.96%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 113 0.02% 1.50%
Polynesian 71 0.01% 0.95%
Native Hawaiian 38 0.01% 0.51%
Samoan 30 0.01% 0.40%
Tongan 2 0.00% 0.03%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 22 0.00% 0.29%
Guamanian or Chamorro 16 0.00% 0.21%
Other Micronesian 6 0.00% 0.08%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 19 0.00% 0.25%

* 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) 467,318 97.52% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 11,880 2.48% 100.00%
Mexican 8,314 1.73% 69.98%
Puerto Rican 666 0.14% 5.61%
Cuban 318 0.07% 2.68%
Dominican 57 0.01% 0.48%
Central American 435 0.09% 3.66%
Costa Rican 31 0.01% 0.26%
Guatemalan 134 0.03% 1.13%
Honduran 118 0.02% 0.99%
Nicaraguan 37 0.01% 0.31%
Panamanian 62 0.01% 0.52%
Salvadorian 45 0.01% 0.38%
Other Central American 8 0.00% 0.07%
South American 521 0.11% 4.39%
Argentinian 45 0.01% 0.38%
Bolivian 29 0.01% 0.24%
Chilean 36 0.01% 0.30%
Columbian 138 0.03% 1.16%
Ecuadorian 42 0.01% 0.35%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 102 0.02% 0.86%
Uruguayan 5 0.00% 0.04%
Venezuelan 105 0.02% 0.88%
Other South American 18 0.00% 0.15%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,569 0.33% 13.21%
Spaniard 50 0.01% 0.42%
Spanish 223 0.05% 1.88%
Spanish American 15 0.00% 0.13%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,281 0.27% 10.78%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 317 53.28% 0.20%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 48 8.07% 0.03%
3. Latin American Indians 31 5.21% 0.02%
4. Sioux 25 4.20% 0.02%
5. Navajo 22 3.70% 0.01%
6. Chippewa 19 3.19% 0.01%
7. Apache 18 3.03% 0.01%
8. Blackfeet 13 2.18% 0.01%
9. Choctaw 12 2.02% 0.01%
10. Lumbee 12 2.02% 0.01%
11. Iroquois 11 1.85% 0.01%
12. Creek 10 1.68% 0.01%
13. Ottawa 6 1.01% 0.00%
14. Chickasaw 5 0.84% 0.00%
15. Crow 5 0.84% 0.00%
16. Seminole 5 0.84% 0.00%
17. Cheyenne 4 0.67% 0.00%
18. Comanche 4 0.67% 0.00%
19. Tlingit-Haida 4 0.67% 0.00%
20. Cree 3 0.50% 0.00%
21. Delaware 3 0.50% 0.00%
22. Osage 3 0.50% 0.00%
23. Aleut 3 0.50% 0.00%
24. Eskimo 3 0.50% 0.00%
25. Pueblo 2 0.34% 0.00%
26. Yaqui 2 0.34% 0.00%
27. Houma 1 0.17% 0.00%
28. Kiowa 1 0.17% 0.00%
29. Menominee 1 0.17% 0.00%
30. Pima 1 0.17% 0.00%
31. Potawatomi 1 0.17% 0.00%

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

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