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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 243,070 97.11% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 7,221 2.89% 100.00%
Total Asian 7,076 2.83% 97.99%
Southern Asian 795 0.32% 11.01%
Asian Indian 732 0.29% 10.14%
Bangladeshi 3 0.00% 0.04%
Pakistani 48 0.02% 0.66%
Sri Lankan 12 0.00% 0.17%
Southeastern Asian 4,187 1.67% 57.98%
Cambodian 42 0.02% 0.58%
Filipino 196 0.08% 2.71%
Indonesian 42 0.02% 0.58%
Laotian 41 0.02% 0.57%
Malaysian 31 0.01% 0.43%
Thai 61 0.02% 0.84%
Vietnamese 3,774 1.51% 52.26%
Eastern Asian 1,911 0.76% 26.46%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,047 0.42% 14.50%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 269 0.11% 3.73%
Korean 572 0.23% 7.92%
Taiwanese 22 0.01% 0.30%
Other Asian or Not Specified 183 0.07% 2.53%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 145 0.06% 2.01%
Polynesian 56 0.02% 0.78%
Native Hawaiian 36 0.01% 0.50%
Samoan 20 0.01% 0.28%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 44 0.02% 0.61%
Guamanian or Chamorro 19 0.01% 0.26%
Other Micronesian 25 0.01% 0.35%
Melanesian 4 0.00% 0.06%
Fijian 4 0.00% 0.06%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 41 0.02% 0.57%

* 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) 241,854 96.63% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 8,437 3.37% 100.00%
Mexican 5,494 2.20% 65.12%
Puerto Rican 326 0.13% 3.86%
Cuban 145 0.06% 1.72%
Dominican 21 0.01% 0.25%
Central American 410 0.16% 4.86%
Costa Rican 18 0.01% 0.21%
Guatemalan 138 0.06% 1.64%
Honduran 61 0.02% 0.72%
Nicaraguan 14 0.01% 0.17%
Panamanian 29 0.01% 0.34%
Salvadorian 126 0.05% 1.49%
Other Central American 24 0.01% 0.28%
South American 313 0.13% 3.71%
Argentinian 41 0.02% 0.49%
Bolivian 8 0.00% 0.09%
Chilean 26 0.01% 0.31%
Columbian 100 0.04% 1.19%
Ecuadorian 17 0.01% 0.20%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 67 0.03% 0.79%
Uruguayan 2 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 39 0.02% 0.46%
Other South American 13 0.01% 0.15%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,728 0.69% 20.48%
Spaniard 28 0.01% 0.33%
Spanish 203 0.08% 2.41%
Spanish American 23 0.01% 0.27%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,474 0.59% 17.47%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 427 58.17% 0.07%
2. Sioux 346 47.14% 0.06%
3. Cherokee 77 10.49% 0.01%
4. Navajo 38 5.18% 0.01%
5. Latin American Indians 37 5.04% 0.01%
6. Chippewa 35 4.77% 0.01%
7. Choctaw 15 2.04% 0.00%
8. Iroquois 10 1.36% 0.00%
9. Apache 8 1.09% 0.00%
10. Creek 8 1.09% 0.00%
11. Chickasaw 7 0.95% 0.00%
12. Eskimo 7 0.95% 0.00%
13. Blackfeet 6 0.82% 0.00%
14. Cree 6 0.82% 0.00%
15. Pueblo 5 0.68% 0.00%
16. Cheyenne 4 0.54% 0.00%
17. Colville 3 0.41% 0.00%
18. Kiowa 3 0.41% 0.00%
19. Menominee 3 0.41% 0.00%
20. Potawatomi 3 0.41% 0.00%
21. Comanche 2 0.27% 0.00%
22. Delaware 2 0.27% 0.00%
23. Ottawa 2 0.27% 0.00%
24. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.27% 0.00%
25. Houma 1 0.14% 0.00%
26. Osage 1 0.14% 0.00%
27. Seminole 1 0.14% 0.00%
28. Shoshone 1 0.14% 0.00%
29. Yaqui 1 0.14% 0.00%
30. Aleut 1 0.14% 0.00%

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

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