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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 14,670,866 89.60% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,702,779 10.40% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,657,099 10.12% 97.32%
Southern Asian 120,174 0.73% 7.06%
Asian Indian 104,482 0.64% 6.14%
Bangladeshi 2,201 0.01% 0.13%
Pakistani 9,302 0.06% 0.55%
Sri Lankan 4,189 0.03% 0.25%
Southeastern Asian 688,568 4.21% 40.44%
Cambodian 36,233 0.22% 2.13%
Filipino 371,421 2.27% 21.81%
Indonesian 12,475 0.08% 0.73%
Laotian 7,626 0.05% 0.45%
Malaysian 950 0.01% 0.06%
Thai 26,290 0.16% 1.54%
Vietnamese 233,573 1.43% 13.72%
Eastern Asian 831,016 5.08% 48.80%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 366,863 2.24% 21.54%
Hmong 2,500 0.02% 0.15%
Japanese 155,959 0.95% 9.16%
Korean 257,975 1.58% 15.15%
Taiwanese 47,719 0.29% 2.80%
Other Asian or Not Specified 17,341 0.11% 1.02%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 45,680 0.28% 2.68%
Polynesian 32,716 0.20% 1.92%
Native Hawaiian 8,393 0.05% 0.49%
Samoan 19,976 0.12% 1.17%
Tongan 3,637 0.02% 0.21%
Other Polynesian 710 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 7,561 0.05% 0.44%
Guamanian or Chamorro 6,773 0.04% 0.40%
Other Micronesian 788 0.00% 0.05%
Melanesian 801 0.00% 0.05%
Fijian 791 0.00% 0.05%
Other Melanesian 10 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 4,602 0.03% 0.27%

* 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) 9,775,157 59.70% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 6,598,488 40.30% 100.00%
Mexican 4,962,046 30.31% 75.20%
Puerto Rican 66,340 0.41% 1.01%
Cuban 53,839 0.33% 0.82%
Dominican 2,756 0.02% 0.04%
Central American 436,742 2.67% 6.62%
Costa Rican 9,202 0.06% 0.14%
Guatemalan 118,069 0.72% 1.79%
Honduran 23,669 0.14% 0.36%
Nicaraguan 26,447 0.16% 0.40%
Panamanian 5,557 0.03% 0.08%
Salvadorian 212,663 1.30% 3.22%
Other Central American 41,135 0.25% 0.62%
South American 108,894 0.67% 1.65%
Argentinian 17,475 0.11% 0.26%
Bolivian 4,112 0.03% 0.06%
Chilean 7,702 0.05% 0.12%
Columbian 23,185 0.14% 0.35%
Ecuadorian 15,004 0.09% 0.23%
Paraguayan 309 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 27,010 0.16% 0.41%
Uruguayan 1,108 0.01% 0.02%
Venezuelan 2,866 0.02% 0.04%
Other South American 10,123 0.06% 0.15%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 967,871 5.91% 14.67%
Spaniard 10,529 0.06% 0.16%
Spanish 73,962 0.45% 1.12%
Spanish American 5,479 0.03% 0.08%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 877,901 5.36% 13.30%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 15,458 40.99% 1.51%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 4,180 11.08% 0.41%
3. Cherokee 3,445 9.14% 0.34%
4. Apache 2,381 6.31% 0.23%
5. Navajo 2,274 6.03% 0.22%
6. Pueblo 1,247 3.31% 0.12%
7. Sioux 1,093 2.90% 0.11%
8. Choctaw 904 2.40% 0.09%
9. Yaqui 820 2.17% 0.08%
10. Chippewa 609 1.61% 0.06%
11. Blackfeet 525 1.39% 0.05%
12. Iroquois 414 1.10% 0.04%
13. Tohono O'Odham 407 1.08% 0.04%
14. Creek 374 0.99% 0.04%
15. Pima 272 0.72% 0.03%
16. Comanche 243 0.64% 0.02%
17. Yuman 243 0.64% 0.02%
18. Paiute 231 0.61% 0.02%
19. Chickasaw 184 0.49% 0.02%
20. Shoshone 181 0.48% 0.02%
21. Seminole 169 0.45% 0.02%
22. Potawatomi 147 0.39% 0.01%
23. Cheyenne 146 0.39% 0.01%
24. Osage 121 0.32% 0.01%
25. Tlingit-Haida 104 0.28% 0.01%
26. Delaware 92 0.24% 0.01%
27. Kiowa 87 0.23% 0.01%
28. Ute 85 0.23% 0.01%
29. Lumbee 82 0.22% 0.01%
30. Eskimo 80 0.21% 0.01%
31. Cree 64 0.17% 0.01%
32. Alaskan Athabascan 63 0.17% 0.01%
33. Ottawa 58 0.15% 0.01%
34. Colville 55 0.15% 0.01%
35. Aleut 51 0.14% 0.00%
36. Crow 45 0.12% 0.00%
37. Yakama 41 0.11% 0.00%
38. Puget Sound Salish 29 0.08% 0.00%
39. Menominee 28 0.07% 0.00%
40. Houma 8 0.02% 0.00%
41. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 6 0.02% 0.00%

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

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