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.

* 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)	351,658	98.13%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	6,707	1.87%	100.00%
Mexican	4,733	1.32%	70.57%
Puerto Rican	366	0.10%	5.46%
Cuban	91	0.03%	1.36%
Dominican	8	0.00%	0.12%
Central American	149	0.04%	2.22%
Costa Rican	12	0.00%	0.18%
Guatemalan	28	0.01%	0.42%
Honduran	29	0.01%	0.43%
Nicaraguan	21	0.01%	0.31%
Panamanian	31	0.01%	0.46%
Salvadorian	24	0.01%	0.36%
Other Central American	4	0.00%	0.06%
South American	172	0.05%	2.56%
Argentinian	13	0.00%	0.19%
Bolivian	1	0.00%	0.01%
Chilean	34	0.01%	0.51%
Columbian	38	0.01%	0.57%
Ecuadorian	11	0.00%	0.16%
Paraguayan	4	0.00%	0.06%
Peruvian	34	0.01%	0.51%
Uruguayan	4	0.00%	0.06%
Venezuelan	27	0.01%	0.40%
Other South American	6	0.00%	0.09%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,188	0.33%	17.71%
Spaniard	30	0.01%	0.45%
Spanish	146	0.04%	2.18%
Spanish American	7	0.00%	0.10%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,005	0.28%	14.98%

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

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