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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 2,847,378 95.91% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 121,428 4.09% 100.00%
Total Asian 120,184 4.05% 98.98%
Southern Asian 15,809 0.53% 13.02%
Asian Indian 14,535 0.49% 11.97%
Bangladeshi 144 0.00% 0.12%
Pakistani 778 0.03% 0.64%
Sri Lankan 352 0.01% 0.29%
Southeastern Asian 33,732 1.14% 27.78%
Cambodian 4,149 0.14% 3.42%
Filipino 4,883 0.16% 4.02%
Indonesian 226 0.01% 0.19%
Laotian 7,576 0.26% 6.24%
Malaysian 142 0.00% 0.12%
Thai 819 0.03% 0.67%
Vietnamese 15,937 0.54% 13.12%
Eastern Asian 67,179 2.26% 55.32%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 13,048 0.44% 10.75%
Hmong 40,707 1.37% 33.52%
Japanese 2,836 0.10% 2.34%
Korean 10,097 0.34% 8.32%
Taiwanese 491 0.02% 0.40%
Other Asian or Not Specified 3,464 0.12% 2.85%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,244 0.04% 1.02%
Polynesian 716 0.02% 0.59%
Native Hawaiian 284 0.01% 0.23%
Samoan 362 0.01% 0.30%
Tongan 37 0.00% 0.03%
Other Polynesian 33 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 194 0.01% 0.16%
Guamanian or Chamorro 171 0.01% 0.14%
Other Micronesian 23 0.00% 0.02%
Melanesian 24 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 10 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 14 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 310 0.01% 0.26%

* 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) 2,869,685 96.66% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 99,121 3.34% 100.00%
Mexican 65,469 2.21% 66.05%
Puerto Rican 5,333 0.18% 5.38%
Cuban 1,841 0.06% 1.86%
Dominican 412 0.01% 0.42%
Central American 4,777 0.16% 4.82%
Costa Rican 282 0.01% 0.28%
Guatemalan 1,146 0.04% 1.16%
Honduran 712 0.02% 0.72%
Nicaraguan 259 0.01% 0.26%
Panamanian 383 0.01% 0.39%
Salvadorian 1,721 0.06% 1.74%
Other Central American 274 0.01% 0.28%
South American 6,312 0.21% 6.37%
Argentinian 333 0.01% 0.34%
Bolivian 129 0.00% 0.13%
Chilean 398 0.01% 0.40%
Columbian 1,671 0.06% 1.69%
Ecuadorian 2,163 0.07% 2.18%
Paraguayan 159 0.01% 0.16%
Peruvian 707 0.02% 0.71%
Uruguayan 69 0.00% 0.07%
Venezuelan 417 0.01% 0.42%
Other South American 266 0.01% 0.27%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 14,977 0.50% 15.11%
Spaniard 327 0.01% 0.33%
Spanish 2,228 0.08% 2.25%
Spanish American 120 0.00% 0.12%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 12,302 0.41% 12.41%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Chippewa 9,507 61.95% 9.92%
2. Sioux 2,862 18.65% 2.99%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 1,009 6.57% 1.05%
4. Latin American Indians 533 3.47% 0.56%
5. Cherokee 372 2.42% 0.39%
6. Iroquois 168 1.09% 0.18%
7. Choctaw 109 0.71% 0.11%
8. Navajo 102 0.66% 0.11%
9. Potawatomi 81 0.53% 0.08%
10. Menominee 76 0.50% 0.08%
11. Apache 73 0.48% 0.08%
12. Blackfeet 60 0.39% 0.06%
13. Cree 55 0.36% 0.06%
14. Creek 53 0.35% 0.06%
15. Pueblo 45 0.29% 0.05%
16. Eskimo 42 0.27% 0.04%
17. Tlingit-Haida 38 0.25% 0.04%
18. Alaskan Athabascan 32 0.21% 0.03%
19. Seminole 27 0.18% 0.03%
20. Cheyenne 26 0.17% 0.03%
21. Shoshone 23 0.15% 0.02%
22. Ottawa 22 0.14% 0.02%
23. Lumbee 21 0.14% 0.02%
24. Kiowa 20 0.13% 0.02%
25. Chickasaw 19 0.12% 0.02%
26. Comanche 17 0.11% 0.02%
27. Delaware 16 0.10% 0.02%
28. Crow 15 0.10% 0.02%
29. Aleut 15 0.10% 0.02%
30. Pima 13 0.08% 0.01%
31. Yakama 9 0.06% 0.01%
32. Osage 8 0.05% 0.01%
33. Tohono O'Odham 7 0.05% 0.01%
34. Puget Sound Salish 6 0.04% 0.01%
35. Yuman 6 0.04% 0.01%
36. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 5 0.03% 0.01%
37. Yaqui 4 0.03% 0.00%
38. Colville 3 0.02% 0.00%
39. Houma 3 0.02% 0.00%
40. Paiute 3 0.02% 0.00%
41. Ute 3 0.02% 0.00%

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

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