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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 94,762 98.91% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,040 1.09% 100.00%
Total Asian 960 1.00% 92.31%
Southern Asian 49 0.05% 4.71%
Asian Indian 44 0.05% 4.23%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 2 0.00% 0.19%
Sri Lankan 3 0.00% 0.29%
Southeastern Asian 215 0.22% 20.67%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.10%
Filipino 71 0.07% 6.83%
Indonesian 7 0.01% 0.67%
Laotian 45 0.05% 4.33%
Malaysian 12 0.01% 1.15%
Thai 10 0.01% 0.96%
Vietnamese 69 0.07% 6.63%
Eastern Asian 671 0.70% 64.52%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 154 0.16% 14.81%
Hmong 207 0.22% 19.90%
Japanese 203 0.21% 19.52%
Korean 102 0.11% 9.81%
Taiwanese 5 0.01% 0.48%
Other Asian or Not Specified 25 0.03% 2.40%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 80 0.08% 7.69%
Polynesian 47 0.05% 4.52%
Native Hawaiian 39 0.04% 3.75%
Samoan 7 0.01% 0.67%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.10%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 8 0.01% 0.77%
Guamanian or Chamorro 6 0.01% 0.58%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.19%
Melanesian 10 0.01% 0.96%
Fijian 10 0.01% 0.96%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 15 0.02% 1.44%

* 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) 94,259 98.39% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,543 1.61% 100.00%
Mexican 904 0.94% 58.59%
Puerto Rican 80 0.08% 5.18%
Cuban 48 0.05% 3.11%
Dominican 3 0.00% 0.19%
Central American 36 0.04% 2.33%
Costa Rican 3 0.00% 0.19%
Guatemalan 5 0.01% 0.32%
Honduran 2 0.00% 0.13%
Nicaraguan 3 0.00% 0.19%
Panamanian 10 0.01% 0.65%
Salvadorian 8 0.01% 0.52%
Other Central American 5 0.01% 0.32%
South American 53 0.06% 3.43%
Argentinian 14 0.01% 0.91%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 7 0.01% 0.45%
Columbian 13 0.01% 0.84%
Ecuadorian 3 0.00% 0.19%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 11 0.01% 0.71%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 1 0.00% 0.06%
Other South American 4 0.00% 0.26%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 419 0.44% 27.15%
Spaniard 15 0.02% 0.97%
Spanish 119 0.12% 7.71%
Spanish American 3 0.00% 0.19%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 282 0.29% 18.28%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 764 75.27% 0.14%
2. Blackfeet 369 36.35% 0.07%
3. Chippewa 109 10.74% 0.02%
4. Cheyenne 69 6.80% 0.01%
5. Sioux 69 6.80% 0.01%
6. Cherokee 68 6.70% 0.01%
7. Crow 40 3.94% 0.01%
8. Navajo 26 2.56% 0.00%
9. Potawatomi 23 2.27% 0.00%
10. Apache 18 1.77% 0.00%
11. Latin American Indians 14 1.38% 0.00%
12. Choctaw 13 1.28% 0.00%
13. Cree 13 1.28% 0.00%
14. Alaskan Athabascan 12 1.18% 0.00%
15. Shoshone 10 0.99% 0.00%
16. Eskimo 10 0.99% 0.00%
17. Colville 7 0.69% 0.00%
18. Puget Sound Salish 7 0.69% 0.00%
19. Iroquois 6 0.59% 0.00%
20. Osage 5 0.49% 0.00%
21. Paiute 5 0.49% 0.00%
22. Yaqui 5 0.49% 0.00%
23. Aleut 5 0.49% 0.00%
24. Tlingit-Haida 5 0.49% 0.00%
25. Pima 4 0.39% 0.00%
26. Pueblo 4 0.39% 0.00%
27. Creek 3 0.30% 0.00%
28. Comanche 2 0.20% 0.00%
29. Yakama 2 0.20% 0.00%
30. Yuman 2 0.20% 0.00%
31. Delaware 1 0.10% 0.00%
32. Kiowa 1 0.10% 0.00%
33. Lumbee 1 0.10% 0.00%
34. Menominee 1 0.10% 0.00%
35. Ottawa 1 0.10% 0.00%
36. Seminole 1 0.10% 0.00%
37. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.10% 0.00%
38. Ute 1 0.10% 0.00%

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

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