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)	532,905	98.64%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	7,353	1.36%	100.00%
Mexican	3,205	0.59%	43.59%
Puerto Rican	676	0.13%	9.19%
Cuban	484	0.09%	6.58%
Dominican	26	0.00%	0.35%
Central American	507	0.09%	6.90%
Costa Rican	43	0.01%	0.58%
Guatemalan	75	0.01%	1.02%
Honduran	142	0.03%	1.93%
Nicaraguan	42	0.01%	0.57%
Panamanian	98	0.02%	1.33%
Salvadorian	78	0.01%	1.06%
Other Central American	29	0.01%	0.39%
South American	413	0.08%	5.62%
Argentinian	34	0.01%	0.46%
Bolivian	33	0.01%	0.45%
Chilean	38	0.01%	0.52%
Columbian	116	0.02%	1.58%
Ecuadorian	15	0.00%	0.20%
Paraguayan	20	0.00%	0.27%
Peruvian	84	0.02%	1.14%
Uruguayan	3	0.00%	0.04%
Venezuelan	57	0.01%	0.78%
Other South American	13	0.00%	0.18%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	2,042	0.38%	27.77%
Spaniard	46	0.01%	0.63%
Spanish	293	0.05%	3.98%
Spanish American	40	0.01%	0.54%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,663	0.31%	22.62%

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

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