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)	1,062,404	94.33%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	63,813	5.67%	100.00%
Mexican	15,063	1.34%	23.60%
Puerto Rican	25,797	2.29%	40.43%
Cuban	3,372	0.30%	5.28%
Dominican	1,319	0.12%	2.07%
Central American	3,076	0.27%	4.82%
Costa Rican	637	0.06%	1.00%
Guatemalan	608	0.05%	0.95%
Honduran	326	0.03%	0.51%
Nicaraguan	262	0.02%	0.41%
Panamanian	236	0.02%	0.37%
Salvadorian	855	0.08%	1.34%
Other Central American	152	0.01%	0.24%
South American	5,529	0.49%	8.66%
Argentinian	439	0.04%	0.69%
Bolivian	72	0.01%	0.11%
Chilean	326	0.03%	0.51%
Columbian	2,126	0.19%	3.33%
Ecuadorian	908	0.08%	1.42%
Paraguayan	34	0.00%	0.05%
Peruvian	1,022	0.09%	1.60%
Uruguayan	112	0.01%	0.18%
Venezuelan	256	0.02%	0.40%
Other South American	234	0.02%	0.37%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	9,657	0.86%	15.13%
Spaniard	617	0.05%	0.97%
Spanish	1,861	0.17%	2.92%
Spanish American	165	0.01%	0.26%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	7,014	0.62%	10.99%

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

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