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)	1,191,172	96.74%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	40,139	3.26%	100.00%
Mexican	25,241	2.05%	62.88%
Puerto Rican	2,952	0.24%	7.35%
Cuban	1,201	0.10%	2.99%
Dominican	134	0.01%	0.33%
Central American	3,357	0.27%	8.36%
Costa Rican	220	0.02%	0.55%
Guatemalan	951	0.08%	2.37%
Honduran	611	0.05%	1.52%
Nicaraguan	121	0.01%	0.30%
Panamanian	143	0.01%	0.36%
Salvadorian	1,102	0.09%	2.75%
Other Central American	209	0.02%	0.52%
South American	1,253	0.10%	3.12%
Argentinian	84	0.01%	0.21%
Bolivian	45	0.00%	0.11%
Chilean	131	0.01%	0.33%
Columbian	421	0.03%	1.05%
Ecuadorian	73	0.01%	0.18%
Paraguayan	9	0.00%	0.02%
Peruvian	189	0.02%	0.47%
Uruguayan	11	0.00%	0.03%
Venezuelan	215	0.02%	0.54%
Other South American	75	0.01%	0.19%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	6,001	0.49%	14.95%
Spaniard	126	0.01%	0.31%
Spanish	816	0.07%	2.03%
Spanish American	63	0.01%	0.16%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	4,996	0.41%	12.45%

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

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