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)	279,796	95.31%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	13,770	4.69%	100.00%
Mexican	1,346	0.46%	9.77%
Puerto Rican	8,155	2.78%	59.22%
Cuban	304	0.10%	2.21%
Dominican	529	0.18%	3.84%
Central American	487	0.17%	3.54%
Costa Rican	61	0.02%	0.44%
Guatemalan	43	0.01%	0.31%
Honduran	58	0.02%	0.42%
Nicaraguan	11	0.00%	0.08%
Panamanian	127	0.04%	0.92%
Salvadorian	171	0.06%	1.24%
Other Central American	16	0.01%	0.12%
South American	918	0.31%	6.67%
Argentinian	57	0.02%	0.41%
Bolivian	19	0.01%	0.14%
Chilean	27	0.01%	0.20%
Columbian	226	0.08%	1.64%
Ecuadorian	103	0.04%	0.75%
Paraguayan	12	0.00%	0.09%
Peruvian	376	0.13%	2.73%
Uruguayan	17	0.01%	0.12%
Venezuelan	33	0.01%	0.24%
Other South American	48	0.02%	0.35%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	2,031	0.69%	14.75%
Spaniard	69	0.02%	0.50%
Spanish	375	0.13%	2.72%
Spanish American	25	0.01%	0.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,562	0.53%	11.34%

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

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