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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 1,951,407 95.99% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 81,582 4.01% 100.00%
Total Asian 80,732 3.97% 98.96%
Southern Asian 30,150 1.48% 36.96%
Asian Indian 27,772 1.37% 34.04%
Bangladeshi 218 0.01% 0.27%
Pakistani 1,884 0.09% 2.31%
Sri Lankan 276 0.01% 0.34%
Southeastern Asian 20,013 0.98% 24.53%
Cambodian 75 0.00% 0.09%
Filipino 16,838 0.83% 20.64%
Indonesian 112 0.01% 0.14%
Laotian 63 0.00% 0.08%
Malaysian 55 0.00% 0.07%
Thai 356 0.02% 0.44%
Vietnamese 2,514 0.12% 3.08%
Eastern Asian 29,652 1.46% 36.35%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 19,563 0.96% 23.98%
Hmong 4 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 1,899 0.09% 2.33%
Korean 6,552 0.32% 8.03%
Taiwanese 1,634 0.08% 2.00%
Other Asian or Not Specified 917 0.05% 1.12%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 850 0.04% 1.04%
Polynesian 298 0.01% 0.37%
Native Hawaiian 133 0.01% 0.16%
Samoan 162 0.01% 0.20%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 3 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 187 0.01% 0.23%
Guamanian or Chamorro 182 0.01% 0.22%
Other Micronesian 5 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 4 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 3 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 361 0.02% 0.44%

* 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) 1,762,432 86.69% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 270,557 13.31% 100.00%
Mexican 13,454 0.66% 4.97%
Puerto Rican 86,208 4.24% 31.86%
Cuban 18,268 0.90% 6.75%
Dominican 15,457 0.76% 5.71%
Central American 23,766 1.17% 8.78%
Costa Rican 3,566 0.18% 1.32%
Guatemalan 4,524 0.22% 1.67%
Honduran 4,352 0.21% 1.61%
Nicaraguan 770 0.04% 0.28%
Panamanian 659 0.03% 0.24%
Salvadorian 8,658 0.43% 3.20%
Other Central American 1,237 0.06% 0.46%
South American 55,695 2.74% 20.59%
Argentinian 1,901 0.09% 0.70%
Bolivian 376 0.02% 0.14%
Chilean 1,508 0.07% 0.56%
Columbian 21,140 1.04% 7.81%
Ecuadorian 16,250 0.80% 6.01%
Paraguayan 159 0.01% 0.06%
Peruvian 9,004 0.44% 3.33%
Uruguayan 2,565 0.13% 0.95%
Venezuelan 1,133 0.06% 0.42%
Other South American 1,659 0.08% 0.61%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 57,709 2.84% 21.33%
Spaniard 3,128 0.15% 1.16%
Spanish 6,497 0.32% 2.40%
Spanish American 686 0.03% 0.25%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 47,398 2.33% 17.52%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 555 34.13% 0.03%
2. Cherokee 255 15.68% 0.01%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 117 7.20% 0.01%
4. Iroquois 87 5.35% 0.00%
5. Delaware 66 4.06% 0.00%
6. Blackfeet 62 3.81% 0.00%
7. Sioux 46 2.83% 0.00%
8. Pueblo 38 2.34% 0.00%
9. Seminole 25 1.54% 0.00%
10. Chippewa 22 1.35% 0.00%
11. Lumbee 21 1.29% 0.00%
12. Navajo 19 1.17% 0.00%
13. Creek 18 1.11% 0.00%
14. Apache 16 0.98% 0.00%
15. Chickasaw 8 0.49% 0.00%
16. Aleut 8 0.49% 0.00%
17. Cheyenne 7 0.43% 0.00%
18. Comanche 6 0.37% 0.00%
19. Potawatomi 6 0.37% 0.00%
20. Choctaw 5 0.31% 0.00%
21. Ottawa 5 0.31% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 5 0.31% 0.00%
23. Shoshone 4 0.25% 0.00%
24. Tohono O'Odham 4 0.25% 0.00%
25. Tlingit-Haida 4 0.25% 0.00%
26. Cree 3 0.18% 0.00%
27. Houma 2 0.12% 0.00%
28. Pima 2 0.12% 0.00%
29. Colville 1 0.06% 0.00%
30. Crow 1 0.06% 0.00%
31. Kiowa 1 0.06% 0.00%
32. Osage 1 0.06% 0.00%
33. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.06% 0.00%

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

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