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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 1,989,820 83.17% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 402,737 16.83% 100.00%
Total Asian 390,425 16.32% 96.94%
Southern Asian 57,966 2.42% 14.39%
Asian Indian 54,525 2.28% 13.54%
Bangladeshi 215 0.01% 0.05%
Pakistani 2,838 0.12% 0.70%
Sri Lankan 388 0.02% 0.10%
Southeastern Asian 147,270 6.16% 36.57%
Cambodian 3,972 0.17% 0.99%
Filipino 103,722 4.34% 25.75%
Indonesian 1,230 0.05% 0.31%
Laotian 7,320 0.31% 1.82%
Malaysian 186 0.01% 0.05%
Thai 1,855 0.08% 0.46%
Vietnamese 28,985 1.21% 7.20%
Eastern Asian 181,003 7.57% 44.94%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 136,694 5.71% 33.94%
Hmong 283 0.01% 0.07%
Japanese 20,407 0.85% 5.07%
Korean 19,359 0.81% 4.81%
Taiwanese 4,260 0.18% 1.06%
Other Asian or Not Specified 4,186 0.17% 1.04%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 12,312 0.51% 3.06%
Polynesian 6,689 0.28% 1.66%
Native Hawaiian 2,191 0.09% 0.54%
Samoan 2,142 0.09% 0.53%
Tongan 2,166 0.09% 0.54%
Other Polynesian 190 0.01% 0.05%
Micronesian 2,182 0.09% 0.54%
Guamanian or Chamorro 2,027 0.08% 0.50%
Other Micronesian 155 0.01% 0.04%
Melanesian 1,928 0.08% 0.48%
Fijian 1,921 0.08% 0.48%
Other Melanesian 7 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 1,513 0.06% 0.38%

* 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) 1,950,871 81.54% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 441,686 18.46% 100.00%
Mexican 305,256 12.76% 69.11%
Puerto Rican 15,143 0.63% 3.43%
Cuban 3,102 0.13% 0.70%
Dominican 324 0.01% 0.07%
Central American 30,668 1.28% 6.94%
Costa Rican 675 0.03% 0.15%
Guatemalan 4,709 0.20% 1.07%
Honduran 1,048 0.04% 0.24%
Nicaraguan 6,271 0.26% 1.42%
Panamanian 936 0.04% 0.21%
Salvadorian 14,002 0.59% 3.17%
Other Central American 3,027 0.13% 0.69%
South American 11,183 0.47% 2.53%
Argentinian 1,025 0.04% 0.23%
Bolivian 496 0.02% 0.11%
Chilean 1,197 0.05% 0.27%
Columbian 1,733 0.07% 0.39%
Ecuadorian 507 0.02% 0.11%
Paraguayan 54 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 4,394 0.18% 0.99%
Uruguayan 81 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 541 0.02% 0.12%
Other South American 1,155 0.05% 0.26%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 76,010 3.18% 17.21%
Spaniard 1,746 0.07% 0.40%
Spanish 15,147 0.63% 3.43%
Spanish American 821 0.03% 0.19%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 58,296 2.44% 13.20%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 1,602 19.86% 0.07%
2. Cherokee 1,563 19.38% 0.07%
3. Latin American Indians 1,553 19.25% 0.06%
4. Sioux 515 6.38% 0.02%
5. Choctaw 496 6.15% 0.02%
6. Navajo 495 6.14% 0.02%
7. Apache 473 5.86% 0.02%
8. Pueblo 305 3.78% 0.01%
9. Chippewa 255 3.16% 0.01%
10. Blackfeet 195 2.42% 0.01%
11. Yaqui 146 1.81% 0.01%
12. Iroquois 145 1.80% 0.01%
13. Creek 132 1.64% 0.01%
14. Paiute 122 1.51% 0.01%
15. Chickasaw 99 1.23% 0.00%
16. Potawatomi 89 1.10% 0.00%
17. Comanche 62 0.77% 0.00%
18. Kiowa 61 0.76% 0.00%
19. Tlingit-Haida 56 0.69% 0.00%
20. Pima 50 0.62% 0.00%
21. Seminole 49 0.61% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 43 0.53% 0.00%
23. Delaware 41 0.51% 0.00%
24. Aleut 41 0.51% 0.00%
25. Shoshone 40 0.50% 0.00%
26. Yuman 38 0.47% 0.00%
27. Tohono O'Odham 34 0.42% 0.00%
28. Osage 33 0.41% 0.00%
29. Cheyenne 32 0.40% 0.00%
30. Ute 26 0.32% 0.00%
31. Cree 23 0.29% 0.00%
32. Crow 19 0.24% 0.00%
33. Alaskan Athabascan 19 0.24% 0.00%
34. Puget Sound Salish 18 0.22% 0.00%
35. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 17 0.21% 0.00%
36. Ottawa 15 0.19% 0.00%
37. Lumbee 11 0.14% 0.00%
38. Yakama 11 0.14% 0.00%
39. Houma 8 0.10% 0.00%
40. Colville 5 0.06% 0.00%
41. Menominee 5 0.06% 0.00%

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

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