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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 705,969 98.46% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 11,029 1.54% 100.00%
Total Asian 10,630 1.48% 96.38%
Southern Asian 2,395 0.33% 21.72%
Asian Indian 2,239 0.31% 20.30%
Bangladeshi 16 0.00% 0.15%
Pakistani 106 0.01% 0.96%
Sri Lankan 34 0.00% 0.31%
Southeastern Asian 3,635 0.51% 32.96%
Cambodian 51 0.01% 0.46%
Filipino 1,527 0.21% 13.85%
Indonesian 53 0.01% 0.48%
Laotian 144 0.02% 1.31%
Malaysian 12 0.00% 0.11%
Thai 321 0.04% 2.91%
Vietnamese 1,527 0.21% 13.85%
Eastern Asian 4,180 0.58% 37.90%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,640 0.23% 14.87%
Hmong 94 0.01% 0.85%
Japanese 952 0.13% 8.63%
Korean 1,419 0.20% 12.87%
Taiwanese 75 0.01% 0.68%
Other Asian or Not Specified 420 0.06% 3.81%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 399 0.06% 3.62%
Polynesian 200 0.03% 1.81%
Native Hawaiian 153 0.02% 1.39%
Samoan 44 0.01% 0.40%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.02%
Micronesian 147 0.02% 1.33%
Guamanian or Chamorro 123 0.02% 1.12%
Other Micronesian 24 0.00% 0.22%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 52 0.01% 0.47%

* 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) 677,263 94.46% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 39,735 5.54% 100.00%
Mexican 30,620 4.27% 77.06%
Puerto Rican 1,259 0.18% 3.17%
Cuban 417 0.06% 1.05%
Dominican 104 0.01% 0.26%
Central American 1,735 0.24% 4.37%
Costa Rican 40 0.01% 0.10%
Guatemalan 434 0.06% 1.09%
Honduran 146 0.02% 0.37%
Nicaraguan 45 0.01% 0.11%
Panamanian 183 0.03% 0.46%
Salvadorian 804 0.11% 2.02%
Other Central American 83 0.01% 0.21%
South American 602 0.08% 1.52%
Argentinian 32 0.00% 0.08%
Bolivian 29 0.00% 0.07%
Chilean 61 0.01% 0.15%
Columbian 231 0.03% 0.58%
Ecuadorian 45 0.01% 0.11%
Paraguayan 3 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 88 0.01% 0.22%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 87 0.01% 0.22%
Other South American 23 0.00% 0.06%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,998 0.70% 12.58%
Spaniard 94 0.01% 0.24%
Spanish 680 0.09% 1.71%
Spanish American 95 0.01% 0.24%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,129 0.58% 10.39%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 1,091 66.28% 0.15%
2. Sioux 565 34.33% 0.08%
3. Cherokee 268 16.28% 0.04%
4. Latin American Indians 123 7.47% 0.02%
5. Chippewa 100 6.08% 0.01%
6. Navajo 61 3.71% 0.01%
7. Creek 48 2.92% 0.01%
8. Choctaw 45 2.73% 0.01%
9. Apache 44 2.67% 0.01%
10. Potawatomi 35 2.13% 0.00%
11. Blackfeet 30 1.82% 0.00%
12. Iroquois 25 1.52% 0.00%
13. Chickasaw 20 1.22% 0.00%
14. Pueblo 19 1.15% 0.00%
15. Comanche 15 0.91% 0.00%
16. Seminole 14 0.85% 0.00%
17. Eskimo 14 0.85% 0.00%
18. Lumbee 13 0.79% 0.00%
19. Kiowa 8 0.49% 0.00%
20. Cheyenne 7 0.43% 0.00%
21. Alaskan Athabascan 6 0.36% 0.00%
22. Menominee 5 0.30% 0.00%
23. Delaware 4 0.24% 0.00%
24. Ottawa 4 0.24% 0.00%
25. Pima 4 0.24% 0.00%
26. Ute 4 0.24% 0.00%
27. Tlingit-Haida 4 0.24% 0.00%
28. Cree 3 0.18% 0.00%
29. Aleut 3 0.18% 0.00%
30. Crow 2 0.12% 0.00%
31. Osage 2 0.12% 0.00%
32. Paiute 2 0.12% 0.00%
33. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.12% 0.00%
34. Yaqui 2 0.12% 0.00%
35. Colville 1 0.06% 0.00%
36. Shoshone 1 0.06% 0.00%
37. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.06% 0.00%
38. Yakama 1 0.06% 0.00%

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

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