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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 1,599,557 97.26% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 45,004 2.74% 100.00%
Total Asian 43,811 2.66% 97.35%
Southern Asian 14,372 0.87% 31.93%
Asian Indian 12,952 0.79% 28.78%
Bangladeshi 178 0.01% 0.40%
Pakistani 1,161 0.07% 2.58%
Sri Lankan 81 0.00% 0.18%
Southeastern Asian 16,711 1.02% 37.13%
Cambodian 189 0.01% 0.42%
Filipino 7,630 0.46% 16.95%
Indonesian 113 0.01% 0.25%
Laotian 422 0.03% 0.94%
Malaysian 45 0.00% 0.10%
Thai 691 0.04% 1.54%
Vietnamese 7,621 0.46% 16.93%
Eastern Asian 11,807 0.72% 26.24%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 6,441 0.39% 14.31%
Hmong 14 0.00% 0.03%
Japanese 1,676 0.10% 3.72%
Korean 3,338 0.20% 7.42%
Taiwanese 338 0.02% 0.75%
Other Asian or Not Specified 921 0.06% 2.05%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,193 0.07% 2.65%
Polynesian 600 0.04% 1.33%
Native Hawaiian 311 0.02% 0.69%
Samoan 187 0.01% 0.42%
Tongan 53 0.00% 0.12%
Other Polynesian 49 0.00% 0.11%
Micronesian 292 0.02% 0.65%
Guamanian or Chamorro 198 0.01% 0.44%
Other Micronesian 94 0.01% 0.21%
Melanesian 18 0.00% 0.04%
Fijian 13 0.00% 0.03%
Other Melanesian 5 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 283 0.02% 0.63%

* 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) 1,372,934 83.48% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 271,627 16.52% 100.00%
Mexican 32,664 1.99% 12.03%
Puerto Rican 139,898 8.51% 51.50%
Cuban 18,797 1.14% 6.92%
Dominican 9,996 0.61% 3.68%
Central American 9,540 0.58% 3.51%
Costa Rican 1,060 0.06% 0.39%
Guatemalan 1,430 0.09% 0.53%
Honduran 1,772 0.11% 0.65%
Nicaraguan 1,285 0.08% 0.47%
Panamanian 1,765 0.11% 0.65%
Salvadorian 1,727 0.11% 0.64%
Other Central American 501 0.03% 0.18%
South American 24,939 1.52% 9.18%
Argentinian 1,413 0.09% 0.52%
Bolivian 310 0.02% 0.11%
Chilean 719 0.04% 0.26%
Columbian 12,164 0.74% 4.48%
Ecuadorian 2,705 0.16% 1.00%
Paraguayan 38 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 2,861 0.17% 1.05%
Uruguayan 206 0.01% 0.08%
Venezuelan 3,648 0.22% 1.34%
Other South American 875 0.05% 0.32%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 35,793 2.18% 13.18%
Spaniard 998 0.06% 0.37%
Spanish 3,409 0.21% 1.26%
Spanish American 547 0.03% 0.20%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 30,839 1.88% 11.35%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 1,157 35.52% 0.07%
2. Latin American Indians 497 15.26% 0.03%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 274 8.41% 0.02%
4. Iroquois 184 5.65% 0.01%
5. Chippewa 122 3.75% 0.01%
6. Choctaw 120 3.68% 0.01%
7. Sioux 112 3.44% 0.01%
8. Seminole 109 3.35% 0.01%
9. Creek 97 2.98% 0.01%
10. Blackfeet 83 2.55% 0.01%
11. Apache 72 2.21% 0.00%
12. Lumbee 57 1.75% 0.00%
13. Navajo 52 1.60% 0.00%
14. Comanche 42 1.29% 0.00%
15. Potawatomi 39 1.20% 0.00%
16. Pueblo 34 1.04% 0.00%
17. Delaware 28 0.86% 0.00%
18. Chickasaw 23 0.71% 0.00%
19. Cree 12 0.37% 0.00%
20. Osage 12 0.37% 0.00%
21. Shoshone 12 0.37% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 12 0.37% 0.00%
23. Tlingit-Haida 11 0.34% 0.00%
24. Alaskan Athabascan 9 0.28% 0.00%
25. Cheyenne 8 0.25% 0.00%
26. Ottawa 8 0.25% 0.00%
27. Yaqui 8 0.25% 0.00%
28. Houma 6 0.18% 0.00%
29. Menominee 6 0.18% 0.00%
30. Yakama 6 0.18% 0.00%
31. Aleut 6 0.18% 0.00%
32. Kiowa 4 0.12% 0.00%
33. Paiute 4 0.12% 0.00%
34. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 3 0.09% 0.00%
35. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.06% 0.00%
36. Colville 1 0.03% 0.00%
37. Crow 1 0.03% 0.00%

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

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