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)	465,771	97.56%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	11,670	2.44%	100.00%
Mexican	4,402	0.92%	37.72%
Puerto Rican	3,328	0.70%	28.52%
Cuban	328	0.07%	2.81%
Dominican	109	0.02%	0.93%
Central American	867	0.18%	7.43%
Costa Rican	187	0.04%	1.60%
Guatemalan	65	0.01%	0.56%
Honduran	57	0.01%	0.49%
Nicaraguan	27	0.01%	0.23%
Panamanian	423	0.09%	3.62%
Salvadorian	76	0.02%	0.65%
Other Central American	32	0.01%	0.27%
South American	336	0.07%	2.88%
Argentinian	16	0.00%	0.14%
Bolivian	11	0.00%	0.09%
Chilean	25	0.01%	0.21%
Columbian	118	0.02%	1.01%
Ecuadorian	44	0.01%	0.38%
Paraguayan	7	0.00%	0.06%
Peruvian	52	0.01%	0.45%
Uruguayan	3	0.00%	0.03%
Venezuelan	44	0.01%	0.38%
Other South American	16	0.00%	0.14%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	2,300	0.48%	19.71%
Spaniard	49	0.01%	0.42%
Spanish	290	0.06%	2.49%
Spanish American	35	0.01%	0.30%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,926	0.40%	16.50%

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

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