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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 343,565 98.90% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 3,822 1.10% 100.00%
Total Asian 3,757 1.08% 98.30%
Southern Asian 1,295 0.37% 33.88%
Asian Indian 1,213 0.35% 31.74%
Bangladeshi 9 0.00% 0.24%
Pakistani 67 0.02% 1.75%
Sri Lankan 6 0.00% 0.16%
Southeastern Asian 1,090 0.31% 28.52%
Cambodian 10 0.00% 0.26%
Filipino 440 0.13% 11.51%
Indonesian 15 0.00% 0.39%
Laotian 66 0.02% 1.73%
Malaysian 10 0.00% 0.26%
Thai 47 0.01% 1.23%
Vietnamese 502 0.14% 13.13%
Eastern Asian 1,300 0.37% 34.01%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 746 0.21% 19.52%
Hmong 6 0.00% 0.16%
Japanese 168 0.05% 4.40%
Korean 350 0.10% 9.16%
Taiwanese 30 0.01% 0.78%
Other Asian or Not Specified 72 0.02% 1.88%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 65 0.02% 1.70%
Polynesian 40 0.01% 1.05%
Native Hawaiian 17 0.00% 0.44%
Samoan 23 0.01% 0.60%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 10 0.00% 0.26%
Guamanian or Chamorro 8 0.00% 0.21%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.05%
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 15 0.00% 0.39%

* 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) 341,988 98.45% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 5,399 1.55% 100.00%
Mexican 3,656 1.05% 67.72%
Puerto Rican 385 0.11% 7.13%
Cuban 123 0.04% 2.28%
Dominican 18 0.01% 0.33%
Central American 97 0.03% 1.80%
Costa Rican 9 0.00% 0.17%
Guatemalan 23 0.01% 0.43%
Honduran 7 0.00% 0.13%
Nicaraguan 13 0.00% 0.24%
Panamanian 29 0.01% 0.54%
Salvadorian 9 0.00% 0.17%
Other Central American 7 0.00% 0.13%
South American 152 0.04% 2.82%
Argentinian 17 0.00% 0.31%
Bolivian 12 0.00% 0.22%
Chilean 17 0.00% 0.31%
Columbian 53 0.02% 0.98%
Ecuadorian 7 0.00% 0.13%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 30 0.01% 0.56%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.06%
Venezuelan 6 0.00% 0.11%
Other South American 6 0.00% 0.11%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 968 0.28% 17.93%
Spaniard 7 0.00% 0.13%
Spanish 133 0.04% 2.46%
Spanish American 14 0.00% 0.26%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 814 0.23% 15.08%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 225 45.45% 0.06%
2. Sioux 34 6.87% 0.01%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 27 5.45% 0.01%
4. Choctaw 26 5.25% 0.01%
5. Apache 22 4.44% 0.01%
6. Chippewa 20 4.04% 0.01%
7. Latin American Indians 20 4.04% 0.01%
8. Potawatomi 19 3.84% 0.01%
9. Blackfeet 16 3.23% 0.00%
10. Iroquois 11 2.22% 0.00%
11. Delaware 7 1.41% 0.00%
12. Navajo 7 1.41% 0.00%
13. Comanche 6 1.21% 0.00%
14. Eskimo 6 1.21% 0.00%
15. Cheyenne 5 1.01% 0.00%
16. Cree 5 1.01% 0.00%
17. Lumbee 5 1.01% 0.00%
18. Yaqui 5 1.01% 0.00%
19. Chickasaw 4 0.81% 0.00%
20. Creek 4 0.81% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 4 0.81% 0.00%
22. Crow 3 0.61% 0.00%
23. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.61% 0.00%
24. Shoshone 3 0.61% 0.00%
25. Houma 2 0.40% 0.00%
26. Menominee 2 0.40% 0.00%
27. Ottawa 2 0.40% 0.00%
28. Osage 1 0.20% 0.00%
29. Paiute 1 0.20% 0.00%
30. Pima 1 0.20% 0.00%
31. Seminole 1 0.20% 0.00%
32. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.20% 0.00%
33. Aleut 1 0.20% 0.00%
34. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 1 0.20% 0.00%

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

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