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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 975,894 97.93% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 20,618 2.07% 100.00%
Total Asian 20,160 2.02% 97.78%
Southern Asian 5,360 0.54% 26.00%
Asian Indian 4,812 0.48% 23.34%
Bangladeshi 94 0.01% 0.46%
Pakistani 409 0.04% 1.98%
Sri Lankan 45 0.00% 0.22%
Southeastern Asian 6,689 0.67% 32.44%
Cambodian 1,331 0.13% 6.46%
Filipino 1,898 0.19% 9.21%
Indonesian 45 0.00% 0.22%
Laotian 141 0.01% 0.68%
Malaysian 23 0.00% 0.11%
Thai 205 0.02% 0.99%
Vietnamese 3,046 0.31% 14.77%
Eastern Asian 7,374 0.74% 35.76%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 3,419 0.34% 16.58%
Hmong 3 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 718 0.07% 3.48%
Korean 3,129 0.31% 15.18%
Taiwanese 105 0.01% 0.51%
Other Asian or Not Specified 737 0.07% 3.57%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 458 0.05% 2.22%
Polynesian 178 0.02% 0.86%
Native Hawaiian 91 0.01% 0.44%
Samoan 85 0.01% 0.41%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 215 0.02% 1.04%
Guamanian or Chamorro 212 0.02% 1.03%
Other Micronesian 3 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 8 0.00% 0.04%
Fijian 8 0.00% 0.04%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 57 0.01% 0.28%

* 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) 973,229 97.66% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 23,283 2.34% 100.00%
Mexican 7,153 0.72% 30.72%
Puerto Rican 4,647 0.47% 19.96%
Cuban 1,010 0.10% 4.34%
Dominican 335 0.03% 1.44%
Central American 3,618 0.36% 15.54%
Costa Rican 187 0.02% 0.80%
Guatemalan 973 0.10% 4.18%
Honduran 260 0.03% 1.12%
Nicaraguan 60 0.01% 0.26%
Panamanian 358 0.04% 1.54%
Salvadorian 1,624 0.16% 6.98%
Other Central American 156 0.02% 0.67%
South American 1,285 0.13% 5.52%
Argentinian 132 0.01% 0.57%
Bolivian 71 0.01% 0.30%
Chilean 41 0.00% 0.18%
Columbian 485 0.05% 2.08%
Ecuadorian 102 0.01% 0.44%
Paraguayan 47 0.00% 0.20%
Peruvian 192 0.02% 0.82%
Uruguayan 16 0.00% 0.07%
Venezuelan 144 0.01% 0.62%
Other South American 55 0.01% 0.24%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,235 0.53% 22.48%
Spaniard 142 0.01% 0.61%
Spanish 848 0.09% 3.64%
Spanish American 58 0.01% 0.25%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,187 0.42% 17.98%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 1,327 96.79% 0.13%
2. Cherokee 630 45.95% 0.06%
3. Lumbee 167 12.18% 0.02%
4. Latin American Indians 61 4.45% 0.01%
5. Sioux 57 4.16% 0.01%
6. Blackfeet 49 3.57% 0.00%
7. Apache 40 2.92% 0.00%
8. Iroquois 39 2.84% 0.00%
9. Choctaw 35 2.55% 0.00%
10. Chippewa 24 1.75% 0.00%
11. Navajo 24 1.75% 0.00%
12. Creek 20 1.46% 0.00%
13. Pueblo 15 1.09% 0.00%
14. Delaware 14 1.02% 0.00%
15. Comanche 10 0.73% 0.00%
16. Ottawa 10 0.73% 0.00%
17. Potawatomi 9 0.66% 0.00%
18. Seminole 8 0.58% 0.00%
19. Houma 5 0.36% 0.00%
20. Shoshone 5 0.36% 0.00%
21. Crow 4 0.29% 0.00%
22. Chickasaw 3 0.22% 0.00%
23. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.22% 0.00%
24. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.22% 0.00%
25. Eskimo 3 0.22% 0.00%
26. Cheyenne 2 0.15% 0.00%
27. Kiowa 2 0.15% 0.00%
28. Osage 2 0.15% 0.00%
29. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.15% 0.00%
30. Cree 1 0.07% 0.00%
31. Menominee 1 0.07% 0.00%
32. Paiute 1 0.07% 0.00%
33. Ute 1 0.07% 0.00%
34. Yakama 1 0.07% 0.00%
35. Yaqui 1 0.07% 0.00%

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

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