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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 1,078,300 98.19% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 19,901 1.81% 100.00%
Total Asian 19,604 1.79% 98.51%
Southern Asian 5,326 0.48% 26.76%
Asian Indian 4,799 0.44% 24.11%
Bangladeshi 34 0.00% 0.17%
Pakistani 409 0.04% 2.06%
Sri Lankan 84 0.01% 0.42%
Southeastern Asian 5,574 0.51% 28.01%
Cambodian 392 0.04% 1.97%
Filipino 914 0.08% 4.59%
Indonesian 61 0.01% 0.31%
Laotian 1,408 0.13% 7.08%
Malaysian 17 0.00% 0.09%
Thai 179 0.02% 0.90%
Vietnamese 2,603 0.24% 13.08%
Eastern Asian 8,304 0.76% 41.73%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 4,404 0.40% 22.13%
Hmong 2 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 755 0.07% 3.79%
Korean 2,853 0.26% 14.34%
Taiwanese 290 0.03% 1.46%
Other Asian or Not Specified 400 0.04% 2.01%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 297 0.03% 1.49%
Polynesian 136 0.01% 0.68%
Native Hawaiian 77 0.01% 0.39%
Samoan 57 0.01% 0.29%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 74 0.01% 0.37%
Guamanian or Chamorro 67 0.01% 0.34%
Other Micronesian 7 0.00% 0.04%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 86 0.01% 0.43%

* 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) 1,050,642 95.67% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 47,559 4.33% 100.00%
Mexican 3,868 0.35% 8.13%
Puerto Rican 32,078 2.92% 67.45%
Cuban 2,128 0.19% 4.47%
Dominican 1,518 0.14% 3.19%
Central American 973 0.09% 2.05%
Costa Rican 92 0.01% 0.19%
Guatemalan 167 0.02% 0.35%
Honduran 175 0.02% 0.37%
Nicaraguan 117 0.01% 0.25%
Panamanian 185 0.02% 0.39%
Salvadorian 192 0.02% 0.40%
Other Central American 45 0.00% 0.09%
South American 1,535 0.14% 3.23%
Argentinian 156 0.01% 0.33%
Bolivian 54 0.00% 0.11%
Chilean 218 0.02% 0.46%
Columbian 496 0.05% 1.04%
Ecuadorian 117 0.01% 0.25%
Paraguayan 36 0.00% 0.08%
Peruvian 234 0.02% 0.49%
Uruguayan 18 0.00% 0.04%
Venezuelan 119 0.01% 0.25%
Other South American 87 0.01% 0.18%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,459 0.50% 11.48%
Spaniard 116 0.01% 0.24%
Spanish 828 0.08% 1.74%
Spanish American 64 0.01% 0.13%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,451 0.41% 9.36%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Iroquois 1,473 66.71% 0.13%
2. Cherokee 158 7.16% 0.01%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 99 4.48% 0.01%
4. Latin American Indians 70 3.17% 0.01%
5. Chippewa 67 3.03% 0.01%
6. Sioux 49 2.22% 0.00%
7. Blackfeet 36 1.63% 0.00%
8. Choctaw 22 1.00% 0.00%
9. Navajo 14 0.63% 0.00%
10. Apache 13 0.59% 0.00%
11. Pueblo 13 0.59% 0.00%
12. Potawatomi 12 0.54% 0.00%
13. Creek 11 0.50% 0.00%
14. Delaware 7 0.32% 0.00%
15. Lumbee 7 0.32% 0.00%
16. Alaskan Athabascan 7 0.32% 0.00%
17. Tlingit-Haida 7 0.32% 0.00%
18. Comanche 6 0.27% 0.00%
19. Seminole 6 0.27% 0.00%
20. Eskimo 6 0.27% 0.00%
21. Chickasaw 4 0.18% 0.00%
22. Cree 4 0.18% 0.00%
23. Ottawa 4 0.18% 0.00%
24. Cheyenne 3 0.14% 0.00%
25. Menominee 3 0.14% 0.00%
26. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.14% 0.00%
27. Ute 3 0.14% 0.00%
28. Houma 2 0.09% 0.00%
29. Pima 2 0.09% 0.00%
30. Yaqui 2 0.09% 0.00%
31. Aleut 2 0.09% 0.00%
32. Crow 1 0.05% 0.00%
33. Shoshone 1 0.05% 0.00%
34. Yakama 1 0.05% 0.00%
35. Yuman 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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