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)	617,309	98.80%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	7,467	1.20%	100.00%
Mexican	1,538	0.25%	20.60%
Puerto Rican	2,796	0.45%	37.44%
Cuban	273	0.04%	3.66%
Dominican	454	0.07%	6.08%
Central American	289	0.05%	3.87%
Costa Rican	14	0.00%	0.19%
Guatemalan	35	0.01%	0.47%
Honduran	70	0.01%	0.94%
Nicaraguan	19	0.00%	0.25%
Panamanian	34	0.01%	0.46%
Salvadorian	109	0.02%	1.46%
Other Central American	8	0.00%	0.11%
South American	387	0.06%	5.18%
Argentinian	13	0.00%	0.17%
Bolivian	11	0.00%	0.15%
Chilean	23	0.00%	0.31%
Columbian	91	0.01%	1.22%
Ecuadorian	42	0.01%	0.56%
Paraguayan	3	0.00%	0.04%
Peruvian	143	0.02%	1.92%
Uruguayan	6	0.00%	0.08%
Venezuelan	18	0.00%	0.24%
Other South American	37	0.01%	0.50%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,730	0.28%	23.17%
Spaniard	63	0.01%	0.84%
Spanish	300	0.05%	4.02%
Spanish American	22	0.00%	0.29%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,345	0.22%	18.01%

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

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