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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 3,262,206 91.77% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 292,554 8.23% 100.00%
Total Asian 273,108 7.68% 93.35%
Southern Asian 21,704 0.61% 7.42%
Asian Indian 20,332 0.57% 6.95%
Bangladeshi 97 0.00% 0.03%
Pakistani 1,023 0.03% 0.35%
Sri Lankan 252 0.01% 0.09%
Southeastern Asian 122,312 3.44% 41.81%
Cambodian 12,391 0.35% 4.24%
Filipino 58,751 1.65% 20.08%
Indonesian 1,254 0.04% 0.43%
Laotian 6,572 0.18% 2.25%
Malaysian 178 0.01% 0.06%
Thai 3,165 0.09% 1.08%
Vietnamese 40,001 1.13% 13.67%
Eastern Asian 124,750 3.51% 42.64%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 49,358 1.39% 16.87%
Hmong 902 0.03% 0.31%
Japanese 29,765 0.84% 10.17%
Korean 41,169 1.16% 14.07%
Taiwanese 3,556 0.10% 1.22%
Other Asian or Not Specified 4,342 0.12% 1.48%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 19,446 0.55% 6.65%
Polynesian 11,709 0.33% 4.00%
Native Hawaiian 3,719 0.10% 1.27%
Samoan 7,183 0.20% 2.46%
Tongan 623 0.02% 0.21%
Other Polynesian 184 0.01% 0.06%
Micronesian 5,563 0.16% 1.90%
Guamanian or Chamorro 4,885 0.14% 1.67%
Other Micronesian 678 0.02% 0.23%
Melanesian 735 0.02% 0.25%
Fijian 722 0.02% 0.25%
Other Melanesian 13 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 1,439 0.04% 0.49%

* 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) 3,370,463 94.82% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 184,297 5.18% 100.00%
Mexican 118,535 3.33% 64.32%
Puerto Rican 12,615 0.35% 6.84%
Cuban 3,273 0.09% 1.78%
Dominican 553 0.02% 0.30%
Central American 8,114 0.23% 4.40%
Costa Rican 610 0.02% 0.33%
Guatemalan 1,557 0.04% 0.84%
Honduran 1,071 0.03% 0.58%
Nicaraguan 625 0.02% 0.34%
Panamanian 1,385 0.04% 0.75%
Salvadorian 2,400 0.07% 1.30%
Other Central American 466 0.01% 0.25%
South American 6,684 0.19% 3.63%
Argentinian 710 0.02% 0.39%
Bolivian 292 0.01% 0.16%
Chilean 905 0.03% 0.49%
Columbian 1,762 0.05% 0.96%
Ecuadorian 482 0.01% 0.26%
Paraguayan 30 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 1,614 0.05% 0.88%
Uruguayan 85 0.00% 0.05%
Venezuelan 410 0.01% 0.22%
Other South American 394 0.01% 0.21%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 34,523 0.97% 18.73%
Spaniard 1,293 0.04% 0.70%
Spanish 8,537 0.24% 4.63%
Spanish American 517 0.01% 0.28%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 24,176 0.68% 13.12%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Puget Sound Salish 3,813 24.15% 0.83%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 2,918 18.48% 0.64%
3. Tlingit-Haida 1,455 9.22% 0.32%
4. Cherokee 1,365 8.65% 0.30%
5. Chippewa 1,081 6.85% 0.24%
6. Sioux 861 5.45% 0.19%
7. Blackfeet 647 4.10% 0.14%
8. Aleut 614 3.89% 0.13%
9. Latin American Indians 501 3.17% 0.11%
10. Eskimo 410 2.60% 0.09%
11. Colville 360 2.28% 0.08%
12. Yakama 350 2.22% 0.08%
13. Navajo 345 2.19% 0.08%
14. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 298 1.89% 0.06%
15. Choctaw 278 1.76% 0.06%
16. Alaskan Athabascan 255 1.62% 0.06%
17. Apache 228 1.44% 0.05%
18. Pueblo 154 0.98% 0.03%
19. Iroquois 141 0.89% 0.03%
20. Cheyenne 117 0.74% 0.03%
21. Cree 102 0.65% 0.02%
22. Creek 88 0.56% 0.02%
23. Potawatomi 83 0.53% 0.02%
24. Shoshone 69 0.44% 0.02%
25. Delaware 59 0.37% 0.01%
26. Chickasaw 55 0.35% 0.01%
27. Comanche 53 0.34% 0.01%
28. Crow 45 0.29% 0.01%
29. Paiute 44 0.28% 0.01%
30. Osage 41 0.26% 0.01%
31. Seminole 38 0.24% 0.01%
32. Kiowa 34 0.22% 0.01%
33. Lumbee 28 0.18% 0.01%
34. Ottawa 28 0.18% 0.01%
35. Pima 26 0.16% 0.01%
36. Ute 21 0.13% 0.00%
37. Yaqui 21 0.13% 0.00%
38. Yuman 16 0.10% 0.00%
39. Menominee 15 0.10% 0.00%
40. Tohono O'Odham 11 0.07% 0.00%
41. Houma 4 0.03% 0.00%

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

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