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)	273,350	96.07%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	11,189	3.93%	100.00%
Mexican	3,574	1.26%	31.94%
Puerto Rican	1,909	0.67%	17.06%
Cuban	1,778	0.62%	15.89%
Dominican	161	0.06%	1.44%
Central American	854	0.30%	7.63%
Costa Rican	59	0.02%	0.53%
Guatemalan	75	0.03%	0.67%
Honduran	97	0.03%	0.87%
Nicaraguan	109	0.04%	0.97%
Panamanian	157	0.06%	1.40%
Salvadorian	329	0.12%	2.94%
Other Central American	28	0.01%	0.25%
South American	923	0.32%	8.25%
Argentinian	67	0.02%	0.60%
Bolivian	31	0.01%	0.28%
Chilean	41	0.01%	0.37%
Columbian	435	0.15%	3.89%
Ecuadorian	73	0.03%	0.65%
Paraguayan	13	0.00%	0.12%
Peruvian	111	0.04%	0.99%
Uruguayan	13	0.00%	0.12%
Venezuelan	117	0.04%	1.05%
Other South American	22	0.01%	0.20%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,990	0.70%	17.79%
Spaniard	84	0.03%	0.75%
Spanish	276	0.10%	2.47%
Spanish American	39	0.01%	0.35%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,591	0.56%	14.22%

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

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