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)	51,129	60.80%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	32,959	39.20%	100.00%
Mexican	22,498	26.76%	68.26%
Puerto Rican	157	0.19%	0.48%
Cuban	49	0.06%	0.15%
Dominican	5	0.01%	0.02%
Central American	78	0.09%	0.24%
Costa Rican	5	0.01%	0.02%
Guatemalan	6	0.01%	0.02%
Honduran	12	0.01%	0.04%
Nicaraguan	14	0.02%	0.04%
Panamanian	12	0.01%	0.04%
Salvadorian	26	0.03%	0.08%
Other Central American	3	0.00%	0.01%
South American	50	0.06%	0.15%
Argentinian	2	0.00%	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%	0.00%
Chilean	2	0.00%	0.01%
Columbian	12	0.01%	0.04%
Ecuadorian	6	0.01%	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	11	0.01%	0.03%
Uruguayan	1	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	14	0.02%	0.04%
Other South American	2	0.00%	0.01%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	10,122	12.04%	30.71%
Spaniard	19	0.02%	0.06%
Spanish	673	0.80%	2.04%
Spanish American	19	0.02%	0.06%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	9,411	11.19%	28.55%

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

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