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)	228,214	97.76%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	5,236	2.24%	100.00%
Mexican	3,182	1.36%	60.77%
Puerto Rican	649	0.28%	12.39%
Cuban	167	0.07%	3.19%
Dominican	30	0.01%	0.57%
Central American	309	0.13%	5.90%
Costa Rican	29	0.01%	0.55%
Guatemalan	53	0.02%	1.01%
Honduran	101	0.04%	1.93%
Nicaraguan	12	0.01%	0.23%
Panamanian	42	0.02%	0.80%
Salvadorian	58	0.02%	1.11%
Other Central American	14	0.01%	0.27%
South American	181	0.08%	3.46%
Argentinian	14	0.01%	0.27%
Bolivian	9	0.00%	0.17%
Chilean	11	0.00%	0.21%
Columbian	73	0.03%	1.39%
Ecuadorian	26	0.01%	0.50%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	19	0.01%	0.36%
Uruguayan	2	0.00%	0.04%
Venezuelan	15	0.01%	0.29%
Other South American	12	0.01%	0.23%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	718	0.31%	13.71%
Spaniard	22	0.01%	0.42%
Spanish	112	0.05%	2.14%
Spanish American	19	0.01%	0.36%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	565	0.24%	10.79%

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

Home | About | Help | Contact | Use Policy