St. Clair County

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 64,613 99.80% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 129 0.20% 100.00%
Total Asian 112 0.17% 86.82%
Southern Asian 24 0.04% 18.60%
Asian Indian 24 0.04% 18.60%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 42 0.06% 32.56%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.78%
Filipino 28 0.04% 21.71%
Indonesian 1 0.00% 0.78%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 3 0.00% 2.33%
Vietnamese 9 0.01% 6.98%
Eastern Asian 35 0.05% 27.13%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 14 0.02% 10.85%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 8 0.01% 6.20%
Korean 10 0.02% 7.75%
Taiwanese 3 0.00% 2.33%
Other Asian or Not Specified 11 0.02% 8.53%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 17 0.03% 13.18%
Polynesian 4 0.01% 3.10%
Native Hawaiian 2 0.00% 1.55%
Samoan 2 0.00% 1.55%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 13 0.02% 10.08%
Guamanian or Chamorro 13 0.02% 10.08%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 0 0.00% 0.00%

* 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) 64,056 98.94% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 686 1.06% 100.00%
Mexican 429 0.66% 62.54%
Puerto Rican 40 0.06% 5.83%
Cuban 29 0.04% 4.23%
Dominican 1 0.00% 0.15%
Central American 15 0.02% 2.19%
Costa Rican 5 0.01% 0.73%
Guatemalan 6 0.01% 0.87%
Honduran 1 0.00% 0.15%
Nicaraguan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Panamanian 2 0.00% 0.29%
Salvadorian 1 0.00% 0.15%
Other Central American 0 0.00% 0.00%
South American 25 0.04% 3.64%
Argentinian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.15%
Chilean 0 0.00% 0.00%
Columbian 12 0.02% 1.75%
Ecuadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 12 0.02% 1.75%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 147 0.23% 21.43%
Spaniard 0 0.00% 0.00%
Spanish 36 0.06% 5.25%
Spanish American 1 0.00% 0.15%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 110 0.17% 16.03%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 128 80.50% 0.20%
2. Creek 10 6.29% 0.02%
3. Apache 8 5.03% 0.01%
4. Choctaw 5 3.14% 0.01%
5. Alaskan Athabascan 3 1.89% 0.00%
6. Yaqui 2 1.26% 0.00%
7. Blackfeet 1 0.63% 0.00%
8. Chippewa 1 0.63% 0.00%
9. All Other Native American Tribes 1 0.63% 0.00%

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

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