DeKalb 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 64,297 99.76% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 155 0.24% 100.00%
Total Asian 119 0.18% 76.77%
Southern Asian 22 0.03% 14.19%
Asian Indian 22 0.03% 14.19%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 61 0.09% 39.35%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.65%
Filipino 48 0.07% 30.97%
Indonesian 2 0.00% 1.29%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 3 0.00% 1.94%
Vietnamese 7 0.01% 4.52%
Eastern Asian 26 0.04% 16.77%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 11 0.02% 7.10%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 7 0.01% 4.52%
Korean 8 0.01% 5.16%
Taiwanese 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Asian or Not Specified 10 0.02% 6.45%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 36 0.06% 23.23%
Polynesian 9 0.01% 5.81%
Native Hawaiian 4 0.01% 2.58%
Samoan 5 0.01% 3.23%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 27 0.04% 17.42%
Guamanian or Chamorro 27 0.04% 17.42%
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) 60,874 94.45% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 3,578 5.55% 100.00%
Mexican 2,444 3.79% 68.31%
Puerto Rican 65 0.10% 1.82%
Cuban 12 0.02% 0.34%
Dominican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Central American 680 1.06% 19.01%
Costa Rican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Guatemalan 612 0.95% 17.10%
Honduran 10 0.02% 0.28%
Nicaraguan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Panamanian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Salvadorian 55 0.09% 1.54%
Other Central American 3 0.00% 0.08%
South American 15 0.02% 0.42%
Argentinian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Chilean 0 0.00% 0.00%
Columbian 14 0.02% 0.39%
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 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 362 0.56% 10.12%
Spaniard 3 0.00% 0.08%
Spanish 9 0.01% 0.25%
Spanish American 6 0.01% 0.17%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 344 0.53% 9.61%


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 328 78.47% 0.51%
2. Creek 37 8.85% 0.06%
3. Apache 7 1.67% 0.01%
4. Latin American Indians 7 1.67% 0.01%
5. Choctaw 6 1.44% 0.01%
6. Cree 5 1.20% 0.01%
7. Sioux 5 1.20% 0.01%
8. All Other Native American Tribes 5 1.20% 0.01%
9. Blackfeet 4 0.96% 0.01%
10. Chippewa 4 0.96% 0.01%
11. Yaqui 3 0.72% 0.00%
12. Ottawa 2 0.48% 0.00%
13. Pueblo 2 0.48% 0.00%
14. Delaware 1 0.24% 0.00%
15. Lumbee 1 0.24% 0.00%
16. Pima 1 0.24% 0.00%

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

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