Mobile 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 394,222 98.59% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 5,621 1.41% 100.00%
Total Asian 5,521 1.38% 98.22%
Southern Asian 903 0.23% 16.06%
Asian Indian 707 0.18% 12.58%
Bangladeshi 52 0.01% 0.93%
Pakistani 125 0.03% 2.22%
Sri Lankan 19 0.00% 0.34%
Southeastern Asian 3,516 0.88% 62.55%
Cambodian 423 0.11% 7.53%
Filipino 291 0.07% 5.18%
Indonesian 9 0.00% 0.16%
Laotian 416 0.10% 7.40%
Malaysian 36 0.01% 0.64%
Thai 37 0.01% 0.66%
Vietnamese 2,304 0.58% 40.99%
Eastern Asian 927 0.23% 16.49%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 555 0.14% 9.87%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 174 0.04% 3.10%
Korean 189 0.05% 3.36%
Taiwanese 9 0.00% 0.16%
Other Asian or Not Specified 175 0.04% 3.11%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 100 0.03% 1.78%
Polynesian 42 0.01% 0.75%
Native Hawaiian 28 0.01% 0.50%
Samoan 12 0.00% 0.21%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 41 0.01% 0.73%
Guamanian or Chamorro 29 0.01% 0.52%
Other Micronesian 12 0.00% 0.21%
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 17 0.00% 0.30%

* 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) 394,956 98.78% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 4,887 1.22% 100.00%
Mexican 1,759 0.44% 35.99%
Puerto Rican 518 0.13% 10.60%
Cuban 371 0.09% 7.59%
Dominican 19 0.00% 0.39%
Central American 327 0.08% 6.69%
Costa Rican 25 0.01% 0.51%
Guatemalan 68 0.02% 1.39%
Honduran 65 0.02% 1.33%
Nicaraguan 38 0.01% 0.78%
Panamanian 53 0.01% 1.08%
Salvadorian 64 0.02% 1.31%
Other Central American 14 0.00% 0.29%
South American 349 0.09% 7.14%
Argentinian 28 0.01% 0.57%
Bolivian 32 0.01% 0.65%
Chilean 37 0.01% 0.76%
Columbian 92 0.02% 1.88%
Ecuadorian 11 0.00% 0.23%
Paraguayan 12 0.00% 0.25%
Peruvian 71 0.02% 1.45%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.06%
Venezuelan 53 0.01% 1.08%
Other South American 10 0.00% 0.20%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,544 0.39% 31.59%
Spaniard 36 0.01% 0.74%
Spanish 216 0.05% 4.42%
Spanish American 35 0.01% 0.72%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,257 0.31% 25.72%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Choctaw 1,173 62.56% 0.29%
2. Creek 253 13.49% 0.06%
3. Cherokee 233 12.43% 0.06%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 33 1.76% 0.01%
5. Apache 25 1.33% 0.01%
6. Sioux 19 1.01% 0.00%
7. Houma 18 0.96% 0.00%
8. Latin American Indians 17 0.91% 0.00%
9. Chippewa 13 0.69% 0.00%
10. Iroquois 12 0.64% 0.00%
11. Blackfeet 9 0.48% 0.00%
12. Kiowa 9 0.48% 0.00%
13. Aleut 8 0.43% 0.00%
14. Cree 6 0.32% 0.00%
15. Lumbee 6 0.32% 0.00%
16. Ottawa 5 0.27% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 4 0.21% 0.00%
18. Navajo 4 0.21% 0.00%
19. Potawatomi 4 0.21% 0.00%
20. Seminole 4 0.21% 0.00%
21. Eskimo 4 0.21% 0.00%
22. Colville 3 0.16% 0.00%
23. Ute 3 0.16% 0.00%
24. Comanche 2 0.11% 0.00%
25. Crow 2 0.11% 0.00%
26. Pueblo 2 0.11% 0.00%
27. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.11% 0.00%
28. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.11% 0.00%

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

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