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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 4,414,836 99.27% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 32,264 0.73% 100.00%
Total Asian 30,868 0.69% 95.67%
Southern Asian 7,702 0.17% 23.87%
Asian Indian 6,900 0.16% 21.39%
Bangladeshi 188 0.00% 0.58%
Pakistani 548 0.01% 1.70%
Sri Lankan 66 0.00% 0.20%
Southeastern Asian 9,679 0.22% 30.00%
Cambodian 552 0.01% 1.71%
Filipino 2,727 0.06% 8.45%
Indonesian 101 0.00% 0.31%
Laotian 913 0.02% 2.83%
Malaysian 79 0.00% 0.24%
Thai 679 0.02% 2.10%
Vietnamese 4,628 0.10% 14.34%
Eastern Asian 12,422 0.28% 38.50%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 6,039 0.14% 18.72%
Hmong 3 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 1,966 0.04% 6.09%
Korean 4,116 0.09% 12.76%
Taiwanese 298 0.01% 0.92%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,065 0.02% 3.30%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,396 0.03% 4.33%
Polynesian 585 0.01% 1.81%
Native Hawaiian 359 0.01% 1.11%
Samoan 209 0.00% 0.65%
Tongan 6 0.00% 0.02%
Other Polynesian 11 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 627 0.01% 1.94%
Guamanian or Chamorro 577 0.01% 1.79%
Other Micronesian 50 0.00% 0.15%
Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 181 0.00% 0.56%

* 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) 4,371,270 98.29% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 75,830 1.71% 100.00%
Mexican 44,522 1.00% 58.71%
Puerto Rican 6,322 0.14% 8.34%
Cuban 2,354 0.05% 3.10%
Dominican 294 0.01% 0.39%
Central American 4,742 0.11% 6.25%
Costa Rican 218 0.00% 0.29%
Guatemalan 2,453 0.06% 3.23%
Honduran 535 0.01% 0.71%
Nicaraguan 180 0.00% 0.24%
Panamanian 744 0.02% 0.98%
Salvadorian 464 0.01% 0.61%
Other Central American 148 0.00% 0.20%
South American 2,084 0.05% 2.75%
Argentinian 158 0.00% 0.21%
Bolivian 81 0.00% 0.11%
Chilean 153 0.00% 0.20%
Columbian 775 0.02% 1.02%
Ecuadorian 159 0.00% 0.21%
Paraguayan 61 0.00% 0.08%
Peruvian 302 0.01% 0.40%
Uruguayan 29 0.00% 0.04%
Venezuelan 284 0.01% 0.37%
Other South American 82 0.00% 0.11%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 15,512 0.35% 20.46%
Spaniard 240 0.01% 0.32%
Spanish 1,748 0.04% 2.31%
Spanish American 198 0.00% 0.26%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 13,326 0.30% 17.57%


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 8,980 55.21% 0.20%
2. Creek 2,796 17.19% 0.06%
3. Choctaw 2,364 14.54% 0.05%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 380 2.34% 0.01%
5. Apache 211 1.30% 0.00%
6. Latin American Indians 209 1.29% 0.00%
7. Sioux 172 1.06% 0.00%
8. Chippewa 157 0.97% 0.00%
9. Blackfeet 119 0.73% 0.00%
10. Iroquois 115 0.71% 0.00%
11. Lumbee 101 0.62% 0.00%
12. Navajo 95 0.58% 0.00%
13. Chickasaw 75 0.46% 0.00%
14. Seminole 66 0.41% 0.00%
15. Houma 48 0.30% 0.00%
16. Pueblo 38 0.23% 0.00%
17. Potawatomi 36 0.22% 0.00%
18. Delaware 32 0.20% 0.00%
19. Comanche 29 0.18% 0.00%
20. Aleut 24 0.15% 0.00%
21. Ottawa 23 0.14% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 23 0.14% 0.00%
23. Kiowa 20 0.12% 0.00%
24. Cree 19 0.12% 0.00%
25. Crow 19 0.12% 0.00%
26. Alaskan Athabascan 18 0.11% 0.00%
27. Yaqui 16 0.10% 0.00%
28. Tlingit-Haida 16 0.10% 0.00%
29. Cheyenne 15 0.09% 0.00%
30. Ute 9 0.06% 0.00%
31. Osage 8 0.05% 0.00%
32. Puget Sound Salish 8 0.05% 0.00%
33. Shoshone 6 0.04% 0.00%
34. Colville 4 0.02% 0.00%
35. Paiute 3 0.02% 0.00%
36. Pima 3 0.02% 0.00%
37. Menominee 2 0.01% 0.00%
38. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.01% 0.00%
39. Yuman 2 0.01% 0.00%
40. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 1 0.01% 0.00%

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

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