District of Columbia

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 556,771 97.33% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 15,288 2.67% 100.00%
Total Asian 14,943 2.61% 97.74%
Southern Asian 3,288 0.57% 21.51%
Asian Indian 2,845 0.50% 18.61%
Bangladeshi 116 0.02% 0.76%
Pakistani 188 0.03% 1.23%
Sri Lankan 139 0.02% 0.91%
Southeastern Asian 4,638 0.81% 30.34%
Cambodian 34 0.01% 0.22%
Filipino 2,228 0.39% 14.57%
Indonesian 164 0.03% 1.07%
Laotian 56 0.01% 0.37%
Malaysian 42 0.01% 0.27%
Thai 211 0.04% 1.38%
Vietnamese 1,903 0.33% 12.45%
Eastern Asian 5,952 1.04% 38.93%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 3,636 0.64% 23.78%
Hmong 6 0.00% 0.04%
Japanese 1,117 0.20% 7.31%
Korean 1,095 0.19% 7.16%
Taiwanese 98 0.02% 0.64%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,065 0.19% 6.97%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 345 0.06% 2.26%
Polynesian 194 0.03% 1.27%
Native Hawaiian 138 0.02% 0.90%
Samoan 51 0.01% 0.33%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 4 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 70 0.01% 0.46%
Guamanian or Chamorro 62 0.01% 0.41%
Other Micronesian 8 0.00% 0.05%
Melanesian 9 0.00% 0.06%
Fijian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 7 0.00% 0.05%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 72 0.01% 0.47%

* 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) 527,106 92.14% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 44,953 7.86% 100.00%
Mexican 5,098 0.89% 11.34%
Puerto Rican 2,328 0.41% 5.18%
Cuban 1,101 0.19% 2.45%
Dominican 1,496 0.26% 3.33%
Central American 15,803 2.76% 35.15%
Costa Rican 167 0.03% 0.37%
Guatemalan 1,350 0.24% 3.00%
Honduran 853 0.15% 1.90%
Nicaraguan 594 0.10% 1.32%
Panamanian 437 0.08% 0.97%
Salvadorian 11,741 2.05% 26.12%
Other Central American 661 0.12% 1.47%
South American 3,721 0.65% 8.28%
Argentinian 510 0.09% 1.13%
Bolivian 310 0.05% 0.69%
Chilean 359 0.06% 0.80%
Columbian 859 0.15% 1.91%
Ecuadorian 348 0.06% 0.77%
Paraguayan 86 0.02% 0.19%
Peruvian 708 0.12% 1.57%
Uruguayan 100 0.02% 0.22%
Venezuelan 247 0.04% 0.55%
Other South American 194 0.03% 0.43%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 15,406 2.69% 34.27%
Spaniard 425 0.07% 0.95%
Spanish 1,605 0.28% 3.57%
Spanish American 120 0.02% 0.27%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 13,256 2.32% 29.49%


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 172 24.26% 0.03%
2. Latin American Indians 172 24.26% 0.03%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 120 16.93% 0.02%
4. Blackfeet 41 5.78% 0.01%
5. Iroquois 25 3.53% 0.00%
6. Navajo 20 2.82% 0.00%
7. Sioux 20 2.82% 0.00%
8. Chippewa 17 2.40% 0.00%
9. Choctaw 15 2.12% 0.00%
10. Pueblo 14 1.97% 0.00%
11. Lumbee 13 1.83% 0.00%
12. Apache 10 1.41% 0.00%
13. Chickasaw 9 1.27% 0.00%
14. Potawatomi 9 1.27% 0.00%
15. Creek 7 0.99% 0.00%
16. Kiowa 5 0.71% 0.00%
17. Seminole 4 0.56% 0.00%
18. Tlingit-Haida 4 0.56% 0.00%
19. Cheyenne 3 0.42% 0.00%
20. Comanche 3 0.42% 0.00%
21. Osage 3 0.42% 0.00%
22. Aleut 3 0.42% 0.00%
23. Delaware 2 0.28% 0.00%
24. Pima 2 0.28% 0.00%
25. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.28% 0.00%
26. Ute 2 0.28% 0.00%
27. Yaqui 2 0.28% 0.00%
28. Eskimo 2 0.28% 0.00%
29. Colville 1 0.14% 0.00%
30. Crow 1 0.14% 0.00%
31. Ottawa 1 0.14% 0.00%
32. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.14% 0.00%
33. Shoshone 1 0.14% 0.00%
34. Yakama 1 0.14% 0.00%
35. Yuman 1 0.14% 0.00%
36. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 1 0.14% 0.00%

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

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