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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 479,283 99.04% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 4,641 0.96% 100.00%
Total Asian 4,435 0.92% 95.56%
Southern Asian 1,613 0.33% 34.76%
Asian Indian 1,553 0.32% 33.46%
Bangladeshi 11 0.00% 0.24%
Pakistani 24 0.00% 0.52%
Sri Lankan 25 0.01% 0.54%
Southeastern Asian 1,647 0.34% 35.49%
Cambodian 30 0.01% 0.65%
Filipino 777 0.16% 16.74%
Indonesian 23 0.00% 0.50%
Laotian 206 0.04% 4.44%
Malaysian 2 0.00% 0.04%
Thai 115 0.02% 2.48%
Vietnamese 494 0.10% 10.64%
Eastern Asian 1,039 0.21% 22.39%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 519 0.11% 11.18%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 209 0.04% 4.50%
Korean 267 0.06% 5.75%
Taiwanese 44 0.01% 0.95%
Other Asian or Not Specified 136 0.03% 2.93%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 206 0.04% 4.44%
Polynesian 108 0.02% 2.33%
Native Hawaiian 55 0.01% 1.19%
Samoan 51 0.01% 1.10%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 53 0.01% 1.14%
Guamanian or Chamorro 53 0.01% 1.14%
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 45 0.01% 0.97%

* 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) 437,991 90.51% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 45,933 9.49% 100.00%
Mexican 25,477 5.26% 55.47%
Puerto Rican 10,752 2.22% 23.41%
Cuban 2,282 0.47% 4.97%
Dominican 387 0.08% 0.84%
Central American 1,137 0.23% 2.48%
Costa Rican 133 0.03% 0.29%
Guatemalan 274 0.06% 0.60%
Honduran 159 0.03% 0.35%
Nicaraguan 220 0.05% 0.48%
Panamanian 139 0.03% 0.30%
Salvadorian 139 0.03% 0.30%
Other Central American 73 0.02% 0.16%
South American 1,038 0.21% 2.26%
Argentinian 67 0.01% 0.15%
Bolivian 18 0.00% 0.04%
Chilean 46 0.01% 0.10%
Columbian 382 0.08% 0.83%
Ecuadorian 143 0.03% 0.31%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 133 0.03% 0.29%
Uruguayan 13 0.00% 0.03%
Venezuelan 170 0.04% 0.37%
Other South American 66 0.01% 0.14%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,860 1.00% 10.58%
Spaniard 119 0.02% 0.26%
Spanish 583 0.12% 1.27%
Spanish American 95 0.02% 0.21%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,063 0.84% 8.85%


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 448 42.18% 0.09%
2. Latin American Indians 121 11.39% 0.03%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 70 6.59% 0.01%
4. Creek 62 5.84% 0.01%
5. Choctaw 42 3.95% 0.01%
6. Iroquois 40 3.77% 0.01%
7. Blackfeet 38 3.58% 0.01%
8. Lumbee 38 3.58% 0.01%
9. Seminole 37 3.48% 0.01%
10. Chippewa 35 3.30% 0.01%
11. Sioux 34 3.20% 0.01%
12. Apache 21 1.98% 0.00%
13. Ottawa 15 1.41% 0.00%
14. Potawatomi 12 1.13% 0.00%
15. Eskimo 11 1.04% 0.00%
16. Houma 5 0.47% 0.00%
17. Navajo 5 0.47% 0.00%
18. Alaskan Athabascan 4 0.38% 0.00%
19. Chickasaw 3 0.28% 0.00%
20. Cree 3 0.28% 0.00%
21. Delaware 3 0.28% 0.00%
22. Pima 3 0.28% 0.00%
23. Aleut 3 0.28% 0.00%
24. Menominee 2 0.19% 0.00%
25. Pueblo 2 0.19% 0.00%
26. Ute 2 0.19% 0.00%
27. Comanche 1 0.09% 0.00%
28. Osage 1 0.09% 0.00%
29. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.09% 0.00%

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

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