Broward 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 1,586,097 97.73% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 36,921 2.27% 100.00%
Total Asian 36,009 2.22% 97.53%
Southern Asian 15,826 0.98% 42.86%
Asian Indian 14,217 0.88% 38.51%
Bangladeshi 274 0.02% 0.74%
Pakistani 1,275 0.08% 3.45%
Sri Lankan 60 0.00% 0.16%
Southeastern Asian 7,970 0.49% 21.59%
Cambodian 60 0.00% 0.16%
Filipino 4,314 0.27% 11.68%
Indonesian 115 0.01% 0.31%
Laotian 83 0.01% 0.22%
Malaysian 35 0.00% 0.09%
Thai 666 0.04% 1.80%
Vietnamese 2,697 0.17% 7.30%
Eastern Asian 11,475 0.71% 31.08%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 7,977 0.49% 21.61%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 989 0.06% 2.68%
Korean 2,256 0.14% 6.11%
Taiwanese 253 0.02% 0.69%
Other Asian or Not Specified 738 0.05% 2.00%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 912 0.06% 2.47%
Polynesian 382 0.02% 1.03%
Native Hawaiian 202 0.01% 0.55%
Samoan 130 0.01% 0.35%
Tongan 23 0.00% 0.06%
Other Polynesian 27 0.00% 0.07%
Micronesian 174 0.01% 0.47%
Guamanian or Chamorro 154 0.01% 0.42%
Other Micronesian 20 0.00% 0.05%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 355 0.02% 0.96%

* 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) 1,351,366 83.26% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 271,652 16.74% 100.00%
Mexican 19,451 1.20% 7.16%
Puerto Rican 54,938 3.38% 20.22%
Cuban 50,911 3.14% 18.74%
Dominican 10,498 0.65% 3.86%
Central American 18,249 1.12% 6.72%
Costa Rican 1,729 0.11% 0.64%
Guatemalan 2,594 0.16% 0.95%
Honduran 3,897 0.24% 1.43%
Nicaraguan 3,305 0.20% 1.22%
Panamanian 2,211 0.14% 0.81%
Salvadorian 3,794 0.23% 1.40%
Other Central American 719 0.04% 0.26%
South American 63,656 3.92% 23.43%
Argentinian 3,998 0.25% 1.47%
Bolivian 619 0.04% 0.23%
Chilean 2,200 0.14% 0.81%
Columbian 30,150 1.86% 11.10%
Ecuadorian 4,909 0.30% 1.81%
Paraguayan 133 0.01% 0.05%
Peruvian 10,051 0.62% 3.70%
Uruguayan 1,023 0.06% 0.38%
Venezuelan 8,807 0.54% 3.24%
Other South American 1,766 0.11% 0.65%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 53,949 3.32% 19.86%
Spaniard 1,631 0.10% 0.60%
Spanish 4,703 0.29% 1.73%
Spanish American 771 0.05% 0.28%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 46,844 2.89% 17.24%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Seminole 474 22.35% 0.03%
2. Cherokee 468 22.07% 0.03%
3. Latin American Indians 421 19.85% 0.03%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 145 6.84% 0.01%
5. Iroquois 101 4.76% 0.01%
6. Chippewa 70 3.30% 0.00%
7. Choctaw 57 2.69% 0.00%
8. Sioux 54 2.55% 0.00%
9. Apache 46 2.17% 0.00%
10. Blackfeet 42 1.98% 0.00%
11. Creek 32 1.51% 0.00%
12. Lumbee 28 1.32% 0.00%
13. Navajo 18 0.85% 0.00%
14. Comanche 17 0.80% 0.00%
15. Chickasaw 16 0.75% 0.00%
16. Cree 13 0.61% 0.00%
17. Pueblo 12 0.57% 0.00%
18. Delaware 11 0.52% 0.00%
19. Tlingit-Haida 11 0.52% 0.00%
20. Osage 10 0.47% 0.00%
21. Potawatomi 9 0.42% 0.00%
22. Aleut 8 0.38% 0.00%
23. Ottawa 7 0.33% 0.00%
24. Crow 6 0.28% 0.00%
25. Eskimo 6 0.28% 0.00%
26. Houma 5 0.24% 0.00%
27. Menominee 5 0.24% 0.00%
28. Yaqui 5 0.24% 0.00%
29. Cheyenne 4 0.19% 0.00%
30. Shoshone 4 0.19% 0.00%
31. Alaskan Athabascan 4 0.19% 0.00%
32. Paiute 3 0.14% 0.00%
33. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.14% 0.00%
34. Kiowa 2 0.09% 0.00%
35. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.09% 0.00%
36. Ute 1 0.05% 0.00%
37. Yuman 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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