Clay 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 137,941 97.96% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 2,873 2.04% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,756 1.96% 95.93%
Southern Asian 291 0.21% 10.13%
Asian Indian 241 0.17% 8.39%
Bangladeshi 11 0.01% 0.38%
Pakistani 31 0.02% 1.08%
Sri Lankan 8 0.01% 0.28%
Southeastern Asian 1,898 1.35% 66.06%
Cambodian 32 0.02% 1.11%
Filipino 1,602 1.14% 55.76%
Indonesian 5 0.00% 0.17%
Laotian 2 0.00% 0.07%
Malaysian 4 0.00% 0.14%
Thai 40 0.03% 1.39%
Vietnamese 213 0.15% 7.41%
Eastern Asian 515 0.37% 17.93%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 175 0.12% 6.09%
Hmong 2 0.00% 0.07%
Japanese 149 0.11% 5.19%
Korean 180 0.13% 6.27%
Taiwanese 9 0.01% 0.31%
Other Asian or Not Specified 52 0.04% 1.81%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 117 0.08% 4.07%
Polynesian 49 0.03% 1.71%
Native Hawaiian 34 0.02% 1.18%
Samoan 14 0.01% 0.49%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 59 0.04% 2.05%
Guamanian or Chamorro 56 0.04% 1.95%
Other Micronesian 3 0.00% 0.10%
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 9 0.01% 0.31%

* 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) 134,755 95.70% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 6,059 4.30% 100.00%
Mexican 1,407 1.00% 23.22%
Puerto Rican 2,197 1.56% 36.26%
Cuban 356 0.25% 5.88%
Dominican 137 0.10% 2.26%
Central American 314 0.22% 5.18%
Costa Rican 24 0.02% 0.40%
Guatemalan 41 0.03% 0.68%
Honduran 27 0.02% 0.45%
Nicaraguan 21 0.01% 0.35%
Panamanian 129 0.09% 2.13%
Salvadorian 60 0.04% 0.99%
Other Central American 12 0.01% 0.20%
South American 377 0.27% 6.22%
Argentinian 27 0.02% 0.45%
Bolivian 6 0.00% 0.10%
Chilean 47 0.03% 0.78%
Columbian 160 0.11% 2.64%
Ecuadorian 46 0.03% 0.76%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.03%
Peruvian 56 0.04% 0.92%
Uruguayan 4 0.00% 0.07%
Venezuelan 23 0.02% 0.38%
Other South American 6 0.00% 0.10%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,271 0.90% 20.98%
Spaniard 54 0.04% 0.89%
Spanish 285 0.20% 4.70%
Spanish American 39 0.03% 0.64%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 893 0.63% 14.74%


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 200 43.76% 0.14%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 49 10.72% 0.03%
3. Iroquois 27 5.91% 0.02%
4. Lumbee 25 5.47% 0.02%
5. Creek 22 4.81% 0.02%
6. Choctaw 21 4.60% 0.01%
7. Apache 15 3.28% 0.01%
8. Sioux 15 3.28% 0.01%
9. Chippewa 13 2.84% 0.01%
10. Blackfeet 11 2.41% 0.01%
11. Latin American Indians 11 2.41% 0.01%
12. Navajo 11 2.41% 0.01%
13. Seminole 11 2.41% 0.01%
14. Chickasaw 5 1.09% 0.00%
15. Comanche 4 0.88% 0.00%
16. Menominee 4 0.88% 0.00%
17. Potawatomi 4 0.88% 0.00%
18. Kiowa 2 0.44% 0.00%
19. Cree 1 0.22% 0.00%
20. Crow 1 0.22% 0.00%
21. Houma 1 0.22% 0.00%
22. Osage 1 0.22% 0.00%
23. Shoshone 1 0.22% 0.00%
24. Ute 1 0.22% 0.00%
25. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.22% 0.00%

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

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