Hernando 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 129,943 99.34% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 859 0.66% 100.00%
Total Asian 830 0.63% 96.62%
Southern Asian 252 0.19% 29.34%
Asian Indian 246 0.19% 28.64%
Bangladeshi 5 0.00% 0.58%
Pakistani 1 0.00% 0.12%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 311 0.24% 36.20%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.12%
Filipino 243 0.19% 28.29%
Indonesian 5 0.00% 0.58%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 13 0.01% 1.51%
Vietnamese 49 0.04% 5.70%
Eastern Asian 235 0.18% 27.36%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 125 0.10% 14.55%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 53 0.04% 6.17%
Korean 55 0.04% 6.40%
Taiwanese 2 0.00% 0.23%
Other Asian or Not Specified 32 0.02% 3.73%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 29 0.02% 3.38%
Polynesian 19 0.01% 2.21%
Native Hawaiian 13 0.01% 1.51%
Samoan 5 0.00% 0.58%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.12%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 9 0.01% 1.05%
Guamanian or Chamorro 9 0.01% 1.05%
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 1 0.00% 0.12%

* 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) 124,215 94.96% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 6,587 5.04% 100.00%
Mexican 814 0.62% 12.36%
Puerto Rican 3,841 2.94% 58.31%
Cuban 440 0.34% 6.68%
Dominican 83 0.06% 1.26%
Central American 183 0.14% 2.78%
Costa Rican 14 0.01% 0.21%
Guatemalan 18 0.01% 0.27%
Honduran 27 0.02% 0.41%
Nicaraguan 17 0.01% 0.26%
Panamanian 51 0.04% 0.77%
Salvadorian 46 0.04% 0.70%
Other Central American 10 0.01% 0.15%
South American 269 0.21% 4.08%
Argentinian 17 0.01% 0.26%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 13 0.01% 0.20%
Columbian 143 0.11% 2.17%
Ecuadorian 22 0.02% 0.33%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 27 0.02% 0.41%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.05%
Venezuelan 22 0.02% 0.33%
Other South American 22 0.02% 0.33%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 957 0.73% 14.53%
Spaniard 36 0.03% 0.55%
Spanish 167 0.13% 2.54%
Spanish American 25 0.02% 0.38%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 729 0.56% 11.07%


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 100 36.76% 0.08%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 30 11.03% 0.02%
3. Chippewa 27 9.93% 0.02%
4. Sioux 17 6.25% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 14 5.15% 0.01%
6. Latin American Indians 13 4.78% 0.01%
7. Iroquois 12 4.41% 0.01%
8. Choctaw 11 4.04% 0.01%
9. Creek 11 4.04% 0.01%
10. Apache 9 3.31% 0.01%
11. Alaskan Athabascan 7 2.57% 0.01%
12. Pueblo 5 1.84% 0.00%
13. Seminole 5 1.84% 0.00%
14. Cree 3 1.10% 0.00%
15. Lumbee 2 0.74% 0.00%
16. Comanche 1 0.37% 0.00%
17. Houma 1 0.37% 0.00%
18. Kiowa 1 0.37% 0.00%
19. Navajo 1 0.37% 0.00%
20. Potawatomi 1 0.37% 0.00%
21. Yaqui 1 0.37% 0.00%

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

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