Hillsborough 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 976,617 97.76% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 22,331 2.24% 100.00%
Total Asian 21,607 2.16% 96.76%
Southern Asian 6,700 0.67% 30.00%
Asian Indian 6,329 0.63% 28.34%
Bangladeshi 38 0.00% 0.17%
Pakistani 260 0.03% 1.16%
Sri Lankan 73 0.01% 0.33%
Southeastern Asian 8,329 0.83% 37.30%
Cambodian 46 0.00% 0.21%
Filipino 3,481 0.35% 15.59%
Indonesian 82 0.01% 0.37%
Laotian 54 0.01% 0.24%
Malaysian 16 0.00% 0.07%
Thai 778 0.08% 3.48%
Vietnamese 3,872 0.39% 17.34%
Eastern Asian 6,042 0.60% 27.06%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,727 0.27% 12.21%
Hmong 18 0.00% 0.08%
Japanese 732 0.07% 3.28%
Korean 2,389 0.24% 10.70%
Taiwanese 176 0.02% 0.79%
Other Asian or Not Specified 536 0.05% 2.40%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 724 0.07% 3.24%
Polynesian 333 0.03% 1.49%
Native Hawaiian 200 0.02% 0.90%
Samoan 117 0.01% 0.52%
Tongan 5 0.00% 0.02%
Other Polynesian 11 0.00% 0.05%
Micronesian 243 0.02% 1.09%
Guamanian or Chamorro 156 0.02% 0.70%
Other Micronesian 87 0.01% 0.39%
Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 146 0.01% 0.65%

* 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) 819,256 82.01% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 179,692 17.99% 100.00%
Mexican 35,321 3.54% 19.66%
Puerto Rican 52,568 5.26% 29.25%
Cuban 35,123 3.52% 19.55%
Dominican 3,951 0.40% 2.20%
Central American 6,359 0.64% 3.54%
Costa Rican 666 0.07% 0.37%
Guatemalan 884 0.09% 0.49%
Honduran 1,797 0.18% 1.00%
Nicaraguan 708 0.07% 0.39%
Panamanian 1,163 0.12% 0.65%
Salvadorian 848 0.08% 0.47%
Other Central American 293 0.03% 0.16%
South American 10,782 1.08% 6.00%
Argentinian 424 0.04% 0.24%
Bolivian 180 0.02% 0.10%
Chilean 242 0.02% 0.13%
Columbian 5,403 0.54% 3.01%
Ecuadorian 1,142 0.11% 0.64%
Paraguayan 27 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 1,537 0.15% 0.86%
Uruguayan 68 0.01% 0.04%
Venezuelan 1,335 0.13% 0.74%
Other South American 424 0.04% 0.24%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 35,588 3.56% 19.80%
Spaniard 1,688 0.17% 0.94%
Spanish 7,595 0.76% 4.23%
Spanish American 1,061 0.11% 0.59%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 25,244 2.53% 14.05%


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 804 35.09% 0.08%
2. Latin American Indians 317 13.84% 0.03%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 201 8.77% 0.02%
4. Creek 134 5.85% 0.01%
5. Seminole 132 5.76% 0.01%
6. Iroquois 127 5.54% 0.01%
7. Sioux 83 3.62% 0.01%
8. Chippewa 73 3.19% 0.01%
9. Blackfeet 69 3.01% 0.01%
10. Apache 62 2.71% 0.01%
11. Choctaw 58 2.53% 0.01%
12. Lumbee 51 2.23% 0.01%
13. Navajo 18 0.79% 0.00%
14. Comanche 14 0.61% 0.00%
15. Cree 14 0.61% 0.00%
16. Pueblo 14 0.61% 0.00%
17. Osage 13 0.57% 0.00%
18. Chickasaw 11 0.48% 0.00%
19. Alaskan Athabascan 11 0.48% 0.00%
20. Delaware 10 0.44% 0.00%
21. Ottawa 9 0.39% 0.00%
22. Potawatomi 9 0.39% 0.00%
23. Eskimo 9 0.39% 0.00%
24. Cheyenne 6 0.26% 0.00%
25. Puget Sound Salish 6 0.26% 0.00%
26. Menominee 5 0.22% 0.00%
27. Tlingit-Haida 5 0.22% 0.00%
28. Houma 4 0.17% 0.00%
29. Shoshone 3 0.13% 0.00%
30. Tohono O'Odham 3 0.13% 0.00%
31. Yaqui 3 0.13% 0.00%
32. Yuman 3 0.13% 0.00%
33. Crow 2 0.09% 0.00%
34. Kiowa 2 0.09% 0.00%
35. Ute 2 0.09% 0.00%
36. Aleut 2 0.09% 0.00%
37. All Other Alaskan Tribes 2 0.09% 0.00%

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

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