Jackson 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 46,579 99.62% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 176 0.38% 100.00%
Total Asian 163 0.35% 92.61%
Southern Asian 48 0.10% 27.27%
Asian Indian 39 0.08% 22.16%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 9 0.02% 5.11%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 64 0.14% 36.36%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 33 0.07% 18.75%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 1 0.00% 0.57%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 7 0.01% 3.98%
Vietnamese 23 0.05% 13.07%
Eastern Asian 40 0.09% 22.73%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 19 0.04% 10.80%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 14 0.03% 7.95%
Korean 5 0.01% 2.84%
Taiwanese 2 0.00% 1.14%
Other Asian or Not Specified 11 0.02% 6.25%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 13 0.03% 7.39%
Polynesian 6 0.01% 3.41%
Native Hawaiian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Samoan 6 0.01% 3.41%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.57%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1 0.00% 0.57%
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 6 0.01% 3.41%

* 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) 45,394 97.09% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,361 2.91% 100.00%
Mexican 377 0.81% 27.70%
Puerto Rican 292 0.62% 21.45%
Cuban 264 0.56% 19.40%
Dominican 33 0.07% 2.42%
Central American 22 0.05% 1.62%
Costa Rican 3 0.01% 0.22%
Guatemalan 2 0.00% 0.15%
Honduran 5 0.01% 0.37%
Nicaraguan 7 0.01% 0.51%
Panamanian 2 0.00% 0.15%
Salvadorian 2 0.00% 0.15%
Other Central American 1 0.00% 0.07%
South American 72 0.15% 5.29%
Argentinian 3 0.01% 0.22%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.07%
Chilean 10 0.02% 0.73%
Columbian 42 0.09% 3.09%
Ecuadorian 2 0.00% 0.15%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 7 0.01% 0.51%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 6 0.01% 0.44%
Other South American 1 0.00% 0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 301 0.64% 22.12%
Spaniard 3 0.01% 0.22%
Spanish 31 0.07% 2.28%
Spanish American 1 0.00% 0.07%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 266 0.57% 19.54%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Creek 82 39.81% 0.18%
2. Cherokee 56 27.18% 0.12%
3. Blackfeet 9 4.37% 0.02%
4. Sioux 9 4.37% 0.02%
5. All Other Native American Tribes 9 4.37% 0.02%
6. Lumbee 7 3.40% 0.01%
7. Chippewa 5 2.43% 0.01%
8. Cree 5 2.43% 0.01%
9. Choctaw 4 1.94% 0.01%
10. Apache 3 1.46% 0.01%
11. Latin American Indians 3 1.46% 0.01%
12. Ottawa 3 1.46% 0.01%
13. Seminole 2 0.97% 0.00%
14. Eskimo 2 0.97% 0.00%
15. Cheyenne 1 0.49% 0.00%
16. Iroquois 1 0.49% 0.00%
17. Navajo 1 0.49% 0.00%
18. Yaqui 1 0.49% 0.00%
19. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.49% 0.00%
20. Aleut 1 0.49% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.49% 0.00%

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

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