Marion 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 257,067 99.29% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,849 0.71% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,793 0.69% 96.97%
Southern Asian 733 0.28% 39.64%
Asian Indian 715 0.28% 38.67%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 17 0.01% 0.92%
Sri Lankan 1 0.00% 0.05%
Southeastern Asian 476 0.18% 25.74%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.05%
Filipino 313 0.12% 16.93%
Indonesian 4 0.00% 0.22%
Laotian 1 0.00% 0.05%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.05%
Thai 26 0.01% 1.41%
Vietnamese 130 0.05% 7.03%
Eastern Asian 511 0.20% 27.64%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 160 0.06% 8.65%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 129 0.05% 6.98%
Korean 209 0.08% 11.30%
Taiwanese 13 0.01% 0.70%
Other Asian or Not Specified 73 0.03% 3.95%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 56 0.02% 3.03%
Polynesian 33 0.01% 1.78%
Native Hawaiian 17 0.01% 0.92%
Samoan 15 0.01% 0.81%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.05%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 13 0.01% 0.70%
Guamanian or Chamorro 12 0.00% 0.65%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.05%
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 10 0.00% 0.54%

* 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) 243,300 93.97% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 15,616 6.03% 100.00%
Mexican 3,350 1.29% 21.45%
Puerto Rican 6,997 2.70% 44.81%
Cuban 1,049 0.41% 6.72%
Dominican 257 0.10% 1.65%
Central American 561 0.22% 3.59%
Costa Rican 45 0.02% 0.29%
Guatemalan 122 0.05% 0.78%
Honduran 87 0.03% 0.56%
Nicaraguan 78 0.03% 0.50%
Panamanian 152 0.06% 0.97%
Salvadorian 62 0.02% 0.40%
Other Central American 15 0.01% 0.10%
South American 1,013 0.39% 6.49%
Argentinian 29 0.01% 0.19%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Chilean 33 0.01% 0.21%
Columbian 520 0.20% 3.33%
Ecuadorian 181 0.07% 1.16%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 96 0.04% 0.61%
Uruguayan 8 0.00% 0.05%
Venezuelan 95 0.04% 0.61%
Other South American 49 0.02% 0.31%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,389 0.92% 15.30%
Spaniard 50 0.02% 0.32%
Spanish 333 0.13% 2.13%
Spanish American 69 0.03% 0.44%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,937 0.75% 12.40%


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 304 42.88% 0.12%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 67 9.45% 0.03%
3. Latin American Indians 57 8.04% 0.02%
4. Iroquois 42 5.92% 0.02%
5. Creek 41 5.78% 0.02%
6. Sioux 29 4.09% 0.01%
7. Blackfeet 27 3.81% 0.01%
8. Chippewa 26 3.67% 0.01%
9. Seminole 26 3.67% 0.01%
10. Apache 15 2.12% 0.01%
11. Lumbee 13 1.83% 0.01%
12. Choctaw 10 1.41% 0.00%
13. Comanche 7 0.99% 0.00%
14. Navajo 7 0.99% 0.00%
15. Menominee 6 0.85% 0.00%
16. Cheyenne 5 0.71% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 5 0.71% 0.00%
18. Ottawa 3 0.42% 0.00%
19. Potawatomi 3 0.42% 0.00%
20. Shoshone 3 0.42% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.42% 0.00%
22. Cree 2 0.28% 0.00%
23. Houma 2 0.28% 0.00%
24. Yuman 2 0.28% 0.00%
25. Pueblo 1 0.14% 0.00%
26. Yaqui 1 0.14% 0.00%
27. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.14% 0.00%
28. Eskimo 1 0.14% 0.00%

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

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