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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 1,113,648 98.45% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 17,536 1.55% 100.00%
Total Asian 16,850 1.49% 96.09%
Southern Asian 6,319 0.56% 36.03%
Asian Indian 5,632 0.50% 32.12%
Bangladeshi 288 0.03% 1.64%
Pakistani 319 0.03% 1.82%
Sri Lankan 80 0.01% 0.46%
Southeastern Asian 4,938 0.44% 28.16%
Cambodian 51 0.00% 0.29%
Filipino 2,415 0.21% 13.77%
Indonesian 45 0.00% 0.26%
Laotian 92 0.01% 0.52%
Malaysian 18 0.00% 0.10%
Thai 484 0.04% 2.76%
Vietnamese 1,833 0.16% 10.45%
Eastern Asian 5,066 0.45% 28.89%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 3,506 0.31% 19.99%
Hmong 2 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 519 0.05% 2.96%
Korean 981 0.09% 5.59%
Taiwanese 58 0.01% 0.33%
Other Asian or Not Specified 527 0.05% 3.01%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 686 0.06% 3.91%
Polynesian 193 0.02% 1.10%
Native Hawaiian 123 0.01% 0.70%
Samoan 60 0.01% 0.34%
Tongan 2 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 8 0.00% 0.05%
Micronesian 296 0.03% 1.69%
Guamanian or Chamorro 292 0.03% 1.67%
Other Micronesian 4 0.00% 0.02%
Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 3 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 194 0.02% 1.11%

* 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) 990,509 87.56% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 140,675 12.44% 100.00%
Mexican 30,099 2.66% 21.40%
Puerto Rican 25,170 2.23% 17.89%
Cuban 25,386 2.24% 18.05%
Dominican 3,649 0.32% 2.59%
Central American 14,803 1.31% 10.52%
Costa Rican 792 0.07% 0.56%
Guatemalan 6,576 0.58% 4.67%
Honduran 2,660 0.24% 1.89%
Nicaraguan 1,959 0.17% 1.39%
Panamanian 434 0.04% 0.31%
Salvadorian 1,947 0.17% 1.38%
Other Central American 435 0.04% 0.31%
South American 18,310 1.62% 13.02%
Argentinian 1,589 0.14% 1.13%
Bolivian 366 0.03% 0.26%
Chilean 822 0.07% 0.58%
Columbian 8,358 0.74% 5.94%
Ecuadorian 1,712 0.15% 1.22%
Paraguayan 114 0.01% 0.08%
Peruvian 2,365 0.21% 1.68%
Uruguayan 522 0.05% 0.37%
Venezuelan 1,836 0.16% 1.31%
Other South American 626 0.06% 0.44%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 23,258 2.06% 16.53%
Spaniard 633 0.06% 0.45%
Spanish 2,513 0.22% 1.79%
Spanish American 297 0.03% 0.21%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 19,815 1.75% 14.09%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 506 36.14% 0.04%
2. Cherokee 327 23.36% 0.03%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 106 7.57% 0.01%
4. Iroquois 98 7.00% 0.01%
5. Chippewa 46 3.29% 0.00%
6. Blackfeet 37 2.64% 0.00%
7. Sioux 32 2.29% 0.00%
8. Choctaw 26 1.86% 0.00%
9. Pueblo 26 1.86% 0.00%
10. Creek 25 1.79% 0.00%
11. Apache 24 1.71% 0.00%
12. Navajo 20 1.43% 0.00%
13. Lumbee 18 1.29% 0.00%
14. Seminole 15 1.07% 0.00%
15. Potawatomi 13 0.93% 0.00%
16. Tlingit-Haida 10 0.71% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 8 0.57% 0.00%
18. Delaware 8 0.57% 0.00%
19. Crow 6 0.43% 0.00%
20. Cheyenne 5 0.36% 0.00%
21. Cree 5 0.36% 0.00%
22. Ottawa 5 0.36% 0.00%
23. Eskimo 5 0.36% 0.00%
24. Comanche 4 0.29% 0.00%
25. Osage 4 0.29% 0.00%
26. Paiute 4 0.29% 0.00%
27. Pima 2 0.14% 0.00%
28. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.14% 0.00%
29. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.14% 0.00%
30. Ute 2 0.14% 0.00%
31. Yuman 2 0.14% 0.00%
32. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.14% 0.00%
33. Aleut 2 0.14% 0.00%
34. Kiowa 1 0.07% 0.00%
35. Menominee 1 0.07% 0.00%
36. Shoshone 1 0.07% 0.00%

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

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