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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 140,736 99.18% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,167 0.82% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,125 0.79% 96.40%
Southern Asian 292 0.21% 25.02%
Asian Indian 269 0.19% 23.05%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 19 0.01% 1.63%
Sri Lankan 4 0.00% 0.34%
Southeastern Asian 300 0.21% 25.71%
Cambodian 5 0.00% 0.43%
Filipino 159 0.11% 13.62%
Indonesian 9 0.01% 0.77%
Laotian 42 0.03% 3.60%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 19 0.01% 1.63%
Vietnamese 66 0.05% 5.66%
Eastern Asian 481 0.34% 41.22%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 197 0.14% 16.88%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.09%
Japanese 83 0.06% 7.11%
Korean 194 0.14% 16.62%
Taiwanese 6 0.00% 0.51%
Other Asian or Not Specified 52 0.04% 4.46%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 42 0.03% 3.60%
Polynesian 12 0.01% 1.03%
Native Hawaiian 3 0.00% 0.26%
Samoan 9 0.01% 0.77%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 20 0.01% 1.71%
Guamanian or Chamorro 20 0.01% 1.71%
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 10 0.01% 0.86%

* 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) 134,208 94.58% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 7,695 5.42% 100.00%
Mexican 4,894 3.45% 63.60%
Puerto Rican 439 0.31% 5.71%
Cuban 255 0.18% 3.31%
Dominican 28 0.02% 0.36%
Central American 777 0.55% 10.10%
Costa Rican 46 0.03% 0.60%
Guatemalan 569 0.40% 7.39%
Honduran 65 0.05% 0.84%
Nicaraguan 10 0.01% 0.13%
Panamanian 27 0.02% 0.35%
Salvadorian 48 0.03% 0.62%
Other Central American 12 0.01% 0.16%
South American 277 0.20% 3.60%
Argentinian 16 0.01% 0.21%
Bolivian 4 0.00% 0.05%
Chilean 7 0.00% 0.09%
Columbian 131 0.09% 1.70%
Ecuadorian 20 0.01% 0.26%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.03%
Peruvian 51 0.04% 0.66%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.04%
Venezuelan 29 0.02% 0.38%
Other South American 14 0.01% 0.18%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,025 0.72% 13.32%
Spaniard 14 0.01% 0.18%
Spanish 171 0.12% 2.22%
Spanish American 24 0.02% 0.31%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 816 0.58% 10.60%


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 185 47.44% 0.13%
2. Latin American Indians 62 15.90% 0.04%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 46 11.79% 0.03%
4. Choctaw 17 4.36% 0.01%
5. Chippewa 12 3.08% 0.01%
6. Lumbee 11 2.82% 0.01%
7. Sioux 10 2.56% 0.01%
8. Creek 9 2.31% 0.01%
9. Potawatomi 6 1.54% 0.00%
10. Iroquois 5 1.28% 0.00%
11. Menominee 5 1.28% 0.00%
12. Osage 5 1.28% 0.00%
13. Apache 4 1.03% 0.00%
14. Pueblo 4 1.03% 0.00%
15. Aleut 3 0.77% 0.00%
16. Blackfeet 2 0.51% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 2 0.51% 0.00%
18. Comanche 1 0.26% 0.00%
19. Delaware 1 0.26% 0.00%

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

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