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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 8,011,781 97.87% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 174,672 2.13% 100.00%
Total Asian 170,469 2.08% 97.59%
Southern Asian 50,850 0.62% 29.11%
Asian Indian 46,132 0.56% 26.41%
Bangladeshi 1,003 0.01% 0.57%
Pakistani 3,488 0.04% 2.00%
Sri Lankan 227 0.00% 0.13%
Southeastern Asian 50,718 0.62% 29.04%
Cambodian 2,905 0.04% 1.66%
Filipino 11,036 0.13% 6.32%
Indonesian 652 0.01% 0.37%
Laotian 4,531 0.06% 2.59%
Malaysian 217 0.00% 0.12%
Thai 2,361 0.03% 1.35%
Vietnamese 29,016 0.35% 16.61%
Eastern Asian 64,901 0.79% 37.16%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 25,749 0.31% 14.74%
Hmong 1,468 0.02% 0.84%
Japanese 7,242 0.09% 4.15%
Korean 28,745 0.35% 16.46%
Taiwanese 1,697 0.02% 0.97%
Other Asian or Not Specified 4,000 0.05% 2.29%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 4,203 0.05% 2.41%
Polynesian 1,738 0.02% 1.00%
Native Hawaiian 866 0.01% 0.50%
Samoan 819 0.01% 0.47%
Tongan 10 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 43 0.00% 0.02%
Micronesian 1,777 0.02% 1.02%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,566 0.02% 0.90%
Other Micronesian 211 0.00% 0.12%
Melanesian 35 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 31 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 4 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 653 0.01% 0.37%

* 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) 7,751,226 94.68% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 435,227 5.32% 100.00%
Mexican 275,288 3.36% 63.25%
Puerto Rican 35,532 0.43% 8.16%
Cuban 12,536 0.15% 2.88%
Dominican 3,233 0.04% 0.74%
Central American 31,813 0.39% 7.31%
Costa Rican 1,195 0.01% 0.27%
Guatemalan 10,718 0.13% 2.46%
Honduran 5,158 0.06% 1.19%
Nicaraguan 1,394 0.02% 0.32%
Panamanian 3,745 0.05% 0.86%
Salvadorian 8,497 0.10% 1.95%
Other Central American 1,106 0.01% 0.25%
South American 19,496 0.24% 4.48%
Argentinian 988 0.01% 0.23%
Bolivian 357 0.00% 0.08%
Chilean 872 0.01% 0.20%
Columbian 9,083 0.11% 2.09%
Ecuadorian 1,428 0.02% 0.33%
Paraguayan 163 0.00% 0.04%
Peruvian 3,161 0.04% 0.73%
Uruguayan 470 0.01% 0.11%
Venezuelan 2,244 0.03% 0.52%
Other South American 730 0.01% 0.17%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 57,329 0.70% 13.17%
Spaniard 1,119 0.01% 0.26%
Spanish 6,419 0.08% 1.47%
Spanish American 683 0.01% 0.16%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 49,108 0.60% 11.28%


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 5,620 43.41% 0.07%
2. Latin American Indians 1,733 13.39% 0.02%
3. Creek 1,007 7.78% 0.01%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 951 7.35% 0.01%
5. Choctaw 427 3.30% 0.01%
6. Lumbee 389 3.00% 0.00%
7. Sioux 357 2.76% 0.00%
8. Chippewa 335 2.59% 0.00%
9. Iroquois 315 2.43% 0.00%
10. Apache 296 2.29% 0.00%
11. Blackfeet 235 1.82% 0.00%
12. Navajo 196 1.51% 0.00%
13. Seminole 145 1.12% 0.00%
14. Pueblo 113 0.87% 0.00%
15. Potawatomi 86 0.66% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 73 0.56% 0.00%
17. Eskimo 66 0.51% 0.00%
18. Osage 54 0.42% 0.00%
19. Comanche 51 0.39% 0.00%
20. Delaware 43 0.33% 0.00%
21. Cheyenne 41 0.32% 0.00%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 39 0.30% 0.00%
23. Aleut 36 0.28% 0.00%
24. Houma 34 0.26% 0.00%
25. Cree 32 0.25% 0.00%
26. Tlingit-Haida 30 0.23% 0.00%
27. Menominee 29 0.22% 0.00%
28. Tohono O'Odham 29 0.22% 0.00%
29. Ottawa 26 0.20% 0.00%
30. Yaqui 22 0.17% 0.00%
31. Yakama 20 0.15% 0.00%
32. Crow 19 0.15% 0.00%
33. Shoshone 18 0.14% 0.00%
34. Kiowa 17 0.13% 0.00%
35. Paiute 14 0.11% 0.00%
36. Puget Sound Salish 13 0.10% 0.00%
37. Ute 11 0.08% 0.00%
38. Pima 9 0.07% 0.00%
39. Yuman 7 0.05% 0.00%
40. Colville 6 0.05% 0.00%
41. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 3 0.02% 0.00%

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

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