Twin Falls 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 63,748 99.17% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 536 0.83% 100.00%
Total Asian 483 0.75% 90.11%
Southern Asian 26 0.04% 4.85%
Asian Indian 26 0.04% 4.85%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 237 0.37% 44.22%
Cambodian 10 0.02% 1.87%
Filipino 52 0.08% 9.70%
Indonesian 1 0.00% 0.19%
Laotian 67 0.10% 12.50%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.19%
Thai 25 0.04% 4.66%
Vietnamese 81 0.13% 15.11%
Eastern Asian 203 0.32% 37.87%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 69 0.11% 12.87%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 99 0.15% 18.47%
Korean 34 0.05% 6.34%
Taiwanese 1 0.00% 0.19%
Other Asian or Not Specified 17 0.03% 3.17%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 53 0.08% 9.89%
Polynesian 33 0.05% 6.16%
Native Hawaiian 18 0.03% 3.36%
Samoan 9 0.01% 1.68%
Tongan 6 0.01% 1.12%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 14 0.02% 2.61%
Guamanian or Chamorro 7 0.01% 1.31%
Other Micronesian 7 0.01% 1.31%
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% 1.12%

* 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) 58,258 90.63% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 6,026 9.37% 100.00%
Mexican 4,844 7.54% 80.38%
Puerto Rican 57 0.09% 0.95%
Cuban 14 0.02% 0.23%
Dominican 1 0.00% 0.02%
Central American 42 0.07% 0.70%
Costa Rican 4 0.01% 0.07%
Guatemalan 13 0.02% 0.22%
Honduran 0 0.00% 0.00%
Nicaraguan 4 0.01% 0.07%
Panamanian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Salvadorian 18 0.03% 0.30%
Other Central American 2 0.00% 0.03%
South American 75 0.12% 1.24%
Argentinian 4 0.01% 0.07%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Chilean 7 0.01% 0.12%
Columbian 16 0.02% 0.27%
Ecuadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 35 0.05% 0.58%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 12 0.02% 0.20%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 993 1.54% 16.48%
Spaniard 10 0.02% 0.17%
Spanish 134 0.21% 2.22%
Spanish American 11 0.02% 0.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 838 1.30% 13.91%


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 76 22.96% 0.12%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 71 21.45% 0.11%
3. Navajo 22 6.65% 0.03%
4. Sioux 21 6.34% 0.03%
5. Latin American Indians 17 5.14% 0.03%
6. Shoshone 17 5.14% 0.03%
7. Apache 14 4.23% 0.02%
8. Chippewa 13 3.93% 0.02%
9. Potawatomi 10 3.02% 0.02%
10. Puget Sound Salish 10 3.02% 0.02%
11. Blackfeet 8 2.42% 0.01%
12. Iroquois 8 2.42% 0.01%
13. Creek 6 1.81% 0.01%
14. Chickasaw 5 1.51% 0.01%
15. Choctaw 5 1.51% 0.01%
16. Comanche 4 1.21% 0.01%
17. Paiute 4 1.21% 0.01%
18. Yakama 4 1.21% 0.01%
19. Cheyenne 3 0.91% 0.00%
20. Pueblo 2 0.60% 0.00%
21. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.60% 0.00%
22. Colville 1 0.30% 0.00%
23. Delaware 1 0.30% 0.00%
24. Ottawa 1 0.30% 0.00%
25. Pima 1 0.30% 0.00%
26. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.30% 0.00%
27. Yaqui 1 0.30% 0.00%
28. Aleut 1 0.30% 0.00%
29. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.30% 0.00%
30. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.30% 0.00%

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

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