St. Clair 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 253,692 99.07% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 2,390 0.93% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,275 0.89% 95.19%
Southern Asian 377 0.15% 15.77%
Asian Indian 306 0.12% 12.80%
Bangladeshi 16 0.01% 0.67%
Pakistani 55 0.02% 2.30%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 948 0.37% 39.67%
Cambodian 8 0.00% 0.33%
Filipino 617 0.24% 25.82%
Indonesian 2 0.00% 0.08%
Laotian 4 0.00% 0.17%
Malaysian 3 0.00% 0.13%
Thai 137 0.05% 5.73%
Vietnamese 177 0.07% 7.41%
Eastern Asian 874 0.34% 36.57%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 242 0.09% 10.13%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 178 0.07% 7.45%
Korean 426 0.17% 17.82%
Taiwanese 28 0.01% 1.17%
Other Asian or Not Specified 76 0.03% 3.18%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 115 0.04% 4.81%
Polynesian 65 0.03% 2.72%
Native Hawaiian 44 0.02% 1.84%
Samoan 20 0.01% 0.84%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 28 0.01% 1.17%
Guamanian or Chamorro 26 0.01% 1.09%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.08%
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 22 0.01% 0.92%

* 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) 250,478 97.81% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 5,604 2.19% 100.00%
Mexican 3,482 1.36% 62.13%
Puerto Rican 540 0.21% 9.64%
Cuban 97 0.04% 1.73%
Dominican 7 0.00% 0.12%
Central American 164 0.06% 2.93%
Costa Rican 13 0.01% 0.23%
Guatemalan 27 0.01% 0.48%
Honduran 18 0.01% 0.32%
Nicaraguan 14 0.01% 0.25%
Panamanian 73 0.03% 1.30%
Salvadorian 10 0.00% 0.18%
Other Central American 9 0.00% 0.16%
South American 78 0.03% 1.39%
Argentinian 13 0.01% 0.23%
Bolivian 5 0.00% 0.09%
Chilean 14 0.01% 0.25%
Columbian 22 0.01% 0.39%
Ecuadorian 4 0.00% 0.07%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 11 0.00% 0.20%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 6 0.00% 0.11%
Other South American 2 0.00% 0.04%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,236 0.48% 22.06%
Spaniard 32 0.01% 0.57%
Spanish 270 0.11% 4.82%
Spanish American 31 0.01% 0.55%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 903 0.35% 16.11%


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 186 46.15% 0.07%
2. Choctaw 23 5.71% 0.01%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 23 5.71% 0.01%
4. Chippewa 17 4.22% 0.01%
5. Pueblo 15 3.72% 0.01%
6. Latin American Indians 14 3.47% 0.01%
7. Blackfeet 13 3.23% 0.01%
8. Comanche 13 3.23% 0.01%
9. Sioux 13 3.23% 0.01%
10. Iroquois 12 2.98% 0.00%
11. Navajo 11 2.73% 0.00%
12. Chickasaw 10 2.48% 0.00%
13. Potawatomi 7 1.74% 0.00%
14. Lumbee 5 1.24% 0.00%
15. Delaware 4 0.99% 0.00%
16. Seminole 4 0.99% 0.00%
17. Yaqui 4 0.99% 0.00%
18. Apache 3 0.74% 0.00%
19. Creek 3 0.74% 0.00%
20. Menominee 3 0.74% 0.00%
21. Osage 3 0.74% 0.00%
22. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.74% 0.00%
23. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.74% 0.00%
24. Eskimo 3 0.74% 0.00%
25. Cree 2 0.50% 0.00%
26. Kiowa 2 0.50% 0.00%
27. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.50% 0.00%
28. Cheyenne 1 0.25% 0.00%
29. Shoshone 1 0.25% 0.00%

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

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