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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 5,117,819 95.18% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 258,922 4.82% 100.00%
Total Asian 256,378 4.77% 99.02%
Southern Asian 81,873 1.52% 31.62%
Asian Indian 71,194 1.32% 27.50%
Bangladeshi 434 0.01% 0.17%
Pakistani 9,966 0.19% 3.85%
Sri Lankan 279 0.01% 0.11%
Southeastern Asian 74,001 1.38% 28.58%
Cambodian 1,772 0.03% 0.68%
Filipino 54,915 1.02% 21.21%
Indonesian 435 0.01% 0.17%
Laotian 1,562 0.03% 0.60%
Malaysian 203 0.00% 0.08%
Thai 3,789 0.07% 1.46%
Vietnamese 11,325 0.21% 4.37%
Eastern Asian 96,500 1.79% 37.27%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 46,603 0.87% 18.00%
Hmong 171 0.00% 0.07%
Japanese 13,735 0.26% 5.30%
Korean 34,536 0.64% 13.34%
Taiwanese 1,455 0.03% 0.56%
Other Asian or Not Specified 4,004 0.07% 1.55%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 2,544 0.05% 0.98%
Polynesian 1,134 0.02% 0.44%
Native Hawaiian 533 0.01% 0.21%
Samoan 581 0.01% 0.22%
Tongan 5 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 15 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 648 0.01% 0.25%
Guamanian or Chamorro 620 0.01% 0.24%
Other Micronesian 28 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 14 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 14 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 748 0.01% 0.29%

* 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) 4,305,001 80.07% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,071,740 19.93% 100.00%
Mexican 786,423 14.63% 73.38%
Puerto Rican 130,414 2.43% 12.17%
Cuban 12,752 0.24% 1.19%
Dominican 2,205 0.04% 0.21%
Central American 30,043 0.56% 2.80%
Costa Rican 828 0.02% 0.08%
Guatemalan 16,795 0.31% 1.57%
Honduran 3,691 0.07% 0.34%
Nicaraguan 1,079 0.02% 0.10%
Panamanian 1,014 0.02% 0.09%
Salvadorian 5,072 0.09% 0.47%
Other Central American 1,564 0.03% 0.15%
South American 29,490 0.55% 2.75%
Argentinian 1,716 0.03% 0.16%
Bolivian 786 0.01% 0.07%
Chilean 1,071 0.02% 0.10%
Columbian 8,380 0.16% 0.78%
Ecuadorian 10,791 0.20% 1.01%
Paraguayan 162 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 4,155 0.08% 0.39%
Uruguayan 260 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 977 0.02% 0.09%
Other South American 1,192 0.02% 0.11%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 80,413 1.50% 7.50%
Spaniard 1,323 0.02% 0.12%
Spanish 5,801 0.11% 0.54%
Spanish American 387 0.01% 0.04%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 72,902 1.36% 6.80%


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 2,713 40.79% 0.05%
2. Cherokee 854 12.84% 0.02%
3. Chippewa 645 9.70% 0.01%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 414 6.22% 0.01%
5. Iroquois 353 5.31% 0.01%
6. Sioux 308 4.63% 0.01%
7. Apache 209 3.14% 0.00%
8. Navajo 203 3.05% 0.00%
9. Menominee 164 2.47% 0.00%
10. Choctaw 157 2.36% 0.00%
11. Blackfeet 102 1.53% 0.00%
12. Pueblo 75 1.13% 0.00%
13. Potawatomi 73 1.10% 0.00%
14. Creek 41 0.62% 0.00%
15. Ottawa 38 0.57% 0.00%
16. Comanche 34 0.51% 0.00%
17. Cree 31 0.47% 0.00%
18. Lumbee 31 0.47% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 24 0.36% 0.00%
20. Seminole 18 0.27% 0.00%
21. Pima 16 0.24% 0.00%
22. Tlingit-Haida 16 0.24% 0.00%
23. Cheyenne 15 0.23% 0.00%
24. Kiowa 15 0.23% 0.00%
25. Tohono O'Odham 12 0.18% 0.00%
26. Yaqui 12 0.18% 0.00%
27. Chickasaw 11 0.17% 0.00%
28. Aleut 9 0.14% 0.00%
29. Delaware 8 0.12% 0.00%
30. Osage 8 0.12% 0.00%
31. Ute 7 0.11% 0.00%
32. Paiute 6 0.09% 0.00%
33. Alaskan Athabascan 6 0.09% 0.00%
34. Crow 5 0.08% 0.00%
35. Yuman 5 0.08% 0.00%
36. Colville 4 0.06% 0.00%
37. Shoshone 4 0.06% 0.00%
38. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.03% 0.00%
39. Yakama 2 0.03% 0.00%
40. Houma 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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