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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 58,840 99.19% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 482 0.81% 100.00%
Total Asian 409 0.69% 84.85%
Southern Asian 28 0.05% 5.81%
Asian Indian 27 0.05% 5.60%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 1 0.00% 0.21%
Southeastern Asian 183 0.31% 37.97%
Cambodian 2 0.00% 0.41%
Filipino 138 0.23% 28.63%
Indonesian 1 0.00% 0.21%
Laotian 4 0.01% 0.83%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 16 0.03% 3.32%
Vietnamese 22 0.04% 4.56%
Eastern Asian 186 0.31% 38.59%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 55 0.09% 11.41%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 40 0.07% 8.30%
Korean 86 0.14% 17.84%
Taiwanese 5 0.01% 1.04%
Other Asian or Not Specified 12 0.02% 2.49%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 73 0.12% 15.15%
Polynesian 54 0.09% 11.20%
Native Hawaiian 32 0.05% 6.64%
Samoan 22 0.04% 4.56%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 7 0.01% 1.45%
Guamanian or Chamorro 7 0.01% 1.45%
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 12 0.02% 2.49%

* 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) 57,837 97.50% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,485 2.50% 100.00%
Mexican 830 1.40% 55.89%
Puerto Rican 109 0.18% 7.34%
Cuban 33 0.06% 2.22%
Dominican 8 0.01% 0.54%
Central American 44 0.07% 2.96%
Costa Rican 6 0.01% 0.40%
Guatemalan 4 0.01% 0.27%
Honduran 4 0.01% 0.27%
Nicaraguan 1 0.00% 0.07%
Panamanian 24 0.04% 1.62%
Salvadorian 4 0.01% 0.27%
Other Central American 1 0.00% 0.07%
South American 29 0.05% 1.95%
Argentinian 2 0.00% 0.13%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 2 0.00% 0.13%
Columbian 16 0.03% 1.08%
Ecuadorian 5 0.01% 0.34%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 1 0.00% 0.07%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 2 0.00% 0.13%
Other South American 1 0.00% 0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 432 0.73% 29.09%
Spaniard 20 0.03% 1.35%
Spanish 117 0.20% 7.88%
Spanish American 3 0.01% 0.20%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 292 0.49% 19.66%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Eskimo 846 35.92% 1.43%
2. Alaskan Athabascan 450 19.11% 0.76%
3. Aleut 384 16.31% 0.65%
4. Tlingit-Haida 151 6.41% 0.25%
5. Cherokee 139 5.90% 0.23%
6. All Other Native American Tribes 87 3.69% 0.15%
7. Chippewa 64 2.72% 0.11%
8. Choctaw 27 1.15% 0.05%
9. Sioux 24 1.02% 0.04%
10. Iroquois 22 0.93% 0.04%
11. Blackfeet 17 0.72% 0.03%
12. Apache 15 0.64% 0.03%
13. Latin American Indians 14 0.59% 0.02%
14. Lumbee 14 0.59% 0.02%
15. All Other Alaskan Tribes 13 0.55% 0.02%
16. Colville 11 0.47% 0.02%
17. Creek 9 0.38% 0.02%
18. Navajo 8 0.34% 0.01%
19. Chickasaw 7 0.30% 0.01%
20. Osage 7 0.30% 0.01%
21. Puget Sound Salish 6 0.25% 0.01%
22. Seminole 5 0.21% 0.01%
23. Ute 5 0.21% 0.01%
24. Yakama 4 0.17% 0.01%
25. Cheyenne 3 0.13% 0.01%
26. Cree 3 0.13% 0.01%
27. Kiowa 3 0.13% 0.01%
28. Menominee 3 0.13% 0.01%
29. Paiute 3 0.13% 0.01%
30. Pueblo 3 0.13% 0.01%
31. Crow 2 0.08% 0.00%
32. Yaqui 2 0.08% 0.00%
33. Comanche 1 0.04% 0.00%
34. Pima 1 0.04% 0.00%
35. Potawatomi 1 0.04% 0.00%
36. Shoshone 1 0.04% 0.00%

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

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