Fairbanks North Star Borough

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.

* 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)	79,400	95.85%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	3,440	4.15%	100.00%
Mexican	1,704	2.06%	49.53%
Puerto Rican	520	0.63%	15.12%
Cuban	98	0.12%	2.85%
Dominican	43	0.05%	1.25%
Central American	151	0.18%	4.39%
Costa Rican	17	0.02%	0.49%
Guatemalan	18	0.02%	0.52%
Honduran	18	0.02%	0.52%
Nicaraguan	5	0.01%	0.15%
Panamanian	66	0.08%	1.92%
Salvadorian	18	0.02%	0.52%
Other Central American	9	0.01%	0.26%
South American	151	0.18%	4.39%
Argentinian	14	0.02%	0.41%
Bolivian	11	0.01%	0.32%
Chilean	24	0.03%	0.70%
Columbian	57	0.07%	1.66%
Ecuadorian	10	0.01%	0.29%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	17	0.02%	0.49%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	3	0.00%	0.09%
Other South American	15	0.02%	0.44%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	773	0.93%	22.47%
Spaniard	30	0.04%	0.87%
Spanish	164	0.20%	4.77%
Spanish American	13	0.02%	0.38%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	566	0.68%	16.45%

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

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