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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 599,076 95.56% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 27,856 4.44% 100.00%
Total Asian 24,681 3.94% 88.60%
Southern Asian 815 0.13% 2.93%
Asian Indian 723 0.12% 2.60%
Bangladeshi 22 0.00% 0.08%
Pakistani 54 0.01% 0.19%
Sri Lankan 16 0.00% 0.06%
Southeastern Asian 15,607 2.49% 56.03%
Cambodian 142 0.02% 0.51%
Filipino 12,712 2.03% 45.63%
Indonesian 30 0.00% 0.11%
Laotian 1,280 0.20% 4.60%
Malaysian 7 0.00% 0.03%
Thai 622 0.10% 2.23%
Vietnamese 814 0.13% 2.92%
Eastern Asian 7,735 1.23% 27.77%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,421 0.23% 5.10%
Hmong 284 0.05% 1.02%
Japanese 1,414 0.23% 5.08%
Korean 4,573 0.73% 16.42%
Taiwanese 43 0.01% 0.15%
Other Asian or Not Specified 524 0.08% 1.88%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 3,175 0.51% 11.40%
Polynesian 2,671 0.43% 9.59%
Native Hawaiian 695 0.11% 2.49%
Samoan 1,670 0.27% 6.00%
Tongan 251 0.04% 0.90%
Other Polynesian 55 0.01% 0.20%
Micronesian 286 0.05% 1.03%
Guamanian or Chamorro 227 0.04% 0.81%
Other Micronesian 59 0.01% 0.21%
Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 3 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 215 0.03% 0.77%

* 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) 601,080 95.88% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 25,852 4.12% 100.00%
Mexican 13,334 2.13% 51.58%
Puerto Rican 2,649 0.42% 10.25%
Cuban 553 0.09% 2.14%
Dominican 877 0.14% 3.39%
Central American 1,201 0.19% 4.65%
Costa Rican 94 0.01% 0.36%
Guatemalan 181 0.03% 0.70%
Honduran 143 0.02% 0.55%
Nicaraguan 63 0.01% 0.24%
Panamanian 235 0.04% 0.91%
Salvadorian 447 0.07% 1.73%
Other Central American 38 0.01% 0.15%
South American 1,145 0.18% 4.43%
Argentinian 79 0.01% 0.31%
Bolivian 30 0.00% 0.12%
Chilean 124 0.02% 0.48%
Columbian 440 0.07% 1.70%
Ecuadorian 61 0.01% 0.24%
Paraguayan 14 0.00% 0.05%
Peruvian 278 0.04% 1.08%
Uruguayan 17 0.00% 0.07%
Venezuelan 47 0.01% 0.18%
Other South American 55 0.01% 0.21%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 6,093 0.97% 23.57%
Spaniard 174 0.03% 0.67%
Spanish 1,435 0.23% 5.55%
Spanish American 97 0.02% 0.38%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,387 0.70% 16.97%


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 41,481 53.43% 6.62%
2. Alaskan Athabascan 11,910 15.34% 1.90%
3. Tlingit-Haida 9,153 11.79% 1.46%
4. Aleut 8,282 10.67% 1.32%
5. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 1,699 2.19% 0.27%
6. All Other Native American Tribes 1,176 1.51% 0.19%
7. Cherokee 962 1.24% 0.15%
8. Chickasaw 421 0.54% 0.07%
9. Chippewa 394 0.51% 0.06%
10. Sioux 282 0.36% 0.04%
11. Choctaw 277 0.36% 0.04%
12. Navajo 212 0.27% 0.03%
13. Blackfeet 151 0.19% 0.02%
14. Iroquois 134 0.17% 0.02%
15. Latin American Indians 125 0.16% 0.02%
16. Apache 116 0.15% 0.02%
17. Pueblo 111 0.14% 0.02%
18. Creek 87 0.11% 0.01%
19. Puget Sound Salish 64 0.08% 0.01%
20. Seminole 54 0.07% 0.01%
21. Colville 49 0.06% 0.01%
22. Lumbee 47 0.06% 0.01%
23. Yakama 46 0.06% 0.01%
24. Potawatomi 39 0.05% 0.01%
25. Crow 36 0.05% 0.01%
26. Osage 30 0.04% 0.00%
27. Shoshone 30 0.04% 0.00%
28. Cheyenne 29 0.04% 0.00%
29. Paiute 27 0.03% 0.00%
30. Comanche 25 0.03% 0.00%
31. Delaware 25 0.03% 0.00%
32. Menominee 23 0.03% 0.00%
33. Yuman 23 0.03% 0.00%
34. Pima 21 0.03% 0.00%
35. Kiowa 20 0.03% 0.00%
36. Cree 17 0.02% 0.00%
37. Ute 17 0.02% 0.00%
38. Yaqui 15 0.02% 0.00%
39. Tohono O'Odham 12 0.02% 0.00%
40. Ottawa 11 0.01% 0.00%
41. Houma 5 0.01% 0.00%

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

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