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)	96,694	96.73%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	3,268	3.27%	100.00%
Mexican	2,140	2.14%	65.48%
Puerto Rican	175	0.18%	5.35%
Cuban	78	0.08%	2.39%
Dominican	14	0.01%	0.43%
Central American	122	0.12%	3.73%
Costa Rican	36	0.04%	1.10%
Guatemalan	17	0.02%	0.52%
Honduran	16	0.02%	0.49%
Nicaraguan	8	0.01%	0.24%
Panamanian	29	0.03%	0.89%
Salvadorian	8	0.01%	0.24%
Other Central American	8	0.01%	0.24%
South American	219	0.22%	6.70%
Argentinian	22	0.02%	0.67%
Bolivian	11	0.01%	0.34%
Chilean	12	0.01%	0.37%
Columbian	32	0.03%	0.98%
Ecuadorian	22	0.02%	0.67%
Paraguayan	31	0.03%	0.95%
Peruvian	38	0.04%	1.16%
Uruguayan	6	0.01%	0.18%
Venezuelan	40	0.04%	1.22%
Other South American	5	0.01%	0.15%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	520	0.52%	15.91%
Spaniard	30	0.03%	0.92%
Spanish	80	0.08%	2.45%
Spanish American	4	0.00%	0.12%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	406	0.41%	12.42%

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

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