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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 4,010,925 99.24% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 30,844 0.76% 100.00%
Total Asian 29,400 0.73% 95.32%
Southern Asian 7,476 0.18% 24.24%
Asian Indian 6,771 0.17% 21.95%
Bangladeshi 123 0.00% 0.40%
Pakistani 467 0.01% 1.51%
Sri Lankan 115 0.00% 0.37%
Southeastern Asian 8,112 0.20% 26.30%
Cambodian 314 0.01% 1.02%
Filipino 3,106 0.08% 10.07%
Indonesian 156 0.00% 0.51%
Laotian 316 0.01% 1.02%
Malaysian 72 0.00% 0.23%
Thai 552 0.01% 1.79%
Vietnamese 3,596 0.09% 11.66%
Eastern Asian 12,908 0.32% 41.85%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 5,171 0.13% 16.77%
Hmong 10 0.00% 0.03%
Japanese 3,683 0.09% 11.94%
Korean 3,818 0.09% 12.38%
Taiwanese 226 0.01% 0.73%
Other Asian or Not Specified 904 0.02% 2.93%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,444 0.04% 4.68%
Polynesian 696 0.02% 2.26%
Native Hawaiian 338 0.01% 1.10%
Samoan 327 0.01% 1.06%
Tongan 12 0.00% 0.04%
Other Polynesian 19 0.00% 0.06%
Micronesian 474 0.01% 1.54%
Guamanian or Chamorro 403 0.01% 1.31%
Other Micronesian 71 0.00% 0.23%
Melanesian 8 0.00% 0.03%
Fijian 6 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 266 0.01% 0.86%

* 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) 3,981,830 98.52% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 59,939 1.48% 100.00%
Mexican 31,385 0.78% 52.36%
Puerto Rican 6,469 0.16% 10.79%
Cuban 3,516 0.09% 5.87%
Dominican 310 0.01% 0.52%
Central American 3,116 0.08% 5.20%
Costa Rican 118 0.00% 0.20%
Guatemalan 1,090 0.03% 1.82%
Honduran 478 0.01% 0.80%
Nicaraguan 143 0.00% 0.24%
Panamanian 573 0.01% 0.96%
Salvadorian 646 0.02% 1.08%
Other Central American 68 0.00% 0.11%
South American 1,926 0.05% 3.21%
Argentinian 164 0.00% 0.27%
Bolivian 104 0.00% 0.17%
Chilean 119 0.00% 0.20%
Columbian 587 0.01% 0.98%
Ecuadorian 198 0.00% 0.33%
Paraguayan 38 0.00% 0.06%
Peruvian 348 0.01% 0.58%
Uruguayan 21 0.00% 0.04%
Venezuelan 264 0.01% 0.44%
Other South American 83 0.00% 0.14%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 13,217 0.33% 22.05%
Spaniard 204 0.01% 0.34%
Spanish 1,289 0.03% 2.15%
Spanish American 147 0.00% 0.25%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 11,577 0.29% 19.31%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 3,095 56.70% 0.08%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 369 6.76% 0.01%
3. Sioux 227 4.16% 0.01%
4. Latin American Indians 212 3.88% 0.01%
5. Choctaw 183 3.35% 0.00%
6. Chippewa 164 3.00% 0.00%
7. Blackfeet 158 2.89% 0.00%
8. Apache 157 2.88% 0.00%
9. Iroquois 120 2.20% 0.00%
10. Navajo 107 1.96% 0.00%
11. Creek 85 1.56% 0.00%
12. Lumbee 70 1.28% 0.00%
13. Delaware 59 1.08% 0.00%
14. Pueblo 45 0.82% 0.00%
15. Chickasaw 42 0.77% 0.00%
16. Comanche 36 0.66% 0.00%
17. Cheyenne 34 0.62% 0.00%
18. Seminole 27 0.49% 0.00%
19. Ottawa 26 0.48% 0.00%
20. Potawatomi 26 0.48% 0.00%
21. Eskimo 23 0.42% 0.00%
22. Crow 22 0.40% 0.00%
23. Osage 21 0.38% 0.00%
24. Tlingit-Haida 17 0.31% 0.00%
25. Alaskan Athabascan 16 0.29% 0.00%
26. Aleut 15 0.27% 0.00%
27. Menominee 11 0.20% 0.00%
28. Pima 10 0.18% 0.00%
29. Yaqui 10 0.18% 0.00%
30. Yuman 10 0.18% 0.00%
31. Cree 9 0.16% 0.00%
32. Kiowa 9 0.16% 0.00%
33. Tohono O'Odham 9 0.16% 0.00%
34. Paiute 7 0.13% 0.00%
35. Yakama 7 0.13% 0.00%
36. Shoshone 6 0.11% 0.00%
37. Ute 6 0.11% 0.00%
38. Houma 5 0.09% 0.00%
39. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.05% 0.00%
40. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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