St. Tammany Parish

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 189,811 99.24% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,457 0.76% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,400 0.73% 96.09%
Southern Asian 298 0.16% 20.45%
Asian Indian 277 0.14% 19.01%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 15 0.01% 1.03%
Sri Lankan 6 0.00% 0.41%
Southeastern Asian 544 0.28% 37.34%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.07%
Filipino 273 0.14% 18.74%
Indonesian 7 0.00% 0.48%
Laotian 3 0.00% 0.21%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.07%
Thai 26 0.01% 1.78%
Vietnamese 233 0.12% 15.99%
Eastern Asian 533 0.28% 36.58%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 309 0.16% 21.21%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 93 0.05% 6.38%
Korean 110 0.06% 7.55%
Taiwanese 21 0.01% 1.44%
Other Asian or Not Specified 25 0.01% 1.72%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 57 0.03% 3.91%
Polynesian 33 0.02% 2.26%
Native Hawaiian 26 0.01% 1.78%
Samoan 7 0.00% 0.48%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 18 0.01% 1.24%
Guamanian or Chamorro 17 0.01% 1.17%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.07%
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 6 0.00% 0.41%

* 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) 186,531 97.52% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 4,737 2.48% 100.00%
Mexican 1,387 0.73% 29.28%
Puerto Rican 544 0.28% 11.48%
Cuban 433 0.23% 9.14%
Dominican 16 0.01% 0.34%
Central American 603 0.32% 12.73%
Costa Rican 37 0.02% 0.78%
Guatemalan 91 0.05% 1.92%
Honduran 287 0.15% 6.06%
Nicaraguan 83 0.04% 1.75%
Panamanian 44 0.02% 0.93%
Salvadorian 36 0.02% 0.76%
Other Central American 25 0.01% 0.53%
South American 253 0.13% 5.34%
Argentinian 26 0.01% 0.55%
Bolivian 7 0.00% 0.15%
Chilean 20 0.01% 0.42%
Columbian 81 0.04% 1.71%
Ecuadorian 21 0.01% 0.44%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 35 0.02% 0.74%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 43 0.02% 0.91%
Other South American 20 0.01% 0.42%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,501 0.78% 31.69%
Spaniard 89 0.05% 1.88%
Spanish 446 0.23% 9.42%
Spanish American 14 0.01% 0.30%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 952 0.50% 20.10%


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 117 20.71% 0.06%
2. Houma 97 17.17% 0.05%
3. Choctaw 87 15.40% 0.05%
4. Delaware 75 13.27% 0.04%
5. All Other Native American Tribes 50 8.85% 0.03%
6. Creek 34 6.02% 0.02%
7. Latin American Indians 19 3.36% 0.01%
8. Sioux 12 2.12% 0.01%
9. Chickasaw 11 1.95% 0.01%
10. Apache 9 1.59% 0.00%
11. Chippewa 9 1.59% 0.00%
12. Alaskan Athabascan 9 1.59% 0.00%
13. Blackfeet 8 1.42% 0.00%
14. Iroquois 7 1.24% 0.00%
15. Shoshone 4 0.71% 0.00%
16. Ute 3 0.53% 0.00%
17. Comanche 2 0.35% 0.00%
18. Cree 2 0.35% 0.00%
19. Navajo 2 0.35% 0.00%
20. Seminole 2 0.35% 0.00%
21. Lumbee 1 0.18% 0.00%
22. Pueblo 1 0.18% 0.00%
23. Yaqui 1 0.18% 0.00%
24. Eskimo 1 0.18% 0.00%
25. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.18% 0.00%
26. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.18% 0.00%

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

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