Terrebonne 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 103,654 99.19% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 849 0.81% 100.00%
Total Asian 833 0.80% 98.12%
Southern Asian 90 0.09% 10.60%
Asian Indian 89 0.09% 10.48%
Bangladeshi 1 0.00% 0.12%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 572 0.55% 67.37%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 58 0.06% 6.83%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 2 0.00% 0.24%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 8 0.01% 0.94%
Vietnamese 504 0.48% 59.36%
Eastern Asian 157 0.15% 18.49%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 126 0.12% 14.84%
Hmong 2 0.00% 0.24%
Japanese 19 0.02% 2.24%
Korean 9 0.01% 1.06%
Taiwanese 1 0.00% 0.12%
Other Asian or Not Specified 14 0.01% 1.65%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 16 0.02% 1.88%
Polynesian 12 0.01% 1.41%
Native Hawaiian 8 0.01% 0.94%
Samoan 4 0.00% 0.47%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.24%
Guamanian or Chamorro 2 0.00% 0.24%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
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 2 0.00% 0.24%

* 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) 102,872 98.44% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,631 1.56% 100.00%
Mexican 815 0.78% 49.97%
Puerto Rican 79 0.08% 4.84%
Cuban 86 0.08% 5.27%
Dominican 5 0.00% 0.31%
Central American 123 0.12% 7.54%
Costa Rican 12 0.01% 0.74%
Guatemalan 35 0.03% 2.15%
Honduran 36 0.03% 2.21%
Nicaraguan 11 0.01% 0.67%
Panamanian 5 0.00% 0.31%
Salvadorian 13 0.01% 0.80%
Other Central American 11 0.01% 0.67%
South American 38 0.04% 2.33%
Argentinian 2 0.00% 0.12%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 9 0.01% 0.55%
Columbian 10 0.01% 0.61%
Ecuadorian 1 0.00% 0.06%
Paraguayan 3 0.00% 0.18%
Peruvian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.18%
Venezuelan 10 0.01% 0.61%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 485 0.46% 29.74%
Spaniard 5 0.00% 0.31%
Spanish 100 0.10% 6.13%
Spanish American 15 0.01% 0.92%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 365 0.35% 22.38%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Houma 2,804 84.18% 2.68%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 301 9.04% 0.29%
3. Cherokee 77 2.31% 0.07%
4. Choctaw 53 1.59% 0.05%
5. Latin American Indians 28 0.84% 0.03%
6. Pueblo 25 0.75% 0.02%
7. Creek 8 0.24% 0.01%
8. Navajo 6 0.18% 0.01%
9. Comanche 5 0.15% 0.00%
10. Osage 5 0.15% 0.00%
11. Iroquois 4 0.12% 0.00%
12. Sioux 3 0.09% 0.00%
13. Eskimo 3 0.09% 0.00%
14. Cheyenne 2 0.06% 0.00%
15. Ottawa 2 0.06% 0.00%
16. Shoshone 2 0.06% 0.00%
17. Apache 1 0.03% 0.00%
18. Chippewa 1 0.03% 0.00%
19. Seminole 1 0.03% 0.00%

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

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