Lafayette 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 188,433 98.91% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 2,070 1.09% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,020 1.06% 97.58%
Southern Asian 535 0.28% 25.85%
Asian Indian 493 0.26% 23.82%
Bangladeshi 8 0.00% 0.39%
Pakistani 30 0.02% 1.45%
Sri Lankan 4 0.00% 0.19%
Southeastern Asian 919 0.48% 44.40%
Cambodian 8 0.00% 0.39%
Filipino 119 0.06% 5.75%
Indonesian 38 0.02% 1.84%
Laotian 19 0.01% 0.92%
Malaysian 19 0.01% 0.92%
Thai 31 0.02% 1.50%
Vietnamese 685 0.36% 33.09%
Eastern Asian 476 0.25% 23.00%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 303 0.16% 14.64%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 45 0.02% 2.17%
Korean 95 0.05% 4.59%
Taiwanese 33 0.02% 1.59%
Other Asian or Not Specified 90 0.05% 4.35%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 50 0.03% 2.42%
Polynesian 37 0.02% 1.79%
Native Hawaiian 27 0.01% 1.30%
Samoan 9 0.00% 0.43%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.05%
Micronesian 6 0.00% 0.29%
Guamanian or Chamorro 6 0.00% 0.29%
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 7 0.00% 0.34%

* 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) 187,183 98.26% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 3,320 1.74% 100.00%
Mexican 1,344 0.71% 40.48%
Puerto Rican 235 0.12% 7.08%
Cuban 221 0.12% 6.66%
Dominican 20 0.01% 0.60%
Central American 208 0.11% 6.27%
Costa Rican 7 0.00% 0.21%
Guatemalan 64 0.03% 1.93%
Honduran 53 0.03% 1.60%
Nicaraguan 25 0.01% 0.75%
Panamanian 31 0.02% 0.93%
Salvadorian 27 0.01% 0.81%
Other Central American 1 0.00% 0.03%
South American 193 0.10% 5.81%
Argentinian 9 0.00% 0.27%
Bolivian 6 0.00% 0.18%
Chilean 8 0.00% 0.24%
Columbian 58 0.03% 1.75%
Ecuadorian 14 0.01% 0.42%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.03%
Peruvian 25 0.01% 0.75%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 65 0.03% 1.96%
Other South American 7 0.00% 0.21%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,099 0.58% 33.10%
Spaniard 40 0.02% 1.20%
Spanish 227 0.12% 6.84%
Spanish American 12 0.01% 0.36%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 820 0.43% 24.70%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 101 29.79% 0.05%
2. Cherokee 60 17.70% 0.03%
3. Houma 49 14.45% 0.03%
4. Choctaw 23 6.78% 0.01%
5. Apache 11 3.24% 0.01%
6. Creek 9 2.65% 0.00%
7. Chippewa 8 2.36% 0.00%
8. Iroquois 8 2.36% 0.00%
9. Latin American Indians 8 2.36% 0.00%
10. Sioux 8 2.36% 0.00%
11. Navajo 6 1.77% 0.00%
12. Potawatomi 6 1.77% 0.00%
13. Pueblo 6 1.77% 0.00%
14. Blackfeet 5 1.47% 0.00%
15. Chickasaw 5 1.47% 0.00%
16. Osage 5 1.47% 0.00%
17. Menominee 4 1.18% 0.00%
18. Tlingit-Haida 4 1.18% 0.00%
19. Kiowa 3 0.88% 0.00%
20. Cheyenne 2 0.59% 0.00%
21. Comanche 2 0.59% 0.00%
22. Delaware 2 0.59% 0.00%
23. Seminole 1 0.29% 0.00%
24. Yaqui 1 0.29% 0.00%
25. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.29% 0.00%
26. Eskimo 1 0.29% 0.00%

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

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