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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 89,366 99.32% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 608 0.68% 100.00%
Total Asian 587 0.65% 96.55%
Southern Asian 59 0.07% 9.70%
Asian Indian 54 0.06% 8.88%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 5 0.01% 0.82%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 427 0.47% 70.23%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 37 0.04% 6.09%
Indonesian 3 0.00% 0.49%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 2 0.00% 0.33%
Thai 2 0.00% 0.33%
Vietnamese 383 0.43% 62.99%
Eastern Asian 83 0.09% 13.65%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 57 0.06% 9.38%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 9 0.01% 1.48%
Korean 14 0.02% 2.30%
Taiwanese 3 0.00% 0.49%
Other Asian or Not Specified 18 0.02% 2.96%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 21 0.02% 3.45%
Polynesian 16 0.02% 2.63%
Native Hawaiian 10 0.01% 1.64%
Samoan 6 0.01% 0.99%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 5 0.01% 0.82%
Guamanian or Chamorro 5 0.01% 0.82%
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 0 0.00% 0.00%

* 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) 88,690 98.57% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,284 1.43% 100.00%
Mexican 696 0.77% 54.21%
Puerto Rican 49 0.05% 3.82%
Cuban 45 0.05% 3.50%
Dominican 3 0.00% 0.23%
Central American 57 0.06% 4.44%
Costa Rican 6 0.01% 0.47%
Guatemalan 21 0.02% 1.64%
Honduran 13 0.01% 1.01%
Nicaraguan 10 0.01% 0.78%
Panamanian 5 0.01% 0.39%
Salvadorian 2 0.00% 0.16%
Other Central American 0 0.00% 0.00%
South American 39 0.04% 3.04%
Argentinian 3 0.00% 0.23%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.08%
Chilean 0 0.00% 0.00%
Columbian 11 0.01% 0.86%
Ecuadorian 1 0.00% 0.08%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 22 0.02% 1.71%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 1 0.00% 0.08%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 395 0.44% 30.76%
Spaniard 12 0.01% 0.93%
Spanish 59 0.07% 4.60%
Spanish American 15 0.02% 1.17%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 309 0.34% 24.07%


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 1,118 78.73% 1.24%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 194 13.66% 0.22%
3. Cherokee 40 2.82% 0.04%
4. Choctaw 21 1.48% 0.02%
5. Latin American Indians 10 0.70% 0.01%
6. Sioux 9 0.63% 0.01%
7. Paiute 5 0.35% 0.01%
8. Blackfeet 4 0.28% 0.00%
9. Chippewa 4 0.28% 0.00%
10. Chickasaw 3 0.21% 0.00%
11. Osage 3 0.21% 0.00%
12. Apache 2 0.14% 0.00%
13. Pueblo 2 0.14% 0.00%
14. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.14% 0.00%
15. Creek 1 0.07% 0.00%
16. Iroquois 1 0.07% 0.00%
17. Navajo 1 0.07% 0.00%

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

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