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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 1,265,605 99.27% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 9,318 0.73% 100.00%
Total Asian 8,938 0.70% 95.92%
Southern Asian 1,104 0.09% 11.85%
Asian Indian 1,021 0.08% 10.96%
Bangladeshi 10 0.00% 0.11%
Pakistani 61 0.00% 0.65%
Sri Lankan 12 0.00% 0.13%
Southeastern Asian 3,926 0.31% 42.13%
Cambodian 1,162 0.09% 12.47%
Filipino 1,159 0.09% 12.44%
Indonesian 24 0.00% 0.26%
Laotian 79 0.01% 0.85%
Malaysian 9 0.00% 0.10%
Thai 170 0.01% 1.82%
Vietnamese 1,323 0.10% 14.20%
Eastern Asian 3,528 0.28% 37.86%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,999 0.16% 21.45%
Hmong 3 0.00% 0.03%
Japanese 616 0.05% 6.61%
Korean 875 0.07% 9.39%
Taiwanese 35 0.00% 0.38%
Other Asian or Not Specified 380 0.03% 4.08%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 380 0.03% 4.08%
Polynesian 211 0.02% 2.26%
Native Hawaiian 90 0.01% 0.97%
Samoan 109 0.01% 1.17%
Tongan 2 0.00% 0.02%
Other Polynesian 10 0.00% 0.11%
Micronesian 82 0.01% 0.88%
Guamanian or Chamorro 70 0.01% 0.75%
Other Micronesian 12 0.00% 0.13%
Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 85 0.01% 0.91%

* 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) 1,265,563 99.27% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 9,360 0.73% 100.00%
Mexican 2,756 0.22% 29.44%
Puerto Rican 2,275 0.18% 24.31%
Cuban 478 0.04% 5.11%
Dominican 214 0.02% 2.29%
Central American 533 0.04% 5.69%
Costa Rican 36 0.00% 0.38%
Guatemalan 93 0.01% 0.99%
Honduran 93 0.01% 0.99%
Nicaraguan 17 0.00% 0.18%
Panamanian 60 0.00% 0.64%
Salvadorian 221 0.02% 2.36%
Other Central American 13 0.00% 0.14%
South American 648 0.05% 6.92%
Argentinian 57 0.00% 0.61%
Bolivian 23 0.00% 0.25%
Chilean 64 0.01% 0.68%
Columbian 197 0.02% 2.10%
Ecuadorian 72 0.01% 0.77%
Paraguayan 14 0.00% 0.15%
Peruvian 113 0.01% 1.21%
Uruguayan 4 0.00% 0.04%
Venezuelan 68 0.01% 0.73%
Other South American 36 0.00% 0.38%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,456 0.19% 26.24%
Spaniard 112 0.01% 1.20%
Spanish 509 0.04% 5.44%
Spanish American 44 0.00% 0.47%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,791 0.14% 19.13%


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 4,586 84.77% 0.36%
2. Cherokee 238 4.40% 0.02%
3. Iroquois 94 1.74% 0.01%
4. Chippewa 69 1.28% 0.01%
5. Apache 59 1.09% 0.00%
6. Blackfeet 58 1.07% 0.00%
7. Sioux 51 0.94% 0.00%
8. Latin American Indians 44 0.81% 0.00%
9. Navajo 37 0.68% 0.00%
10. Choctaw 23 0.43% 0.00%
11. Potawatomi 16 0.30% 0.00%
12. Eskimo 16 0.30% 0.00%
13. Creek 14 0.26% 0.00%
14. Aleut 12 0.22% 0.00%
15. Cree 10 0.18% 0.00%
16. Lumbee 10 0.18% 0.00%
17. Seminole 9 0.17% 0.00%
18. Cheyenne 8 0.15% 0.00%
19. Pueblo 7 0.13% 0.00%
20. Tlingit-Haida 6 0.11% 0.00%
21. Delaware 4 0.07% 0.00%
22. Shoshone 4 0.07% 0.00%
23. Chickasaw 3 0.06% 0.00%
24. Colville 3 0.06% 0.00%
25. Comanche 3 0.06% 0.00%
26. Kiowa 3 0.06% 0.00%
27. Osage 3 0.06% 0.00%
28. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.06% 0.00%
29. Crow 2 0.04% 0.00%
30. Menominee 2 0.04% 0.00%
31. Paiute 2 0.04% 0.00%
32. Ute 2 0.04% 0.00%
33. Yakama 2 0.04% 0.00%
34. Yaqui 2 0.04% 0.00%
35. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 2 0.04% 0.00%
36. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.02% 0.00%
37. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.02% 0.00%
38. Yuman 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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