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.

* 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)	73,428	98.48%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	1,135	1.52%	100.00%
Mexican	322	0.43%	28.37%
Puerto Rican	293	0.39%	25.81%
Cuban	45	0.06%	3.96%
Dominican	15	0.02%	1.32%
Central American	82	0.11%	7.22%
Costa Rican	7	0.01%	0.62%
Guatemalan	22	0.03%	1.94%
Honduran	8	0.01%	0.70%
Nicaraguan	8	0.01%	0.70%
Panamanian	15	0.02%	1.32%
Salvadorian	18	0.02%	1.59%
Other Central American	4	0.01%	0.35%
South American	82	0.11%	7.22%
Argentinian	8	0.01%	0.70%
Bolivian	6	0.01%	0.53%
Chilean	12	0.02%	1.06%
Columbian	27	0.04%	2.38%
Ecuadorian	4	0.01%	0.35%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	15	0.02%	1.32%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	4	0.01%	0.35%
Other South American	6	0.01%	0.53%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	296	0.40%	26.08%
Spaniard	15	0.02%	1.32%
Spanish	64	0.09%	5.64%
Spanish American	2	0.00%	0.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	215	0.29%	18.94%

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

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