Norfolk County

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 614,940 94.56% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 35,368 5.44% 100.00%
Total Asian 35,208 5.41% 99.55%
Southern Asian 6,137 0.94% 17.35%
Asian Indian 5,720 0.88% 16.17%
Bangladeshi 51 0.01% 0.14%
Pakistani 302 0.05% 0.85%
Sri Lankan 64 0.01% 0.18%
Southeastern Asian 5,538 0.85% 15.66%
Cambodian 189 0.03% 0.53%
Filipino 1,540 0.24% 4.35%
Indonesian 96 0.01% 0.27%
Laotian 93 0.01% 0.26%
Malaysian 31 0.00% 0.09%
Thai 315 0.05% 0.89%
Vietnamese 3,274 0.50% 9.26%
Eastern Asian 23,076 3.55% 65.25%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 18,559 2.85% 52.47%
Hmong 18 0.00% 0.05%
Japanese 1,877 0.29% 5.31%
Korean 2,257 0.35% 6.38%
Taiwanese 365 0.06% 1.03%
Other Asian or Not Specified 457 0.07% 1.29%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 160 0.02% 0.45%
Polynesian 68 0.01% 0.19%
Native Hawaiian 44 0.01% 0.12%
Samoan 21 0.00% 0.06%
Tongan 2 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 37 0.01% 0.10%
Guamanian or Chamorro 35 0.01% 0.10%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 4 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 4 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 51 0.01% 0.14%

* 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) 638,318 98.16% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 11,990 1.84% 100.00%
Mexican 1,429 0.22% 11.92%
Puerto Rican 3,182 0.49% 26.54%
Cuban 784 0.12% 6.54%
Dominican 586 0.09% 4.89%
Central American 951 0.15% 7.93%
Costa Rican 126 0.02% 1.05%
Guatemalan 321 0.05% 2.68%
Honduran 167 0.03% 1.39%
Nicaraguan 29 0.00% 0.24%
Panamanian 90 0.01% 0.75%
Salvadorian 160 0.02% 1.33%
Other Central American 58 0.01% 0.48%
South American 2,136 0.33% 17.81%
Argentinian 276 0.04% 2.30%
Bolivian 39 0.01% 0.33%
Chilean 221 0.03% 1.84%
Columbian 732 0.11% 6.11%
Ecuadorian 153 0.02% 1.28%
Paraguayan 20 0.00% 0.17%
Peruvian 330 0.05% 2.75%
Uruguayan 14 0.00% 0.12%
Venezuelan 255 0.04% 2.13%
Other South American 96 0.01% 0.80%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,922 0.45% 24.37%
Spaniard 141 0.02% 1.18%
Spanish 564 0.09% 4.70%
Spanish American 45 0.01% 0.38%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,172 0.33% 18.12%


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 227 44.25% 0.03%
2. Latin American Indians 77 15.01% 0.01%
3. Cherokee 58 11.31% 0.01%
4. Iroquois 43 8.38% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 29 5.65% 0.00%
6. Apache 12 2.34% 0.00%
7. Chippewa 10 1.95% 0.00%
8. Navajo 9 1.75% 0.00%
9. Choctaw 8 1.56% 0.00%
10. Sioux 8 1.56% 0.00%
11. Potawatomi 6 1.17% 0.00%
12. Creek 4 0.78% 0.00%
13. Alaskan Athabascan 4 0.78% 0.00%
14. Eskimo 4 0.78% 0.00%
15. Ottawa 2 0.39% 0.00%
16. Pueblo 2 0.39% 0.00%
17. Shoshone 2 0.39% 0.00%
18. Comanche 1 0.19% 0.00%
19. Crow 1 0.19% 0.00%
20. Delaware 1 0.19% 0.00%
21. Houma 1 0.19% 0.00%
22. Lumbee 1 0.19% 0.00%
23. Osage 1 0.19% 0.00%
24. Pima 1 0.19% 0.00%
25. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.19% 0.00%

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

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