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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 468,520 99.09% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 4,302 0.91% 100.00%
Total Asian 4,198 0.89% 97.58%
Southern Asian 607 0.13% 14.11%
Asian Indian 531 0.11% 12.34%
Bangladeshi 6 0.00% 0.14%
Pakistani 67 0.01% 1.56%
Sri Lankan 3 0.00% 0.07%
Southeastern Asian 1,518 0.32% 35.29%
Cambodian 236 0.05% 5.49%
Filipino 497 0.11% 11.55%
Indonesian 12 0.00% 0.28%
Laotian 131 0.03% 3.05%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Thai 62 0.01% 1.44%
Vietnamese 579 0.12% 13.46%
Eastern Asian 1,943 0.41% 45.17%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,135 0.24% 26.38%
Hmong 197 0.04% 4.58%
Japanese 199 0.04% 4.63%
Korean 397 0.08% 9.23%
Taiwanese 15 0.00% 0.35%
Other Asian or Not Specified 130 0.03% 3.02%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 104 0.02% 2.42%
Polynesian 45 0.01% 1.05%
Native Hawaiian 22 0.00% 0.51%
Samoan 23 0.00% 0.53%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 20 0.00% 0.46%
Guamanian or Chamorro 15 0.00% 0.35%
Other Micronesian 5 0.00% 0.12%
Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.05%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 37 0.01% 0.86%

* 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) 461,285 97.56% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 11,537 2.44% 100.00%
Mexican 975 0.21% 8.45%
Puerto Rican 6,006 1.27% 52.06%
Cuban 384 0.08% 3.33%
Dominican 574 0.12% 4.98%
Central American 711 0.15% 6.16%
Costa Rican 78 0.02% 0.68%
Guatemalan 217 0.05% 1.88%
Honduran 129 0.03% 1.12%
Nicaraguan 23 0.00% 0.20%
Panamanian 63 0.01% 0.55%
Salvadorian 165 0.03% 1.43%
Other Central American 36 0.01% 0.31%
South American 811 0.17% 7.03%
Argentinian 65 0.01% 0.56%
Bolivian 18 0.00% 0.16%
Chilean 86 0.02% 0.75%
Columbian 248 0.05% 2.15%
Ecuadorian 71 0.02% 0.62%
Paraguayan 15 0.00% 0.13%
Peruvian 185 0.04% 1.60%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.03%
Venezuelan 70 0.01% 0.61%
Other South American 50 0.01% 0.43%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,076 0.44% 17.99%
Spaniard 64 0.01% 0.55%
Spanish 382 0.08% 3.31%
Spanish American 32 0.01% 0.28%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,598 0.34% 13.85%


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 309 53.37% 0.07%
2. Cherokee 81 13.99% 0.02%
3. Latin American Indians 34 5.87% 0.01%
4. Iroquois 29 5.01% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 25 4.32% 0.01%
6. Apache 13 2.25% 0.00%
7. Navajo 12 2.07% 0.00%
8. Sioux 12 2.07% 0.00%
9. Choctaw 11 1.90% 0.00%
10. Chippewa 8 1.38% 0.00%
11. Lumbee 6 1.04% 0.00%
12. Creek 5 0.86% 0.00%
13. Pueblo 5 0.86% 0.00%
14. Seminole 5 0.86% 0.00%
15. Comanche 3 0.52% 0.00%
16. Shoshone 3 0.52% 0.00%
17. Aleut 3 0.52% 0.00%
18. Cree 2 0.35% 0.00%
19. Delaware 2 0.35% 0.00%
20. Yuman 2 0.35% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.35% 0.00%
22. Kiowa 1 0.17% 0.00%
23. Osage 1 0.17% 0.00%
24. Ottawa 1 0.17% 0.00%
25. Potawatomi 1 0.17% 0.00%
26. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.17% 0.00%
27. Ute 1 0.17% 0.00%
28. Yakama 1 0.17% 0.00%

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

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