Massachusetts

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 6,112,579 96.27% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 236,518 3.73% 100.00%
Total Asian 234,047 3.69% 98.96%
Southern Asian 47,170 0.74% 19.94%
Asian Indian 43,801 0.69% 18.52%
Bangladeshi 573 0.01% 0.24%
Pakistani 2,145 0.03% 0.91%
Sri Lankan 651 0.01% 0.28%
Southeastern Asian 68,817 1.08% 29.10%
Cambodian 19,696 0.31% 8.33%
Filipino 8,273 0.13% 3.50%
Indonesian 730 0.01% 0.31%
Laotian 3,797 0.06% 1.61%
Malaysian 218 0.00% 0.09%
Thai 2,141 0.03% 0.91%
Vietnamese 33,962 0.53% 14.36%
Eastern Asian 113,427 1.79% 47.96%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 82,028 1.29% 34.68%
Hmong 1,127 0.02% 0.48%
Japanese 10,539 0.17% 4.46%
Korean 17,369 0.27% 7.34%
Taiwanese 2,364 0.04% 1.00%
Other Asian or Not Specified 4,633 0.07% 1.96%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 2,471 0.04% 1.04%
Polynesian 1,087 0.02% 0.46%
Native Hawaiian 562 0.01% 0.24%
Samoan 476 0.01% 0.20%
Tongan 26 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 23 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 568 0.01% 0.24%
Guamanian or Chamorro 529 0.01% 0.22%
Other Micronesian 39 0.00% 0.02%
Melanesian 22 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 13 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 9 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 794 0.01% 0.34%

* 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) 5,920,368 93.25% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 428,729 6.75% 100.00%
Mexican 22,288 0.35% 5.20%
Puerto Rican 199,207 3.14% 46.46%
Cuban 8,867 0.14% 2.07%
Dominican 49,913 0.79% 11.64%
Central American 38,317 0.60% 8.94%
Costa Rican 1,757 0.03% 0.41%
Guatemalan 11,437 0.18% 2.67%
Honduran 5,125 0.08% 1.20%
Nicaraguan 697 0.01% 0.16%
Panamanian 1,426 0.02% 0.33%
Salvadorian 15,900 0.25% 3.71%
Other Central American 1,975 0.03% 0.46%
South American 28,036 0.44% 6.54%
Argentinian 2,248 0.04% 0.52%
Bolivian 631 0.01% 0.15%
Chilean 1,750 0.03% 0.41%
Columbian 12,788 0.20% 2.98%
Ecuadorian 2,909 0.05% 0.68%
Paraguayan 184 0.00% 0.04%
Peruvian 3,310 0.05% 0.77%
Uruguayan 692 0.01% 0.16%
Venezuelan 2,167 0.03% 0.51%
Other South American 1,357 0.02% 0.32%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 82,101 1.29% 19.15%
Spaniard 1,627 0.03% 0.38%
Spanish 10,885 0.17% 2.54%
Spanish American 1,105 0.02% 0.26%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 68,484 1.08% 15.97%


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 3,644 46.86% 0.06%
2. Latin American Indians 1,126 14.48% 0.02%
3. Cherokee 936 12.04% 0.01%
4. Iroquois 492 6.33% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 299 3.84% 0.00%
6. Sioux 200 2.57% 0.00%
7. Chippewa 156 2.01% 0.00%
8. Navajo 138 1.77% 0.00%
9. Apache 119 1.53% 0.00%
10. Pueblo 85 1.09% 0.00%
11. Choctaw 73 0.94% 0.00%
12. Creek 53 0.68% 0.00%
13. Eskimo 46 0.59% 0.00%
14. Delaware 39 0.50% 0.00%
15. Seminole 35 0.45% 0.00%
16. Cree 33 0.42% 0.00%
17. Lumbee 29 0.37% 0.00%
18. Aleut 24 0.31% 0.00%
19. Chickasaw 23 0.30% 0.00%
20. Potawatomi 22 0.28% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 22 0.28% 0.00%
22. Shoshone 19 0.24% 0.00%
23. Pima 17 0.22% 0.00%
24. Alaskan Athabascan 15 0.19% 0.00%
25. Kiowa 14 0.18% 0.00%
26. Comanche 13 0.17% 0.00%
27. Puget Sound Salish 13 0.17% 0.00%
28. Osage 12 0.15% 0.00%
29. Ute 12 0.15% 0.00%
30. Paiute 10 0.13% 0.00%
31. Cheyenne 9 0.12% 0.00%
32. Crow 9 0.12% 0.00%
33. Yaqui 9 0.12% 0.00%
34. Tohono O'Odham 7 0.09% 0.00%
35. Menominee 6 0.08% 0.00%
36. Houma 5 0.06% 0.00%
37. Ottawa 5 0.06% 0.00%
38. Yuman 5 0.06% 0.00%
39. Colville 1 0.01% 0.00%
40. Yakama 1 0.01% 0.00%
41. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 1 0.01% 0.00%

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

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