Montcalm 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 61,084 99.70% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 182 0.30% 100.00%
Total Asian 157 0.26% 86.26%
Southern Asian 18 0.03% 9.89%
Asian Indian 16 0.03% 8.79%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 2 0.00% 1.10%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 56 0.09% 30.77%
Cambodian 2 0.00% 1.10%
Filipino 36 0.06% 19.78%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 12 0.02% 6.59%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 1 0.00% 0.55%
Vietnamese 5 0.01% 2.75%
Eastern Asian 75 0.12% 41.21%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 5 0.01% 2.75%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 10 0.02% 5.49%
Korean 60 0.10% 32.97%
Taiwanese 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Asian or Not Specified 8 0.01% 4.40%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 25 0.04% 13.74%
Polynesian 21 0.03% 11.54%
Native Hawaiian 13 0.02% 7.14%
Samoan 8 0.01% 4.40%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 3 0.00% 1.65%
Guamanian or Chamorro 3 0.00% 1.65%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 1 0.00% 0.55%

* 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) 59,872 97.72% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,394 2.28% 100.00%
Mexican 994 1.62% 71.31%
Puerto Rican 98 0.16% 7.03%
Cuban 27 0.04% 1.94%
Dominican 3 0.00% 0.22%
Central American 12 0.02% 0.86%
Costa Rican 1 0.00% 0.07%
Guatemalan 8 0.01% 0.57%
Honduran 2 0.00% 0.14%
Nicaraguan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Panamanian 1 0.00% 0.07%
Salvadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Central American 0 0.00% 0.00%
South American 9 0.01% 0.65%
Argentinian 2 0.00% 0.14%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 2 0.00% 0.14%
Columbian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Ecuadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 4 0.01% 0.29%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 1 0.00% 0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 251 0.41% 18.01%
Spaniard 2 0.00% 0.14%
Spanish 37 0.06% 2.65%
Spanish American 8 0.01% 0.57%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 204 0.33% 14.63%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Chippewa 90 40.36% 0.15%
2. Ottawa 34 15.25% 0.06%
3. Cherokee 32 14.35% 0.05%
4. Potawatomi 15 6.73% 0.02%
5. Sioux 15 6.73% 0.02%
6. All Other Native American Tribes 15 6.73% 0.02%
7. Latin American Indians 9 4.04% 0.01%
8. Cree 5 2.24% 0.01%
9. Blackfeet 3 1.35% 0.00%
10. Navajo 2 0.90% 0.00%
11. Cheyenne 1 0.45% 0.00%
12. Lumbee 1 0.45% 0.00%
13. Shoshone 1 0.45% 0.00%

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

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