Muskegon 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 169,473 99.57% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 727 0.43% 100.00%
Total Asian 706 0.41% 97.11%
Southern Asian 134 0.08% 18.43%
Asian Indian 130 0.08% 17.88%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 4 0.00% 0.55%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 178 0.10% 24.48%
Cambodian 9 0.01% 1.24%
Filipino 88 0.05% 12.10%
Indonesian 1 0.00% 0.14%
Laotian 8 0.00% 1.10%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 14 0.01% 1.93%
Vietnamese 58 0.03% 7.98%
Eastern Asian 376 0.22% 51.72%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 129 0.08% 17.74%
Hmong 6 0.00% 0.83%
Japanese 41 0.02% 5.64%
Korean 200 0.12% 27.51%
Taiwanese 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Asian or Not Specified 18 0.01% 2.48%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 21 0.01% 2.89%
Polynesian 15 0.01% 2.06%
Native Hawaiian 8 0.00% 1.10%
Samoan 2 0.00% 0.28%
Tongan 2 0.00% 0.28%
Other Polynesian 3 0.00% 0.41%
Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.14%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1 0.00% 0.14%
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 5 0.00% 0.69%

* 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) 164,199 96.47% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 6,001 3.53% 100.00%
Mexican 4,408 2.59% 73.45%
Puerto Rican 376 0.22% 6.27%
Cuban 71 0.04% 1.18%
Dominican 2 0.00% 0.03%
Central American 63 0.04% 1.05%
Costa Rican 16 0.01% 0.27%
Guatemalan 21 0.01% 0.35%
Honduran 10 0.01% 0.17%
Nicaraguan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Panamanian 9 0.01% 0.15%
Salvadorian 3 0.00% 0.05%
Other Central American 4 0.00% 0.07%
South American 50 0.03% 0.83%
Argentinian 2 0.00% 0.03%
Bolivian 2 0.00% 0.03%
Chilean 4 0.00% 0.07%
Columbian 20 0.01% 0.33%
Ecuadorian 5 0.00% 0.08%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 8 0.00% 0.13%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 8 0.00% 0.13%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,031 0.61% 17.18%
Spaniard 9 0.01% 0.15%
Spanish 133 0.08% 2.22%
Spanish American 12 0.01% 0.20%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 877 0.52% 14.61%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Ottawa 505 51.64% 0.30%
2. Chippewa 233 23.82% 0.14%
3. Cherokee 72 7.36% 0.04%
4. Potawatomi 50 5.11% 0.03%
5. Latin American Indians 26 2.66% 0.02%
6. All Other Native American Tribes 26 2.66% 0.02%
7. Sioux 16 1.64% 0.01%
8. Blackfeet 13 1.33% 0.01%
9. Apache 8 0.82% 0.00%
10. Choctaw 6 0.61% 0.00%
11. Menominee 4 0.41% 0.00%
12. Pima 4 0.41% 0.00%
13. Iroquois 3 0.31% 0.00%
14. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.31% 0.00%
15. Navajo 2 0.20% 0.00%
16. Cheyenne 1 0.10% 0.00%
17. Comanche 1 0.10% 0.00%
18. Creek 1 0.10% 0.00%
19. Delaware 1 0.10% 0.00%
20. Seminole 1 0.10% 0.00%
21. Shoshone 1 0.10% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 1 0.10% 0.00%

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

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