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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 1,145,066 95.89% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 49,090 4.11% 100.00%
Total Asian 48,796 4.09% 99.40%
Southern Asian 21,167 1.77% 43.12%
Asian Indian 19,631 1.64% 39.99%
Bangladeshi 119 0.01% 0.24%
Pakistani 1,242 0.10% 2.53%
Sri Lankan 175 0.01% 0.36%
Southeastern Asian 6,417 0.54% 13.07%
Cambodian 61 0.01% 0.12%
Filipino 4,314 0.36% 8.79%
Indonesian 54 0.00% 0.11%
Laotian 227 0.02% 0.46%
Malaysian 27 0.00% 0.06%
Thai 264 0.02% 0.54%
Vietnamese 1,470 0.12% 2.99%
Eastern Asian 20,576 1.72% 41.91%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 9,107 0.76% 18.55%
Hmong 1,048 0.09% 2.13%
Japanese 4,746 0.40% 9.67%
Korean 4,826 0.40% 9.83%
Taiwanese 849 0.07% 1.73%
Other Asian or Not Specified 636 0.05% 1.30%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 294 0.02% 0.60%
Polynesian 138 0.01% 0.28%
Native Hawaiian 71 0.01% 0.14%
Samoan 60 0.01% 0.12%
Tongan 2 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 5 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 83 0.01% 0.17%
Guamanian or Chamorro 61 0.01% 0.12%
Other Micronesian 22 0.00% 0.04%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 72 0.01% 0.15%

* 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) 1,165,157 97.57% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 28,999 2.43% 100.00%
Mexican 17,061 1.43% 58.83%
Puerto Rican 4,321 0.36% 14.90%
Cuban 637 0.05% 2.20%
Dominican 111 0.01% 0.38%
Central American 611 0.05% 2.11%
Costa Rican 53 0.00% 0.18%
Guatemalan 137 0.01% 0.47%
Honduran 104 0.01% 0.36%
Nicaraguan 40 0.00% 0.14%
Panamanian 98 0.01% 0.34%
Salvadorian 154 0.01% 0.53%
Other Central American 25 0.00% 0.09%
South American 1,458 0.12% 5.03%
Argentinian 335 0.03% 1.16%
Bolivian 29 0.00% 0.10%
Chilean 133 0.01% 0.46%
Columbian 433 0.04% 1.49%
Ecuadorian 103 0.01% 0.36%
Paraguayan 31 0.00% 0.11%
Peruvian 185 0.02% 0.64%
Uruguayan 9 0.00% 0.03%
Venezuelan 131 0.01% 0.45%
Other South American 69 0.01% 0.24%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,800 0.40% 16.55%
Spaniard 154 0.01% 0.53%
Spanish 1,026 0.09% 3.54%
Spanish American 70 0.01% 0.24%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,550 0.30% 12.24%


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 742 34.59% 0.06%
2. Cherokee 470 21.91% 0.04%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 173 8.07% 0.01%
4. Iroquois 165 7.69% 0.01%
5. Latin American Indians 118 5.50% 0.01%
6. Ottawa 90 4.20% 0.01%
7. Lumbee 59 2.75% 0.00%
8. Potawatomi 41 1.91% 0.00%
9. Blackfeet 40 1.86% 0.00%
10. Apache 37 1.72% 0.00%
11. Sioux 37 1.72% 0.00%
12. Choctaw 30 1.40% 0.00%
13. Navajo 29 1.35% 0.00%
14. Creek 19 0.89% 0.00%
15. Seminole 17 0.79% 0.00%
16. Comanche 9 0.42% 0.00%
17. Pueblo 9 0.42% 0.00%
18. Cree 8 0.37% 0.00%
19. Delaware 8 0.37% 0.00%
20. Yaqui 6 0.28% 0.00%
21. Cheyenne 5 0.23% 0.00%
22. Aleut 5 0.23% 0.00%
23. Alaskan Athabascan 4 0.19% 0.00%
24. Chickasaw 3 0.14% 0.00%
25. Houma 3 0.14% 0.00%
26. Osage 3 0.14% 0.00%
27. Crow 2 0.09% 0.00%
28. Menominee 2 0.09% 0.00%
29. Ute 2 0.09% 0.00%
30. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.09% 0.00%
31. Kiowa 1 0.05% 0.00%
32. Paiute 1 0.05% 0.00%
33. Pima 1 0.05% 0.00%
34. Shoshone 1 0.05% 0.00%
35. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.05% 0.00%
36. Yuman 1 0.05% 0.00%
37. Eskimo 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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