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.

* 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)	314,056	97.26%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	8,839	2.74%	100.00%
Mexican	4,101	1.27%	46.40%
Puerto Rican	876	0.27%	9.91%
Cuban	387	0.12%	4.38%
Dominican	76	0.02%	0.86%
Central American	642	0.20%	7.26%
Costa Rican	124	0.04%	1.40%
Guatemalan	99	0.03%	1.12%
Honduran	130	0.04%	1.47%
Nicaraguan	60	0.02%	0.68%
Panamanian	86	0.03%	0.97%
Salvadorian	115	0.04%	1.30%
Other Central American	28	0.01%	0.32%
South American	892	0.28%	10.09%
Argentinian	107	0.03%	1.21%
Bolivian	29	0.01%	0.33%
Chilean	93	0.03%	1.05%
Columbian	275	0.09%	3.11%
Ecuadorian	53	0.02%	0.60%
Paraguayan	12	0.00%	0.14%
Peruvian	130	0.04%	1.47%
Uruguayan	21	0.01%	0.24%
Venezuelan	144	0.04%	1.63%
Other South American	28	0.01%	0.32%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,865	0.58%	21.10%
Spaniard	93	0.03%	1.05%
Spanish	366	0.11%	4.14%
Spanish American	19	0.01%	0.21%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,387	0.43%	15.69%

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

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