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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 2,026,133 98.30% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 35,029 1.70% 100.00%
Total Asian 34,530 1.68% 98.58%
Southern Asian 16,853 0.82% 48.11%
Asian Indian 13,976 0.68% 39.90%
Bangladeshi 1,301 0.06% 3.71%
Pakistani 1,502 0.07% 4.29%
Sri Lankan 74 0.00% 0.21%
Southeastern Asian 6,442 0.31% 18.39%
Cambodian 68 0.00% 0.19%
Filipino 4,198 0.20% 11.98%
Indonesian 53 0.00% 0.15%
Laotian 460 0.02% 1.31%
Malaysian 27 0.00% 0.08%
Thai 181 0.01% 0.52%
Vietnamese 1,455 0.07% 4.15%
Eastern Asian 10,168 0.49% 29.03%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 5,074 0.25% 14.49%
Hmong 1,754 0.09% 5.01%
Japanese 1,203 0.06% 3.43%
Korean 1,961 0.10% 5.60%
Taiwanese 176 0.01% 0.50%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,067 0.05% 3.05%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 499 0.02% 1.42%
Polynesian 254 0.01% 0.73%
Native Hawaiian 138 0.01% 0.39%
Samoan 109 0.01% 0.31%
Tongan 3 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 4 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 103 0.00% 0.29%
Guamanian or Chamorro 93 0.00% 0.27%
Other Micronesian 10 0.00% 0.03%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 141 0.01% 0.40%

* 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) 1,983,955 96.25% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 77,207 3.75% 100.00%
Mexican 53,538 2.60% 69.34%
Puerto Rican 9,036 0.44% 11.70%
Cuban 1,595 0.08% 2.07%
Dominican 471 0.02% 0.61%
Central American 1,260 0.06% 1.63%
Costa Rican 77 0.00% 0.10%
Guatemalan 285 0.01% 0.37%
Honduran 267 0.01% 0.35%
Nicaraguan 134 0.01% 0.17%
Panamanian 142 0.01% 0.18%
Salvadorian 304 0.01% 0.39%
Other Central American 51 0.00% 0.07%
South American 1,187 0.06% 1.54%
Argentinian 202 0.01% 0.26%
Bolivian 27 0.00% 0.03%
Chilean 100 0.00% 0.13%
Columbian 396 0.02% 0.51%
Ecuadorian 118 0.01% 0.15%
Paraguayan 21 0.00% 0.03%
Peruvian 109 0.01% 0.14%
Uruguayan 4 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 148 0.01% 0.19%
Other South American 62 0.00% 0.08%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 10,120 0.49% 13.11%
Spaniard 160 0.01% 0.21%
Spanish 1,761 0.09% 2.28%
Spanish American 87 0.00% 0.11%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 8,112 0.39% 10.51%


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 1,181 26.88% 0.06%
2. Cherokee 974 22.17% 0.05%
3. Iroquois 620 14.11% 0.03%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 246 5.60% 0.01%
5. Latin American Indians 223 5.08% 0.01%
6. Lumbee 209 4.76% 0.01%
7. Blackfeet 170 3.87% 0.01%
8. Ottawa 156 3.55% 0.01%
9. Delaware 76 1.73% 0.00%
10. Apache 65 1.48% 0.00%
11. Sioux 63 1.43% 0.00%
12. Potawatomi 58 1.32% 0.00%
13. Navajo 55 1.25% 0.00%
14. Choctaw 50 1.14% 0.00%
15. Pueblo 34 0.77% 0.00%
16. Creek 33 0.75% 0.00%
17. Menominee 32 0.73% 0.00%
18. Chickasaw 25 0.57% 0.00%
19. Comanche 18 0.41% 0.00%
20. Cree 18 0.41% 0.00%
21. Seminole 17 0.39% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 16 0.36% 0.00%
23. Osage 12 0.27% 0.00%
24. Tlingit-Haida 9 0.20% 0.00%
25. Yaqui 7 0.16% 0.00%
26. Cheyenne 5 0.11% 0.00%
27. Shoshone 4 0.09% 0.00%
28. Yakama 4 0.09% 0.00%
29. Crow 3 0.07% 0.00%
30. Paiute 2 0.05% 0.00%
31. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.05% 0.00%
32. Ute 2 0.05% 0.00%
33. Houma 1 0.02% 0.00%
34. Kiowa 1 0.02% 0.00%
35. Yuman 1 0.02% 0.00%
36. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.02% 0.00%
37. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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