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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 160,560 98.83% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,893 1.17% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,820 1.12% 96.14%
Southern Asian 548 0.34% 28.95%
Asian Indian 530 0.33% 28.00%
Bangladeshi 6 0.00% 0.32%
Pakistani 12 0.01% 0.63%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 434 0.27% 22.93%
Cambodian 2 0.00% 0.11%
Filipino 265 0.16% 14.00%
Indonesian 69 0.04% 3.65%
Laotian 23 0.01% 1.22%
Malaysian 16 0.01% 0.85%
Thai 13 0.01% 0.69%
Vietnamese 46 0.03% 2.43%
Eastern Asian 784 0.48% 41.42%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 268 0.16% 14.16%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 95 0.06% 5.02%
Korean 419 0.26% 22.13%
Taiwanese 2 0.00% 0.11%
Other Asian or Not Specified 54 0.03% 2.85%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 73 0.04% 3.86%
Polynesian 55 0.03% 2.91%
Native Hawaiian 19 0.01% 1.00%
Samoan 34 0.02% 1.80%
Tongan 2 0.00% 0.11%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 8 0.00% 0.42%
Guamanian or Chamorro 5 0.00% 0.26%
Other Micronesian 3 0.00% 0.16%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.05%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.05%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 9 0.01% 0.48%

* 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) 157,565 96.99% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 4,888 3.01% 100.00%
Mexican 3,136 1.93% 64.16%
Puerto Rican 523 0.32% 10.70%
Cuban 125 0.08% 2.56%
Dominican 69 0.04% 1.41%
Central American 101 0.06% 2.07%
Costa Rican 13 0.01% 0.27%
Guatemalan 16 0.01% 0.33%
Honduran 11 0.01% 0.23%
Nicaraguan 21 0.01% 0.43%
Panamanian 21 0.01% 0.43%
Salvadorian 16 0.01% 0.33%
Other Central American 3 0.00% 0.06%
South American 221 0.14% 4.52%
Argentinian 38 0.02% 0.78%
Bolivian 3 0.00% 0.06%
Chilean 16 0.01% 0.33%
Columbian 58 0.04% 1.19%
Ecuadorian 21 0.01% 0.43%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.04%
Peruvian 36 0.02% 0.74%
Uruguayan 5 0.00% 0.10%
Venezuelan 35 0.02% 0.72%
Other South American 7 0.00% 0.14%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 713 0.44% 14.59%
Spaniard 11 0.01% 0.23%
Spanish 121 0.07% 2.48%
Spanish American 11 0.01% 0.23%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 570 0.35% 11.66%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Potawatomi 216 46.25% 0.13%
2. Cherokee 84 17.99% 0.05%
3. Chippewa 67 14.35% 0.04%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 15 3.21% 0.01%
5. Latin American Indians 13 2.78% 0.01%
6. Apache 12 2.57% 0.01%
7. Iroquois 11 2.36% 0.01%
8. Blackfeet 9 1.93% 0.01%
9. Ottawa 6 1.28% 0.00%
10. Cheyenne 5 1.07% 0.00%
11. Choctaw 5 1.07% 0.00%
12. Eskimo 5 1.07% 0.00%
13. Shoshone 3 0.64% 0.00%
14. Sioux 3 0.64% 0.00%
15. Cree 2 0.43% 0.00%
16. Navajo 2 0.43% 0.00%
17. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.43% 0.00%
18. Chickasaw 1 0.21% 0.00%
19. Creek 1 0.21% 0.00%
20. Crow 1 0.21% 0.00%
21. Delaware 1 0.21% 0.00%
22. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.21% 0.00%
23. Yaqui 1 0.21% 0.00%
24. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.21% 0.00%

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

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