Kent 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 563,544 98.12% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 10,791 1.88% 100.00%
Total Asian 10,445 1.82% 96.79%
Southern Asian 1,604 0.28% 14.86%
Asian Indian 1,440 0.25% 13.34%
Bangladeshi 26 0.00% 0.24%
Pakistani 114 0.02% 1.06%
Sri Lankan 24 0.00% 0.22%
Southeastern Asian 5,499 0.96% 50.96%
Cambodian 24 0.00% 0.22%
Filipino 650 0.11% 6.02%
Indonesian 48 0.01% 0.44%
Laotian 42 0.01% 0.39%
Malaysian 15 0.00% 0.14%
Thai 66 0.01% 0.61%
Vietnamese 4,654 0.81% 43.13%
Eastern Asian 3,216 0.56% 29.80%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,205 0.21% 11.17%
Hmong 32 0.01% 0.30%
Japanese 315 0.05% 2.92%
Korean 1,639 0.29% 15.19%
Taiwanese 25 0.00% 0.23%
Other Asian or Not Specified 126 0.02% 1.17%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 346 0.06% 3.21%
Polynesian 98 0.02% 0.91%
Native Hawaiian 42 0.01% 0.39%
Samoan 50 0.01% 0.46%
Tongan 4 0.00% 0.04%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.02%
Micronesian 200 0.03% 1.85%
Guamanian or Chamorro 193 0.03% 1.79%
Other Micronesian 7 0.00% 0.06%
Melanesian 7 0.00% 0.06%
Fijian 7 0.00% 0.06%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 41 0.01% 0.38%

* 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) 534,152 93.00% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 40,183 7.00% 100.00%
Mexican 25,372 4.42% 63.14%
Puerto Rican 3,846 0.67% 9.57%
Cuban 1,256 0.22% 3.13%
Dominican 1,172 0.20% 2.92%
Central American 2,710 0.47% 6.74%
Costa Rican 51 0.01% 0.13%
Guatemalan 1,971 0.34% 4.91%
Honduran 206 0.04% 0.51%
Nicaraguan 47 0.01% 0.12%
Panamanian 49 0.01% 0.12%
Salvadorian 334 0.06% 0.83%
Other Central American 52 0.01% 0.13%
South American 448 0.08% 1.11%
Argentinian 59 0.01% 0.15%
Bolivian 35 0.01% 0.09%
Chilean 40 0.01% 0.10%
Columbian 116 0.02% 0.29%
Ecuadorian 21 0.00% 0.05%
Paraguayan 7 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 81 0.01% 0.20%
Uruguayan 8 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 58 0.01% 0.14%
Other South American 23 0.00% 0.06%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,379 0.94% 13.39%
Spaniard 71 0.01% 0.18%
Spanish 525 0.09% 1.31%
Spanish American 31 0.01% 0.08%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,752 0.83% 11.83%


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 662 33.02% 0.12%
2. Ottawa 447 22.29% 0.08%
3. Cherokee 221 11.02% 0.04%
4. Potawatomi 216 10.77% 0.04%
5. Latin American Indians 162 8.08% 0.03%
6. All Other Native American Tribes 76 3.79% 0.01%
7. Sioux 38 1.90% 0.01%
8. Blackfeet 31 1.55% 0.01%
9. Navajo 30 1.50% 0.01%
10. Apache 27 1.35% 0.00%
11. Iroquois 21 1.05% 0.00%
12. Creek 10 0.50% 0.00%
13. Choctaw 9 0.45% 0.00%
14. Eskimo 8 0.40% 0.00%
15. Cheyenne 6 0.30% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 5 0.25% 0.00%
17. Cree 4 0.20% 0.00%
18. Lumbee 4 0.20% 0.00%
19. Pueblo 4 0.20% 0.00%
20. Seminole 4 0.20% 0.00%
21. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.15% 0.00%
22. Crow 2 0.10% 0.00%
23. Pima 2 0.10% 0.00%
24. Shoshone 2 0.10% 0.00%
25. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.10% 0.00%
26. Yuman 2 0.10% 0.00%
27. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.10% 0.00%
28. Delaware 1 0.05% 0.00%
29. Paiute 1 0.05% 0.00%
30. Ute 1 0.05% 0.00%
31. Yaqui 1 0.05% 0.00%
32. Aleut 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

Home | About | Help | Contact | Use Policy