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)	484,056	94.72%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	26,979	5.28%	100.00%
Mexican	19,159	3.75%	71.01%
Puerto Rican	1,250	0.24%	4.63%
Cuban	430	0.08%	1.59%
Dominican	115	0.02%	0.43%
Central American	1,329	0.26%	4.93%
Costa Rican	38	0.01%	0.14%
Guatemalan	272	0.05%	1.01%
Honduran	188	0.04%	0.70%
Nicaraguan	35	0.01%	0.13%
Panamanian	81	0.02%	0.30%
Salvadorian	619	0.12%	2.29%
Other Central American	96	0.02%	0.36%
South American	990	0.19%	3.67%
Argentinian	81	0.02%	0.30%
Bolivian	29	0.01%	0.11%
Chilean	84	0.02%	0.31%
Columbian	333	0.07%	1.23%
Ecuadorian	100	0.02%	0.37%
Paraguayan	33	0.01%	0.12%
Peruvian	160	0.03%	0.59%
Uruguayan	22	0.00%	0.08%
Venezuelan	115	0.02%	0.43%
Other South American	33	0.01%	0.12%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	3,706	0.73%	13.74%
Spaniard	80	0.02%	0.30%
Spanish	460	0.09%	1.71%
Spanish American	16	0.00%	0.06%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	3,150	0.62%	11.68%

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

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