St. Louis 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 199,160 99.32% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,368 0.68% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,314 0.66% 96.05%
Southern Asian 181 0.09% 13.23%
Asian Indian 166 0.08% 12.13%
Bangladeshi 1 0.00% 0.07%
Pakistani 8 0.00% 0.58%
Sri Lankan 6 0.00% 0.44%
Southeastern Asian 338 0.17% 24.71%
Cambodian 4 0.00% 0.29%
Filipino 138 0.07% 10.09%
Indonesian 4 0.00% 0.29%
Laotian 15 0.01% 1.10%
Malaysian 2 0.00% 0.15%
Thai 4 0.00% 0.29%
Vietnamese 171 0.09% 12.50%
Eastern Asian 757 0.38% 55.34%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 248 0.12% 18.13%
Hmong 155 0.08% 11.33%
Japanese 69 0.03% 5.04%
Korean 276 0.14% 20.18%
Taiwanese 9 0.00% 0.66%
Other Asian or Not Specified 38 0.02% 2.78%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 54 0.03% 3.95%
Polynesian 31 0.02% 2.27%
Native Hawaiian 17 0.01% 1.24%
Samoan 12 0.01% 0.88%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.07%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.07%
Micronesian 14 0.01% 1.02%
Guamanian or Chamorro 12 0.01% 0.88%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.15%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 9 0.00% 0.66%

* 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) 198,931 99.20% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,597 0.80% 100.00%
Mexican 727 0.36% 45.52%
Puerto Rican 138 0.07% 8.64%
Cuban 79 0.04% 4.95%
Dominican 2 0.00% 0.13%
Central American 74 0.04% 4.63%
Costa Rican 10 0.00% 0.63%
Guatemalan 14 0.01% 0.88%
Honduran 11 0.01% 0.69%
Nicaraguan 2 0.00% 0.13%
Panamanian 18 0.01% 1.13%
Salvadorian 15 0.01% 0.94%
Other Central American 4 0.00% 0.25%
South American 103 0.05% 6.45%
Argentinian 9 0.00% 0.56%
Bolivian 4 0.00% 0.25%
Chilean 7 0.00% 0.44%
Columbian 52 0.03% 3.26%
Ecuadorian 8 0.00% 0.50%
Paraguayan 4 0.00% 0.25%
Peruvian 17 0.01% 1.06%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 1 0.00% 0.06%
Other South American 1 0.00% 0.06%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 474 0.24% 29.68%
Spaniard 16 0.01% 1.00%
Spanish 91 0.05% 5.70%
Spanish American 2 0.00% 0.13%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 365 0.18% 22.86%


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 2,715 88.84% 1.35%
2. Sioux 113 3.70% 0.06%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 74 2.42% 0.04%
4. Cherokee 31 1.01% 0.02%
5. Iroquois 15 0.49% 0.01%
6. Latin American Indians 13 0.43% 0.01%
7. Choctaw 11 0.36% 0.01%
8. Eskimo 11 0.36% 0.01%
9. Apache 10 0.33% 0.00%
10. Navajo 10 0.33% 0.00%
11. Potawatomi 8 0.26% 0.00%
12. Aleut 7 0.23% 0.00%
13. Cheyenne 6 0.20% 0.00%
14. Creek 5 0.16% 0.00%
15. Cree 4 0.13% 0.00%
16. Menominee 4 0.13% 0.00%
17. Blackfeet 3 0.10% 0.00%
18. Shoshone 3 0.10% 0.00%
19. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.10% 0.00%
20. Colville 2 0.07% 0.00%
21. Pueblo 2 0.07% 0.00%
22. Seminole 2 0.07% 0.00%
23. Crow 1 0.03% 0.00%
24. Ottawa 1 0.03% 0.00%
25. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.03% 0.00%
26. Yaqui 1 0.03% 0.00%

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

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