Anoka 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.

* 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)	293,123	98.34%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	4,961	1.66%	100.00%
Mexican	3,003	1.01%	60.53%
Puerto Rican	353	0.12%	7.12%
Cuban	80	0.03%	1.61%
Dominican	37	0.01%	0.75%
Central American	254	0.09%	5.12%
Costa Rican	22	0.01%	0.44%
Guatemalan	83	0.03%	1.67%
Honduran	30	0.01%	0.60%
Nicaraguan	25	0.01%	0.50%
Panamanian	37	0.01%	0.75%
Salvadorian	52	0.02%	1.05%
Other Central American	5	0.00%	0.10%
South American	316	0.11%	6.37%
Argentinian	10	0.00%	0.20%
Bolivian	12	0.00%	0.24%
Chilean	23	0.01%	0.46%
Columbian	115	0.04%	2.32%
Ecuadorian	42	0.01%	0.85%
Paraguayan	6	0.00%	0.12%
Peruvian	54	0.02%	1.09%
Uruguayan	1	0.00%	0.02%
Venezuelan	34	0.01%	0.69%
Other South American	19	0.01%	0.38%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	918	0.31%	18.50%
Spaniard	17	0.01%	0.34%
Spanish	135	0.05%	2.72%
Spanish American	6	0.00%	0.12%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	760	0.25%	15.32%

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

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