Hennepin 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 1,063,213 95.25% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 52,987 4.75% 100.00%
Total Asian 52,457 4.70% 99.00%
Southern Asian 8,659 0.78% 16.34%
Asian Indian 7,963 0.71% 15.03%
Bangladeshi 88 0.01% 0.17%
Pakistani 390 0.03% 0.74%
Sri Lankan 218 0.02% 0.41%
Southeastern Asian 17,199 1.54% 32.46%
Cambodian 1,548 0.14% 2.92%
Filipino 1,979 0.18% 3.73%
Indonesian 123 0.01% 0.23%
Laotian 5,014 0.45% 9.46%
Malaysian 80 0.01% 0.15%
Thai 389 0.03% 0.73%
Vietnamese 8,066 0.72% 15.22%
Eastern Asian 25,114 2.25% 47.40%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 6,350 0.57% 11.98%
Hmong 12,619 1.13% 23.82%
Japanese 1,453 0.13% 2.74%
Korean 4,527 0.41% 8.54%
Taiwanese 165 0.01% 0.31%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,485 0.13% 2.80%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 530 0.05% 1.00%
Polynesian 315 0.03% 0.59%
Native Hawaiian 117 0.01% 0.22%
Samoan 169 0.02% 0.32%
Tongan 14 0.00% 0.03%
Other Polynesian 15 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 90 0.01% 0.17%
Guamanian or Chamorro 79 0.01% 0.15%
Other Micronesian 11 0.00% 0.02%
Melanesian 8 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 8 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 117 0.01% 0.22%

* 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) 1,070,761 95.93% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 45,439 4.07% 100.00%
Mexican 29,288 2.62% 64.46%
Puerto Rican 2,191 0.20% 4.82%
Cuban 908 0.08% 2.00%
Dominican 200 0.02% 0.44%
Central American 2,163 0.19% 4.76%
Costa Rican 162 0.01% 0.36%
Guatemalan 567 0.05% 1.25%
Honduran 267 0.02% 0.59%
Nicaraguan 132 0.01% 0.29%
Panamanian 189 0.02% 0.42%
Salvadorian 730 0.07% 1.61%
Other Central American 116 0.01% 0.26%
South American 3,848 0.34% 8.47%
Argentinian 180 0.02% 0.40%
Bolivian 62 0.01% 0.14%
Chilean 221 0.02% 0.49%
Columbian 777 0.07% 1.71%
Ecuadorian 1,793 0.16% 3.95%
Paraguayan 75 0.01% 0.17%
Peruvian 342 0.03% 0.75%
Uruguayan 40 0.00% 0.09%
Venezuelan 185 0.02% 0.41%
Other South American 173 0.02% 0.38%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 6,841 0.61% 15.06%
Spaniard 165 0.01% 0.36%
Spanish 1,040 0.09% 2.29%
Spanish American 68 0.01% 0.15%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,568 0.50% 12.25%


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 5,418 66.50% 0.49%
2. Sioux 1,375 16.88% 0.12%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 356 4.37% 0.03%
4. Latin American Indians 305 3.74% 0.03%
5. Cherokee 135 1.66% 0.01%
6. Iroquois 84 1.03% 0.01%
7. Choctaw 49 0.60% 0.00%
8. Menominee 48 0.59% 0.00%
9. Navajo 44 0.54% 0.00%
10. Potawatomi 41 0.50% 0.00%
11. Apache 39 0.48% 0.00%
12. Creek 27 0.33% 0.00%
13. Blackfeet 24 0.29% 0.00%
14. Pueblo 24 0.29% 0.00%
15. Alaskan Athabascan 21 0.26% 0.00%
16. Cree 17 0.21% 0.00%
17. Tlingit-Haida 17 0.21% 0.00%
18. Shoshone 16 0.20% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 14 0.17% 0.00%
20. Chickasaw 10 0.12% 0.00%
21. Crow 10 0.12% 0.00%
22. Comanche 9 0.11% 0.00%
23. Ottawa 9 0.11% 0.00%
24. Cheyenne 7 0.09% 0.00%
25. Seminole 7 0.09% 0.00%
26. Pima 6 0.07% 0.00%
27. Yuman 6 0.07% 0.00%
28. Aleut 6 0.07% 0.00%
29. Delaware 5 0.06% 0.00%
30. Lumbee 4 0.05% 0.00%
31. Yakama 3 0.04% 0.00%
32. Colville 2 0.02% 0.00%
33. Kiowa 2 0.02% 0.00%
34. Osage 2 0.02% 0.00%
35. Paiute 1 0.01% 0.00%
36. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.01% 0.00%
37. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.01% 0.00%
38. Yaqui 1 0.01% 0.00%
39. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.01% 0.00%

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

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