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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 2,825,605 99.33% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 19,053 0.67% 100.00%
Total Asian 18,396 0.65% 96.55%
Southern Asian 4,205 0.15% 22.07%
Asian Indian 3,827 0.13% 20.09%
Bangladeshi 68 0.00% 0.36%
Pakistani 278 0.01% 1.46%
Sri Lankan 32 0.00% 0.17%
Southeastern Asian 8,555 0.30% 44.90%
Cambodian 59 0.00% 0.31%
Filipino 2,608 0.09% 13.69%
Indonesian 58 0.00% 0.30%
Laotian 99 0.00% 0.52%
Malaysian 32 0.00% 0.17%
Thai 312 0.01% 1.64%
Vietnamese 5,387 0.19% 28.27%
Eastern Asian 5,208 0.18% 27.33%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 3,022 0.11% 15.86%
Hmong 9 0.00% 0.05%
Japanese 766 0.03% 4.02%
Korean 1,334 0.05% 7.00%
Taiwanese 77 0.00% 0.40%
Other Asian or Not Specified 428 0.02% 2.25%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 657 0.02% 3.45%
Polynesian 358 0.01% 1.88%
Native Hawaiian 197 0.01% 1.03%
Samoan 157 0.01% 0.82%
Tongan 2 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 241 0.01% 1.26%
Guamanian or Chamorro 213 0.01% 1.12%
Other Micronesian 28 0.00% 0.15%
Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 56 0.00% 0.29%

* 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) 2,805,089 98.61% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 39,569 1.39% 100.00%
Mexican 21,616 0.76% 54.63%
Puerto Rican 2,881 0.10% 7.28%
Cuban 1,508 0.05% 3.81%
Dominican 190 0.01% 0.48%
Central American 1,701 0.06% 4.30%
Costa Rican 141 0.00% 0.36%
Guatemalan 339 0.01% 0.86%
Honduran 462 0.02% 1.17%
Nicaraguan 177 0.01% 0.45%
Panamanian 327 0.01% 0.83%
Salvadorian 201 0.01% 0.51%
Other Central American 54 0.00% 0.14%
South American 1,181 0.04% 2.98%
Argentinian 76 0.00% 0.19%
Bolivian 25 0.00% 0.06%
Chilean 83 0.00% 0.21%
Columbian 468 0.02% 1.18%
Ecuadorian 84 0.00% 0.21%
Paraguayan 12 0.00% 0.03%
Peruvian 131 0.00% 0.33%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 254 0.01% 0.64%
Other South American 45 0.00% 0.11%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 10,492 0.37% 26.52%
Spaniard 165 0.01% 0.42%
Spanish 1,217 0.04% 3.08%
Spanish American 141 0.00% 0.36%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 8,969 0.32% 22.67%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Choctaw 6,440 70.57% 0.23%
2. Cherokee 1,152 12.62% 0.04%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 215 2.36% 0.01%
4. Houma 190 2.08% 0.01%
5. Creek 172 1.88% 0.01%
6. Latin American Indians 120 1.31% 0.00%
7. Sioux 111 1.22% 0.00%
8. Chippewa 88 0.96% 0.00%
9. Apache 85 0.93% 0.00%
10. Chickasaw 77 0.84% 0.00%
11. Blackfeet 69 0.76% 0.00%
12. Navajo 59 0.65% 0.00%
13. Seminole 40 0.44% 0.00%
14. Iroquois 35 0.38% 0.00%
15. Lumbee 29 0.32% 0.00%
16. Pueblo 28 0.31% 0.00%
17. Potawatomi 24 0.26% 0.00%
18. Comanche 18 0.20% 0.00%
19. Osage 18 0.20% 0.00%
20. Ottawa 17 0.19% 0.00%
21. Eskimo 15 0.16% 0.00%
22. Shoshone 14 0.15% 0.00%
23. Cheyenne 13 0.14% 0.00%
24. Delaware 13 0.14% 0.00%
25. Alaskan Athabascan 13 0.14% 0.00%
26. Tlingit-Haida 13 0.14% 0.00%
27. Aleut 9 0.10% 0.00%
28. Pima 8 0.09% 0.00%
29. Cree 7 0.08% 0.00%
30. Kiowa 7 0.08% 0.00%
31. Yaqui 6 0.07% 0.00%
32. Puget Sound Salish 5 0.05% 0.00%
33. Crow 4 0.04% 0.00%
34. Paiute 3 0.03% 0.00%
35. Ute 3 0.03% 0.00%
36. Menominee 2 0.02% 0.00%
37. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.02% 0.00%
38. Colville 1 0.01% 0.00%
39. Yakama 1 0.01% 0.00%

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

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