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 993,805 97.79% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 22,510 2.21% 100.00%
Total Asian 22,261 2.19% 98.89%
Southern Asian 6,967 0.69% 30.95%
Asian Indian 6,197 0.61% 27.53%
Bangladeshi 53 0.01% 0.24%
Pakistani 661 0.07% 2.94%
Sri Lankan 56 0.01% 0.25%
Southeastern Asian 4,525 0.45% 20.10%
Cambodian 18 0.00% 0.08%
Filipino 2,276 0.22% 10.11%
Indonesian 74 0.01% 0.33%
Laotian 144 0.01% 0.64%
Malaysian 50 0.00% 0.22%
Thai 406 0.04% 1.80%
Vietnamese 1,557 0.15% 6.92%
Eastern Asian 10,362 1.02% 46.03%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 6,333 0.62% 28.13%
Hmong 2 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 1,137 0.11% 5.05%
Korean 2,348 0.23% 10.43%
Taiwanese 542 0.05% 2.41%
Other Asian or Not Specified 407 0.04% 1.81%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 249 0.02% 1.11%
Polynesian 135 0.01% 0.60%
Native Hawaiian 56 0.01% 0.25%
Samoan 74 0.01% 0.33%
Tongan 3 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 46 0.00% 0.20%
Guamanian or Chamorro 36 0.00% 0.16%
Other Micronesian 10 0.00% 0.04%
Melanesian 9 0.00% 0.04%
Fijian 8 0.00% 0.04%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 59 0.01% 0.26%

* 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) 1,001,738 98.57% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 14,577 1.43% 100.00%
Mexican 7,309 0.72% 50.14%
Puerto Rican 1,300 0.13% 8.92%
Cuban 606 0.06% 4.16%
Dominican 115 0.01% 0.79%
Central American 625 0.06% 4.29%
Costa Rican 57 0.01% 0.39%
Guatemalan 203 0.02% 1.39%
Honduran 113 0.01% 0.78%
Nicaraguan 40 0.00% 0.27%
Panamanian 114 0.01% 0.78%
Salvadorian 70 0.01% 0.48%
Other Central American 28 0.00% 0.19%
South American 1,239 0.12% 8.50%
Argentinian 169 0.02% 1.16%
Bolivian 88 0.01% 0.60%
Chilean 100 0.01% 0.69%
Columbian 326 0.03% 2.24%
Ecuadorian 74 0.01% 0.51%
Paraguayan 11 0.00% 0.08%
Peruvian 309 0.03% 2.12%
Uruguayan 8 0.00% 0.05%
Venezuelan 100 0.01% 0.69%
Other South American 54 0.01% 0.37%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,383 0.33% 23.21%
Spaniard 128 0.01% 0.88%
Spanish 797 0.08% 5.47%
Spanish American 66 0.01% 0.45%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,392 0.24% 16.41%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 437 42.26% 0.04%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 104 10.06% 0.01%
3. Latin American Indians 78 7.54% 0.01%
4. Sioux 50 4.84% 0.00%
5. Choctaw 49 4.74% 0.00%
6. Chippewa 48 4.64% 0.00%
7. Blackfeet 42 4.06% 0.00%
8. Iroquois 34 3.29% 0.00%
9. Navajo 24 2.32% 0.00%
10. Osage 20 1.93% 0.00%
11. Chickasaw 17 1.64% 0.00%
12. Apache 16 1.55% 0.00%
13. Creek 16 1.55% 0.00%
14. Pueblo 16 1.55% 0.00%
15. Seminole 14 1.35% 0.00%
16. Kiowa 9 0.87% 0.00%
17. Comanche 8 0.77% 0.00%
18. Potawatomi 7 0.68% 0.00%
19. Delaware 6 0.58% 0.00%
20. Tlingit-Haida 6 0.58% 0.00%
21. Cheyenne 4 0.39% 0.00%
22. Lumbee 4 0.39% 0.00%
23. Paiute 4 0.39% 0.00%
24. Aleut 4 0.39% 0.00%
25. Shoshone 3 0.29% 0.00%
26. Menominee 2 0.19% 0.00%
27. Ottawa 2 0.19% 0.00%
28. Ute 2 0.19% 0.00%
29. Eskimo 2 0.19% 0.00%
30. Cree 1 0.10% 0.00%
31. Crow 1 0.10% 0.00%
32. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.10% 0.00%
33. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.10% 0.00%
34. Yaqui 1 0.10% 0.00%
35. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.10% 0.00%

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

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