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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 181,408 98.59% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 2,598 1.41% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,439 1.33% 93.88%
Southern Asian 305 0.17% 11.74%
Asian Indian 237 0.13% 9.12%
Bangladeshi 3 0.00% 0.12%
Pakistani 56 0.03% 2.16%
Sri Lankan 9 0.00% 0.35%
Southeastern Asian 1,418 0.77% 54.58%
Cambodian 46 0.02% 1.77%
Filipino 428 0.23% 16.47%
Indonesian 3 0.00% 0.12%
Laotian 10 0.01% 0.38%
Malaysian 7 0.00% 0.27%
Thai 59 0.03% 2.27%
Vietnamese 865 0.47% 33.29%
Eastern Asian 663 0.36% 25.52%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 319 0.17% 12.28%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 91 0.05% 3.50%
Korean 236 0.13% 9.08%
Taiwanese 17 0.01% 0.65%
Other Asian or Not Specified 53 0.03% 2.04%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 159 0.09% 6.12%
Polynesian 49 0.03% 1.89%
Native Hawaiian 31 0.02% 1.19%
Samoan 16 0.01% 0.62%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.08%
Micronesian 98 0.05% 3.77%
Guamanian or Chamorro 24 0.01% 0.92%
Other Micronesian 74 0.04% 2.85%
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 12 0.01% 0.46%

* 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) 177,412 96.42% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 6,594 3.58% 100.00%
Mexican 4,625 2.51% 70.14%
Puerto Rican 299 0.16% 4.53%
Cuban 274 0.15% 4.16%
Dominican 52 0.03% 0.79%
Central American 163 0.09% 2.47%
Costa Rican 5 0.00% 0.08%
Guatemalan 42 0.02% 0.64%
Honduran 48 0.03% 0.73%
Nicaraguan 3 0.00% 0.05%
Panamanian 26 0.01% 0.39%
Salvadorian 21 0.01% 0.32%
Other Central American 18 0.01% 0.27%
South American 155 0.08% 2.35%
Argentinian 18 0.01% 0.27%
Bolivian 5 0.00% 0.08%
Chilean 5 0.00% 0.08%
Columbian 73 0.04% 1.11%
Ecuadorian 11 0.01% 0.17%
Paraguayan 6 0.00% 0.09%
Peruvian 20 0.01% 0.30%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 11 0.01% 0.17%
Other South American 6 0.00% 0.09%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,026 0.56% 15.56%
Spaniard 16 0.01% 0.24%
Spanish 177 0.10% 2.68%
Spanish American 25 0.01% 0.38%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 808 0.44% 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. Cherokee 258 38.45% 0.14%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 91 13.56% 0.05%
3. Potawatomi 49 7.30% 0.03%
4. Choctaw 44 6.56% 0.02%
5. Sioux 31 4.62% 0.02%
6. Creek 26 3.87% 0.01%
7. Latin American Indians 24 3.58% 0.01%
8. Chippewa 22 3.28% 0.01%
9. Navajo 18 2.68% 0.01%
10. Blackfeet 15 2.24% 0.01%
11. Iroquois 15 2.24% 0.01%
12. Apache 14 2.09% 0.01%
13. Delaware 12 1.79% 0.01%
14. Kiowa 11 1.64% 0.01%
15. Osage 8 1.19% 0.00%
16. Comanche 7 1.04% 0.00%
17. Menominee 5 0.75% 0.00%
18. Pueblo 4 0.60% 0.00%
19. Seminole 3 0.45% 0.00%
20. Chickasaw 2 0.30% 0.00%
21. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.30% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 2 0.30% 0.00%
23. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.30% 0.00%
24. Cheyenne 1 0.15% 0.00%
25. Houma 1 0.15% 0.00%
26. Lumbee 1 0.15% 0.00%
27. Pima 1 0.15% 0.00%
28. Shoshone 1 0.15% 0.00%
29. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.15% 0.00%

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

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