Sarpy 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 120,206 98.05% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 2,389 1.95% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,281 1.86% 95.48%
Southern Asian 197 0.16% 8.25%
Asian Indian 181 0.15% 7.58%
Bangladeshi 3 0.00% 0.13%
Pakistani 11 0.01% 0.46%
Sri Lankan 2 0.00% 0.08%
Southeastern Asian 1,150 0.94% 48.14%
Cambodian 5 0.00% 0.21%
Filipino 659 0.54% 27.58%
Indonesian 4 0.00% 0.17%
Laotian 19 0.02% 0.80%
Malaysian 2 0.00% 0.08%
Thai 159 0.13% 6.66%
Vietnamese 302 0.25% 12.64%
Eastern Asian 793 0.65% 33.19%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 188 0.15% 7.87%
Hmong 13 0.01% 0.54%
Japanese 207 0.17% 8.66%
Korean 383 0.31% 16.03%
Taiwanese 2 0.00% 0.08%
Other Asian or Not Specified 141 0.12% 5.90%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 108 0.09% 4.52%
Polynesian 45 0.04% 1.88%
Native Hawaiian 33 0.03% 1.38%
Samoan 10 0.01% 0.42%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.08%
Micronesian 51 0.04% 2.13%
Guamanian or Chamorro 42 0.03% 1.76%
Other Micronesian 9 0.01% 0.38%
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% 0.50%

* 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) 117,237 95.63% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 5,358 4.37% 100.00%
Mexican 3,553 2.90% 66.31%
Puerto Rican 491 0.40% 9.16%
Cuban 74 0.06% 1.38%
Dominican 31 0.03% 0.58%
Central American 238 0.19% 4.44%
Costa Rican 10 0.01% 0.19%
Guatemalan 35 0.03% 0.65%
Honduran 15 0.01% 0.28%
Nicaraguan 18 0.01% 0.34%
Panamanian 86 0.07% 1.61%
Salvadorian 71 0.06% 1.33%
Other Central American 3 0.00% 0.06%
South American 99 0.08% 1.85%
Argentinian 8 0.01% 0.15%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Chilean 12 0.01% 0.22%
Columbian 42 0.03% 0.78%
Ecuadorian 6 0.00% 0.11%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 12 0.01% 0.22%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 11 0.01% 0.21%
Other South American 7 0.01% 0.13%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 872 0.71% 16.27%
Spaniard 26 0.02% 0.49%
Spanish 179 0.15% 3.34%
Spanish American 32 0.03% 0.60%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 635 0.52% 11.85%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 97 24.81% 0.08%
2. Cherokee 66 16.88% 0.05%
3. Sioux 66 16.88% 0.05%
4. Chippewa 21 5.37% 0.02%
5. Choctaw 21 5.37% 0.02%
6. Navajo 13 3.32% 0.01%
7. Potawatomi 13 3.32% 0.01%
8. Blackfeet 12 3.07% 0.01%
9. Creek 11 2.81% 0.01%
10. Latin American Indians 10 2.56% 0.01%
11. Cheyenne 6 1.53% 0.00%
12. Iroquois 6 1.53% 0.00%
13. Lumbee 6 1.53% 0.00%
14. Apache 5 1.28% 0.00%
15. Comanche 5 1.28% 0.00%
16. Seminole 5 1.28% 0.00%
17. Eskimo 5 1.28% 0.00%
18. Pima 4 1.02% 0.00%
19. Tlingit-Haida 4 1.02% 0.00%
20. Pueblo 3 0.77% 0.00%
21. Aleut 3 0.77% 0.00%
22. Chickasaw 2 0.51% 0.00%
23. Delaware 1 0.26% 0.00%
24. Menominee 1 0.26% 0.00%
25. Osage 1 0.26% 0.00%
26. Paiute 1 0.26% 0.00%
27. Ute 1 0.26% 0.00%
28. Yakama 1 0.26% 0.00%
29. Yaqui 1 0.26% 0.00%

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

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