Lyon 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 34,250 99.27% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 251 0.73% 100.00%
Total Asian 205 0.59% 81.67%
Southern Asian 25 0.07% 9.96%
Asian Indian 25 0.07% 9.96%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 95 0.28% 37.85%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 86 0.25% 34.26%
Indonesian 2 0.01% 0.80%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 2 0.01% 0.80%
Vietnamese 5 0.01% 1.99%
Eastern Asian 81 0.23% 32.27%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 22 0.06% 8.76%
Hmong 4 0.01% 1.59%
Japanese 36 0.10% 14.34%
Korean 19 0.06% 7.57%
Taiwanese 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Asian or Not Specified 4 0.01% 1.59%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 46 0.13% 18.33%
Polynesian 26 0.08% 10.36%
Native Hawaiian 9 0.03% 3.59%
Samoan 5 0.01% 1.99%
Tongan 6 0.02% 2.39%
Other Polynesian 6 0.02% 2.39%
Micronesian 15 0.04% 5.98%
Guamanian or Chamorro 13 0.04% 5.18%
Other Micronesian 2 0.01% 0.80%
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 5 0.01% 1.99%

* 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) 30,717 89.03% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 3,784 10.97% 100.00%
Mexican 2,840 8.23% 75.05%
Puerto Rican 83 0.24% 2.19%
Cuban 11 0.03% 0.29%
Dominican 5 0.01% 0.13%
Central American 141 0.41% 3.73%
Costa Rican 8 0.02% 0.21%
Guatemalan 12 0.03% 0.32%
Honduran 8 0.02% 0.21%
Nicaraguan 41 0.12% 1.08%
Panamanian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Salvadorian 64 0.19% 1.69%
Other Central American 7 0.02% 0.18%
South American 48 0.14% 1.27%
Argentinian 8 0.02% 0.21%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Chilean 3 0.01% 0.08%
Columbian 7 0.02% 0.18%
Ecuadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 24 0.07% 0.63%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 2 0.01% 0.05%
Other South American 3 0.01% 0.08%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 656 1.90% 17.34%
Spaniard 22 0.06% 0.58%
Spanish 100 0.29% 2.64%
Spanish American 13 0.04% 0.34%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 521 1.51% 13.77%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Paiute 402 55.52% 1.17%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 102 14.09% 0.30%
3. Cherokee 54 7.46% 0.16%
4. Shoshone 25 3.45% 0.07%
5. Sioux 18 2.49% 0.05%
6. Navajo 17 2.35% 0.05%
7. Chippewa 14 1.93% 0.04%
8. Apache 13 1.80% 0.04%
9. Iroquois 13 1.80% 0.04%
10. Choctaw 10 1.38% 0.03%
11. Latin American Indians 10 1.38% 0.03%
12. Blackfeet 9 1.24% 0.03%
13. Chickasaw 6 0.83% 0.02%
14. Kiowa 5 0.69% 0.01%
15. Potawatomi 4 0.55% 0.01%
16. Pueblo 4 0.55% 0.01%
17. Cheyenne 3 0.41% 0.01%
18. Eskimo 3 0.41% 0.01%
19. Osage 2 0.28% 0.01%
20. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.28% 0.01%
21. Colville 1 0.14% 0.00%
22. Comanche 1 0.14% 0.00%
23. Creek 1 0.14% 0.00%
24. Delaware 1 0.14% 0.00%
25. Pima 1 0.14% 0.00%
26. Yaqui 1 0.14% 0.00%
27. Yuman 1 0.14% 0.00%
28. Aleut 1 0.14% 0.00%

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

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