Nye 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 32,132 98.91% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 353 1.09% 100.00%
Total Asian 249 0.77% 70.54%
Southern Asian 31 0.10% 8.78%
Asian Indian 31 0.10% 8.78%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 108 0.33% 30.59%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 96 0.30% 27.20%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 1 0.00% 0.28%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.28%
Thai 9 0.03% 2.55%
Vietnamese 1 0.00% 0.28%
Eastern Asian 99 0.30% 28.05%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 17 0.05% 4.82%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 62 0.19% 17.56%
Korean 18 0.06% 5.10%
Taiwanese 2 0.01% 0.57%
Other Asian or Not Specified 11 0.03% 3.12%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 104 0.32% 29.46%
Polynesian 67 0.21% 18.98%
Native Hawaiian 58 0.18% 16.43%
Samoan 7 0.02% 1.98%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 2 0.01% 0.57%
Micronesian 28 0.09% 7.93%
Guamanian or Chamorro 28 0.09% 7.93%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
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 9 0.03% 2.55%

* 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) 29,772 91.65% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 2,713 8.35% 100.00%
Mexican 2,121 6.53% 78.18%
Puerto Rican 84 0.26% 3.10%
Cuban 24 0.07% 0.88%
Dominican 1 0.00% 0.04%
Central American 30 0.09% 1.11%
Costa Rican 2 0.01% 0.07%
Guatemalan 13 0.04% 0.48%
Honduran 2 0.01% 0.07%
Nicaraguan 1 0.00% 0.04%
Panamanian 3 0.01% 0.11%
Salvadorian 8 0.02% 0.29%
Other Central American 1 0.00% 0.04%
South American 17 0.05% 0.63%
Argentinian 11 0.03% 0.41%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 1 0.00% 0.04%
Columbian 2 0.01% 0.07%
Ecuadorian 1 0.00% 0.04%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 2 0.01% 0.07%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 436 1.34% 16.07%
Spaniard 14 0.04% 0.52%
Spanish 124 0.38% 4.57%
Spanish American 7 0.02% 0.26%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 291 0.90% 10.73%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Shoshone 170 39.08% 0.52%
2. Cherokee 64 14.71% 0.20%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 56 12.87% 0.17%
4. Paiute 24 5.52% 0.07%
5. Navajo 23 5.29% 0.07%
6. Sioux 22 5.06% 0.07%
7. Choctaw 14 3.22% 0.04%
8. Blackfeet 9 2.07% 0.03%
9. Apache 8 1.84% 0.02%
10. Chippewa 8 1.84% 0.02%
11. Tlingit-Haida 6 1.38% 0.02%
12. Pueblo 5 1.15% 0.02%
13. Chickasaw 4 0.92% 0.01%
14. Creek 3 0.69% 0.01%
15. Latin American Indians 3 0.69% 0.01%
16. Cheyenne 2 0.46% 0.01%
17. Comanche 2 0.46% 0.01%
18. Crow 2 0.46% 0.01%
19. Iroquois 2 0.46% 0.01%
20. Kiowa 2 0.46% 0.01%
21. Cree 1 0.23% 0.00%
22. Delaware 1 0.23% 0.00%
23. Osage 1 0.23% 0.00%
24. Pima 1 0.23% 0.00%
25. Ute 1 0.23% 0.00%
26. Eskimo 1 0.23% 0.00%

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

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