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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 1,298,993 94.42% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 76,772 5.58% 100.00%
Total Asian 70,512 5.13% 91.85%
Southern Asian 4,112 0.30% 5.36%
Asian Indian 3,601 0.26% 4.69%
Bangladeshi 39 0.00% 0.05%
Pakistani 291 0.02% 0.38%
Sri Lankan 181 0.01% 0.24%
Southeastern Asian 41,081 2.99% 53.51%
Cambodian 415 0.03% 0.54%
Filipino 33,062 2.40% 43.07%
Indonesian 217 0.02% 0.28%
Laotian 1,091 0.08% 1.42%
Malaysian 55 0.00% 0.07%
Thai 2,749 0.20% 3.58%
Vietnamese 3,492 0.25% 4.55%
Eastern Asian 24,064 1.75% 31.34%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 10,545 0.77% 13.74%
Hmong 81 0.01% 0.11%
Japanese 6,650 0.48% 8.66%
Korean 6,355 0.46% 8.28%
Taiwanese 433 0.03% 0.56%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,255 0.09% 1.63%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 6,260 0.46% 8.15%
Polynesian 4,380 0.32% 5.71%
Native Hawaiian 3,028 0.22% 3.94%
Samoan 1,103 0.08% 1.44%
Tongan 159 0.01% 0.21%
Other Polynesian 90 0.01% 0.12%
Micronesian 1,245 0.09% 1.62%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,147 0.08% 1.49%
Other Micronesian 98 0.01% 0.13%
Melanesian 52 0.00% 0.07%
Fijian 52 0.00% 0.07%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 583 0.04% 0.76%

* 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) 1,073,622 78.04% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 302,143 21.96% 100.00%
Mexican 216,397 15.73% 71.62%
Puerto Rican 8,848 0.64% 2.93%
Cuban 10,959 0.80% 3.63%
Dominican 808 0.06% 0.27%
Central American 14,339 1.04% 4.75%
Costa Rican 464 0.03% 0.15%
Guatemalan 3,042 0.22% 1.01%
Honduran 1,109 0.08% 0.37%
Nicaraguan 1,191 0.09% 0.39%
Panamanian 594 0.04% 0.20%
Salvadorian 7,126 0.52% 2.36%
Other Central American 813 0.06% 0.27%
South American 5,844 0.42% 1.93%
Argentinian 1,257 0.09% 0.42%
Bolivian 89 0.01% 0.03%
Chilean 569 0.04% 0.19%
Columbian 1,558 0.11% 0.52%
Ecuadorian 568 0.04% 0.19%
Paraguayan 46 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 1,131 0.08% 0.37%
Uruguayan 83 0.01% 0.03%
Venezuelan 218 0.02% 0.07%
Other South American 325 0.02% 0.11%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 44,948 3.27% 14.88%
Spaniard 954 0.07% 0.32%
Spanish 7,175 0.52% 2.37%
Spanish American 646 0.05% 0.21%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 36,173 2.63% 11.97%


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 1,116 16.44% 0.08%
2. Navajo 992 14.61% 0.07%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 820 12.08% 0.06%
4. Latin American Indians 696 10.25% 0.05%
5. Paiute 454 6.69% 0.03%
6. Apache 351 5.17% 0.03%
7. Sioux 336 4.95% 0.02%
8. Chippewa 244 3.59% 0.02%
9. Choctaw 239 3.52% 0.02%
10. Pueblo 179 2.64% 0.01%
11. Blackfeet 166 2.45% 0.01%
12. Iroquois 141 2.08% 0.01%
13. Shoshone 114 1.68% 0.01%
14. Creek 80 1.18% 0.01%
15. Potawatomi 77 1.13% 0.01%
16. Chickasaw 60 0.88% 0.00%
17. Yuman 52 0.77% 0.00%
18. Yaqui 48 0.71% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 44 0.65% 0.00%
20. Tlingit-Haida 42 0.62% 0.00%
21. Seminole 38 0.56% 0.00%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 37 0.54% 0.00%
23. Comanche 36 0.53% 0.00%
24. Delaware 36 0.53% 0.00%
25. Ute 36 0.53% 0.00%
26. Kiowa 34 0.50% 0.00%
27. Osage 33 0.49% 0.00%
28. Tohono O'Odham 33 0.49% 0.00%
29. Puget Sound Salish 32 0.47% 0.00%
30. Pima 31 0.46% 0.00%
31. Cheyenne 30 0.44% 0.00%
32. Aleut 27 0.40% 0.00%
33. Ottawa 24 0.35% 0.00%
34. Cree 23 0.34% 0.00%
35. Lumbee 23 0.34% 0.00%
36. Yakama 21 0.31% 0.00%
37. Colville 14 0.21% 0.00%
38. Menominee 14 0.21% 0.00%
39. All Other Alaskan Tribes 8 0.12% 0.00%
40. Crow 7 0.10% 0.00%
41. Houma 1 0.01% 0.00%

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

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