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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 323,766 95.37% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 15,720 4.63% 100.00%
Total Asian 14,214 4.19% 90.42%
Southern Asian 1,784 0.53% 11.35%
Asian Indian 1,523 0.45% 9.69%
Bangladeshi 145 0.04% 0.92%
Pakistani 97 0.03% 0.62%
Sri Lankan 19 0.01% 0.12%
Southeastern Asian 7,362 2.17% 46.83%
Cambodian 32 0.01% 0.20%
Filipino 6,181 1.82% 39.32%
Indonesian 27 0.01% 0.17%
Laotian 35 0.01% 0.22%
Malaysian 9 0.00% 0.06%
Thai 284 0.08% 1.81%
Vietnamese 794 0.23% 5.05%
Eastern Asian 4,858 1.43% 30.90%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,636 0.78% 16.77%
Hmong 9 0.00% 0.06%
Japanese 1,188 0.35% 7.56%
Korean 960 0.28% 6.11%
Taiwanese 65 0.02% 0.41%
Other Asian or Not Specified 210 0.06% 1.34%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,506 0.44% 9.58%
Polynesian 1,158 0.34% 7.37%
Native Hawaiian 277 0.08% 1.76%
Samoan 286 0.08% 1.82%
Tongan 561 0.17% 3.57%
Other Polynesian 34 0.01% 0.22%
Micronesian 210 0.06% 1.34%
Guamanian or Chamorro 99 0.03% 0.63%
Other Micronesian 111 0.03% 0.71%
Melanesian 19 0.01% 0.12%
Fijian 19 0.01% 0.12%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 119 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) 283,185 83.42% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 56,301 16.58% 100.00%
Mexican 42,038 12.38% 74.67%
Puerto Rican 1,012 0.30% 1.80%
Cuban 327 0.10% 0.58%
Dominican 41 0.01% 0.07%
Central American 3,599 1.06% 6.39%
Costa Rican 155 0.05% 0.28%
Guatemalan 966 0.28% 1.72%
Honduran 121 0.04% 0.21%
Nicaraguan 123 0.04% 0.22%
Panamanian 62 0.02% 0.11%
Salvadorian 1,989 0.59% 3.53%
Other Central American 183 0.05% 0.33%
South American 662 0.20% 1.18%
Argentinian 60 0.02% 0.11%
Bolivian 29 0.01% 0.05%
Chilean 88 0.03% 0.16%
Columbian 171 0.05% 0.30%
Ecuadorian 49 0.01% 0.09%
Paraguayan 7 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 188 0.06% 0.33%
Uruguayan 9 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 19 0.01% 0.03%
Other South American 42 0.01% 0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 8,622 2.54% 15.31%
Spaniard 266 0.08% 0.47%
Spanish 1,620 0.48% 2.88%
Spanish American 123 0.04% 0.22%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 6,613 1.95% 11.75%


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 1,904 42.18% 0.56%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 864 19.14% 0.25%
3. Cherokee 342 7.58% 0.10%
4. Shoshone 242 5.36% 0.07%
5. Latin American Indians 211 4.67% 0.06%
6. Navajo 160 3.54% 0.05%
7. Sioux 123 2.72% 0.04%
8. Apache 77 1.71% 0.02%
9. Choctaw 68 1.51% 0.02%
10. Chippewa 64 1.42% 0.02%
11. Blackfeet 48 1.06% 0.01%
12. Pueblo 48 1.06% 0.01%
13. Potawatomi 40 0.89% 0.01%
14. Iroquois 31 0.69% 0.01%
15. Creek 30 0.66% 0.01%
16. Alaskan Athabascan 26 0.58% 0.01%
17. Pima 25 0.55% 0.01%
18. Eskimo 23 0.51% 0.01%
19. Chickasaw 20 0.44% 0.01%
20. Crow 19 0.42% 0.01%
21. Aleut 19 0.42% 0.01%
22. Tlingit-Haida 17 0.38% 0.01%
23. Yuman 15 0.33% 0.00%
24. Cheyenne 14 0.31% 0.00%
25. Comanche 14 0.31% 0.00%
26. Puget Sound Salish 11 0.24% 0.00%
27. Kiowa 10 0.22% 0.00%
28. Osage 6 0.13% 0.00%
29. Cree 5 0.11% 0.00%
30. Ottawa 5 0.11% 0.00%
31. Seminole 5 0.11% 0.00%
32. Ute 5 0.11% 0.00%
33. Yaqui 5 0.11% 0.00%
34. Colville 4 0.09% 0.00%
35. Delaware 4 0.09% 0.00%
36. Lumbee 3 0.07% 0.00%
37. Menominee 3 0.07% 0.00%
38. Tohono O'Odham 3 0.07% 0.00%
39. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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