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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 239,936 95.00% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 12,616 5.00% 100.00%
Total Asian 12,504 4.95% 99.11%
Southern Asian 4,284 1.70% 33.96%
Asian Indian 3,371 1.33% 26.72%
Bangladeshi 301 0.12% 2.39%
Pakistani 590 0.23% 4.68%
Sri Lankan 22 0.01% 0.17%
Southeastern Asian 4,328 1.71% 34.31%
Cambodian 18 0.01% 0.14%
Filipino 1,763 0.70% 13.97%
Indonesian 6 0.00% 0.05%
Laotian 192 0.08% 1.52%
Malaysian 16 0.01% 0.13%
Thai 85 0.03% 0.67%
Vietnamese 2,248 0.89% 17.82%
Eastern Asian 3,561 1.41% 28.23%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,687 1.06% 21.30%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 107 0.04% 0.85%
Korean 726 0.29% 5.75%
Taiwanese 41 0.02% 0.32%
Other Asian or Not Specified 331 0.13% 2.62%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 112 0.04% 0.89%
Polynesian 72 0.03% 0.57%
Native Hawaiian 50 0.02% 0.40%
Samoan 20 0.01% 0.16%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 17 0.01% 0.13%
Guamanian or Chamorro 16 0.01% 0.13%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 22 0.01% 0.17%

* 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) 221,823 87.83% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 30,729 12.17% 100.00%
Mexican 4,972 1.97% 16.18%
Puerto Rican 14,580 5.77% 47.45%
Cuban 628 0.25% 2.04%
Dominican 2,070 0.82% 6.74%
Central American 1,690 0.67% 5.50%
Costa Rican 39 0.02% 0.13%
Guatemalan 109 0.04% 0.35%
Honduran 788 0.31% 2.56%
Nicaraguan 131 0.05% 0.43%
Panamanian 68 0.03% 0.22%
Salvadorian 465 0.18% 1.51%
Other Central American 90 0.04% 0.29%
South American 2,058 0.81% 6.70%
Argentinian 73 0.03% 0.24%
Bolivian 7 0.00% 0.02%
Chilean 31 0.01% 0.10%
Columbian 1,098 0.43% 3.57%
Ecuadorian 186 0.07% 0.61%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 527 0.21% 1.71%
Uruguayan 6 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 43 0.02% 0.14%
Other South American 85 0.03% 0.28%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,731 1.87% 15.40%
Spaniard 56 0.02% 0.18%
Spanish 719 0.28% 2.34%
Spanish American 59 0.02% 0.19%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,897 1.54% 12.68%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 68 21.25% 0.03%
2. Cherokee 60 18.75% 0.02%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 45 14.06% 0.02%
4. Delaware 22 6.88% 0.01%
5. Chippewa 21 6.56% 0.01%
6. Pueblo 19 5.94% 0.01%
7. Blackfeet 16 5.00% 0.01%
8. Iroquois 13 4.06% 0.01%
9. Potawatomi 6 1.88% 0.00%
10. Shoshone 6 1.88% 0.00%
11. Comanche 5 1.56% 0.00%
12. Navajo 5 1.56% 0.00%
13. Apache 4 1.25% 0.00%
14. Choctaw 4 1.25% 0.00%
15. Creek 4 1.25% 0.00%
16. Sioux 4 1.25% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 3 0.94% 0.00%
18. Seminole 3 0.94% 0.00%
19. Houma 2 0.63% 0.00%
20. Osage 2 0.63% 0.00%
21. Eskimo 2 0.63% 0.00%
22. Cheyenne 1 0.31% 0.00%
23. Cree 1 0.31% 0.00%
24. Lumbee 1 0.31% 0.00%
25. Paiute 1 0.31% 0.00%
26. Aleut 1 0.31% 0.00%
27. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.31% 0.00%

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

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