Ocean 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 504,374 98.72% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 6,542 1.28% 100.00%
Total Asian 6,439 1.26% 98.43%
Southern Asian 1,618 0.32% 24.73%
Asian Indian 1,490 0.29% 22.78%
Bangladeshi 8 0.00% 0.12%
Pakistani 95 0.02% 1.45%
Sri Lankan 25 0.00% 0.38%
Southeastern Asian 2,725 0.53% 41.65%
Cambodian 2 0.00% 0.03%
Filipino 2,420 0.47% 36.99%
Indonesian 14 0.00% 0.21%
Laotian 10 0.00% 0.15%
Malaysian 7 0.00% 0.11%
Thai 61 0.01% 0.93%
Vietnamese 211 0.04% 3.23%
Eastern Asian 1,935 0.38% 29.58%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,094 0.21% 16.72%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 210 0.04% 3.21%
Korean 620 0.12% 9.48%
Taiwanese 11 0.00% 0.17%
Other Asian or Not Specified 161 0.03% 2.46%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 103 0.02% 1.57%
Polynesian 57 0.01% 0.87%
Native Hawaiian 33 0.01% 0.50%
Samoan 23 0.00% 0.35%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 9 0.00% 0.14%
Guamanian or Chamorro 9 0.00% 0.14%
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 37 0.01% 0.57%

* 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) 485,278 94.98% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 25,638 5.02% 100.00%
Mexican 5,809 1.14% 22.66%
Puerto Rican 11,085 2.17% 43.24%
Cuban 1,421 0.28% 5.54%
Dominican 492 0.10% 1.92%
Central American 964 0.19% 3.76%
Costa Rican 281 0.05% 1.10%
Guatemalan 163 0.03% 0.64%
Honduran 82 0.02% 0.32%
Nicaraguan 89 0.02% 0.35%
Panamanian 45 0.01% 0.18%
Salvadorian 250 0.05% 0.98%
Other Central American 54 0.01% 0.21%
South American 2,094 0.41% 8.17%
Argentinian 174 0.03% 0.68%
Bolivian 7 0.00% 0.03%
Chilean 72 0.01% 0.28%
Columbian 846 0.17% 3.30%
Ecuadorian 318 0.06% 1.24%
Paraguayan 7 0.00% 0.03%
Peruvian 428 0.08% 1.67%
Uruguayan 63 0.01% 0.25%
Venezuelan 81 0.02% 0.32%
Other South American 98 0.02% 0.38%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,773 0.74% 14.72%
Spaniard 286 0.06% 1.12%
Spanish 837 0.16% 3.26%
Spanish American 81 0.02% 0.32%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,569 0.50% 10.02%


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 112 26.73% 0.02%
2. Latin American Indians 97 23.15% 0.02%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 51 12.17% 0.01%
4. Iroquois 37 8.83% 0.01%
5. Delaware 22 5.25% 0.00%
6. Blackfeet 20 4.77% 0.00%
7. Apache 9 2.15% 0.00%
8. Sioux 8 1.91% 0.00%
9. Chippewa 7 1.67% 0.00%
10. Tlingit-Haida 7 1.67% 0.00%
11. Cheyenne 5 1.19% 0.00%
12. Navajo 5 1.19% 0.00%
13. Seminole 5 1.19% 0.00%
14. Chickasaw 4 0.95% 0.00%
15. Potawatomi 4 0.95% 0.00%
16. Pueblo 4 0.95% 0.00%
17. Aleut 4 0.95% 0.00%
18. Creek 3 0.72% 0.00%
19. Yuman 3 0.72% 0.00%
20. Lumbee 2 0.48% 0.00%
21. Paiute 2 0.48% 0.00%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.48% 0.00%
23. Choctaw 1 0.24% 0.00%
24. Comanche 1 0.24% 0.00%
25. Cree 1 0.24% 0.00%
26. Osage 1 0.24% 0.00%
27. Shoshone 1 0.24% 0.00%
28. Ute 1 0.24% 0.00%

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

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