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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 471,099 96.33% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 17,950 3.67% 100.00%
Total Asian 17,779 3.64% 99.05%
Southern Asian 9,321 1.91% 51.93%
Asian Indian 8,452 1.73% 47.09%
Bangladeshi 491 0.10% 2.74%
Pakistani 355 0.07% 1.98%
Sri Lankan 23 0.00% 0.13%
Southeastern Asian 4,428 0.91% 24.67%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 4,068 0.83% 22.66%
Indonesian 34 0.01% 0.19%
Laotian 4 0.00% 0.02%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Thai 118 0.02% 0.66%
Vietnamese 203 0.04% 1.13%
Eastern Asian 3,781 0.77% 21.06%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,877 0.38% 10.46%
Hmong 4 0.00% 0.02%
Japanese 308 0.06% 1.72%
Korean 1,486 0.30% 8.28%
Taiwanese 106 0.02% 0.59%
Other Asian or Not Specified 249 0.05% 1.39%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 171 0.03% 0.95%
Polynesian 53 0.01% 0.30%
Native Hawaiian 24 0.00% 0.13%
Samoan 28 0.01% 0.16%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 24 0.00% 0.13%
Guamanian or Chamorro 24 0.00% 0.13%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
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 93 0.02% 0.52%

* 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) 342,557 70.05% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 146,492 29.95% 100.00%
Mexican 20,859 4.27% 14.24%
Puerto Rican 41,324 8.45% 28.21%
Cuban 3,009 0.62% 2.05%
Dominican 26,954 5.51% 18.40%
Central American 4,310 0.88% 2.94%
Costa Rican 1,254 0.26% 0.86%
Guatemalan 842 0.17% 0.57%
Honduran 676 0.14% 0.46%
Nicaraguan 276 0.06% 0.19%
Panamanian 100 0.02% 0.07%
Salvadorian 955 0.20% 0.65%
Other Central American 207 0.04% 0.14%
South American 24,957 5.10% 17.04%
Argentinian 671 0.14% 0.46%
Bolivian 308 0.06% 0.21%
Chilean 321 0.07% 0.22%
Columbian 9,047 1.85% 6.18%
Ecuadorian 1,968 0.40% 1.34%
Paraguayan 20 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 11,543 2.36% 7.88%
Uruguayan 152 0.03% 0.10%
Venezuelan 405 0.08% 0.28%
Other South American 522 0.11% 0.36%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 25,079 5.13% 17.12%
Spaniard 405 0.08% 0.28%
Spanish 2,183 0.45% 1.49%
Spanish American 273 0.06% 0.19%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 22,218 4.54% 15.17%


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 433 50.58% 0.09%
2. Delaware 223 26.05% 0.05%
3. Cherokee 45 5.26% 0.01%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 33 3.86% 0.01%
5. Pueblo 25 2.92% 0.01%
6. Iroquois 23 2.69% 0.00%
7. Chippewa 15 1.75% 0.00%
8. Blackfeet 14 1.64% 0.00%
9. Sioux 10 1.17% 0.00%
10. Apache 8 0.93% 0.00%
11. Navajo 7 0.82% 0.00%
12. Chickasaw 6 0.70% 0.00%
13. Cheyenne 3 0.35% 0.00%
14. Seminole 3 0.35% 0.00%
15. Choctaw 1 0.12% 0.00%
16. Comanche 1 0.12% 0.00%
17. Lumbee 1 0.12% 0.00%
18. Paiute 1 0.12% 0.00%
19. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.12% 0.00%
20. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.12% 0.00%
21. Aleut 1 0.12% 0.00%
22. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.12% 0.00%

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

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