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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 101,639 99.33% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 687 0.67% 100.00%
Total Asian 648 0.63% 94.32%
Southern Asian 151 0.15% 21.98%
Asian Indian 144 0.14% 20.96%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 7 0.01% 1.02%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 296 0.29% 43.09%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.15%
Filipino 225 0.22% 32.75%
Indonesian 2 0.00% 0.29%
Laotian 1 0.00% 0.15%
Malaysian 4 0.00% 0.58%
Thai 15 0.01% 2.18%
Vietnamese 48 0.05% 6.99%
Eastern Asian 196 0.19% 28.53%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 98 0.10% 14.26%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 22 0.02% 3.20%
Korean 68 0.07% 9.90%
Taiwanese 8 0.01% 1.16%
Other Asian or Not Specified 5 0.00% 0.73%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 39 0.04% 5.68%
Polynesian 27 0.03% 3.93%
Native Hawaiian 7 0.01% 1.02%
Samoan 17 0.02% 2.47%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 3 0.00% 0.44%
Micronesian 5 0.00% 0.73%
Guamanian or Chamorro 5 0.00% 0.73%
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 7 0.01% 1.02%

* 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) 98,948 96.70% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 3,378 3.30% 100.00%
Mexican 555 0.54% 16.43%
Puerto Rican 2,060 2.01% 60.98%
Cuban 96 0.09% 2.84%
Dominican 44 0.04% 1.30%
Central American 102 0.10% 3.02%
Costa Rican 12 0.01% 0.36%
Guatemalan 13 0.01% 0.38%
Honduran 13 0.01% 0.38%
Nicaraguan 3 0.00% 0.09%
Panamanian 43 0.04% 1.27%
Salvadorian 12 0.01% 0.36%
Other Central American 6 0.01% 0.18%
South American 109 0.11% 3.23%
Argentinian 24 0.02% 0.71%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 7 0.01% 0.21%
Columbian 44 0.04% 1.30%
Ecuadorian 8 0.01% 0.24%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.03%
Peruvian 11 0.01% 0.33%
Uruguayan 5 0.00% 0.15%
Venezuelan 5 0.00% 0.15%
Other South American 4 0.00% 0.12%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 412 0.40% 12.20%
Spaniard 15 0.01% 0.44%
Spanish 96 0.09% 2.84%
Spanish American 3 0.00% 0.09%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 298 0.29% 8.82%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 26 22.03% 0.03%
2. Cherokee 22 18.64% 0.02%
3. Delaware 10 8.47% 0.01%
4. Latin American Indians 10 8.47% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 9 7.63% 0.01%
6. Iroquois 7 5.93% 0.01%
7. Chippewa 6 5.08% 0.01%
8. Navajo 5 4.24% 0.00%
9. Sioux 5 4.24% 0.00%
10. Cree 4 3.39% 0.00%
11. Choctaw 3 2.54% 0.00%
12. Apache 2 1.69% 0.00%
13. Cheyenne 2 1.69% 0.00%
14. Seminole 2 1.69% 0.00%
15. Crow 1 0.85% 0.00%
16. Lumbee 1 0.85% 0.00%
17. Paiute 1 0.85% 0.00%
18. Yaqui 1 0.85% 0.00%
19. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.85% 0.00%

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

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