Bernalillo 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 545,636 98.02% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 11,042 1.98% 100.00%
Total Asian 10,473 1.88% 94.85%
Southern Asian 1,683 0.30% 15.24%
Asian Indian 1,504 0.27% 13.62%
Bangladeshi 26 0.00% 0.24%
Pakistani 120 0.02% 1.09%
Sri Lankan 33 0.01% 0.30%
Southeastern Asian 4,578 0.82% 41.46%
Cambodian 28 0.01% 0.25%
Filipino 1,211 0.22% 10.97%
Indonesian 21 0.00% 0.19%
Laotian 279 0.05% 2.53%
Malaysian 9 0.00% 0.08%
Thai 163 0.03% 1.48%
Vietnamese 2,867 0.52% 25.96%
Eastern Asian 3,940 0.71% 35.68%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,985 0.36% 17.98%
Hmong 9 0.00% 0.08%
Japanese 961 0.17% 8.70%
Korean 902 0.16% 8.17%
Taiwanese 83 0.01% 0.75%
Other Asian or Not Specified 272 0.05% 2.46%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 569 0.10% 5.15%
Polynesian 314 0.06% 2.84%
Native Hawaiian 192 0.03% 1.74%
Samoan 105 0.02% 0.95%
Tongan 8 0.00% 0.07%
Other Polynesian 9 0.00% 0.08%
Micronesian 161 0.03% 1.46%
Guamanian or Chamorro 146 0.03% 1.32%
Other Micronesian 15 0.00% 0.14%
Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.03%
Fijian 3 0.00% 0.03%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 91 0.02% 0.82%

* 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) 323,113 58.04% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 233,565 41.96% 100.00%
Mexican 88,826 15.96% 38.03%
Puerto Rican 1,986 0.36% 0.85%
Cuban 1,868 0.34% 0.80%
Dominican 60 0.01% 0.03%
Central American 972 0.17% 0.42%
Costa Rican 64 0.01% 0.03%
Guatemalan 243 0.04% 0.10%
Honduran 88 0.02% 0.04%
Nicaraguan 105 0.02% 0.04%
Panamanian 173 0.03% 0.07%
Salvadorian 241 0.04% 0.10%
Other Central American 58 0.01% 0.02%
South American 968 0.17% 0.41%
Argentinian 85 0.02% 0.04%
Bolivian 60 0.01% 0.03%
Chilean 138 0.02% 0.06%
Columbian 273 0.05% 0.12%
Ecuadorian 109 0.02% 0.05%
Paraguayan 8 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 158 0.03% 0.07%
Uruguayan 10 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 61 0.01% 0.03%
Other South American 66 0.01% 0.03%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 138,885 24.95% 59.46%
Spaniard 893 0.16% 0.38%
Spanish 28,293 5.08% 12.11%
Spanish American 6,442 1.16% 2.76%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 103,257 18.55% 44.21%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Navajo 9,023 47.76% 1.62%
2. Pueblo 6,095 32.26% 1.09%
3. Apache 581 3.08% 0.10%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 533 2.82% 0.10%
5. Sioux 476 2.52% 0.09%
6. Cherokee 425 2.25% 0.08%
7. Latin American Indians 361 1.91% 0.06%
8. Choctaw 181 0.96% 0.03%
9. Chippewa 155 0.82% 0.03%
10. Comanche 104 0.55% 0.02%
11. Iroquois 103 0.55% 0.02%
12. Ute 81 0.43% 0.01%
13. Creek 74 0.39% 0.01%
14. Kiowa 69 0.37% 0.01%
15. Blackfeet 57 0.30% 0.01%
16. Cheyenne 53 0.28% 0.01%
17. Yuman 53 0.28% 0.01%
18. Chickasaw 47 0.25% 0.01%
19. Crow 43 0.23% 0.01%
20. Shoshone 34 0.18% 0.01%
21. Delaware 33 0.17% 0.01%
22. Osage 33 0.17% 0.01%
23. Potawatomi 30 0.16% 0.01%
24. Seminole 29 0.15% 0.01%
25. Pima 25 0.13% 0.00%
26. Yaqui 22 0.12% 0.00%
27. Alaskan Athabascan 22 0.12% 0.00%
28. Eskimo 21 0.11% 0.00%
29. Tohono O'Odham 19 0.10% 0.00%
30. Tlingit-Haida 16 0.08% 0.00%
31. Aleut 15 0.08% 0.00%
32. Lumbee 14 0.07% 0.00%
33. Ottawa 14 0.07% 0.00%
34. Colville 11 0.06% 0.00%
35. Cree 11 0.06% 0.00%
36. Paiute 10 0.05% 0.00%
37. Menominee 7 0.04% 0.00%
38. Puget Sound Salish 6 0.03% 0.00%
39. Yakama 5 0.03% 0.00%
40. All Other Alaskan Tribes 2 0.01% 0.00%

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

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