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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 173,250 99.18% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,432 0.82% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,318 0.75% 92.04%
Southern Asian 290 0.17% 20.25%
Asian Indian 251 0.14% 17.53%
Bangladeshi 2 0.00% 0.14%
Pakistani 27 0.02% 1.89%
Sri Lankan 10 0.01% 0.70%
Southeastern Asian 311 0.18% 21.72%
Cambodian 3 0.00% 0.21%
Filipino 200 0.11% 13.97%
Indonesian 13 0.01% 0.91%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 43 0.02% 3.00%
Vietnamese 52 0.03% 3.63%
Eastern Asian 639 0.37% 44.62%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 342 0.20% 23.88%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 166 0.10% 11.59%
Korean 127 0.07% 8.87%
Taiwanese 4 0.00% 0.28%
Other Asian or Not Specified 78 0.04% 5.45%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 114 0.07% 7.96%
Polynesian 61 0.03% 4.26%
Native Hawaiian 36 0.02% 2.51%
Samoan 20 0.01% 1.40%
Tongan 3 0.00% 0.21%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.14%
Micronesian 36 0.02% 2.51%
Guamanian or Chamorro 35 0.02% 2.44%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.07%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.07%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.07%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 16 0.01% 1.12%

* 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) 64,017 36.65% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 110,665 63.35% 100.00%
Mexican 78,632 45.01% 71.05%
Puerto Rican 506 0.29% 0.46%
Cuban 97 0.06% 0.09%
Dominican 13 0.01% 0.01%
Central American 204 0.12% 0.18%
Costa Rican 4 0.00% 0.00%
Guatemalan 42 0.02% 0.04%
Honduran 35 0.02% 0.03%
Nicaraguan 26 0.01% 0.02%
Panamanian 56 0.03% 0.05%
Salvadorian 30 0.02% 0.03%
Other Central American 11 0.01% 0.01%
South American 167 0.10% 0.15%
Argentinian 7 0.00% 0.01%
Bolivian 10 0.01% 0.01%
Chilean 19 0.01% 0.02%
Columbian 48 0.03% 0.04%
Ecuadorian 22 0.01% 0.02%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 23 0.01% 0.02%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 18 0.01% 0.02%
Other South American 20 0.01% 0.02%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 31,046 17.77% 28.05%
Spaniard 111 0.06% 0.10%
Spanish 1,906 1.09% 1.72%
Spanish American 458 0.26% 0.41%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 28,571 16.36% 25.82%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Pueblo 454 29.52% 0.26%
2. Navajo 338 21.98% 0.19%
3. Apache 232 15.08% 0.13%
4. Latin American Indians 187 12.16% 0.11%
5. Cherokee 108 7.02% 0.06%
6. All Other Native American Tribes 46 2.99% 0.03%
7. Choctaw 20 1.30% 0.01%
8. Yaqui 19 1.24% 0.01%
9. Sioux 16 1.04% 0.01%
10. Chippewa 11 0.72% 0.01%
11. Ute 11 0.72% 0.01%
12. Chickasaw 10 0.65% 0.01%
13. Pima 10 0.65% 0.01%
14. Tohono O'Odham 9 0.59% 0.01%
15. Blackfeet 8 0.52% 0.00%
16. Iroquois 6 0.39% 0.00%
17. Eskimo 6 0.39% 0.00%
18. Comanche 4 0.26% 0.00%
19. Delaware 4 0.26% 0.00%
20. Kiowa 4 0.26% 0.00%
21. Lumbee 4 0.26% 0.00%
22. Potawatomi 4 0.26% 0.00%
23. Cheyenne 3 0.20% 0.00%
24. Creek 3 0.20% 0.00%
25. Osage 3 0.20% 0.00%
26. Seminole 3 0.20% 0.00%
27. Shoshone 3 0.20% 0.00%
28. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.20% 0.00%
29. Paiute 2 0.13% 0.00%
30. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.13% 0.00%
31. Yuman 2 0.13% 0.00%
32. Ottawa 1 0.07% 0.00%
33. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.07% 0.00%
34. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.07% 0.00%

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

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