Santa Fe 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 128,088 99.07% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,204 0.93% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,110 0.86% 92.19%
Southern Asian 300 0.23% 24.92%
Asian Indian 294 0.23% 24.42%
Bangladeshi 1 0.00% 0.08%
Pakistani 5 0.00% 0.42%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 178 0.14% 14.78%
Cambodian 3 0.00% 0.25%
Filipino 101 0.08% 8.39%
Indonesian 3 0.00% 0.25%
Laotian 3 0.00% 0.25%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.08%
Thai 12 0.01% 1.00%
Vietnamese 55 0.04% 4.57%
Eastern Asian 570 0.44% 47.34%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 277 0.21% 23.01%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.08%
Japanese 168 0.13% 13.95%
Korean 117 0.09% 9.72%
Taiwanese 7 0.01% 0.58%
Other Asian or Not Specified 62 0.05% 5.15%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 94 0.07% 7.81%
Polynesian 47 0.04% 3.90%
Native Hawaiian 34 0.03% 2.82%
Samoan 12 0.01% 1.00%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.08%
Micronesian 27 0.02% 2.24%
Guamanian or Chamorro 20 0.02% 1.66%
Other Micronesian 7 0.01% 0.58%
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 20 0.02% 1.66%

* 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) 65,887 50.96% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 63,405 49.04% 100.00%
Mexican 16,692 12.91% 26.33%
Puerto Rican 243 0.19% 0.38%
Cuban 129 0.10% 0.20%
Dominican 13 0.01% 0.02%
Central American 542 0.42% 0.85%
Costa Rican 16 0.01% 0.03%
Guatemalan 276 0.21% 0.44%
Honduran 35 0.03% 0.06%
Nicaraguan 20 0.02% 0.03%
Panamanian 19 0.01% 0.03%
Salvadorian 138 0.11% 0.22%
Other Central American 38 0.03% 0.06%
South American 232 0.18% 0.37%
Argentinian 23 0.02% 0.04%
Bolivian 10 0.01% 0.02%
Chilean 33 0.03% 0.05%
Columbian 45 0.03% 0.07%
Ecuadorian 20 0.02% 0.03%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 53 0.04% 0.08%
Uruguayan 6 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 21 0.02% 0.03%
Other South American 19 0.01% 0.03%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 45,554 35.23% 71.85%
Spaniard 238 0.18% 0.38%
Spanish 7,544 5.83% 11.90%
Spanish American 3,285 2.54% 5.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 34,487 26.67% 54.39%


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 1,865 61.41% 1.44%
2. Navajo 393 12.94% 0.30%
3. Apache 112 3.69% 0.09%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 110 3.62% 0.09%
5. Latin American Indians 93 3.06% 0.07%
6. Sioux 85 2.80% 0.07%
7. Cherokee 72 2.37% 0.06%
8. Chippewa 56 1.84% 0.04%
9. Iroquois 34 1.12% 0.03%
10. Choctaw 31 1.02% 0.02%
11. Kiowa 17 0.56% 0.01%
12. Blackfeet 16 0.53% 0.01%
13. Comanche 14 0.46% 0.01%
14. Osage 14 0.46% 0.01%
15. Shoshone 13 0.43% 0.01%
16. Cheyenne 12 0.40% 0.01%
17. Potawatomi 9 0.30% 0.01%
18. Tohono O'Odham 9 0.30% 0.01%
19. Eskimo 8 0.26% 0.01%
20. Chickasaw 7 0.23% 0.01%
21. Pima 7 0.23% 0.01%
22. Tlingit-Haida 7 0.23% 0.01%
23. Creek 6 0.20% 0.00%
24. Crow 6 0.20% 0.00%
25. Ute 6 0.20% 0.00%
26. Paiute 5 0.16% 0.00%
27. Seminole 5 0.16% 0.00%
28. Delaware 4 0.13% 0.00%
29. Colville 3 0.10% 0.00%
30. Cree 3 0.10% 0.00%
31. Yaqui 3 0.10% 0.00%
32. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.10% 0.00%
33. Aleut 3 0.10% 0.00%
34. Menominee 2 0.07% 0.00%
35. Ottawa 1 0.03% 0.00%
36. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.03% 0.00%
37. Yakama 1 0.03% 0.00%
38. Yuman 1 0.03% 0.00%

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

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