New Mexico

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 1,798,729 98.88% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 20,317 1.12% 100.00%
Total Asian 18,837 1.04% 92.72%
Southern Asian 3,401 0.19% 16.74%
Asian Indian 3,104 0.17% 15.28%
Bangladeshi 32 0.00% 0.16%
Pakistani 213 0.01% 1.05%
Sri Lankan 52 0.00% 0.26%
Southeastern Asian 7,047 0.39% 34.69%
Cambodian 42 0.00% 0.21%
Filipino 2,888 0.16% 14.21%
Indonesian 69 0.00% 0.34%
Laotian 368 0.02% 1.81%
Malaysian 19 0.00% 0.09%
Thai 387 0.02% 1.90%
Vietnamese 3,274 0.18% 16.11%
Eastern Asian 7,744 0.43% 38.12%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 3,837 0.21% 18.89%
Hmong 10 0.00% 0.05%
Japanese 1,964 0.11% 9.67%
Korean 1,791 0.10% 8.82%
Taiwanese 142 0.01% 0.70%
Other Asian or Not Specified 645 0.04% 3.17%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,480 0.08% 7.28%
Polynesian 829 0.05% 4.08%
Native Hawaiian 498 0.03% 2.45%
Samoan 290 0.02% 1.43%
Tongan 15 0.00% 0.07%
Other Polynesian 26 0.00% 0.13%
Micronesian 399 0.02% 1.96%
Guamanian or Chamorro 363 0.02% 1.79%
Other Micronesian 36 0.00% 0.18%
Melanesian 8 0.00% 0.04%
Fijian 4 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 4 0.00% 0.02%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 244 0.01% 1.20%

* 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) 1,053,660 57.92% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 765,386 42.08% 100.00%
Mexican 330,049 18.14% 43.12%
Puerto Rican 4,488 0.25% 0.59%
Cuban 2,588 0.14% 0.34%
Dominican 147 0.01% 0.02%
Central American 2,318 0.13% 0.30%
Costa Rican 142 0.01% 0.02%
Guatemalan 703 0.04% 0.09%
Honduran 230 0.01% 0.03%
Nicaraguan 212 0.01% 0.03%
Panamanian 375 0.02% 0.05%
Salvadorian 514 0.03% 0.07%
Other Central American 142 0.01% 0.02%
South American 1,922 0.11% 0.25%
Argentinian 171 0.01% 0.02%
Bolivian 100 0.01% 0.01%
Chilean 252 0.01% 0.03%
Columbian 550 0.03% 0.07%
Ecuadorian 196 0.01% 0.03%
Paraguayan 17 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 330 0.02% 0.04%
Uruguayan 20 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 145 0.01% 0.02%
Other South American 141 0.01% 0.02%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 423,874 23.30% 55.38%
Spaniard 1,984 0.11% 0.26%
Spanish 74,190 4.08% 9.69%
Spanish American 18,299 1.01% 2.39%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 329,401 18.11% 43.04%


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 102,286 65.94% 5.62%
2. Pueblo 37,271 24.03% 2.05%
3. Apache 6,694 4.32% 0.37%
4. Cherokee 1,451 0.94% 0.08%
5. All Other Native American Tribes 1,359 0.88% 0.07%
6. Latin American Indians 1,145 0.74% 0.06%
7. Sioux 994 0.64% 0.05%
8. Choctaw 650 0.42% 0.04%
9. Chippewa 393 0.25% 0.02%
10. Ute 263 0.17% 0.01%
11. Iroquois 223 0.14% 0.01%
12. Comanche 219 0.14% 0.01%
13. Chickasaw 185 0.12% 0.01%
14. Creek 177 0.11% 0.01%
15. Blackfeet 151 0.10% 0.01%
16. Kiowa 149 0.10% 0.01%
17. Cheyenne 138 0.09% 0.01%
18. Potawatomi 122 0.08% 0.01%
19. Tohono O'Odham 111 0.07% 0.01%
20. Osage 104 0.07% 0.01%
21. Pima 104 0.07% 0.01%
22. Shoshone 101 0.07% 0.01%
23. Yuman 90 0.06% 0.00%
24. Crow 82 0.05% 0.00%
25. Yaqui 79 0.05% 0.00%
26. Seminole 77 0.05% 0.00%
27. Eskimo 75 0.05% 0.00%
28. Delaware 64 0.04% 0.00%
29. Alaskan Athabascan 54 0.03% 0.00%
30. Paiute 50 0.03% 0.00%
31. Tlingit-Haida 48 0.03% 0.00%
32. Aleut 34 0.02% 0.00%
33. Cree 33 0.02% 0.00%
34. Colville 31 0.02% 0.00%
35. Lumbee 28 0.02% 0.00%
36. Yakama 27 0.02% 0.00%
37. Ottawa 22 0.01% 0.00%
38. Menominee 18 0.01% 0.00%
39. Puget Sound Salish 17 0.01% 0.00%
40. Houma 6 0.00% 0.00%
41. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 3 0.00% 0.00%

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

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