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.

* 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)	1,269,958	89.47%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	149,411	10.53%	100.00%
Mexican	6,959	0.49%	4.66%
Puerto Rican	51,256	3.61%	34.31%
Cuban	3,206	0.23%	2.15%
Dominican	10,939	0.77%	7.32%
Central American	27,089	1.91%	18.13%
Costa Rican	898	0.06%	0.60%
Guatemalan	3,409	0.24%	2.28%
Honduran	2,280	0.16%	1.53%
Nicaraguan	249	0.02%	0.17%
Panamanian	649	0.05%	0.43%
Salvadorian	18,513	1.30%	12.39%
Other Central American	1,091	0.08%	0.73%
South American	19,689	1.39%	13.18%
Argentinian	1,018	0.07%	0.68%
Bolivian	271	0.02%	0.18%
Chilean	775	0.05%	0.52%
Columbian	7,505	0.53%	5.02%
Ecuadorian	6,126	0.43%	4.10%
Paraguayan	115	0.01%	0.08%
Peruvian	2,524	0.18%	1.69%
Uruguayan	249	0.02%	0.17%
Venezuelan	404	0.03%	0.27%
Other South American	702	0.05%	0.47%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	30,273	2.13%	20.26%
Spaniard	1,136	0.08%	0.76%
Spanish	4,574	0.32%	3.06%
Spanish American	546	0.04%	0.37%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	24,017	1.69%	16.07%

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

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