Westchester 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 882,208 95.53% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 41,251 4.47% 100.00%
Total Asian 40,880 4.43% 99.10%
Southern Asian 15,300 1.66% 37.09%
Asian Indian 14,107 1.53% 34.20%
Bangladeshi 99 0.01% 0.24%
Pakistani 960 0.10% 2.33%
Sri Lankan 134 0.01% 0.32%
Southeastern Asian 5,952 0.64% 14.43%
Cambodian 60 0.01% 0.15%
Filipino 4,882 0.53% 11.83%
Indonesian 69 0.01% 0.17%
Laotian 39 0.00% 0.09%
Malaysian 24 0.00% 0.06%
Thai 539 0.06% 1.31%
Vietnamese 339 0.04% 0.82%
Eastern Asian 19,039 2.06% 46.15%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 7,555 0.82% 18.31%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 6,731 0.73% 16.32%
Korean 4,457 0.48% 10.80%
Taiwanese 295 0.03% 0.72%
Other Asian or Not Specified 589 0.06% 1.43%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 371 0.04% 0.90%
Polynesian 105 0.01% 0.25%
Native Hawaiian 64 0.01% 0.16%
Samoan 39 0.00% 0.09%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 139 0.02% 0.34%
Guamanian or Chamorro 122 0.01% 0.30%
Other Micronesian 17 0.00% 0.04%
Melanesian 9 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 7 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 118 0.01% 0.29%

* 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) 779,335 84.39% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 144,124 15.61% 100.00%
Mexican 25,611 2.77% 17.77%
Puerto Rican 34,898 3.78% 24.21%
Cuban 4,498 0.49% 3.12%
Dominican 13,050 1.41% 9.05%
Central American 10,493 1.14% 7.28%
Costa Rican 368 0.04% 0.26%
Guatemalan 4,217 0.46% 2.93%
Honduran 1,411 0.15% 0.98%
Nicaraguan 550 0.06% 0.38%
Panamanian 397 0.04% 0.28%
Salvadorian 3,104 0.34% 2.15%
Other Central American 446 0.05% 0.31%
South American 26,561 2.88% 18.43%
Argentinian 962 0.10% 0.67%
Bolivian 371 0.04% 0.26%
Chilean 1,100 0.12% 0.76%
Columbian 7,032 0.76% 4.88%
Ecuadorian 9,360 1.01% 6.49%
Paraguayan 576 0.06% 0.40%
Peruvian 5,196 0.56% 3.61%
Uruguayan 690 0.07% 0.48%
Venezuelan 487 0.05% 0.34%
Other South American 787 0.09% 0.55%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 29,013 3.14% 20.13%
Spaniard 1,096 0.12% 0.76%
Spanish 3,167 0.34% 2.20%
Spanish American 365 0.04% 0.25%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 24,385 2.64% 16.92%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 480 53.75% 0.05%
2. Cherokee 171 19.15% 0.02%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 61 6.83% 0.01%
4. Iroquois 51 5.71% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 20 2.24% 0.00%
6. Pueblo 16 1.79% 0.00%
7. Lumbee 15 1.68% 0.00%
8. Sioux 15 1.68% 0.00%
9. Apache 10 1.12% 0.00%
10. Osage 7 0.78% 0.00%
11. Cheyenne 6 0.67% 0.00%
12. Chippewa 6 0.67% 0.00%
13. Delaware 6 0.67% 0.00%
14. Potawatomi 4 0.45% 0.00%
15. Navajo 3 0.34% 0.00%
16. Ute 3 0.34% 0.00%
17. Choctaw 2 0.22% 0.00%
18. Comanche 2 0.22% 0.00%
19. Cree 2 0.22% 0.00%
20. Creek 2 0.22% 0.00%
21. Houma 2 0.22% 0.00%
22. Ottawa 2 0.22% 0.00%
23. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.22% 0.00%
24. Eskimo 2 0.22% 0.00%
25. Chickasaw 1 0.11% 0.00%
26. Yakama 1 0.11% 0.00%
27. Yaqui 1 0.11% 0.00%

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

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