Onondaga 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 448,793 97.92% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 9,543 2.08% 100.00%
Total Asian 9,396 2.05% 98.46%
Southern Asian 2,299 0.50% 24.09%
Asian Indian 2,095 0.46% 21.95%
Bangladeshi 42 0.01% 0.44%
Pakistani 152 0.03% 1.59%
Sri Lankan 10 0.00% 0.10%
Southeastern Asian 2,985 0.65% 31.28%
Cambodian 148 0.03% 1.55%
Filipino 560 0.12% 5.87%
Indonesian 36 0.01% 0.38%
Laotian 145 0.03% 1.52%
Malaysian 34 0.01% 0.36%
Thai 123 0.03% 1.29%
Vietnamese 1,939 0.42% 20.32%
Eastern Asian 3,924 0.86% 41.12%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,820 0.40% 19.07%
Hmong 194 0.04% 2.03%
Japanese 309 0.07% 3.24%
Korean 1,407 0.31% 14.74%
Taiwanese 194 0.04% 2.03%
Other Asian or Not Specified 188 0.04% 1.97%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 147 0.03% 1.54%
Polynesian 94 0.02% 0.99%
Native Hawaiian 52 0.01% 0.54%
Samoan 37 0.01% 0.39%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 4 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 31 0.01% 0.32%
Guamanian or Chamorro 24 0.01% 0.25%
Other Micronesian 7 0.00% 0.07%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 21 0.00% 0.22%

* 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) 447,161 97.56% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 11,175 2.44% 100.00%
Mexican 1,331 0.29% 11.91%
Puerto Rican 6,098 1.33% 54.57%
Cuban 742 0.16% 6.64%
Dominican 333 0.07% 2.98%
Central American 310 0.07% 2.77%
Costa Rican 35 0.01% 0.31%
Guatemalan 98 0.02% 0.88%
Honduran 36 0.01% 0.32%
Nicaraguan 14 0.00% 0.13%
Panamanian 92 0.02% 0.82%
Salvadorian 29 0.01% 0.26%
Other Central American 6 0.00% 0.05%
South American 580 0.13% 5.19%
Argentinian 36 0.01% 0.32%
Bolivian 11 0.00% 0.10%
Chilean 57 0.01% 0.51%
Columbian 187 0.04% 1.67%
Ecuadorian 97 0.02% 0.87%
Paraguayan 14 0.00% 0.13%
Peruvian 87 0.02% 0.78%
Uruguayan 2 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 59 0.01% 0.53%
Other South American 30 0.01% 0.27%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,781 0.39% 15.94%
Spaniard 64 0.01% 0.57%
Spanish 397 0.09% 3.55%
Spanish American 27 0.01% 0.24%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,293 0.28% 11.57%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Iroquois 2,693 89.00% 0.59%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 102 3.37% 0.02%
3. Cherokee 68 2.25% 0.01%
4. Latin American Indians 32 1.06% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 22 0.73% 0.00%
6. Apache 19 0.63% 0.00%
7. Chippewa 17 0.56% 0.00%
8. Sioux 17 0.56% 0.00%
9. Choctaw 8 0.26% 0.00%
10. Navajo 7 0.23% 0.00%
11. Seminole 5 0.17% 0.00%
12. Comanche 4 0.13% 0.00%
13. Cheyenne 3 0.10% 0.00%
14. Delaware 3 0.10% 0.00%
15. Potawatomi 3 0.10% 0.00%
16. Eskimo 3 0.10% 0.00%
17. Cree 2 0.07% 0.00%
18. Creek 2 0.07% 0.00%
19. Crow 2 0.07% 0.00%
20. Houma 2 0.07% 0.00%
21. Kiowa 2 0.07% 0.00%
22. Yuman 2 0.07% 0.00%
23. Lumbee 1 0.03% 0.00%
24. Paiute 1 0.03% 0.00%
25. Pima 1 0.03% 0.00%
26. Shoshone 1 0.03% 0.00%
27. Yakama 1 0.03% 0.00%
28. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.03% 0.00%
29. Aleut 1 0.03% 0.00%
30. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.03% 0.00%

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

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