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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 17,939,215 94.53% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,037,242 5.47% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,028,464 5.42% 99.15%
Southern Asian 307,377 1.62% 29.63%
Asian Indian 251,724 1.33% 24.27%
Bangladeshi 20,269 0.11% 1.95%
Pakistani 32,692 0.17% 3.15%
Sri Lankan 2,692 0.01% 0.26%
Southeastern Asian 122,705 0.65% 11.83%
Cambodian 2,973 0.02% 0.29%
Filipino 81,681 0.43% 7.87%
Indonesian 2,906 0.02% 0.28%
Laotian 3,063 0.02% 0.30%
Malaysian 1,606 0.01% 0.15%
Thai 6,658 0.04% 0.64%
Vietnamese 23,818 0.13% 2.30%
Eastern Asian 582,121 3.07% 56.12%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 417,679 2.20% 40.27%
Hmong 222 0.00% 0.02%
Japanese 37,279 0.20% 3.59%
Korean 119,846 0.63% 11.55%
Taiwanese 7,095 0.04% 0.68%
Other Asian or Not Specified 16,261 0.09% 1.57%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 8,778 0.05% 0.85%
Polynesian 3,222 0.02% 0.31%
Native Hawaiian 1,684 0.01% 0.16%
Samoan 1,475 0.01% 0.14%
Tongan 23 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 40 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 2,062 0.01% 0.20%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,931 0.01% 0.19%
Other Micronesian 131 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 90 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 76 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 14 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 3,404 0.02% 0.33%

* 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) 16,108,874 84.89% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 2,867,583 15.11% 100.00%
Mexican 260,889 1.37% 9.10%
Puerto Rican 1,050,293 5.53% 36.63%
Cuban 62,590 0.33% 2.18%
Dominican 455,061 2.40% 15.87%
Central American 181,875 0.96% 6.34%
Costa Rican 7,845 0.04% 0.27%
Guatemalan 29,074 0.15% 1.01%
Honduran 35,135 0.19% 1.23%
Nicaraguan 8,033 0.04% 0.28%
Panamanian 20,055 0.11% 0.70%
Salvadorian 72,713 0.38% 2.54%
Other Central American 9,020 0.05% 0.31%
South American 318,387 1.68% 11.10%
Argentinian 14,407 0.08% 0.50%
Bolivian 4,221 0.02% 0.15%
Chilean 9,937 0.05% 0.35%
Columbian 104,179 0.55% 3.63%
Ecuadorian 123,472 0.65% 4.31%
Paraguayan 2,668 0.01% 0.09%
Peruvian 37,340 0.20% 1.30%
Uruguayan 3,366 0.02% 0.12%
Venezuelan 8,826 0.05% 0.31%
Other South American 9,971 0.05% 0.35%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 538,488 2.84% 18.78%
Spaniard 13,017 0.07% 0.45%
Spanish 51,578 0.27% 1.80%
Spanish American 6,092 0.03% 0.21%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 467,801 2.47% 16.31%


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 17,654 43.83% 0.09%
2. Latin American Indians 11,092 27.54% 0.06%
3. Cherokee 3,375 8.38% 0.02%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 3,374 8.38% 0.02%
5. Blackfeet 678 1.68% 0.00%
6. Sioux 571 1.42% 0.00%
7. Chippewa 475 1.18% 0.00%
8. Pueblo 469 1.16% 0.00%
9. Delaware 448 1.11% 0.00%
10. Apache 354 0.88% 0.00%
11. Navajo 252 0.63% 0.00%
12. Choctaw 189 0.47% 0.00%
13. Lumbee 162 0.40% 0.00%
14. Seminole 137 0.34% 0.00%
15. Creek 118 0.29% 0.00%
16. Eskimo 93 0.23% 0.00%
17. Cheyenne 74 0.18% 0.00%
18. Cree 73 0.18% 0.00%
19. Chickasaw 69 0.17% 0.00%
20. Alaskan Athabascan 66 0.16% 0.00%
21. Comanche 64 0.16% 0.00%
22. Potawatomi 57 0.14% 0.00%
23. Tohono O'Odham 56 0.14% 0.00%
24. Tlingit-Haida 46 0.11% 0.00%
25. Osage 43 0.11% 0.00%
26. Aleut 43 0.11% 0.00%
27. Crow 30 0.07% 0.00%
28. Ottawa 26 0.06% 0.00%
29. Yaqui 26 0.06% 0.00%
30. Shoshone 25 0.06% 0.00%
31. Kiowa 22 0.05% 0.00%
32. Pima 21 0.05% 0.00%
33. Yuman 19 0.05% 0.00%
34. Houma 16 0.04% 0.00%
35. Menominee 15 0.04% 0.00%
36. Ute 15 0.04% 0.00%
37. Paiute 14 0.03% 0.00%
38. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 7 0.02% 0.00%
39. Puget Sound Salish 5 0.01% 0.00%
40. Colville 4 0.01% 0.00%
41. Yakama 4 0.01% 0.00%

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

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