Alamance 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 129,620 99.10% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,180 0.90% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,152 0.88% 97.63%
Southern Asian 372 0.28% 31.53%
Asian Indian 311 0.24% 26.36%
Bangladeshi 1 0.00% 0.08%
Pakistani 60 0.05% 5.08%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 447 0.34% 37.88%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.08%
Filipino 74 0.06% 6.27%
Indonesian 2 0.00% 0.17%
Laotian 181 0.14% 15.34%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 18 0.01% 1.53%
Vietnamese 171 0.13% 14.49%
Eastern Asian 291 0.22% 24.66%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 148 0.11% 12.54%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 31 0.02% 2.63%
Korean 110 0.08% 9.32%
Taiwanese 2 0.00% 0.17%
Other Asian or Not Specified 42 0.03% 3.56%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 28 0.02% 2.37%
Polynesian 15 0.01% 1.27%
Native Hawaiian 5 0.00% 0.42%
Samoan 10 0.01% 0.85%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 5 0.00% 0.42%
Guamanian or Chamorro 3 0.00% 0.25%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.17%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 8 0.01% 0.68%

* 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) 121,965 93.25% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 8,835 6.75% 100.00%
Mexican 6,650 5.08% 75.27%
Puerto Rican 408 0.31% 4.62%
Cuban 78 0.06% 0.88%
Dominican 24 0.02% 0.27%
Central American 626 0.48% 7.09%
Costa Rican 29 0.02% 0.33%
Guatemalan 35 0.03% 0.40%
Honduran 85 0.06% 0.96%
Nicaraguan 24 0.02% 0.27%
Panamanian 24 0.02% 0.27%
Salvadorian 415 0.32% 4.70%
Other Central American 14 0.01% 0.16%
South American 160 0.12% 1.81%
Argentinian 11 0.01% 0.12%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Chilean 34 0.03% 0.38%
Columbian 29 0.02% 0.33%
Ecuadorian 49 0.04% 0.55%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 14 0.01% 0.16%
Uruguayan 6 0.00% 0.07%
Venezuelan 9 0.01% 0.10%
Other South American 7 0.01% 0.08%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 889 0.68% 10.06%
Spaniard 18 0.01% 0.20%
Spanish 62 0.05% 0.70%
Spanish American 8 0.01% 0.09%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 801 0.61% 9.07%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 74 26.24% 0.06%
2. Cherokee 64 22.70% 0.05%
3. Lumbee 50 17.73% 0.04%
4. Latin American Indians 32 11.35% 0.02%
5. Iroquois 12 4.26% 0.01%
6. Chippewa 10 3.55% 0.01%
7. Blackfeet 7 2.48% 0.01%
8. Apache 4 1.42% 0.00%
9. Cheyenne 4 1.42% 0.00%
10. Creek 4 1.42% 0.00%
11. Pueblo 4 1.42% 0.00%
12. Seminole 4 1.42% 0.00%
13. Sioux 4 1.42% 0.00%
14. Osage 2 0.71% 0.00%
15. Yaqui 2 0.71% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 1 0.35% 0.00%
17. Choctaw 1 0.35% 0.00%
18. Colville 1 0.35% 0.00%
19. Comanche 1 0.35% 0.00%
20. Ute 1 0.35% 0.00%

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

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