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)	157,031	97.96%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	3,276	2.04%	100.00%
Mexican	1,801	1.12%	54.98%
Puerto Rican	463	0.29%	14.13%
Cuban	139	0.09%	4.24%
Dominican	28	0.02%	0.85%
Central American	230	0.14%	7.02%
Costa Rican	22	0.01%	0.67%
Guatemalan	38	0.02%	1.16%
Honduran	74	0.05%	2.26%
Nicaraguan	7	0.00%	0.21%
Panamanian	35	0.02%	1.07%
Salvadorian	44	0.03%	1.34%
Other Central American	10	0.01%	0.31%
South American	157	0.10%	4.79%
Argentinian	13	0.01%	0.40%
Bolivian	8	0.00%	0.24%
Chilean	11	0.01%	0.34%
Columbian	64	0.04%	1.95%
Ecuadorian	23	0.01%	0.70%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	16	0.01%	0.49%
Uruguayan	2	0.00%	0.06%
Venezuelan	11	0.01%	0.34%
Other South American	9	0.01%	0.27%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	458	0.29%	13.98%
Spaniard	14	0.01%	0.43%
Spanish	93	0.06%	2.84%
Spanish American	17	0.01%	0.52%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	334	0.21%	10.20%

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

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