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)	112,954	95.54%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	5,273	4.46%	100.00%
Mexican	3,318	2.81%	62.92%
Puerto Rican	317	0.27%	6.01%
Cuban	162	0.14%	3.07%
Dominican	39	0.03%	0.74%
Central American	328	0.28%	6.22%
Costa Rican	21	0.02%	0.40%
Guatemalan	75	0.06%	1.42%
Honduran	58	0.05%	1.10%
Nicaraguan	17	0.01%	0.32%
Panamanian	26	0.02%	0.49%
Salvadorian	122	0.10%	2.31%
Other Central American	9	0.01%	0.17%
South American	432	0.37%	8.19%
Argentinian	57	0.05%	1.08%
Bolivian	20	0.02%	0.38%
Chilean	43	0.04%	0.82%
Columbian	136	0.12%	2.58%
Ecuadorian	26	0.02%	0.49%
Paraguayan	10	0.01%	0.19%
Peruvian	64	0.05%	1.21%
Uruguayan	6	0.01%	0.11%
Venezuelan	52	0.04%	0.99%
Other South American	18	0.02%	0.34%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	677	0.57%	12.84%
Spaniard	55	0.05%	1.04%
Spanish	108	0.09%	2.05%
Spanish American	6	0.01%	0.11%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	508	0.43%	9.63%

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

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