Pitt 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 132,314 98.89% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,484 1.11% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,427 1.07% 96.16%
Southern Asian 477 0.36% 32.14%
Asian Indian 458 0.34% 30.86%
Bangladeshi 6 0.00% 0.40%
Pakistani 11 0.01% 0.74%
Sri Lankan 2 0.00% 0.13%
Southeastern Asian 242 0.18% 16.31%
Cambodian 3 0.00% 0.20%
Filipino 122 0.09% 8.22%
Indonesian 4 0.00% 0.27%
Laotian 14 0.01% 0.94%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 8 0.01% 0.54%
Vietnamese 91 0.07% 6.13%
Eastern Asian 646 0.48% 43.53%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 332 0.25% 22.37%
Hmong 8 0.01% 0.54%
Japanese 144 0.11% 9.70%
Korean 159 0.12% 10.71%
Taiwanese 3 0.00% 0.20%
Other Asian or Not Specified 62 0.05% 4.18%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 57 0.04% 3.84%
Polynesian 23 0.02% 1.55%
Native Hawaiian 12 0.01% 0.81%
Samoan 10 0.01% 0.67%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.07%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 24 0.02% 1.62%
Guamanian or Chamorro 15 0.01% 1.01%
Other Micronesian 9 0.01% 0.61%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.07%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.07%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 9 0.01% 0.61%

* 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) 129,582 96.85% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 4,216 3.15% 100.00%
Mexican 2,992 2.24% 70.97%
Puerto Rican 337 0.25% 7.99%
Cuban 85 0.06% 2.02%
Dominican 20 0.01% 0.47%
Central American 116 0.09% 2.75%
Costa Rican 12 0.01% 0.28%
Guatemalan 26 0.02% 0.62%
Honduran 27 0.02% 0.64%
Nicaraguan 7 0.01% 0.17%
Panamanian 29 0.02% 0.69%
Salvadorian 15 0.01% 0.36%
Other Central American 0 0.00% 0.00%
South American 155 0.12% 3.68%
Argentinian 15 0.01% 0.36%
Bolivian 9 0.01% 0.21%
Chilean 11 0.01% 0.26%
Columbian 40 0.03% 0.95%
Ecuadorian 8 0.01% 0.19%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 19 0.01% 0.45%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.07%
Venezuelan 37 0.03% 0.88%
Other South American 13 0.01% 0.31%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 511 0.38% 12.12%
Spaniard 6 0.00% 0.14%
Spanish 66 0.05% 1.57%
Spanish American 6 0.00% 0.14%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 433 0.32% 10.27%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Lumbee 77 33.05% 0.06%
2. Cherokee 55 23.61% 0.04%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 42 18.03% 0.03%
4. Latin American Indians 13 5.58% 0.01%
5. Chippewa 8 3.43% 0.01%
6. Choctaw 7 3.00% 0.01%
7. Sioux 7 3.00% 0.01%
8. Iroquois 6 2.58% 0.00%
9. Creek 5 2.15% 0.00%
10. Blackfeet 3 1.29% 0.00%
11. Cheyenne 2 0.86% 0.00%
12. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.86% 0.00%
13. Seminole 2 0.86% 0.00%
14. Delaware 1 0.43% 0.00%
15. Kiowa 1 0.43% 0.00%
16. Navajo 1 0.43% 0.00%
17. Osage 1 0.43% 0.00%

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

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