Wayne 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 112,207 99.01% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,122 0.99% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,073 0.95% 95.63%
Southern Asian 186 0.16% 16.58%
Asian Indian 178 0.16% 15.86%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 2 0.00% 0.18%
Sri Lankan 6 0.01% 0.53%
Southeastern Asian 407 0.36% 36.27%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 253 0.22% 22.55%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 7 0.01% 0.62%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 91 0.08% 8.11%
Vietnamese 56 0.05% 4.99%
Eastern Asian 431 0.38% 38.41%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 110 0.10% 9.80%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 102 0.09% 9.09%
Korean 216 0.19% 19.25%
Taiwanese 3 0.00% 0.27%
Other Asian or Not Specified 49 0.04% 4.37%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 49 0.04% 4.37%
Polynesian 17 0.02% 1.52%
Native Hawaiian 15 0.01% 1.34%
Samoan 2 0.00% 0.18%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 27 0.02% 2.41%
Guamanian or Chamorro 27 0.02% 2.41%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
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 5 0.00% 0.45%

* 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) 107,725 95.06% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 5,604 4.94% 100.00%
Mexican 3,773 3.33% 67.33%
Puerto Rican 521 0.46% 9.30%
Cuban 37 0.03% 0.66%
Dominican 29 0.03% 0.52%
Central American 529 0.47% 9.44%
Costa Rican 10 0.01% 0.18%
Guatemalan 273 0.24% 4.87%
Honduran 130 0.11% 2.32%
Nicaraguan 8 0.01% 0.14%
Panamanian 34 0.03% 0.61%
Salvadorian 70 0.06% 1.25%
Other Central American 4 0.00% 0.07%
South American 45 0.04% 0.80%
Argentinian 3 0.00% 0.05%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Chilean 2 0.00% 0.04%
Columbian 15 0.01% 0.27%
Ecuadorian 7 0.01% 0.12%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 5 0.00% 0.09%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 11 0.01% 0.20%
Other South American 1 0.00% 0.02%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 670 0.59% 11.96%
Spaniard 10 0.01% 0.18%
Spanish 87 0.08% 1.55%
Spanish American 12 0.01% 0.21%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 561 0.50% 10.01%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 85 32.57% 0.08%
2. Lumbee 58 22.22% 0.05%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 49 18.77% 0.04%
4. Latin American Indians 12 4.60% 0.01%
5. Iroquois 11 4.21% 0.01%
6. Blackfeet 8 3.07% 0.01%
7. Apache 6 2.30% 0.01%
8. Navajo 6 2.30% 0.01%
9. Creek 4 1.53% 0.00%
10. Sioux 4 1.53% 0.00%
11. Chippewa 2 0.77% 0.00%
12. Choctaw 2 0.77% 0.00%
13. Comanche 2 0.77% 0.00%
14. Menominee 2 0.77% 0.00%
15. Aleut 2 0.77% 0.00%
16. Cree 1 0.38% 0.00%
17. Delaware 1 0.38% 0.00%
18. Potawatomi 1 0.38% 0.00%
19. Pueblo 1 0.38% 0.00%
20. Seminole 1 0.38% 0.00%
21. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.38% 0.00%
22. Yaqui 1 0.38% 0.00%
23. Eskimo 1 0.38% 0.00%

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

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