Cabarrus 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 129,854 99.08% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,209 0.92% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,177 0.90% 97.35%
Southern Asian 319 0.24% 26.39%
Asian Indian 299 0.23% 24.73%
Bangladeshi 2 0.00% 0.17%
Pakistani 17 0.01% 1.41%
Sri Lankan 1 0.00% 0.08%
Southeastern Asian 358 0.27% 29.61%
Cambodian 9 0.01% 0.74%
Filipino 88 0.07% 7.28%
Indonesian 1 0.00% 0.08%
Laotian 133 0.10% 11.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 23 0.02% 1.90%
Vietnamese 104 0.08% 8.60%
Eastern Asian 456 0.35% 37.72%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 156 0.12% 12.90%
Hmong 48 0.04% 3.97%
Japanese 40 0.03% 3.31%
Korean 207 0.16% 17.12%
Taiwanese 5 0.00% 0.41%
Other Asian or Not Specified 44 0.03% 3.64%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 32 0.02% 2.65%
Polynesian 13 0.01% 1.08%
Native Hawaiian 9 0.01% 0.74%
Samoan 3 0.00% 0.25%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.08%
Micronesian 12 0.01% 0.99%
Guamanian or Chamorro 12 0.01% 0.99%
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 7 0.01% 0.58%

* 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) 124,443 94.95% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 6,620 5.05% 100.00%
Mexican 5,192 3.96% 78.43%
Puerto Rican 417 0.32% 6.30%
Cuban 110 0.08% 1.66%
Dominican 23 0.02% 0.35%
Central American 182 0.14% 2.75%
Costa Rican 9 0.01% 0.14%
Guatemalan 61 0.05% 0.92%
Honduran 26 0.02% 0.39%
Nicaraguan 12 0.01% 0.18%
Panamanian 27 0.02% 0.41%
Salvadorian 44 0.03% 0.66%
Other Central American 3 0.00% 0.05%
South American 101 0.08% 1.53%
Argentinian 3 0.00% 0.05%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 7 0.01% 0.11%
Columbian 31 0.02% 0.47%
Ecuadorian 14 0.01% 0.21%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 27 0.02% 0.41%
Uruguayan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 9 0.01% 0.14%
Other South American 8 0.01% 0.12%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 595 0.45% 8.99%
Spaniard 4 0.00% 0.06%
Spanish 46 0.04% 0.69%
Spanish American 11 0.01% 0.17%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 534 0.41% 8.07%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Lumbee 107 35.67% 0.08%
2. Cherokee 105 35.00% 0.08%
3. Latin American Indians 24 8.00% 0.02%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 16 5.33% 0.01%
5. Chippewa 6 2.00% 0.00%
6. Choctaw 6 2.00% 0.00%
7. Blackfeet 5 1.67% 0.00%
8. Chickasaw 5 1.67% 0.00%
9. Iroquois 4 1.33% 0.00%
10. Navajo 3 1.00% 0.00%
11. Potawatomi 3 1.00% 0.00%
12. Puget Sound Salish 3 1.00% 0.00%
13. Ottawa 2 0.67% 0.00%
14. Sioux 2 0.67% 0.00%
15. Apache 1 0.33% 0.00%
16. Colville 1 0.33% 0.00%
17. Comanche 1 0.33% 0.00%
18. Creek 1 0.33% 0.00%
19. Kiowa 1 0.33% 0.00%
20. Pima 1 0.33% 0.00%
21. Seminole 1 0.33% 0.00%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.33% 0.00%
23. Aleut 1 0.33% 0.00%

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

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