Cumberland 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 296,503 97.87% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 6,460 2.13% 100.00%
Total Asian 5,578 1.84% 86.35%
Southern Asian 633 0.21% 9.80%
Asian Indian 599 0.20% 9.27%
Bangladeshi 8 0.00% 0.12%
Pakistani 19 0.01% 0.29%
Sri Lankan 7 0.00% 0.11%
Southeastern Asian 1,816 0.60% 28.11%
Cambodian 28 0.01% 0.43%
Filipino 1,078 0.36% 16.69%
Indonesian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Laotian 20 0.01% 0.31%
Malaysian 3 0.00% 0.05%
Thai 253 0.08% 3.92%
Vietnamese 433 0.14% 6.70%
Eastern Asian 2,924 0.97% 45.26%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 308 0.10% 4.77%
Hmong 5 0.00% 0.08%
Japanese 491 0.16% 7.60%
Korean 2,095 0.69% 32.43%
Taiwanese 25 0.01% 0.39%
Other Asian or Not Specified 205 0.07% 3.17%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 882 0.29% 13.65%
Polynesian 374 0.12% 5.79%
Native Hawaiian 186 0.06% 2.88%
Samoan 181 0.06% 2.80%
Tongan 5 0.00% 0.08%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 451 0.15% 6.98%
Guamanian or Chamorro 376 0.12% 5.82%
Other Micronesian 75 0.02% 1.16%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 56 0.02% 0.87%

* 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) 282,044 93.10% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 20,919 6.90% 100.00%
Mexican 6,617 2.18% 31.63%
Puerto Rican 7,752 2.56% 37.06%
Cuban 440 0.15% 2.10%
Dominican 388 0.13% 1.85%
Central American 1,890 0.62% 9.03%
Costa Rican 77 0.03% 0.37%
Guatemalan 136 0.04% 0.65%
Honduran 146 0.05% 0.70%
Nicaraguan 51 0.02% 0.24%
Panamanian 1,260 0.42% 6.02%
Salvadorian 184 0.06% 0.88%
Other Central American 36 0.01% 0.17%
South American 732 0.24% 3.50%
Argentinian 39 0.01% 0.19%
Bolivian 42 0.01% 0.20%
Chilean 43 0.01% 0.21%
Columbian 294 0.10% 1.41%
Ecuadorian 115 0.04% 0.55%
Paraguayan 4 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 139 0.05% 0.66%
Uruguayan 5 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 42 0.01% 0.20%
Other South American 9 0.00% 0.04%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,100 1.02% 14.82%
Spaniard 71 0.02% 0.34%
Spanish 431 0.14% 2.06%
Spanish American 52 0.02% 0.25%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,546 0.84% 12.17%


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 1,605 49.94% 0.53%
2. Cherokee 628 19.54% 0.21%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 294 9.15% 0.10%
4. Iroquois 115 3.58% 0.04%
5. Sioux 89 2.77% 0.03%
6. Navajo 78 2.43% 0.03%
7. Latin American Indians 60 1.87% 0.02%
8. Choctaw 55 1.71% 0.02%
9. Chippewa 36 1.12% 0.01%
10. Apache 32 1.00% 0.01%
11. Blackfeet 31 0.96% 0.01%
12. Pueblo 22 0.68% 0.01%
13. Creek 17 0.53% 0.01%
14. Comanche 15 0.47% 0.00%
15. Seminole 15 0.47% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 14 0.44% 0.00%
17. Eskimo 11 0.34% 0.00%
18. Osage 9 0.28% 0.00%
19. Aleut 9 0.28% 0.00%
20. Crow 8 0.25% 0.00%
21. Ottawa 8 0.25% 0.00%
22. Tlingit-Haida 8 0.25% 0.00%
23. Yaqui 7 0.22% 0.00%
24. Cheyenne 6 0.19% 0.00%
25. Pima 6 0.19% 0.00%
26. Cree 5 0.16% 0.00%
27. Delaware 5 0.16% 0.00%
28. Potawatomi 5 0.16% 0.00%
29. Shoshone 5 0.16% 0.00%
30. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.09% 0.00%
31. Tohono O'Odham 3 0.09% 0.00%
32. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.09% 0.00%
33. Yuman 2 0.06% 0.00%
34. Houma 1 0.03% 0.00%
35. Kiowa 1 0.03% 0.00%
36. Menominee 1 0.03% 0.00%
37. Ute 1 0.03% 0.00%
38. Yakama 1 0.03% 0.00%

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

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