Guilford 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 410,813 97.57% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 10,235 2.43% 100.00%
Total Asian 10,106 2.40% 98.74%
Southern Asian 2,428 0.58% 23.72%
Asian Indian 1,912 0.45% 18.68%
Bangladeshi 43 0.01% 0.42%
Pakistani 444 0.11% 4.34%
Sri Lankan 29 0.01% 0.28%
Southeastern Asian 4,888 1.16% 47.76%
Cambodian 455 0.11% 4.45%
Filipino 417 0.10% 4.07%
Indonesian 11 0.00% 0.11%
Laotian 841 0.20% 8.22%
Malaysian 10 0.00% 0.10%
Thai 149 0.04% 1.46%
Vietnamese 3,005 0.71% 29.36%
Eastern Asian 2,295 0.55% 22.42%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 957 0.23% 9.35%
Hmong 3 0.00% 0.03%
Japanese 286 0.07% 2.79%
Korean 1,030 0.24% 10.06%
Taiwanese 19 0.00% 0.19%
Other Asian or Not Specified 495 0.12% 4.84%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 129 0.03% 1.26%
Polynesian 73 0.02% 0.71%
Native Hawaiian 43 0.01% 0.42%
Samoan 26 0.01% 0.25%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 4 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 40 0.01% 0.39%
Guamanian or Chamorro 14 0.00% 0.14%
Other Micronesian 26 0.01% 0.25%
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 16 0.00% 0.16%

* 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) 405,063 96.20% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 15,985 3.80% 100.00%
Mexican 10,317 2.45% 64.54%
Puerto Rican 1,274 0.30% 7.97%
Cuban 577 0.14% 3.61%
Dominican 160 0.04% 1.00%
Central American 968 0.23% 6.06%
Costa Rican 84 0.02% 0.53%
Guatemalan 187 0.04% 1.17%
Honduran 246 0.06% 1.54%
Nicaraguan 27 0.01% 0.17%
Panamanian 86 0.02% 0.54%
Salvadorian 307 0.07% 1.92%
Other Central American 31 0.01% 0.19%
South American 664 0.16% 4.15%
Argentinian 65 0.02% 0.41%
Bolivian 12 0.00% 0.08%
Chilean 41 0.01% 0.26%
Columbian 265 0.06% 1.66%
Ecuadorian 43 0.01% 0.27%
Paraguayan 7 0.00% 0.04%
Peruvian 97 0.02% 0.61%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 105 0.02% 0.66%
Other South American 26 0.01% 0.16%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,025 0.48% 12.67%
Spaniard 58 0.01% 0.36%
Spanish 230 0.05% 1.44%
Spanish American 20 0.00% 0.13%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,717 0.41% 10.74%


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 638 53.12% 0.15%
2. Cherokee 262 21.82% 0.06%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 100 8.33% 0.02%
4. Latin American Indians 69 5.75% 0.02%
5. Iroquois 23 1.92% 0.01%
6. Chippewa 20 1.67% 0.00%
7. Sioux 16 1.33% 0.00%
8. Blackfeet 14 1.17% 0.00%
9. Navajo 14 1.17% 0.00%
10. Apache 11 0.92% 0.00%
11. Choctaw 5 0.42% 0.00%
12. Creek 4 0.33% 0.00%
13. Potawatomi 4 0.33% 0.00%
14. Seminole 4 0.33% 0.00%
15. Eskimo 3 0.25% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 2 0.17% 0.00%
17. Comanche 2 0.17% 0.00%
18. Cree 2 0.17% 0.00%
19. Crow 2 0.17% 0.00%
20. Pima 2 0.17% 0.00%
21. Cheyenne 1 0.08% 0.00%
22. Paiute 1 0.08% 0.00%
23. Pueblo 1 0.08% 0.00%
24. Yaqui 1 0.08% 0.00%

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

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