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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 638,424 99.41% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 3,776 0.59% 100.00%
Total Asian 3,549 0.55% 93.99%
Southern Asian 952 0.15% 25.21%
Asian Indian 822 0.13% 21.77%
Bangladeshi 58 0.01% 1.54%
Pakistani 60 0.01% 1.59%
Sri Lankan 12 0.00% 0.32%
Southeastern Asian 1,272 0.20% 33.69%
Cambodian 23 0.00% 0.61%
Filipino 643 0.10% 17.03%
Indonesian 9 0.00% 0.24%
Laotian 23 0.00% 0.61%
Malaysian 5 0.00% 0.13%
Thai 91 0.01% 2.41%
Vietnamese 478 0.07% 12.66%
Eastern Asian 1,206 0.19% 31.94%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 587 0.09% 15.55%
Hmong 3 0.00% 0.08%
Japanese 186 0.03% 4.93%
Korean 411 0.06% 10.88%
Taiwanese 19 0.00% 0.50%
Other Asian or Not Specified 119 0.02% 3.15%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 227 0.04% 6.01%
Polynesian 105 0.02% 2.78%
Native Hawaiian 52 0.01% 1.38%
Samoan 52 0.01% 1.38%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.03%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 86 0.01% 2.28%
Guamanian or Chamorro 30 0.00% 0.79%
Other Micronesian 56 0.01% 1.48%
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 36 0.01% 0.95%

* 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) 634,414 98.79% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 7,786 1.21% 100.00%
Mexican 4,295 0.67% 55.16%
Puerto Rican 507 0.08% 6.51%
Cuban 250 0.04% 3.21%
Dominican 28 0.00% 0.36%
Central American 190 0.03% 2.44%
Costa Rican 11 0.00% 0.14%
Guatemalan 27 0.00% 0.35%
Honduran 22 0.00% 0.28%
Nicaraguan 20 0.00% 0.26%
Panamanian 77 0.01% 0.99%
Salvadorian 15 0.00% 0.19%
Other Central American 18 0.00% 0.23%
South American 240 0.04% 3.08%
Argentinian 13 0.00% 0.17%
Bolivian 8 0.00% 0.10%
Chilean 28 0.00% 0.36%
Columbian 112 0.02% 1.44%
Ecuadorian 29 0.00% 0.37%
Paraguayan 4 0.00% 0.05%
Peruvian 25 0.00% 0.32%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 8 0.00% 0.10%
Other South American 13 0.00% 0.17%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,276 0.35% 29.23%
Spaniard 16 0.00% 0.21%
Spanish 286 0.04% 3.67%
Spanish American 17 0.00% 0.22%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,957 0.30% 25.13%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Chippewa 13,345 50.50% 2.08%
2. Sioux 8,563 32.41% 1.33%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 3,829 14.49% 0.60%
4. Cherokee 90 0.34% 0.01%
5. Crow 89 0.34% 0.01%
6. Blackfeet 62 0.23% 0.01%
7. Cheyenne 51 0.19% 0.01%
8. Navajo 51 0.19% 0.01%
9. Apache 31 0.12% 0.00%
10. Choctaw 29 0.11% 0.00%
11. Ute 29 0.11% 0.00%
12. Pueblo 28 0.11% 0.00%
13. Cree 22 0.08% 0.00%
14. Iroquois 21 0.08% 0.00%
15. Latin American Indians 19 0.07% 0.00%
16. Shoshone 17 0.06% 0.00%
17. Potawatomi 15 0.06% 0.00%
18. Chickasaw 13 0.05% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 13 0.05% 0.00%
20. Creek 11 0.04% 0.00%
21. Lumbee 10 0.04% 0.00%
22. Colville 9 0.03% 0.00%
23. Paiute 9 0.03% 0.00%
24. Comanche 8 0.03% 0.00%
25. Menominee 8 0.03% 0.00%
26. Aleut 6 0.02% 0.00%
27. Puget Sound Salish 5 0.02% 0.00%
28. Tohono O'Odham 5 0.02% 0.00%
29. Yuman 5 0.02% 0.00%
30. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 5 0.02% 0.00%
31. Ottawa 4 0.02% 0.00%
32. Delaware 3 0.01% 0.00%
33. Kiowa 3 0.01% 0.00%
34. Pima 3 0.01% 0.00%
35. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.01% 0.00%
36. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.01% 0.00%
37. Osage 2 0.01% 0.00%
38. Seminole 2 0.01% 0.00%
39. Yakama 2 0.01% 0.00%
40. Yaqui 1 0.00% 0.00%

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

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