Cuyahoga 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 1,368,751 98.19% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 25,227 1.81% 100.00%
Total Asian 24,895 1.79% 98.68%
Southern Asian 9,142 0.66% 36.24%
Asian Indian 8,640 0.62% 34.25%
Bangladeshi 79 0.01% 0.31%
Pakistani 357 0.03% 1.42%
Sri Lankan 66 0.00% 0.26%
Southeastern Asian 5,571 0.40% 22.08%
Cambodian 475 0.03% 1.88%
Filipino 2,704 0.19% 10.72%
Indonesian 160 0.01% 0.63%
Laotian 134 0.01% 0.53%
Malaysian 41 0.00% 0.16%
Thai 267 0.02% 1.06%
Vietnamese 1,790 0.13% 7.10%
Eastern Asian 9,663 0.69% 38.30%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 6,163 0.44% 24.43%
Hmong 2 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 1,198 0.09% 4.75%
Korean 2,016 0.14% 7.99%
Taiwanese 284 0.02% 1.13%
Other Asian or Not Specified 519 0.04% 2.06%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 332 0.02% 1.32%
Polynesian 155 0.01% 0.61%
Native Hawaiian 87 0.01% 0.34%
Samoan 60 0.00% 0.24%
Tongan 6 0.00% 0.02%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 78 0.01% 0.31%
Guamanian or Chamorro 75 0.01% 0.30%
Other Micronesian 3 0.00% 0.01%
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 99 0.01% 0.39%

* 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) 1,346,900 96.62% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 47,078 3.38% 100.00%
Mexican 5,961 0.43% 12.66%
Puerto Rican 30,147 2.16% 64.04%
Cuban 1,016 0.07% 2.16%
Dominican 658 0.05% 1.40%
Central American 1,684 0.12% 3.58%
Costa Rican 65 0.00% 0.14%
Guatemalan 551 0.04% 1.17%
Honduran 239 0.02% 0.51%
Nicaraguan 147 0.01% 0.31%
Panamanian 151 0.01% 0.32%
Salvadorian 444 0.03% 0.94%
Other Central American 87 0.01% 0.18%
South American 1,664 0.12% 3.53%
Argentinian 210 0.02% 0.45%
Bolivian 28 0.00% 0.06%
Chilean 164 0.01% 0.35%
Columbian 448 0.03% 0.95%
Ecuadorian 108 0.01% 0.23%
Paraguayan 20 0.00% 0.04%
Peruvian 379 0.03% 0.81%
Uruguayan 22 0.00% 0.05%
Venezuelan 202 0.01% 0.43%
Other South American 83 0.01% 0.18%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,948 0.43% 12.63%
Spaniard 174 0.01% 0.37%
Spanish 797 0.06% 1.69%
Spanish American 55 0.00% 0.12%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,922 0.35% 10.45%


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 403 30.86% 0.03%
2. Latin American Indians 114 8.73% 0.01%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 110 8.42% 0.01%
4. Sioux 88 6.74% 0.01%
5. Chippewa 78 5.97% 0.01%
6. Iroquois 70 5.36% 0.01%
7. Blackfeet 69 5.28% 0.00%
8. Choctaw 62 4.75% 0.00%
9. Apache 54 4.13% 0.00%
10. Navajo 41 3.14% 0.00%
11. Seminole 30 2.30% 0.00%
12. Pueblo 24 1.84% 0.00%
13. Eskimo 18 1.38% 0.00%
14. Cheyenne 17 1.30% 0.00%
15. Cree 16 1.23% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 15 1.15% 0.00%
17. Ottawa 14 1.07% 0.00%
18. Creek 9 0.69% 0.00%
19. Kiowa 9 0.69% 0.00%
20. Potawatomi 8 0.61% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 8 0.61% 0.00%
22. Tohono O'Odham 7 0.54% 0.00%
23. Lumbee 6 0.46% 0.00%
24. Ute 6 0.46% 0.00%
25. Osage 4 0.31% 0.00%
26. Aleut 4 0.31% 0.00%
27. Comanche 3 0.23% 0.00%
28. Delaware 3 0.23% 0.00%
29. Pima 3 0.23% 0.00%
30. Shoshone 3 0.23% 0.00%
31. Menominee 2 0.15% 0.00%
32. Paiute 2 0.15% 0.00%
33. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.15% 0.00%
34. Crow 1 0.08% 0.00%
35. Yakama 1 0.08% 0.00%
36. Yaqui 1 0.08% 0.00%
37. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.08% 0.00%

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

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