Lucas 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 449,526 98.79% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 5,528 1.21% 100.00%
Total Asian 5,436 1.19% 98.34%
Southern Asian 1,822 0.40% 32.96%
Asian Indian 1,646 0.36% 29.78%
Bangladeshi 22 0.00% 0.40%
Pakistani 143 0.03% 2.59%
Sri Lankan 11 0.00% 0.20%
Southeastern Asian 1,200 0.26% 21.71%
Cambodian 4 0.00% 0.07%
Filipino 525 0.12% 9.50%
Indonesian 38 0.01% 0.69%
Laotian 120 0.03% 2.17%
Malaysian 34 0.01% 0.62%
Thai 98 0.02% 1.77%
Vietnamese 381 0.08% 6.89%
Eastern Asian 2,251 0.49% 40.72%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,476 0.32% 26.70%
Hmong 8 0.00% 0.14%
Japanese 231 0.05% 4.18%
Korean 486 0.11% 8.79%
Taiwanese 50 0.01% 0.90%
Other Asian or Not Specified 163 0.04% 2.95%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 92 0.02% 1.66%
Polynesian 55 0.01% 0.99%
Native Hawaiian 25 0.01% 0.45%
Samoan 27 0.01% 0.49%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 14 0.00% 0.25%
Guamanian or Chamorro 14 0.00% 0.25%
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 23 0.01% 0.42%

* 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) 434,384 95.46% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 20,670 4.54% 100.00%
Mexican 15,913 3.50% 76.99%
Puerto Rican 917 0.20% 4.44%
Cuban 235 0.05% 1.14%
Dominican 28 0.01% 0.14%
Central American 197 0.04% 0.95%
Costa Rican 9 0.00% 0.04%
Guatemalan 37 0.01% 0.18%
Honduran 19 0.00% 0.09%
Nicaraguan 75 0.02% 0.36%
Panamanian 38 0.01% 0.18%
Salvadorian 9 0.00% 0.04%
Other Central American 10 0.00% 0.05%
South American 286 0.06% 1.38%
Argentinian 26 0.01% 0.13%
Bolivian 10 0.00% 0.05%
Chilean 30 0.01% 0.15%
Columbian 79 0.02% 0.38%
Ecuadorian 24 0.01% 0.12%
Paraguayan 18 0.00% 0.09%
Peruvian 37 0.01% 0.18%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 42 0.01% 0.20%
Other South American 20 0.00% 0.10%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,094 0.68% 14.97%
Spaniard 32 0.01% 0.15%
Spanish 404 0.09% 1.95%
Spanish American 8 0.00% 0.04%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,650 0.58% 12.82%


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 244 36.91% 0.05%
2. Chippewa 76 11.50% 0.02%
3. Latin American Indians 73 11.04% 0.02%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 62 9.38% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 49 7.41% 0.01%
6. Sioux 27 4.08% 0.01%
7. Apache 19 2.87% 0.00%
8. Iroquois 19 2.87% 0.00%
9. Ottawa 14 2.12% 0.00%
10. Choctaw 12 1.82% 0.00%
11. Pueblo 12 1.82% 0.00%
12. Cree 8 1.21% 0.00%
13. Crow 6 0.91% 0.00%
14. Navajo 6 0.91% 0.00%
15. Cheyenne 4 0.61% 0.00%
16. Lumbee 4 0.61% 0.00%
17. Comanche 3 0.45% 0.00%
18. Delaware 3 0.45% 0.00%
19. Menominee 3 0.45% 0.00%
20. Eskimo 3 0.45% 0.00%
21. Creek 2 0.30% 0.00%
22. Osage 2 0.30% 0.00%
23. Paiute 2 0.30% 0.00%
24. Potawatomi 2 0.30% 0.00%
25. Seminole 2 0.30% 0.00%
26. Houma 1 0.15% 0.00%
27. Kiowa 1 0.15% 0.00%
28. Yakama 1 0.15% 0.00%
29. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.15% 0.00%

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

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