Mahoning 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 256,299 99.51% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,256 0.49% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,194 0.46% 95.06%
Southern Asian 487 0.19% 38.77%
Asian Indian 449 0.17% 35.75%
Bangladeshi 5 0.00% 0.40%
Pakistani 32 0.01% 2.55%
Sri Lankan 1 0.00% 0.08%
Southeastern Asian 287 0.11% 22.85%
Cambodian 8 0.00% 0.64%
Filipino 123 0.05% 9.79%
Indonesian 3 0.00% 0.24%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 4 0.00% 0.32%
Thai 18 0.01% 1.43%
Vietnamese 131 0.05% 10.43%
Eastern Asian 367 0.14% 29.22%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 163 0.06% 12.98%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 56 0.02% 4.46%
Korean 139 0.05% 11.07%
Taiwanese 9 0.00% 0.72%
Other Asian or Not Specified 53 0.02% 4.22%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 62 0.02% 4.94%
Polynesian 28 0.01% 2.23%
Native Hawaiian 14 0.01% 1.11%
Samoan 10 0.00% 0.80%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 4 0.00% 0.32%
Micronesian 7 0.00% 0.56%
Guamanian or Chamorro 4 0.00% 0.32%
Other Micronesian 3 0.00% 0.24%
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 27 0.01% 2.15%

* 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) 249,915 97.03% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 7,640 2.97% 100.00%
Mexican 1,023 0.40% 13.39%
Puerto Rican 5,257 2.04% 68.81%
Cuban 126 0.05% 1.65%
Dominican 64 0.02% 0.84%
Central American 125 0.05% 1.64%
Costa Rican 10 0.00% 0.13%
Guatemalan 17 0.01% 0.22%
Honduran 23 0.01% 0.30%
Nicaraguan 3 0.00% 0.04%
Panamanian 31 0.01% 0.41%
Salvadorian 39 0.02% 0.51%
Other Central American 2 0.00% 0.03%
South American 115 0.04% 1.51%
Argentinian 13 0.01% 0.17%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Chilean 9 0.00% 0.12%
Columbian 37 0.01% 0.48%
Ecuadorian 14 0.01% 0.18%
Paraguayan 3 0.00% 0.04%
Peruvian 24 0.01% 0.31%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 6 0.00% 0.08%
Other South American 8 0.00% 0.10%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 930 0.36% 12.17%
Spaniard 36 0.01% 0.47%
Spanish 191 0.07% 2.50%
Spanish American 15 0.01% 0.20%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 688 0.27% 9.01%


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 116 48.95% 0.05%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 41 17.30% 0.02%
3. Iroquois 14 5.91% 0.01%
4. Blackfeet 9 3.80% 0.00%
5. Latin American Indians 9 3.80% 0.00%
6. Sioux 8 3.38% 0.00%
7. Apache 7 2.95% 0.00%
8. Delaware 5 2.11% 0.00%
9. Chippewa 4 1.69% 0.00%
10. Pueblo 4 1.69% 0.00%
11. Houma 3 1.27% 0.00%
12. Lumbee 3 1.27% 0.00%
13. Navajo 3 1.27% 0.00%
14. Seminole 3 1.27% 0.00%
15. Potawatomi 2 0.84% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 1 0.42% 0.00%
17. Creek 1 0.42% 0.00%
18. Osage 1 0.42% 0.00%
19. Aleut 1 0.42% 0.00%
20. Eskimo 1 0.42% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.42% 0.00%

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

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