Maricopa 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 3,002,732 97.74% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 69,417 2.26% 100.00%
Total Asian 65,123 2.12% 93.81%
Southern Asian 12,338 0.40% 17.77%
Asian Indian 11,370 0.37% 16.38%
Bangladeshi 300 0.01% 0.43%
Pakistani 515 0.02% 0.74%
Sri Lankan 153 0.00% 0.22%
Southeastern Asian 24,964 0.81% 35.96%
Cambodian 1,024 0.03% 1.48%
Filipino 11,516 0.37% 16.59%
Indonesian 383 0.01% 0.55%
Laotian 639 0.02% 0.92%
Malaysian 97 0.00% 0.14%
Thai 1,203 0.04% 1.73%
Vietnamese 10,102 0.33% 14.55%
Eastern Asian 26,288 0.86% 37.87%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 15,020 0.49% 21.64%
Hmong 19 0.00% 0.03%
Japanese 4,875 0.16% 7.02%
Korean 5,878 0.19% 8.47%
Taiwanese 496 0.02% 0.71%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,533 0.05% 2.21%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 4,294 0.14% 6.19%
Polynesian 2,731 0.09% 3.93%
Native Hawaiian 1,210 0.04% 1.74%
Samoan 795 0.03% 1.15%
Tongan 638 0.02% 0.92%
Other Polynesian 88 0.00% 0.13%
Micronesian 1,008 0.03% 1.45%
Guamanian or Chamorro 763 0.02% 1.10%
Other Micronesian 245 0.01% 0.35%
Melanesian 36 0.00% 0.05%
Fijian 31 0.00% 0.04%
Other Melanesian 5 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 519 0.02% 0.75%

* 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) 2,308,808 75.15% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 763,341 24.85% 100.00%
Mexican 624,113 20.32% 81.76%
Puerto Rican 11,466 0.37% 1.50%
Cuban 3,537 0.12% 0.46%
Dominican 656 0.02% 0.09%
Central American 9,682 0.32% 1.27%
Costa Rican 509 0.02% 0.07%
Guatemalan 3,615 0.12% 0.47%
Honduran 1,008 0.03% 0.13%
Nicaraguan 541 0.02% 0.07%
Panamanian 542 0.02% 0.07%
Salvadorian 2,730 0.09% 0.36%
Other Central American 737 0.02% 0.10%
South American 5,660 0.18% 0.74%
Argentinian 659 0.02% 0.09%
Bolivian 165 0.01% 0.02%
Chilean 417 0.01% 0.05%
Columbian 1,792 0.06% 0.23%
Ecuadorian 595 0.02% 0.08%
Paraguayan 19 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 1,039 0.03% 0.14%
Uruguayan 102 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 519 0.02% 0.07%
Other South American 353 0.01% 0.05%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 108,227 3.52% 14.18%
Spaniard 1,376 0.04% 0.18%
Spanish 11,738 0.38% 1.54%
Spanish American 909 0.03% 0.12%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 94,204 3.07% 12.34%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Navajo 15,355 37.34% 0.50%
2. Pima 4,817 11.72% 0.16%
3. Yaqui 3,793 9.22% 0.12%
4. Pueblo 2,536 6.17% 0.08%
5. Apache 2,121 5.16% 0.07%
6. Tohono O'Odham 1,958 4.76% 0.06%
7. Latin American Indians 1,844 4.48% 0.06%
8. All Other Native American Tribes 1,682 4.09% 0.05%
9. Cherokee 1,440 3.50% 0.05%
10. Yuman 1,107 2.69% 0.04%
11. Sioux 1,041 2.53% 0.03%
12. Choctaw 646 1.57% 0.02%
13. Chippewa 493 1.20% 0.02%
14. Iroquois 302 0.73% 0.01%
15. Creek 212 0.52% 0.01%
16. Chickasaw 163 0.40% 0.01%
17. Potawatomi 137 0.33% 0.00%
18. Paiute 134 0.33% 0.00%
19. Blackfeet 130 0.32% 0.00%
20. Kiowa 109 0.27% 0.00%
21. Eskimo 105 0.26% 0.00%
22. Cheyenne 95 0.23% 0.00%
23. Comanche 94 0.23% 0.00%
24. Shoshone 92 0.22% 0.00%
25. Ute 91 0.22% 0.00%
26. Tlingit-Haida 88 0.21% 0.00%
27. Osage 58 0.14% 0.00%
28. Aleut 54 0.13% 0.00%
29. Cree 53 0.13% 0.00%
30. Delaware 53 0.13% 0.00%
31. Seminole 52 0.13% 0.00%
32. Colville 44 0.11% 0.00%
33. Crow 43 0.10% 0.00%
34. Alaskan Athabascan 43 0.10% 0.00%
35. Lumbee 30 0.07% 0.00%
36. Ottawa 30 0.07% 0.00%
37. Menominee 23 0.06% 0.00%
38. Puget Sound Salish 19 0.05% 0.00%
39. All Other Alaskan Tribes 19 0.05% 0.00%
40. Yakama 8 0.02% 0.00%
41. Houma 3 0.01% 0.00%

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

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