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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 5,033,628 98.11% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 97,004 1.89% 100.00%
Total Asian 90,411 1.76% 93.20%
Southern Asian 16,085 0.31% 16.58%
Asian Indian 14,741 0.29% 15.20%
Bangladeshi 328 0.01% 0.34%
Pakistani 772 0.02% 0.80%
Sri Lankan 244 0.00% 0.25%
Southeastern Asian 33,693 0.66% 34.73%
Cambodian 1,149 0.02% 1.18%
Filipino 16,176 0.32% 16.68%
Indonesian 542 0.01% 0.56%
Laotian 940 0.02% 0.97%
Malaysian 130 0.00% 0.13%
Thai 1,825 0.04% 1.88%
Vietnamese 12,931 0.25% 13.33%
Eastern Asian 38,086 0.74% 39.26%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 20,562 0.40% 21.20%
Hmong 30 0.00% 0.03%
Japanese 7,712 0.15% 7.95%
Korean 9,123 0.18% 9.40%
Taiwanese 659 0.01% 0.68%
Other Asian or Not Specified 2,547 0.05% 2.63%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 6,593 0.13% 6.80%
Polynesian 3,992 0.08% 4.12%
Native Hawaiian 1,985 0.04% 2.05%
Samoan 1,197 0.02% 1.23%
Tongan 696 0.01% 0.72%
Other Polynesian 114 0.00% 0.12%
Micronesian 1,739 0.03% 1.79%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,354 0.03% 1.40%
Other Micronesian 385 0.01% 0.40%
Melanesian 52 0.00% 0.05%
Fijian 47 0.00% 0.05%
Other Melanesian 5 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 810 0.02% 0.84%

* 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) 3,835,015 74.75% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,295,617 25.25% 100.00%
Mexican 1,065,578 20.77% 82.24%
Puerto Rican 17,587 0.34% 1.36%
Cuban 5,272 0.10% 0.41%
Dominican 892 0.02% 0.07%
Central American 13,075 0.25% 1.01%
Costa Rican 702 0.01% 0.05%
Guatemalan 4,356 0.08% 0.34%
Honduran 1,365 0.03% 0.11%
Nicaraguan 847 0.02% 0.07%
Panamanian 1,158 0.02% 0.09%
Salvadorian 3,704 0.07% 0.29%
Other Central American 943 0.02% 0.07%
South American 8,112 0.16% 0.63%
Argentinian 959 0.02% 0.07%
Bolivian 258 0.01% 0.02%
Chilean 791 0.02% 0.06%
Columbian 2,437 0.05% 0.19%
Ecuadorian 760 0.01% 0.06%
Paraguayan 39 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 1,498 0.03% 0.12%
Uruguayan 146 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 695 0.01% 0.05%
Other South American 529 0.01% 0.04%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 185,101 3.61% 14.29%
Spaniard 2,224 0.04% 0.17%
Spanish 19,383 0.38% 1.50%
Spanish American 1,632 0.03% 0.13%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 161,862 3.15% 12.49%


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 125,881 58.49% 2.45%
2. Apache 23,404 10.87% 0.46%
3. Tohono O'Odham 15,393 7.15% 0.30%
4. Pueblo 10,233 4.75% 0.20%
5. Yaqui 10,065 4.68% 0.20%
6. Pima 6,438 2.99% 0.13%
7. All Other Native American Tribes 4,917 2.28% 0.10%
8. Yuman 4,411 2.05% 0.09%
9. Latin American Indians 3,147 1.46% 0.06%
10. Cherokee 3,036 1.41% 0.06%
11. Sioux 1,777 0.83% 0.03%
12. Choctaw 1,254 0.58% 0.02%
13. Chippewa 856 0.40% 0.02%
14. Iroquois 544 0.25% 0.01%
15. Creek 411 0.19% 0.01%
16. Paiute 341 0.16% 0.01%
17. Blackfeet 293 0.14% 0.01%
18. Chickasaw 277 0.13% 0.01%
19. Potawatomi 265 0.12% 0.01%
20. Eskimo 218 0.10% 0.00%
21. Ute 184 0.09% 0.00%
22. Comanche 176 0.08% 0.00%
23. Shoshone 175 0.08% 0.00%
24. Kiowa 171 0.08% 0.00%
25. Cheyenne 161 0.07% 0.00%
26. Tlingit-Haida 138 0.06% 0.00%
27. Crow 107 0.05% 0.00%
28. Seminole 104 0.05% 0.00%
29. Osage 96 0.04% 0.00%
30. Aleut 94 0.04% 0.00%
31. Cree 93 0.04% 0.00%
32. Delaware 89 0.04% 0.00%
33. Alaskan Athabascan 88 0.04% 0.00%
34. Lumbee 77 0.04% 0.00%
35. Colville 71 0.03% 0.00%
36. Ottawa 59 0.03% 0.00%
37. Puget Sound Salish 49 0.02% 0.00%
38. Menominee 45 0.02% 0.00%
39. Yakama 40 0.02% 0.00%
40. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 24 0.01% 0.00%
41. Houma 8 0.00% 0.00%

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

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