Josephine 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 75,178 99.28% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 548 0.72% 100.00%
Total Asian 465 0.61% 84.85%
Southern Asian 49 0.06% 8.94%
Asian Indian 48 0.06% 8.76%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 1 0.00% 0.18%
Southeastern Asian 161 0.21% 29.38%
Cambodian 2 0.00% 0.36%
Filipino 96 0.13% 17.52%
Indonesian 3 0.00% 0.55%
Laotian 3 0.00% 0.55%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.18%
Thai 27 0.04% 4.93%
Vietnamese 29 0.04% 5.29%
Eastern Asian 249 0.33% 45.44%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 83 0.11% 15.15%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.18%
Japanese 116 0.15% 21.17%
Korean 38 0.05% 6.93%
Taiwanese 11 0.01% 2.01%
Other Asian or Not Specified 6 0.01% 1.09%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 83 0.11% 15.15%
Polynesian 58 0.08% 10.58%
Native Hawaiian 42 0.06% 7.66%
Samoan 14 0.02% 2.55%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.36%
Micronesian 6 0.01% 1.09%
Guamanian or Chamorro 5 0.01% 0.91%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.18%
Melanesian 15 0.02% 2.74%
Fijian 15 0.02% 2.74%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 4 0.01% 0.73%

* 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) 72,497 95.74% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 3,229 4.26% 100.00%
Mexican 2,289 3.02% 70.89%
Puerto Rican 137 0.18% 4.24%
Cuban 42 0.06% 1.30%
Dominican 2 0.00% 0.06%
Central American 76 0.10% 2.35%
Costa Rican 25 0.03% 0.77%
Guatemalan 5 0.01% 0.15%
Honduran 16 0.02% 0.50%
Nicaraguan 6 0.01% 0.19%
Panamanian 5 0.01% 0.15%
Salvadorian 11 0.01% 0.34%
Other Central American 8 0.01% 0.25%
South American 49 0.06% 1.52%
Argentinian 5 0.01% 0.15%
Bolivian 7 0.01% 0.22%
Chilean 4 0.01% 0.12%
Columbian 10 0.01% 0.31%
Ecuadorian 9 0.01% 0.28%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 10 0.01% 0.31%
Uruguayan 1 0.00% 0.03%
Venezuelan 1 0.00% 0.03%
Other South American 2 0.00% 0.06%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 634 0.84% 19.63%
Spaniard 19 0.03% 0.59%
Spanish 179 0.24% 5.54%
Spanish American 6 0.01% 0.19%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 430 0.57% 13.32%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 251 38.20% 0.33%
2. Cherokee 143 21.77% 0.19%
3. Choctaw 56 8.52% 0.07%
4. Apache 28 4.26% 0.04%
5. Sioux 27 4.11% 0.04%
6. Chippewa 16 2.44% 0.02%
7. Blackfeet 15 2.28% 0.02%
8. Latin American Indians 14 2.13% 0.02%
9. Navajo 14 2.13% 0.02%
10. Creek 12 1.83% 0.02%
11. Iroquois 10 1.52% 0.01%
12. Osage 9 1.37% 0.01%
13. Shoshone 8 1.22% 0.01%
14. Eskimo 7 1.07% 0.01%
15. Paiute 6 0.91% 0.01%
16. Chickasaw 5 0.76% 0.01%
17. Seminole 4 0.61% 0.01%
18. Yaqui 4 0.61% 0.01%
19. Alaskan Athabascan 4 0.61% 0.01%
20. Lumbee 3 0.46% 0.00%
21. Menominee 3 0.46% 0.00%
22. Pueblo 3 0.46% 0.00%
23. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.46% 0.00%
24. Cree 2 0.30% 0.00%
25. All Other Alaskan Tribes 2 0.30% 0.00%
26. Cheyenne 1 0.15% 0.00%
27. Colville 1 0.15% 0.00%
28. Comanche 1 0.15% 0.00%
29. Crow 1 0.15% 0.00%
30. Potawatomi 1 0.15% 0.00%
31. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.15% 0.00%
32. Ute 1 0.15% 0.00%
33. Yakama 1 0.15% 0.00%

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

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