York 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 378,395 99.12% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 3,356 0.88% 100.00%
Total Asian 3,241 0.85% 96.57%
Southern Asian 773 0.20% 23.03%
Asian Indian 705 0.18% 21.01%
Bangladeshi 20 0.01% 0.60%
Pakistani 24 0.01% 0.72%
Sri Lankan 24 0.01% 0.72%
Southeastern Asian 1,137 0.30% 33.88%
Cambodian 156 0.04% 4.65%
Filipino 243 0.06% 7.24%
Indonesian 7 0.00% 0.21%
Laotian 49 0.01% 1.46%
Malaysian 2 0.00% 0.06%
Thai 17 0.00% 0.51%
Vietnamese 663 0.17% 19.76%
Eastern Asian 1,241 0.33% 36.98%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 529 0.14% 15.76%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 142 0.04% 4.23%
Korean 551 0.14% 16.42%
Taiwanese 19 0.00% 0.57%
Other Asian or Not Specified 90 0.02% 2.68%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 115 0.03% 3.43%
Polynesian 48 0.01% 1.43%
Native Hawaiian 30 0.01% 0.89%
Samoan 18 0.00% 0.54%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 44 0.01% 1.31%
Guamanian or Chamorro 30 0.01% 0.89%
Other Micronesian 14 0.00% 0.42%
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% 0.69%

* 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) 370,455 97.04% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 11,296 2.96% 100.00%
Mexican 1,678 0.44% 14.85%
Puerto Rican 6,874 1.80% 60.85%
Cuban 240 0.06% 2.12%
Dominican 337 0.09% 2.98%
Central American 285 0.07% 2.52%
Costa Rican 29 0.01% 0.26%
Guatemalan 42 0.01% 0.37%
Honduran 36 0.01% 0.32%
Nicaraguan 24 0.01% 0.21%
Panamanian 52 0.01% 0.46%
Salvadorian 82 0.02% 0.73%
Other Central American 20 0.01% 0.18%
South American 352 0.09% 3.12%
Argentinian 27 0.01% 0.24%
Bolivian 4 0.00% 0.04%
Chilean 28 0.01% 0.25%
Columbian 139 0.04% 1.23%
Ecuadorian 48 0.01% 0.42%
Paraguayan 3 0.00% 0.03%
Peruvian 64 0.02% 0.57%
Uruguayan 6 0.00% 0.05%
Venezuelan 11 0.00% 0.10%
Other South American 22 0.01% 0.19%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,530 0.40% 13.54%
Spaniard 24 0.01% 0.21%
Spanish 284 0.07% 2.51%
Spanish American 32 0.01% 0.28%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,190 0.31% 10.53%


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 118 29.87% 0.03%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 64 16.20% 0.02%
3. Delaware 42 10.63% 0.01%
4. Latin American Indians 31 7.85% 0.01%
5. Iroquois 19 4.81% 0.00%
6. Blackfeet 17 4.30% 0.00%
7. Sioux 16 4.05% 0.00%
8. Creek 12 3.04% 0.00%
9. Chippewa 11 2.78% 0.00%
10. Lumbee 11 2.78% 0.00%
11. Navajo 9 2.28% 0.00%
12. Apache 8 2.03% 0.00%
13. Choctaw 6 1.52% 0.00%
14. Cree 5 1.27% 0.00%
15. Pueblo 4 1.01% 0.00%
16. Aleut 4 1.01% 0.00%
17. Potawatomi 3 0.76% 0.00%
18. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.76% 0.00%
19. Cheyenne 2 0.51% 0.00%
20. Seminole 2 0.51% 0.00%
21. Eskimo 2 0.51% 0.00%
22. Comanche 1 0.25% 0.00%
23. Crow 1 0.25% 0.00%
24. Houma 1 0.25% 0.00%
25. Osage 1 0.25% 0.00%
26. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.25% 0.00%
27. Yaqui 1 0.25% 0.00%

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

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