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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 425,017 98.04% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 8,484 1.96% 100.00%
Total Asian 8,344 1.92% 98.35%
Southern Asian 3,032 0.70% 35.74%
Asian Indian 2,849 0.66% 33.58%
Bangladeshi 13 0.00% 0.15%
Pakistani 143 0.03% 1.69%
Sri Lankan 27 0.01% 0.32%
Southeastern Asian 1,421 0.33% 16.75%
Cambodian 39 0.01% 0.46%
Filipino 520 0.12% 6.13%
Indonesian 13 0.00% 0.15%
Laotian 73 0.02% 0.86%
Malaysian 8 0.00% 0.09%
Thai 43 0.01% 0.51%
Vietnamese 725 0.17% 8.55%
Eastern Asian 3,762 0.87% 44.34%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,405 0.55% 28.35%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 286 0.07% 3.37%
Korean 953 0.22% 11.23%
Taiwanese 117 0.03% 1.38%
Other Asian or Not Specified 129 0.03% 1.52%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 140 0.03% 1.65%
Polynesian 87 0.02% 1.03%
Native Hawaiian 47 0.01% 0.55%
Samoan 26 0.01% 0.31%
Tongan 6 0.00% 0.07%
Other Polynesian 8 0.00% 0.09%
Micronesian 15 0.00% 0.18%
Guamanian or Chamorro 15 0.00% 0.18%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
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 38 0.01% 0.45%

* 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) 417,375 96.28% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 16,126 3.72% 100.00%
Mexican 8,226 1.90% 51.01%
Puerto Rican 4,803 1.11% 29.78%
Cuban 413 0.10% 2.56%
Dominican 94 0.02% 0.58%
Central American 204 0.05% 1.27%
Costa Rican 13 0.00% 0.08%
Guatemalan 37 0.01% 0.23%
Honduran 26 0.01% 0.16%
Nicaraguan 11 0.00% 0.07%
Panamanian 53 0.01% 0.33%
Salvadorian 50 0.01% 0.31%
Other Central American 14 0.00% 0.09%
South American 830 0.19% 5.15%
Argentinian 131 0.03% 0.81%
Bolivian 25 0.01% 0.16%
Chilean 62 0.01% 0.38%
Columbian 238 0.05% 1.48%
Ecuadorian 138 0.03% 0.86%
Paraguayan 21 0.00% 0.13%
Peruvian 73 0.02% 0.45%
Uruguayan 11 0.00% 0.07%
Venezuelan 83 0.02% 0.51%
Other South American 48 0.01% 0.30%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,556 0.36% 9.65%
Spaniard 67 0.02% 0.42%
Spanish 280 0.06% 1.74%
Spanish American 12 0.00% 0.07%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,197 0.28% 7.42%


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 87 22.08% 0.02%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 79 20.05% 0.02%
3. Latin American Indians 78 19.80% 0.02%
4. Iroquois 31 7.87% 0.01%
5. Delaware 16 4.06% 0.00%
6. Chippewa 15 3.81% 0.00%
7. Apache 12 3.05% 0.00%
8. Blackfeet 12 3.05% 0.00%
9. Seminole 10 2.54% 0.00%
10. Creek 9 2.28% 0.00%
11. Lumbee 7 1.78% 0.00%
12. Choctaw 5 1.27% 0.00%
13. Pueblo 5 1.27% 0.00%
14. Tlingit-Haida 5 1.27% 0.00%
15. Sioux 4 1.02% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 3 0.76% 0.00%
17. Cree 3 0.76% 0.00%
18. Navajo 2 0.51% 0.00%
19. Ute 2 0.51% 0.00%
20. Yaqui 2 0.51% 0.00%
21. Cheyenne 1 0.25% 0.00%
22. Crow 1 0.25% 0.00%
23. Osage 1 0.25% 0.00%
24. Potawatomi 1 0.25% 0.00%
25. Yakama 1 0.25% 0.00%
26. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.25% 0.00%
27. Eskimo 1 0.25% 0.00%

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

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