Montgomery 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 720,077 96.00% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 30,020 4.00% 100.00%
Total Asian 29,765 3.97% 99.15%
Southern Asian 8,694 1.16% 28.96%
Asian Indian 8,056 1.07% 26.84%
Bangladeshi 270 0.04% 0.90%
Pakistani 317 0.04% 1.06%
Sri Lankan 51 0.01% 0.17%
Southeastern Asian 5,030 0.67% 16.76%
Cambodian 304 0.04% 1.01%
Filipino 1,674 0.22% 5.58%
Indonesian 33 0.00% 0.11%
Laotian 158 0.02% 0.53%
Malaysian 15 0.00% 0.05%
Thai 159 0.02% 0.53%
Vietnamese 2,687 0.36% 8.95%
Eastern Asian 15,661 2.09% 52.17%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 5,694 0.76% 18.97%
Hmong 4 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 655 0.09% 2.18%
Korean 9,015 1.20% 30.03%
Taiwanese 293 0.04% 0.98%
Other Asian or Not Specified 380 0.05% 1.27%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 255 0.03% 0.85%
Polynesian 159 0.02% 0.53%
Native Hawaiian 55 0.01% 0.18%
Samoan 85 0.01% 0.28%
Tongan 11 0.00% 0.04%
Other Polynesian 8 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 31 0.00% 0.10%
Guamanian or Chamorro 30 0.00% 0.10%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 64 0.01% 0.21%

* 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) 734,797 97.96% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 15,300 2.04% 100.00%
Mexican 3,940 0.53% 25.75%
Puerto Rican 5,595 0.75% 36.57%
Cuban 812 0.11% 5.31%
Dominican 193 0.03% 1.26%
Central American 645 0.09% 4.22%
Costa Rican 84 0.01% 0.55%
Guatemalan 146 0.02% 0.95%
Honduran 115 0.02% 0.75%
Nicaraguan 35 0.00% 0.23%
Panamanian 113 0.02% 0.74%
Salvadorian 118 0.02% 0.77%
Other Central American 34 0.00% 0.22%
South American 1,420 0.19% 9.28%
Argentinian 252 0.03% 1.65%
Bolivian 44 0.01% 0.29%
Chilean 91 0.01% 0.59%
Columbian 434 0.06% 2.84%
Ecuadorian 131 0.02% 0.86%
Paraguayan 34 0.00% 0.22%
Peruvian 211 0.03% 1.38%
Uruguayan 24 0.00% 0.16%
Venezuelan 135 0.02% 0.88%
Other South American 64 0.01% 0.42%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,695 0.36% 17.61%
Spaniard 103 0.01% 0.67%
Spanish 456 0.06% 2.98%
Spanish American 40 0.01% 0.26%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,096 0.28% 13.70%


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 141 27.65% 0.02%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 118 23.14% 0.02%
3. Latin American Indians 80 15.69% 0.01%
4. Iroquois 30 5.88% 0.00%
5. Blackfeet 17 3.33% 0.00%
6. Sioux 15 2.94% 0.00%
7. Delaware 14 2.75% 0.00%
8. Lumbee 14 2.75% 0.00%
9. Choctaw 12 2.35% 0.00%
10. Apache 11 2.16% 0.00%
11. Seminole 8 1.57% 0.00%
12. Chippewa 7 1.37% 0.00%
13. Navajo 5 0.98% 0.00%
14. Pueblo 5 0.98% 0.00%
15. Tohono O'Odham 5 0.98% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 3 0.59% 0.00%
17. Crow 3 0.59% 0.00%
18. Kiowa 3 0.59% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 3 0.59% 0.00%
20. Cheyenne 2 0.39% 0.00%
21. Creek 2 0.39% 0.00%
22. Osage 2 0.39% 0.00%
23. Potawatomi 2 0.39% 0.00%
24. Comanche 1 0.20% 0.00%
25. Cree 1 0.20% 0.00%
26. Ottawa 1 0.20% 0.00%
27. Shoshone 1 0.20% 0.00%
28. Ute 1 0.20% 0.00%
29. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.20% 0.00%
30. Aleut 1 0.20% 0.00%
31. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.20% 0.00%

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

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