Florence 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 124,881 99.30% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 880 0.70% 100.00%
Total Asian 859 0.68% 97.61%
Southern Asian 238 0.19% 27.05%
Asian Indian 226 0.18% 25.68%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 3 0.00% 0.34%
Sri Lankan 9 0.01% 1.02%
Southeastern Asian 163 0.13% 18.52%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 98 0.08% 11.14%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 9 0.01% 1.02%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.11%
Thai 12 0.01% 1.36%
Vietnamese 43 0.03% 4.89%
Eastern Asian 444 0.35% 50.45%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 199 0.16% 22.61%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 69 0.05% 7.84%
Korean 94 0.07% 10.68%
Taiwanese 82 0.07% 9.32%
Other Asian or Not Specified 14 0.01% 1.59%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 21 0.02% 2.39%
Polynesian 12 0.01% 1.36%
Native Hawaiian 6 0.00% 0.68%
Samoan 5 0.00% 0.57%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.11%
Micronesian 3 0.00% 0.34%
Guamanian or Chamorro 2 0.00% 0.23%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.11%
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 6 0.00% 0.68%

* 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) 124,378 98.90% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,383 1.10% 100.00%
Mexican 703 0.56% 50.83%
Puerto Rican 150 0.12% 10.85%
Cuban 38 0.03% 2.75%
Dominican 22 0.02% 1.59%
Central American 56 0.04% 4.05%
Costa Rican 10 0.01% 0.72%
Guatemalan 8 0.01% 0.58%
Honduran 13 0.01% 0.94%
Nicaraguan 1 0.00% 0.07%
Panamanian 9 0.01% 0.65%
Salvadorian 12 0.01% 0.87%
Other Central American 3 0.00% 0.22%
South American 69 0.05% 4.99%
Argentinian 4 0.00% 0.29%
Bolivian 5 0.00% 0.36%
Chilean 1 0.00% 0.07%
Columbian 19 0.02% 1.37%
Ecuadorian 6 0.00% 0.43%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.07%
Peruvian 3 0.00% 0.22%
Uruguayan 9 0.01% 0.65%
Venezuelan 12 0.01% 0.87%
Other South American 9 0.01% 0.65%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 345 0.27% 24.95%
Spaniard 7 0.01% 0.51%
Spanish 34 0.03% 2.46%
Spanish American 2 0.00% 0.14%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 302 0.24% 21.84%


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 43 27.39% 0.03%
2. Lumbee 43 27.39% 0.03%
3. Chickasaw 13 8.28% 0.01%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 12 7.64% 0.01%
5. Chippewa 11 7.01% 0.01%
6. Latin American Indians 6 3.82% 0.00%
7. Blackfeet 5 3.18% 0.00%
8. Sioux 5 3.18% 0.00%
9. Iroquois 4 2.55% 0.00%
10. Tlingit-Haida 4 2.55% 0.00%
11. Apache 3 1.91% 0.00%
12. Delaware 3 1.91% 0.00%
13. Creek 2 1.27% 0.00%
14. Choctaw 1 0.64% 0.00%
15. Seminole 1 0.64% 0.00%
16. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.64% 0.00%

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

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