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.

* 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)	311,964	97.28%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	8,713	2.72%	100.00%
Mexican	3,056	0.95%	35.07%
Puerto Rican	2,604	0.81%	29.89%
Cuban	353	0.11%	4.05%
Dominican	120	0.04%	1.38%
Central American	652	0.20%	7.48%
Costa Rican	23	0.01%	0.26%
Guatemalan	131	0.04%	1.50%
Honduran	71	0.02%	0.81%
Nicaraguan	20	0.01%	0.23%
Panamanian	331	0.10%	3.80%
Salvadorian	58	0.02%	0.67%
Other Central American	18	0.01%	0.21%
South American	456	0.14%	5.23%
Argentinian	30	0.01%	0.34%
Bolivian	11	0.00%	0.13%
Chilean	25	0.01%	0.29%
Columbian	137	0.04%	1.57%
Ecuadorian	73	0.02%	0.84%
Paraguayan	6	0.00%	0.07%
Peruvian	64	0.02%	0.73%
Uruguayan	5	0.00%	0.06%
Venezuelan	92	0.03%	1.06%
Other South American	13	0.00%	0.15%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,472	0.46%	16.89%
Spaniard	54	0.02%	0.62%
Spanish	208	0.06%	2.39%
Spanish American	18	0.01%	0.21%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,192	0.37%	13.68%

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

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