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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 750,295 99.40% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 4,549 0.60% 100.00%
Total Asian 4,297 0.57% 94.46%
Southern Asian 692 0.09% 15.21%
Asian Indian 611 0.08% 13.43%
Bangladeshi 31 0.00% 0.68%
Pakistani 43 0.01% 0.95%
Sri Lankan 7 0.00% 0.15%
Southeastern Asian 1,652 0.22% 36.32%
Cambodian 63 0.01% 1.38%
Filipino 613 0.08% 13.48%
Indonesian 11 0.00% 0.24%
Laotian 254 0.03% 5.58%
Malaysian 15 0.00% 0.33%
Thai 122 0.02% 2.68%
Vietnamese 574 0.08% 12.62%
Eastern Asian 1,781 0.24% 39.15%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 786 0.10% 17.28%
Hmong 31 0.00% 0.68%
Japanese 350 0.05% 7.69%
Korean 584 0.08% 12.84%
Taiwanese 30 0.00% 0.66%
Other Asian or Not Specified 172 0.02% 3.78%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 252 0.03% 5.54%
Polynesian 151 0.02% 3.32%
Native Hawaiian 79 0.01% 1.74%
Samoan 47 0.01% 1.03%
Tongan 24 0.00% 0.53%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Micronesian 62 0.01% 1.36%
Guamanian or Chamorro 58 0.01% 1.28%
Other Micronesian 4 0.00% 0.09%
Melanesian 5 0.00% 0.11%
Fijian 5 0.00% 0.11%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 34 0.00% 0.75%

* 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) 743,941 98.56% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 10,903 1.44% 100.00%
Mexican 6,364 0.84% 58.37%
Puerto Rican 637 0.08% 5.84%
Cuban 163 0.02% 1.50%
Dominican 26 0.00% 0.24%
Central American 756 0.10% 6.93%
Costa Rican 17 0.00% 0.16%
Guatemalan 445 0.06% 4.08%
Honduran 40 0.01% 0.37%
Nicaraguan 31 0.00% 0.28%
Panamanian 62 0.01% 0.57%
Salvadorian 105 0.01% 0.96%
Other Central American 56 0.01% 0.51%
South American 227 0.03% 2.08%
Argentinian 20 0.00% 0.18%
Bolivian 12 0.00% 0.11%
Chilean 55 0.01% 0.50%
Columbian 65 0.01% 0.60%
Ecuadorian 15 0.00% 0.14%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 24 0.00% 0.22%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 16 0.00% 0.15%
Other South American 20 0.00% 0.18%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,730 0.36% 25.04%
Spaniard 41 0.01% 0.38%
Spanish 565 0.07% 5.18%
Spanish American 58 0.01% 0.53%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,066 0.27% 18.95%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Sioux 52,064 94.87% 6.90%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 892 1.63% 0.12%
3. Chippewa 608 1.11% 0.08%
4. Cheyenne 199 0.36% 0.03%
5. Navajo 193 0.35% 0.03%
6. Cherokee 191 0.35% 0.03%
7. Blackfeet 71 0.13% 0.01%
8. Iroquois 71 0.13% 0.01%
9. Pueblo 65 0.12% 0.01%
10. Choctaw 61 0.11% 0.01%
11. Crow 61 0.11% 0.01%
12. Apache 44 0.08% 0.01%
13. Latin American Indians 37 0.07% 0.00%
14. Shoshone 34 0.06% 0.00%
15. Seminole 33 0.06% 0.00%
16. Potawatomi 26 0.05% 0.00%
17. Eskimo 21 0.04% 0.00%
18. Creek 19 0.03% 0.00%
19. Yuman 15 0.03% 0.00%
20. Tlingit-Haida 15 0.03% 0.00%
21. Aleut 14 0.03% 0.00%
22. Cree 12 0.02% 0.00%
23. Kiowa 12 0.02% 0.00%
24. Paiute 12 0.02% 0.00%
25. Yakama 12 0.02% 0.00%
26. Menominee 11 0.02% 0.00%
27. Alaskan Athabascan 10 0.02% 0.00%
28. Pima 9 0.02% 0.00%
29. Tohono O'Odham 9 0.02% 0.00%
30. Yaqui 9 0.02% 0.00%
31. Ottawa 8 0.01% 0.00%
32. Ute 7 0.01% 0.00%
33. Colville 6 0.01% 0.00%
34. Lumbee 6 0.01% 0.00%
35. Chickasaw 5 0.01% 0.00%
36. Comanche 5 0.01% 0.00%
37. Puget Sound Salish 4 0.01% 0.00%
38. Delaware 3 0.01% 0.00%
39. Osage 2 0.00% 0.00%
40. Houma 1 0.00% 0.00%
41. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 1 0.00% 0.00%

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

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