Williamson 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 125,041 98.74% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,597 1.26% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,565 1.24% 98.00%
Southern Asian 462 0.36% 28.93%
Asian Indian 420 0.33% 26.30%
Bangladeshi 4 0.00% 0.25%
Pakistani 32 0.03% 2.00%
Sri Lankan 6 0.00% 0.38%
Southeastern Asian 174 0.14% 10.90%
Cambodian 6 0.00% 0.38%
Filipino 104 0.08% 6.51%
Indonesian 5 0.00% 0.31%
Laotian 2 0.00% 0.13%
Malaysian 8 0.01% 0.50%
Thai 9 0.01% 0.56%
Vietnamese 40 0.03% 2.50%
Eastern Asian 901 0.71% 56.42%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 304 0.24% 19.04%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 259 0.20% 16.22%
Korean 326 0.26% 20.41%
Taiwanese 12 0.01% 0.75%
Other Asian or Not Specified 28 0.02% 1.75%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 32 0.03% 2.00%
Polynesian 13 0.01% 0.81%
Native Hawaiian 10 0.01% 0.63%
Samoan 3 0.00% 0.19%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 17 0.01% 1.06%
Guamanian or Chamorro 10 0.01% 0.63%
Other Micronesian 7 0.01% 0.44%
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 2 0.00% 0.13%

* 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) 123,441 97.48% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 3,197 2.52% 100.00%
Mexican 2,094 1.65% 65.50%
Puerto Rican 210 0.17% 6.57%
Cuban 107 0.08% 3.35%
Dominican 16 0.01% 0.50%
Central American 99 0.08% 3.10%
Costa Rican 5 0.00% 0.16%
Guatemalan 36 0.03% 1.13%
Honduran 26 0.02% 0.81%
Nicaraguan 3 0.00% 0.09%
Panamanian 8 0.01% 0.25%
Salvadorian 16 0.01% 0.50%
Other Central American 5 0.00% 0.16%
South American 158 0.12% 4.94%
Argentinian 11 0.01% 0.34%
Bolivian 4 0.00% 0.13%
Chilean 21 0.02% 0.66%
Columbian 65 0.05% 2.03%
Ecuadorian 11 0.01% 0.34%
Paraguayan 3 0.00% 0.09%
Peruvian 22 0.02% 0.69%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.09%
Venezuelan 12 0.01% 0.38%
Other South American 6 0.00% 0.19%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 513 0.41% 16.05%
Spaniard 25 0.02% 0.78%
Spanish 87 0.07% 2.72%
Spanish American 7 0.01% 0.22%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 394 0.31% 12.32%


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 68 42.24% 0.05%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 17 10.56% 0.01%
3. Chippewa 11 6.83% 0.01%
4. Choctaw 11 6.83% 0.01%
5. Iroquois 9 5.59% 0.01%
6. Chickasaw 6 3.73% 0.00%
7. Creek 6 3.73% 0.00%
8. Osage 5 3.11% 0.00%
9. Lumbee 4 2.48% 0.00%
10. Potawatomi 4 2.48% 0.00%
11. Sioux 4 2.48% 0.00%
12. Delaware 3 1.86% 0.00%
13. Seminole 3 1.86% 0.00%
14. Blackfeet 2 1.24% 0.00%
15. Latin American Indians 2 1.24% 0.00%
16. Apache 1 0.62% 0.00%
17. Cheyenne 1 0.62% 0.00%
18. Ottawa 1 0.62% 0.00%
19. Shoshone 1 0.62% 0.00%
20. Aleut 1 0.62% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.62% 0.00%

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

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