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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 556,420 97.64% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 13,471 2.36% 100.00%
Total Asian 13,070 2.29% 97.02%
Southern Asian 2,914 0.51% 21.63%
Asian Indian 2,692 0.47% 19.98%
Bangladeshi 66 0.01% 0.49%
Pakistani 132 0.02% 0.98%
Sri Lankan 24 0.00% 0.18%
Southeastern Asian 5,382 0.94% 39.95%
Cambodian 410 0.07% 3.04%
Filipino 822 0.14% 6.10%
Indonesian 35 0.01% 0.26%
Laotian 1,794 0.31% 13.32%
Malaysian 34 0.01% 0.25%
Thai 294 0.05% 2.18%
Vietnamese 1,993 0.35% 14.79%
Eastern Asian 4,270 0.75% 31.70%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,885 0.33% 13.99%
Hmong 2 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 666 0.12% 4.94%
Korean 1,635 0.29% 12.14%
Taiwanese 82 0.01% 0.61%
Other Asian or Not Specified 504 0.09% 3.74%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 401 0.07% 2.98%
Polynesian 268 0.05% 1.99%
Native Hawaiian 82 0.01% 0.61%
Samoan 181 0.03% 1.34%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 4 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 59 0.01% 0.44%
Guamanian or Chamorro 58 0.01% 0.43%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 12 0.00% 0.09%
Fijian 5 0.00% 0.04%
Other Melanesian 7 0.00% 0.05%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 62 0.01% 0.46%

* 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) 543,800 95.42% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 26,091 4.58% 100.00%
Mexican 16,218 2.85% 62.16%
Puerto Rican 1,910 0.34% 7.32%
Cuban 814 0.14% 3.12%
Dominican 93 0.02% 0.36%
Central American 2,583 0.45% 9.90%
Costa Rican 153 0.03% 0.59%
Guatemalan 692 0.12% 2.65%
Honduran 536 0.09% 2.05%
Nicaraguan 82 0.01% 0.31%
Panamanian 92 0.02% 0.35%
Salvadorian 859 0.15% 3.29%
Other Central American 169 0.03% 0.65%
South American 827 0.15% 3.17%
Argentinian 57 0.01% 0.22%
Bolivian 22 0.00% 0.08%
Chilean 82 0.01% 0.31%
Columbian 280 0.05% 1.07%
Ecuadorian 48 0.01% 0.18%
Paraguayan 3 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 115 0.02% 0.44%
Uruguayan 6 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 165 0.03% 0.63%
Other South American 49 0.01% 0.19%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,646 0.64% 13.97%
Spaniard 66 0.01% 0.25%
Spanish 444 0.08% 1.70%
Spanish American 38 0.01% 0.15%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,098 0.54% 11.87%


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 493 46.07% 0.09%
2. Latin American Indians 89 8.32% 0.02%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 70 6.54% 0.01%
4. Choctaw 60 5.61% 0.01%
5. Creek 53 4.95% 0.01%
6. Iroquois 49 4.58% 0.01%
7. Navajo 31 2.90% 0.01%
8. Sioux 30 2.80% 0.01%
9. Apache 29 2.71% 0.01%
10. Chippewa 24 2.24% 0.00%
11. Chickasaw 18 1.68% 0.00%
12. Lumbee 17 1.59% 0.00%
13. Seminole 14 1.31% 0.00%
14. Blackfeet 11 1.03% 0.00%
15. Houma 9 0.84% 0.00%
16. Osage 9 0.84% 0.00%
17. Cheyenne 7 0.65% 0.00%
18. Potawatomi 6 0.56% 0.00%
19. Ottawa 5 0.47% 0.00%
20. Pima 5 0.47% 0.00%
21. Aleut 4 0.37% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 4 0.37% 0.00%
23. Cree 3 0.28% 0.00%
24. Crow 3 0.28% 0.00%
25. Delaware 3 0.28% 0.00%
26. Kiowa 3 0.28% 0.00%
27. Paiute 3 0.28% 0.00%
28. Shoshone 3 0.28% 0.00%
29. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.28% 0.00%
30. Comanche 2 0.19% 0.00%
31. Pueblo 2 0.19% 0.00%
32. Yaqui 2 0.19% 0.00%
33. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.19% 0.00%
34. Colville 1 0.09% 0.00%
35. Menominee 1 0.09% 0.00%
36. Ute 1 0.09% 0.00%
37. Yuman 1 0.09% 0.00%

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

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