Hamilton 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 303,819 98.68% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 4,077 1.32% 100.00%
Total Asian 3,882 1.26% 95.22%
Southern Asian 1,415 0.46% 34.71%
Asian Indian 1,315 0.43% 32.25%
Bangladeshi 3 0.00% 0.07%
Pakistani 92 0.03% 2.26%
Sri Lankan 5 0.00% 0.12%
Southeastern Asian 1,121 0.36% 27.50%
Cambodian 179 0.06% 4.39%
Filipino 384 0.12% 9.42%
Indonesian 25 0.01% 0.61%
Laotian 85 0.03% 2.08%
Malaysian 2 0.00% 0.05%
Thai 40 0.01% 0.98%
Vietnamese 406 0.13% 9.96%
Eastern Asian 1,259 0.41% 30.88%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 502 0.16% 12.31%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 172 0.06% 4.22%
Korean 520 0.17% 12.75%
Taiwanese 65 0.02% 1.59%
Other Asian or Not Specified 87 0.03% 2.13%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 195 0.06% 4.78%
Polynesian 53 0.02% 1.30%
Native Hawaiian 18 0.01% 0.44%
Samoan 34 0.01% 0.83%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Micronesian 118 0.04% 2.89%
Guamanian or Chamorro 116 0.04% 2.85%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.05%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 23 0.01% 0.56%

* 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) 302,415 98.22% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 5,481 1.78% 100.00%
Mexican 2,490 0.81% 45.43%
Puerto Rican 646 0.21% 11.79%
Cuban 269 0.09% 4.91%
Dominican 87 0.03% 1.59%
Central American 746 0.24% 13.61%
Costa Rican 25 0.01% 0.46%
Guatemalan 603 0.20% 11.00%
Honduran 34 0.01% 0.62%
Nicaraguan 18 0.01% 0.33%
Panamanian 31 0.01% 0.57%
Salvadorian 18 0.01% 0.33%
Other Central American 17 0.01% 0.31%
South American 278 0.09% 5.07%
Argentinian 13 0.00% 0.24%
Bolivian 3 0.00% 0.05%
Chilean 17 0.01% 0.31%
Columbian 101 0.03% 1.84%
Ecuadorian 29 0.01% 0.53%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.04%
Peruvian 44 0.01% 0.80%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 43 0.01% 0.78%
Other South American 26 0.01% 0.47%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 965 0.31% 17.61%
Spaniard 13 0.00% 0.24%
Spanish 136 0.04% 2.48%
Spanish American 8 0.00% 0.15%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 808 0.26% 14.74%


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 401 63.05% 0.13%
2. Latin American Indians 43 6.76% 0.01%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 29 4.56% 0.01%
4. Chippewa 22 3.46% 0.01%
5. Sioux 22 3.46% 0.01%
6. Choctaw 21 3.30% 0.01%
7. Iroquois 20 3.14% 0.01%
8. Lumbee 13 2.04% 0.00%
9. Apache 10 1.57% 0.00%
10. Blackfeet 10 1.57% 0.00%
11. Creek 9 1.42% 0.00%
12. Osage 7 1.10% 0.00%
13. Comanche 3 0.47% 0.00%
14. Kiowa 3 0.47% 0.00%
15. Navajo 3 0.47% 0.00%
16. Ottawa 3 0.47% 0.00%
17. Potawatomi 3 0.47% 0.00%
18. Crow 2 0.31% 0.00%
19. Shoshone 2 0.31% 0.00%
20. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.31% 0.00%
21. Cheyenne 1 0.16% 0.00%
22. Chickasaw 1 0.16% 0.00%
23. Delaware 1 0.16% 0.00%
24. Pueblo 1 0.16% 0.00%
25. Ute 1 0.16% 0.00%
26. Yakama 1 0.16% 0.00%
27. Aleut 1 0.16% 0.00%
28. Eskimo 1 0.16% 0.00%

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

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