Anderson 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 54,848 99.53% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 261 0.47% 100.00%
Total Asian 246 0.45% 94.25%
Southern Asian 41 0.07% 15.71%
Asian Indian 40 0.07% 15.33%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 1 0.00% 0.38%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 100 0.18% 38.31%
Cambodian 6 0.01% 2.30%
Filipino 71 0.13% 27.20%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 6 0.01% 2.30%
Vietnamese 17 0.03% 6.51%
Eastern Asian 49 0.09% 18.77%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 11 0.02% 4.21%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 21 0.04% 8.05%
Korean 13 0.02% 4.98%
Taiwanese 4 0.01% 1.53%
Other Asian or Not Specified 56 0.10% 21.46%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 15 0.03% 5.75%
Polynesian 8 0.01% 3.07%
Native Hawaiian 5 0.01% 1.92%
Samoan 3 0.01% 1.15%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 5 0.01% 1.92%
Guamanian or Chamorro 5 0.01% 1.92%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
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% 0.77%

* 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) 48,404 87.83% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 6,705 12.17% 100.00%
Mexican 3,480 6.31% 51.90%
Puerto Rican 88 0.16% 1.31%
Cuban 10 0.02% 0.15%
Dominican 2 0.00% 0.03%
Central American 151 0.27% 2.25%
Costa Rican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Guatemalan 46 0.08% 0.69%
Honduran 23 0.04% 0.34%
Nicaraguan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Panamanian 3 0.01% 0.04%
Salvadorian 72 0.13% 1.07%
Other Central American 7 0.01% 0.10%
South American 15 0.03% 0.22%
Argentinian 3 0.01% 0.04%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 2 0.00% 0.03%
Columbian 8 0.01% 0.12%
Ecuadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 2 0.00% 0.03%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,959 5.37% 44.13%
Spaniard 1 0.00% 0.01%
Spanish 26 0.05% 0.39%
Spanish American 4 0.01% 0.06%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,928 5.31% 43.67%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 179 67.80% 0.32%
2. Cherokee 31 11.74% 0.06%
3. Choctaw 18 6.82% 0.03%
4. Lumbee 11 4.17% 0.02%
5. Chickasaw 4 1.52% 0.01%
6. Chippewa 4 1.52% 0.01%
7. Sioux 4 1.52% 0.01%
8. Comanche 3 1.14% 0.01%
9. All Other Native American Tribes 3 1.14% 0.01%
10. Cree 1 0.38% 0.00%
11. Creek 1 0.38% 0.00%
12. Iroquois 1 0.38% 0.00%
13. Navajo 1 0.38% 0.00%
14. Potawatomi 1 0.38% 0.00%
15. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.38% 0.00%
16. Eskimo 1 0.38% 0.00%

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

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