Hidalgo 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 566,008 99.39% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 3,455 0.61% 100.00%
Total Asian 3,324 0.58% 96.21%
Southern Asian 589 0.10% 17.05%
Asian Indian 548 0.10% 15.86%
Bangladeshi 4 0.00% 0.12%
Pakistani 35 0.01% 1.01%
Sri Lankan 2 0.00% 0.06%
Southeastern Asian 1,823 0.32% 52.76%
Cambodian 3 0.00% 0.09%
Filipino 1,672 0.29% 48.39%
Indonesian 4 0.00% 0.12%
Laotian 2 0.00% 0.06%
Malaysian 2 0.00% 0.06%
Thai 22 0.00% 0.64%
Vietnamese 118 0.02% 3.42%
Eastern Asian 835 0.15% 24.17%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 292 0.05% 8.45%
Hmong 3 0.00% 0.09%
Japanese 255 0.04% 7.38%
Korean 253 0.04% 7.32%
Taiwanese 32 0.01% 0.93%
Other Asian or Not Specified 77 0.01% 2.23%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 131 0.02% 3.79%
Polynesian 80 0.01% 2.32%
Native Hawaiian 54 0.01% 1.56%
Samoan 23 0.00% 0.67%
Tongan 3 0.00% 0.09%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 25 0.00% 0.72%
Guamanian or Chamorro 25 0.00% 0.72%
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 26 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) 66,363 11.65% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 503,100 88.35% 100.00%
Mexican 433,198 76.07% 86.11%
Puerto Rican 1,012 0.18% 0.20%
Cuban 352 0.06% 0.07%
Dominican 111 0.02% 0.02%
Central American 930 0.16% 0.18%
Costa Rican 40 0.01% 0.01%
Guatemalan 169 0.03% 0.03%
Honduran 256 0.04% 0.05%
Nicaraguan 128 0.02% 0.03%
Panamanian 38 0.01% 0.01%
Salvadorian 242 0.04% 0.05%
Other Central American 57 0.01% 0.01%
South American 613 0.11% 0.12%
Argentinian 108 0.02% 0.02%
Bolivian 21 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 64 0.01% 0.01%
Columbian 205 0.04% 0.04%
Ecuadorian 25 0.00% 0.00%
Paraguayan 12 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 90 0.02% 0.02%
Uruguayan 3 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 60 0.01% 0.01%
Other South American 25 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 66,884 11.75% 13.29%
Spaniard 184 0.03% 0.04%
Spanish 1,351 0.24% 0.27%
Spanish American 98 0.02% 0.02%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 65,251 11.46% 12.97%


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 404 61.03% 0.07%
2. Cherokee 68 10.27% 0.01%
3. Apache 46 6.95% 0.01%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 42 6.34% 0.01%
5. Choctaw 22 3.32% 0.00%
6. Sioux 13 1.96% 0.00%
7. Chippewa 11 1.66% 0.00%
8. Iroquois 7 1.06% 0.00%
9. Navajo 7 1.06% 0.00%
10. Tlingit-Haida 5 0.76% 0.00%
11. Blackfeet 4 0.60% 0.00%
12. Cree 4 0.60% 0.00%
13. Osage 4 0.60% 0.00%
14. Pueblo 4 0.60% 0.00%
15. Creek 3 0.45% 0.00%
16. Houma 3 0.45% 0.00%
17. Ottawa 2 0.30% 0.00%
18. Eskimo 2 0.30% 0.00%
19. Cheyenne 1 0.15% 0.00%
20. Chickasaw 1 0.15% 0.00%
21. Comanche 1 0.15% 0.00%
22. Paiute 1 0.15% 0.00%
23. Potawatomi 1 0.15% 0.00%
24. Seminole 1 0.15% 0.00%
25. Shoshone 1 0.15% 0.00%
26. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.15% 0.00%
27. Ute 1 0.15% 0.00%
28. Yaqui 1 0.15% 0.00%
29. Aleut 1 0.15% 0.00%

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

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