Hunt 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 76,133 99.40% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 463 0.60% 100.00%
Total Asian 407 0.53% 87.90%
Southern Asian 116 0.15% 25.05%
Asian Indian 108 0.14% 23.33%
Bangladeshi 2 0.00% 0.43%
Pakistani 6 0.01% 1.30%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 115 0.15% 24.84%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 54 0.07% 11.66%
Indonesian 4 0.01% 0.86%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 27 0.04% 5.83%
Vietnamese 30 0.04% 6.48%
Eastern Asian 161 0.21% 34.77%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 92 0.12% 19.87%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 17 0.02% 3.67%
Korean 47 0.06% 10.15%
Taiwanese 5 0.01% 1.08%
Other Asian or Not Specified 15 0.02% 3.24%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 56 0.07% 12.10%
Polynesian 32 0.04% 6.91%
Native Hawaiian 17 0.02% 3.67%
Samoan 14 0.02% 3.02%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.22%
Micronesian 22 0.03% 4.75%
Guamanian or Chamorro 3 0.00% 0.65%
Other Micronesian 19 0.02% 4.10%
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% 0.43%

* 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) 70,230 91.69% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 6,366 8.31% 100.00%
Mexican 5,219 6.81% 81.98%
Puerto Rican 121 0.16% 1.90%
Cuban 54 0.07% 0.85%
Dominican 2 0.00% 0.03%
Central American 60 0.08% 0.94%
Costa Rican 3 0.00% 0.05%
Guatemalan 25 0.03% 0.39%
Honduran 14 0.02% 0.22%
Nicaraguan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Panamanian 5 0.01% 0.08%
Salvadorian 12 0.02% 0.19%
Other Central American 0 0.00% 0.00%
South American 47 0.06% 0.74%
Argentinian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 2 0.00% 0.03%
Columbian 22 0.03% 0.35%
Ecuadorian 7 0.01% 0.11%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 14 0.02% 0.22%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 1 0.00% 0.02%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 863 1.13% 13.56%
Spaniard 8 0.01% 0.13%
Spanish 115 0.15% 1.81%
Spanish American 7 0.01% 0.11%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 733 0.96% 11.51%


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 144 36.46% 0.19%
2. Choctaw 108 27.34% 0.14%
3. Chickasaw 25 6.33% 0.03%
4. Creek 21 5.32% 0.03%
5. Latin American Indians 18 4.56% 0.02%
6. Apache 10 2.53% 0.01%
7. Navajo 10 2.53% 0.01%
8. All Other Native American Tribes 9 2.28% 0.01%
9. Blackfeet 7 1.77% 0.01%
10. Potawatomi 7 1.77% 0.01%
11. Seminole 6 1.52% 0.01%
12. Ottawa 5 1.27% 0.01%
13. Comanche 4 1.01% 0.01%
14. Osage 4 1.01% 0.01%
15. Iroquois 3 0.76% 0.00%
16. Pueblo 3 0.76% 0.00%
17. Aleut 3 0.76% 0.00%
18. Cheyenne 2 0.51% 0.00%
19. Chippewa 2 0.51% 0.00%
20. Crow 1 0.25% 0.00%
21. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.25% 0.00%
22. Shoshone 1 0.25% 0.00%
23. Sioux 1 0.25% 0.00%

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

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