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.

* 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)	635,898	45.65%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	757,033	54.35%	100.00%
Mexican	531,069	38.13%	70.15%
Puerto Rican	10,135	0.73%	1.34%
Cuban	1,770	0.13%	0.23%
Dominican	365	0.03%	0.05%
Central American	4,243	0.30%	0.56%
Costa Rican	183	0.01%	0.02%
Guatemalan	684	0.05%	0.09%
Honduran	722	0.05%	0.10%
Nicaraguan	470	0.03%	0.06%
Panamanian	1,178	0.08%	0.16%
Salvadorian	765	0.05%	0.10%
Other Central American	241	0.02%	0.03%
South American	2,738	0.20%	0.36%
Argentinian	233	0.02%	0.03%
Bolivian	94	0.01%	0.01%
Chilean	180	0.01%	0.02%
Columbian	1,058	0.08%	0.14%
Ecuadorian	152	0.01%	0.02%
Paraguayan	31	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	560	0.04%	0.07%
Uruguayan	32	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	222	0.02%	0.03%
Other South American	176	0.01%	0.02%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	206,713	14.84%	27.31%
Spaniard	925	0.07%	0.12%
Spanish	8,232	0.59%	1.09%
Spanish American	630	0.05%	0.08%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	196,926	14.14%	26.01%

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

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