Montgomery 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 290,503 98.89% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 3,265 1.11% 100.00%
Total Asian 3,164 1.08% 96.91%
Southern Asian 1,094 0.37% 33.51%
Asian Indian 970 0.33% 29.71%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 102 0.03% 3.12%
Sri Lankan 22 0.01% 0.67%
Southeastern Asian 992 0.34% 30.38%
Cambodian 90 0.03% 2.76%
Filipino 513 0.17% 15.71%
Indonesian 23 0.01% 0.70%
Laotian 6 0.00% 0.18%
Malaysian 15 0.01% 0.46%
Thai 47 0.02% 1.44%
Vietnamese 298 0.10% 9.13%
Eastern Asian 983 0.33% 30.11%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 595 0.20% 18.22%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 174 0.06% 5.33%
Korean 172 0.06% 5.27%
Taiwanese 42 0.01% 1.29%
Other Asian or Not Specified 95 0.03% 2.91%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 101 0.03% 3.09%
Polynesian 46 0.02% 1.41%
Native Hawaiian 29 0.01% 0.89%
Samoan 17 0.01% 0.52%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 36 0.01% 1.10%
Guamanian or Chamorro 31 0.01% 0.95%
Other Micronesian 5 0.00% 0.15%
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 19 0.01% 0.58%

* 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) 256,618 87.35% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 37,150 12.65% 100.00%
Mexican 27,845 9.48% 74.95%
Puerto Rican 602 0.20% 1.62%
Cuban 314 0.11% 0.85%
Dominican 30 0.01% 0.08%
Central American 1,948 0.66% 5.24%
Costa Rican 71 0.02% 0.19%
Guatemalan 292 0.10% 0.79%
Honduran 687 0.23% 1.85%
Nicaraguan 45 0.02% 0.12%
Panamanian 38 0.01% 0.10%
Salvadorian 760 0.26% 2.05%
Other Central American 55 0.02% 0.15%
South American 829 0.28% 2.23%
Argentinian 140 0.05% 0.38%
Bolivian 14 0.00% 0.04%
Chilean 41 0.01% 0.11%
Columbian 295 0.10% 0.79%
Ecuadorian 56 0.02% 0.15%
Paraguayan 3 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 75 0.03% 0.20%
Uruguayan 21 0.01% 0.06%
Venezuelan 136 0.05% 0.37%
Other South American 48 0.02% 0.13%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,582 1.90% 15.03%
Spaniard 101 0.03% 0.27%
Spanish 681 0.23% 1.83%
Spanish American 52 0.02% 0.14%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,748 1.62% 12.78%


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 363 37.66% 0.12%
2. Choctaw 149 15.46% 0.05%
3. Latin American Indians 95 9.85% 0.03%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 85 8.82% 0.03%
5. Chickasaw 39 4.05% 0.01%
6. Chippewa 23 2.39% 0.01%
7. Iroquois 22 2.28% 0.01%
8. Osage 22 2.28% 0.01%
9. Potawatomi 21 2.18% 0.01%
10. Creek 19 1.97% 0.01%
11. Comanche 18 1.87% 0.01%
12. Blackfeet 16 1.66% 0.01%
13. Apache 15 1.56% 0.01%
14. Delaware 15 1.56% 0.01%
15. Sioux 10 1.04% 0.00%
16. Seminole 9 0.93% 0.00%
17. Navajo 8 0.83% 0.00%
18. Cheyenne 5 0.52% 0.00%
19. Lumbee 5 0.52% 0.00%
20. Aleut 3 0.31% 0.00%
21. Eskimo 3 0.31% 0.00%
22. Crow 2 0.21% 0.00%
23. Houma 2 0.21% 0.00%
24. Pima 2 0.21% 0.00%
25. Pueblo 2 0.21% 0.00%
26. Ute 2 0.21% 0.00%
27. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.21% 0.00%
28. Cree 1 0.10% 0.00%
29. Menominee 1 0.10% 0.00%
30. Ottawa 1 0.10% 0.00%
31. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.10% 0.00%
32. Shoshone 1 0.10% 0.00%
33. Yakama 1 0.10% 0.00%
34. Yuman 1 0.10% 0.00%

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

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