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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 309,840 98.79% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 3,805 1.21% 100.00%
Total Asian 3,578 1.14% 94.03%
Southern Asian 722 0.23% 18.98%
Asian Indian 671 0.21% 17.63%
Bangladeshi 2 0.00% 0.05%
Pakistani 44 0.01% 1.16%
Sri Lankan 5 0.00% 0.13%
Southeastern Asian 1,911 0.61% 50.22%
Cambodian 4 0.00% 0.11%
Filipino 1,489 0.47% 39.13%
Indonesian 6 0.00% 0.16%
Laotian 46 0.01% 1.21%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Thai 86 0.03% 2.26%
Vietnamese 279 0.09% 7.33%
Eastern Asian 856 0.27% 22.50%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 337 0.11% 8.86%
Hmong 4 0.00% 0.11%
Japanese 166 0.05% 4.36%
Korean 332 0.11% 8.73%
Taiwanese 17 0.01% 0.45%
Other Asian or Not Specified 89 0.03% 2.34%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 227 0.07% 5.97%
Polynesian 86 0.03% 2.26%
Native Hawaiian 58 0.02% 1.52%
Samoan 28 0.01% 0.74%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 68 0.02% 1.79%
Guamanian or Chamorro 57 0.02% 1.50%
Other Micronesian 11 0.00% 0.29%
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 73 0.02% 1.92%

* 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) 138,694 44.22% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 174,951 55.78% 100.00%
Mexican 113,334 36.13% 64.78%
Puerto Rican 773 0.25% 0.44%
Cuban 344 0.11% 0.20%
Dominican 42 0.01% 0.02%
Central American 446 0.14% 0.25%
Costa Rican 20 0.01% 0.01%
Guatemalan 73 0.02% 0.04%
Honduran 100 0.03% 0.06%
Nicaraguan 38 0.01% 0.02%
Panamanian 83 0.03% 0.05%
Salvadorian 98 0.03% 0.06%
Other Central American 34 0.01% 0.02%
South American 420 0.13% 0.24%
Argentinian 43 0.01% 0.02%
Bolivian 13 0.00% 0.01%
Chilean 53 0.02% 0.03%
Columbian 144 0.05% 0.08%
Ecuadorian 11 0.00% 0.01%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 56 0.02% 0.03%
Uruguayan 6 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 74 0.02% 0.04%
Other South American 19 0.01% 0.01%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 59,592 19.00% 34.06%
Spaniard 195 0.06% 0.11%
Spanish 1,931 0.62% 1.10%
Spanish American 114 0.04% 0.07%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 57,352 18.29% 32.78%


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 208 23.14% 0.07%
2. Latin American Indians 203 22.58% 0.06%
3. Apache 73 8.12% 0.02%
4. Choctaw 60 6.67% 0.02%
5. Sioux 48 5.34% 0.02%
6. All Other Native American Tribes 47 5.23% 0.01%
7. Chippewa 37 4.12% 0.01%
8. Navajo 34 3.78% 0.01%
9. Comanche 32 3.56% 0.01%
10. Creek 31 3.45% 0.01%
11. Chickasaw 16 1.78% 0.01%
12. Blackfeet 14 1.56% 0.00%
13. Iroquois 13 1.45% 0.00%
14. Potawatomi 13 1.45% 0.00%
15. Osage 9 1.00% 0.00%
16. Delaware 8 0.89% 0.00%
17. Tlingit-Haida 7 0.78% 0.00%
18. Seminole 6 0.67% 0.00%
19. Yaqui 6 0.67% 0.00%
20. Cheyenne 5 0.56% 0.00%
21. Lumbee 5 0.56% 0.00%
22. Pueblo 5 0.56% 0.00%
23. Pima 4 0.44% 0.00%
24. Houma 3 0.33% 0.00%
25. Kiowa 3 0.33% 0.00%
26. Crow 2 0.22% 0.00%
27. Paiute 2 0.22% 0.00%
28. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.22% 0.00%
29. Eskimo 2 0.22% 0.00%
30. Ottawa 1 0.11% 0.00%

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

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