Walker 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 61,259 99.19% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 499 0.81% 100.00%
Total Asian 468 0.76% 93.79%
Southern Asian 131 0.21% 26.25%
Asian Indian 117 0.19% 23.45%
Bangladeshi 2 0.00% 0.40%
Pakistani 10 0.02% 2.00%
Sri Lankan 2 0.00% 0.40%
Southeastern Asian 151 0.24% 30.26%
Cambodian 18 0.03% 3.61%
Filipino 71 0.11% 14.23%
Indonesian 5 0.01% 1.00%
Laotian 6 0.01% 1.20%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.20%
Thai 2 0.00% 0.40%
Vietnamese 48 0.08% 9.62%
Eastern Asian 134 0.22% 26.85%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 62 0.10% 12.42%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 46 0.07% 9.22%
Korean 23 0.04% 4.61%
Taiwanese 3 0.00% 0.60%
Other Asian or Not Specified 52 0.08% 10.42%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 31 0.05% 6.21%
Polynesian 14 0.02% 2.81%
Native Hawaiian 4 0.01% 0.80%
Samoan 10 0.02% 2.00%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 5 0.01% 1.00%
Guamanian or Chamorro 5 0.01% 1.00%
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 12 0.02% 2.40%

* 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) 53,046 85.89% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 8,712 14.11% 100.00%
Mexican 7,198 11.66% 82.62%
Puerto Rican 83 0.13% 0.95%
Cuban 27 0.04% 0.31%
Dominican 6 0.01% 0.07%
Central American 482 0.78% 5.53%
Costa Rican 10 0.02% 0.11%
Guatemalan 5 0.01% 0.06%
Honduran 20 0.03% 0.23%
Nicaraguan 25 0.04% 0.29%
Panamanian 4 0.01% 0.05%
Salvadorian 403 0.65% 4.63%
Other Central American 15 0.02% 0.17%
South American 38 0.06% 0.44%
Argentinian 4 0.01% 0.05%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 1 0.00% 0.01%
Columbian 9 0.01% 0.10%
Ecuadorian 7 0.01% 0.08%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 3 0.00% 0.03%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 14 0.02% 0.16%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 878 1.42% 10.08%
Spaniard 6 0.01% 0.07%
Spanish 70 0.11% 0.80%
Spanish American 2 0.00% 0.02%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 800 1.30% 9.18%


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 37 24.34% 0.06%
2. Choctaw 33 21.71% 0.05%
3. Latin American Indians 26 17.11% 0.04%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 13 8.55% 0.02%
5. Chippewa 9 5.92% 0.01%
6. Creek 8 5.26% 0.01%
7. Sioux 4 2.63% 0.01%
8. Blackfeet 3 1.97% 0.00%
9. Chickasaw 3 1.97% 0.00%
10. Comanche 3 1.97% 0.00%
11. Navajo 2 1.32% 0.00%
12. Tlingit-Haida 2 1.32% 0.00%
13. Apache 1 0.66% 0.00%
14. Cheyenne 1 0.66% 0.00%
15. Kiowa 1 0.66% 0.00%
16. Lumbee 1 0.66% 0.00%
17. Paiute 1 0.66% 0.00%
18. Pima 1 0.66% 0.00%
19. Potawatomi 1 0.66% 0.00%
20. Pueblo 1 0.66% 0.00%
21. Seminole 1 0.66% 0.00%

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

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