Collin 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 457,935 93.14% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 33,740 6.86% 100.00%
Total Asian 33,513 6.82% 99.33%
Southern Asian 10,718 2.18% 31.77%
Asian Indian 9,673 1.97% 28.67%
Bangladeshi 161 0.03% 0.48%
Pakistani 787 0.16% 2.33%
Sri Lankan 97 0.02% 0.29%
Southeastern Asian 5,730 1.17% 16.98%
Cambodian 124 0.03% 0.37%
Filipino 1,634 0.33% 4.84%
Indonesian 120 0.02% 0.36%
Laotian 88 0.02% 0.26%
Malaysian 48 0.01% 0.14%
Thai 326 0.07% 0.97%
Vietnamese 3,390 0.69% 10.05%
Eastern Asian 16,638 3.38% 49.31%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 12,007 2.44% 35.59%
Hmong 8 0.00% 0.02%
Japanese 977 0.20% 2.90%
Korean 2,865 0.58% 8.49%
Taiwanese 781 0.16% 2.31%
Other Asian or Not Specified 427 0.09% 1.27%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 227 0.05% 0.67%
Polynesian 114 0.02% 0.34%
Native Hawaiian 61 0.01% 0.18%
Samoan 42 0.01% 0.12%
Tongan 5 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 6 0.00% 0.02%
Micronesian 47 0.01% 0.14%
Guamanian or Chamorro 46 0.01% 0.14%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 7 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 7 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 59 0.01% 0.17%

* 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) 441,165 89.73% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 50,510 10.27% 100.00%
Mexican 36,383 7.40% 72.03%
Puerto Rican 1,383 0.28% 2.74%
Cuban 696 0.14% 1.38%
Dominican 61 0.01% 0.12%
Central American 1,967 0.40% 3.89%
Costa Rican 141 0.03% 0.28%
Guatemalan 349 0.07% 0.69%
Honduran 341 0.07% 0.68%
Nicaraguan 125 0.03% 0.25%
Panamanian 157 0.03% 0.31%
Salvadorian 754 0.15% 1.49%
Other Central American 100 0.02% 0.20%
South American 1,516 0.31% 3.00%
Argentinian 119 0.02% 0.24%
Bolivian 43 0.01% 0.09%
Chilean 114 0.02% 0.23%
Columbian 489 0.10% 0.97%
Ecuadorian 89 0.02% 0.18%
Paraguayan 21 0.00% 0.04%
Peruvian 354 0.07% 0.70%
Uruguayan 13 0.00% 0.03%
Venezuelan 184 0.04% 0.36%
Other South American 90 0.02% 0.18%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 8,504 1.73% 16.84%
Spaniard 194 0.04% 0.38%
Spanish 1,077 0.22% 2.13%
Spanish American 62 0.01% 0.12%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 7,171 1.46% 14.20%


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 494 29.37% 0.10%
2. Choctaw 409 24.32% 0.08%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 127 7.55% 0.03%
4. Chickasaw 114 6.78% 0.02%
5. Latin American Indians 113 6.72% 0.02%
6. Creek 75 4.46% 0.02%
7. Potawatomi 50 2.97% 0.01%
8. Chippewa 36 2.14% 0.01%
9. Sioux 33 1.96% 0.01%
10. Apache 29 1.72% 0.01%
11. Navajo 20 1.19% 0.00%
12. Iroquois 19 1.13% 0.00%
13. Comanche 18 1.07% 0.00%
14. Blackfeet 17 1.01% 0.00%
15. Osage 17 1.01% 0.00%
16. Delaware 16 0.95% 0.00%
17. Lumbee 14 0.83% 0.00%
18. Kiowa 13 0.77% 0.00%
19. Pueblo 13 0.77% 0.00%
20. Seminole 11 0.65% 0.00%
21. Alaskan Athabascan 6 0.36% 0.00%
22. Houma 5 0.30% 0.00%
23. Aleut 5 0.30% 0.00%
24. Cree 4 0.24% 0.00%
25. Yaqui 4 0.24% 0.00%
26. Pima 3 0.18% 0.00%
27. Eskimo 3 0.18% 0.00%
28. Ottawa 2 0.12% 0.00%
29. Yuman 2 0.12% 0.00%
30. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.12% 0.00%
31. Cheyenne 1 0.06% 0.00%
32. Colville 1 0.06% 0.00%
33. Menominee 1 0.06% 0.00%
34. Paiute 1 0.06% 0.00%
35. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.06% 0.00%
36. Shoshone 1 0.06% 0.00%
37. Ute 1 0.06% 0.00%
38. Yakama 1 0.06% 0.00%

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

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