Salt Lake 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 865,514 96.34% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 32,873 3.66% 100.00%
Total Asian 22,323 2.48% 67.91%
Southern Asian 2,452 0.27% 7.46%
Asian Indian 2,091 0.23% 6.36%
Bangladeshi 27 0.00% 0.08%
Pakistani 305 0.03% 0.93%
Sri Lankan 29 0.00% 0.09%
Southeastern Asian 9,329 1.04% 28.38%
Cambodian 978 0.11% 2.98%
Filipino 1,306 0.15% 3.97%
Indonesian 79 0.01% 0.24%
Laotian 1,621 0.18% 4.93%
Malaysian 17 0.00% 0.05%
Thai 335 0.04% 1.02%
Vietnamese 4,993 0.56% 15.19%
Eastern Asian 9,936 1.11% 30.23%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 4,862 0.54% 14.79%
Hmong 26 0.00% 0.08%
Japanese 3,065 0.34% 9.32%
Korean 1,724 0.19% 5.24%
Taiwanese 259 0.03% 0.79%
Other Asian or Not Specified 606 0.07% 1.84%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 10,550 1.17% 32.09%
Polynesian 9,628 1.07% 29.29%
Native Hawaiian 501 0.06% 1.52%
Samoan 3,263 0.36% 9.93%
Tongan 5,525 0.61% 16.81%
Other Polynesian 339 0.04% 1.03%
Micronesian 269 0.03% 0.82%
Guamanian or Chamorro 70 0.01% 0.21%
Other Micronesian 199 0.02% 0.61%
Melanesian 50 0.01% 0.15%
Fijian 49 0.01% 0.15%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 603 0.07% 1.83%

* 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) 791,600 88.11% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 106,787 11.89% 100.00%
Mexican 72,395 8.06% 67.79%
Puerto Rican 2,142 0.24% 2.01%
Cuban 539 0.06% 0.50%
Dominican 159 0.02% 0.15%
Central American 3,445 0.38% 3.23%
Costa Rican 185 0.02% 0.17%
Guatemalan 1,174 0.13% 1.10%
Honduran 354 0.04% 0.33%
Nicaraguan 180 0.02% 0.17%
Panamanian 116 0.01% 0.11%
Salvadorian 1,292 0.14% 1.21%
Other Central American 144 0.02% 0.13%
South American 4,969 0.55% 4.65%
Argentinian 575 0.06% 0.54%
Bolivian 177 0.02% 0.17%
Chilean 626 0.07% 0.59%
Columbian 825 0.09% 0.77%
Ecuadorian 305 0.03% 0.29%
Paraguayan 7 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 1,249 0.14% 1.17%
Uruguayan 180 0.02% 0.17%
Venezuelan 799 0.09% 0.75%
Other South American 226 0.03% 0.21%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 23,138 2.58% 21.67%
Spaniard 460 0.05% 0.43%
Spanish 4,500 0.50% 4.21%
Spanish American 681 0.08% 0.64%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 17,497 1.95% 16.38%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Navajo 3,154 55.81% 0.35%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 425 7.52% 0.05%
3. Latin American Indians 320 5.66% 0.04%
4. Ute 270 4.78% 0.03%
5. Cherokee 254 4.49% 0.03%
6. Sioux 243 4.30% 0.03%
7. Apache 129 2.28% 0.01%
8. Shoshone 122 2.16% 0.01%
9. Pueblo 107 1.89% 0.01%
10. Chippewa 90 1.59% 0.01%
11. Paiute 87 1.54% 0.01%
12. Choctaw 64 1.13% 0.01%
13. Cheyenne 47 0.83% 0.01%
14. Iroquois 46 0.81% 0.01%
15. Blackfeet 45 0.80% 0.01%
16. Creek 35 0.62% 0.00%
17. Crow 22 0.39% 0.00%
18. Potawatomi 20 0.35% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 17 0.30% 0.00%
20. Cree 13 0.23% 0.00%
21. Comanche 12 0.21% 0.00%
22. Pima 11 0.19% 0.00%
23. Seminole 11 0.19% 0.00%
24. Tlingit-Haida 11 0.19% 0.00%
25. Yuman 10 0.18% 0.00%
26. Menominee 9 0.16% 0.00%
27. Yaqui 9 0.16% 0.00%
28. Alaskan Athabascan 9 0.16% 0.00%
29. Kiowa 8 0.14% 0.00%
30. Osage 8 0.14% 0.00%
31. Puget Sound Salish 8 0.14% 0.00%
32. Aleut 7 0.12% 0.00%
33. Lumbee 6 0.11% 0.00%
34. Tohono O'Odham 5 0.09% 0.00%
35. Delaware 4 0.07% 0.00%
36. Colville 3 0.05% 0.00%
37. Ottawa 3 0.05% 0.00%
38. All Other Alaskan Tribes 3 0.05% 0.00%
39. Chickasaw 2 0.04% 0.00%
40. Yakama 2 0.04% 0.00%

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

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