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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 151,622 98.84% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,784 1.16% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,654 1.08% 92.71%
Southern Asian 431 0.28% 24.16%
Asian Indian 414 0.27% 23.21%
Bangladeshi 4 0.00% 0.22%
Pakistani 7 0.00% 0.39%
Sri Lankan 6 0.00% 0.34%
Southeastern Asian 860 0.56% 48.21%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.06%
Filipino 155 0.10% 8.69%
Indonesian 7 0.00% 0.39%
Laotian 169 0.11% 9.47%
Malaysian 9 0.01% 0.50%
Thai 16 0.01% 0.90%
Vietnamese 503 0.33% 28.20%
Eastern Asian 331 0.22% 18.55%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 146 0.10% 8.18%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 59 0.04% 3.31%
Korean 124 0.08% 6.95%
Taiwanese 2 0.00% 0.11%
Other Asian or Not Specified 32 0.02% 1.79%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 130 0.08% 7.29%
Polynesian 41 0.03% 2.30%
Native Hawaiian 27 0.02% 1.51%
Samoan 13 0.01% 0.73%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.06%
Micronesian 73 0.05% 4.09%
Guamanian or Chamorro 29 0.02% 1.63%
Other Micronesian 44 0.03% 2.47%
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 16 0.01% 0.90%

* 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) 139,937 91.22% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 13,469 8.78% 100.00%
Mexican 9,596 6.26% 71.25%
Puerto Rican 223 0.15% 1.66%
Cuban 71 0.05% 0.53%
Dominican 11 0.01% 0.08%
Central American 1,445 0.94% 10.73%
Costa Rican 20 0.01% 0.15%
Guatemalan 212 0.14% 1.57%
Honduran 50 0.03% 0.37%
Nicaraguan 48 0.03% 0.36%
Panamanian 24 0.02% 0.18%
Salvadorian 1,047 0.68% 7.77%
Other Central American 44 0.03% 0.33%
South American 142 0.09% 1.05%
Argentinian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Bolivian 5 0.00% 0.04%
Chilean 18 0.01% 0.13%
Columbian 31 0.02% 0.23%
Ecuadorian 16 0.01% 0.12%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 49 0.03% 0.36%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 9 0.01% 0.07%
Other South American 10 0.01% 0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,981 1.29% 14.71%
Spaniard 23 0.01% 0.17%
Spanish 211 0.14% 1.57%
Spanish American 12 0.01% 0.09%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,735 1.13% 12.88%


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 1,452 73.26% 0.95%
2. Choctaw 140 7.06% 0.09%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 78 3.94% 0.05%
4. Creek 73 3.68% 0.05%
5. Chickasaw 30 1.51% 0.02%
6. Latin American Indians 23 1.16% 0.01%
7. Osage 21 1.06% 0.01%
8. Kiowa 20 1.01% 0.01%
9. Sioux 20 1.01% 0.01%
10. Iroquois 17 0.86% 0.01%
11. Apache 15 0.76% 0.01%
12. Chippewa 14 0.71% 0.01%
13. Potawatomi 13 0.66% 0.01%
14. Delaware 10 0.50% 0.01%
15. Blackfeet 9 0.45% 0.01%
16. Navajo 7 0.35% 0.00%
17. Pueblo 5 0.25% 0.00%
18. Seminole 5 0.25% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 5 0.25% 0.00%
20. Lumbee 4 0.20% 0.00%
21. Comanche 3 0.15% 0.00%
22. Crow 3 0.15% 0.00%
23. Paiute 3 0.15% 0.00%
24. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.15% 0.00%
25. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.15% 0.00%
26. Cheyenne 2 0.10% 0.00%
27. Menominee 1 0.05% 0.00%
28. Ottawa 1 0.05% 0.00%
29. Ute 1 0.05% 0.00%
30. Aleut 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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