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.

* 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)	109,401	85.28%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	18,882	14.72%	100.00%
Mexican	1,829	1.43%	9.69%
Puerto Rican	1,116	0.87%	5.91%
Cuban	280	0.22%	1.48%
Dominican	166	0.13%	0.88%
Central American	7,241	5.64%	38.35%
Costa Rican	42	0.03%	0.22%
Guatemalan	644	0.50%	3.41%
Honduran	1,326	1.03%	7.02%
Nicaraguan	240	0.19%	1.27%
Panamanian	110	0.09%	0.58%
Salvadorian	4,477	3.49%	23.71%
Other Central American	402	0.31%	2.13%
South American	2,325	1.81%	12.31%
Argentinian	92	0.07%	0.49%
Bolivian	609	0.47%	3.23%
Chilean	199	0.16%	1.05%
Columbian	326	0.25%	1.73%
Ecuadorian	151	0.12%	0.80%
Paraguayan	9	0.01%	0.05%
Peruvian	646	0.50%	3.42%
Uruguayan	27	0.02%	0.14%
Venezuelan	129	0.10%	0.68%
Other South American	137	0.11%	0.73%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	5,925	4.62%	31.38%
Spaniard	101	0.08%	0.53%
Spanish	591	0.46%	3.13%
Spanish American	49	0.04%	0.26%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	5,184	4.04%	27.45%

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

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