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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 845,112 87.15% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 124,637 12.85% 100.00%
Total Asian 123,964 12.78% 99.46%
Southern Asian 32,388 3.34% 25.99%
Asian Indian 25,700 2.65% 20.62%
Bangladeshi 786 0.08% 0.63%
Pakistani 5,652 0.58% 4.53%
Sri Lankan 250 0.03% 0.20%
Southeastern Asian 40,201 4.15% 32.25%
Cambodian 1,636 0.17% 1.31%
Filipino 11,632 1.20% 9.33%
Indonesian 558 0.06% 0.45%
Laotian 1,190 0.12% 0.95%
Malaysian 212 0.02% 0.17%
Thai 1,929 0.20% 1.55%
Vietnamese 23,044 2.38% 18.49%
Eastern Asian 48,684 5.02% 39.06%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 16,967 1.75% 13.61%
Hmong 8 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 2,892 0.30% 2.32%
Korean 28,028 2.89% 22.49%
Taiwanese 789 0.08% 0.63%
Other Asian or Not Specified 2,691 0.28% 2.16%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 673 0.07% 0.54%
Polynesian 274 0.03% 0.22%
Native Hawaiian 174 0.02% 0.14%
Samoan 81 0.01% 0.06%
Tongan 2 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 17 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 257 0.03% 0.21%
Guamanian or Chamorro 232 0.02% 0.19%
Other Micronesian 25 0.00% 0.02%
Melanesian 13 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 8 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 5 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 129 0.01% 0.10%

* 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) 862,791 88.97% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 106,958 11.03% 100.00%
Mexican 11,925 1.23% 11.15%
Puerto Rican 6,317 0.65% 5.91%
Cuban 2,289 0.24% 2.14%
Dominican 820 0.08% 0.77%
Central American 31,894 3.29% 29.82%
Costa Rican 334 0.03% 0.31%
Guatemalan 3,806 0.39% 3.56%
Honduran 3,563 0.37% 3.33%
Nicaraguan 1,603 0.17% 1.50%
Panamanian 665 0.07% 0.62%
Salvadorian 20,084 2.07% 18.78%
Other Central American 1,839 0.19% 1.72%
South American 19,605 2.02% 18.33%
Argentinian 894 0.09% 0.84%
Bolivian 6,015 0.62% 5.62%
Chilean 964 0.10% 0.90%
Columbian 2,396 0.25% 2.24%
Ecuadorian 993 0.10% 0.93%
Paraguayan 134 0.01% 0.13%
Peruvian 5,854 0.60% 5.47%
Uruguayan 223 0.02% 0.21%
Venezuelan 828 0.09% 0.77%
Other South American 1,304 0.13% 1.22%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 34,108 3.52% 31.89%
Spaniard 581 0.06% 0.54%
Spanish 3,910 0.40% 3.66%
Spanish American 352 0.04% 0.33%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 29,265 3.02% 27.36%


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 328 20.80% 0.03%
2. Latin American Indians 325 20.61% 0.03%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 221 14.01% 0.02%
4. Iroquois 85 5.39% 0.01%
5. Sioux 84 5.33% 0.01%
6. Navajo 62 3.93% 0.01%
7. Choctaw 56 3.55% 0.01%
8. Pueblo 50 3.17% 0.01%
9. Lumbee 48 3.04% 0.00%
10. Chippewa 46 2.92% 0.00%
11. Creek 39 2.47% 0.00%
12. Blackfeet 26 1.65% 0.00%
13. Chickasaw 21 1.33% 0.00%
14. Seminole 20 1.27% 0.00%
15. Delaware 19 1.20% 0.00%
16. Apache 18 1.14% 0.00%
17. Comanche 17 1.08% 0.00%
18. Potawatomi 17 1.08% 0.00%
19. Tlingit-Haida 12 0.76% 0.00%
20. Aleut 10 0.63% 0.00%
21. Kiowa 9 0.57% 0.00%
22. Yaqui 9 0.57% 0.00%
23. Cree 8 0.51% 0.00%
24. Osage 7 0.44% 0.00%
25. Ottawa 5 0.32% 0.00%
26. Paiute 5 0.32% 0.00%
27. Yuman 4 0.25% 0.00%
28. Eskimo 4 0.25% 0.00%
29. Cheyenne 3 0.19% 0.00%
30. Pima 3 0.19% 0.00%
31. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.19% 0.00%
32. Shoshone 3 0.19% 0.00%
33. Crow 2 0.13% 0.00%
34. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.13% 0.00%
35. Ute 2 0.13% 0.00%
36. Colville 1 0.06% 0.00%
37. Houma 1 0.06% 0.00%
38. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.06% 0.00%
39. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.06% 0.00%

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

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