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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 404,245 95.06% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 21,012 4.94% 100.00%
Total Asian 20,600 4.84% 98.04%
Southern Asian 1,208 0.28% 5.75%
Asian Indian 1,068 0.25% 5.08%
Bangladeshi 21 0.00% 0.10%
Pakistani 92 0.02% 0.44%
Sri Lankan 27 0.01% 0.13%
Southeastern Asian 15,920 3.74% 75.77%
Cambodian 83 0.02% 0.40%
Filipino 14,553 3.42% 69.26%
Indonesian 26 0.01% 0.12%
Laotian 33 0.01% 0.16%
Malaysian 4 0.00% 0.02%
Thai 132 0.03% 0.63%
Vietnamese 1,089 0.26% 5.18%
Eastern Asian 3,181 0.75% 15.14%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,503 0.35% 7.15%
Hmong 5 0.00% 0.02%
Japanese 695 0.16% 3.31%
Korean 924 0.22% 4.40%
Taiwanese 54 0.01% 0.26%
Other Asian or Not Specified 291 0.07% 1.38%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 412 0.10% 1.96%
Polynesian 167 0.04% 0.79%
Native Hawaiian 94 0.02% 0.45%
Samoan 70 0.02% 0.33%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 3 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 184 0.04% 0.88%
Guamanian or Chamorro 165 0.04% 0.79%
Other Micronesian 19 0.00% 0.09%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 60 0.01% 0.29%

* 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) 407,487 95.82% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 17,770 4.18% 100.00%
Mexican 4,854 1.14% 27.32%
Puerto Rican 6,273 1.48% 35.30%
Cuban 601 0.14% 3.38%
Dominican 397 0.09% 2.23%
Central American 869 0.20% 4.89%
Costa Rican 67 0.02% 0.38%
Guatemalan 90 0.02% 0.51%
Honduran 86 0.02% 0.48%
Nicaraguan 53 0.01% 0.30%
Panamanian 422 0.10% 2.37%
Salvadorian 124 0.03% 0.70%
Other Central American 27 0.01% 0.15%
South American 998 0.23% 5.62%
Argentinian 50 0.01% 0.28%
Bolivian 22 0.01% 0.12%
Chilean 77 0.02% 0.43%
Columbian 393 0.09% 2.21%
Ecuadorian 151 0.04% 0.85%
Paraguayan 8 0.00% 0.05%
Peruvian 174 0.04% 0.98%
Uruguayan 8 0.00% 0.05%
Venezuelan 49 0.01% 0.28%
Other South American 66 0.02% 0.37%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,778 0.89% 21.26%
Spaniard 271 0.06% 1.53%
Spanish 967 0.23% 5.44%
Spanish American 63 0.01% 0.35%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,477 0.58% 13.94%


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 274 26.52% 0.06%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 189 18.30% 0.04%
3. Lumbee 69 6.68% 0.02%
4. Chippewa 62 6.00% 0.01%
5. Choctaw 52 5.03% 0.01%
6. Iroquois 52 5.03% 0.01%
7. Navajo 52 5.03% 0.01%
8. Latin American Indians 44 4.26% 0.01%
9. Apache 43 4.16% 0.01%
10. Sioux 39 3.78% 0.01%
11. Blackfeet 27 2.61% 0.01%
12. Creek 21 2.03% 0.00%
13. Pueblo 21 2.03% 0.00%
14. Tlingit-Haida 10 0.97% 0.00%
15. Cheyenne 8 0.77% 0.00%
16. Comanche 7 0.68% 0.00%
17. Delaware 7 0.68% 0.00%
18. Seminole 7 0.68% 0.00%
19. Potawatomi 6 0.58% 0.00%
20. Chickasaw 5 0.48% 0.00%
21. Kiowa 5 0.48% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 5 0.48% 0.00%
23. Osage 4 0.39% 0.00%
24. Houma 3 0.29% 0.00%
25. Colville 2 0.19% 0.00%
26. Crow 2 0.19% 0.00%
27. Ottawa 2 0.19% 0.00%
28. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.19% 0.00%
29. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.19% 0.00%
30. Ute 2 0.19% 0.00%
31. Aleut 2 0.19% 0.00%
32. Cree 1 0.10% 0.00%
33. Menominee 1 0.10% 0.00%
34. Paiute 1 0.10% 0.00%
35. Pima 1 0.10% 0.00%
36. Shoshone 1 0.10% 0.00%
37. Yuman 1 0.10% 0.00%
38. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.10% 0.00%

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

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