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)	256,354	97.73%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	5,946	2.27%	100.00%
Mexican	2,086	0.80%	35.08%
Puerto Rican	1,153	0.44%	19.39%
Cuban	393	0.15%	6.61%
Dominican	88	0.03%	1.48%
Central American	664	0.25%	11.17%
Costa Rican	49	0.02%	0.82%
Guatemalan	95	0.04%	1.60%
Honduran	64	0.02%	1.08%
Nicaraguan	21	0.01%	0.35%
Panamanian	78	0.03%	1.31%
Salvadorian	341	0.13%	5.73%
Other Central American	16	0.01%	0.27%
South American	391	0.15%	6.58%
Argentinian	46	0.02%	0.77%
Bolivian	12	0.00%	0.20%
Chilean	17	0.01%	0.29%
Columbian	128	0.05%	2.15%
Ecuadorian	29	0.01%	0.49%
Paraguayan	11	0.00%	0.18%
Peruvian	55	0.02%	0.92%
Uruguayan	7	0.00%	0.12%
Venezuelan	74	0.03%	1.24%
Other South American	12	0.00%	0.20%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,171	0.45%	19.69%
Spaniard	46	0.02%	0.77%
Spanish	194	0.07%	3.26%
Spanish American	12	0.00%	0.20%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	919	0.35%	15.46%

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

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