Island County

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 68,292 95.44% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 3,266 4.56% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,953 4.13% 90.42%
Southern Asian 54 0.08% 1.65%
Asian Indian 54 0.08% 1.65%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 2,269 3.17% 69.47%
Cambodian 29 0.04% 0.89%
Filipino 2,147 3.00% 65.74%
Indonesian 7 0.01% 0.21%
Laotian 11 0.02% 0.34%
Malaysian 3 0.00% 0.09%
Thai 24 0.03% 0.73%
Vietnamese 48 0.07% 1.47%
Eastern Asian 582 0.81% 17.82%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 119 0.17% 3.64%
Hmong 3 0.00% 0.09%
Japanese 320 0.45% 9.80%
Korean 139 0.19% 4.26%
Taiwanese 1 0.00% 0.03%
Other Asian or Not Specified 48 0.07% 1.47%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 313 0.44% 9.58%
Polynesian 119 0.17% 3.64%
Native Hawaiian 75 0.10% 2.30%
Samoan 42 0.06% 1.29%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.03%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 168 0.23% 5.14%
Guamanian or Chamorro 158 0.22% 4.84%
Other Micronesian 10 0.01% 0.31%
Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.06%
Fijian 2 0.00% 0.06%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 24 0.03% 0.73%

* 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) 68,715 96.03% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 2,843 3.97% 100.00%
Mexican 1,700 2.38% 59.80%
Puerto Rican 250 0.35% 8.79%
Cuban 70 0.10% 2.46%
Dominican 21 0.03% 0.74%
Central American 114 0.16% 4.01%
Costa Rican 31 0.04% 1.09%
Guatemalan 12 0.02% 0.42%
Honduran 4 0.01% 0.14%
Nicaraguan 9 0.01% 0.32%
Panamanian 32 0.04% 1.13%
Salvadorian 26 0.04% 0.91%
Other Central American 0 0.00% 0.00%
South American 72 0.10% 2.53%
Argentinian 3 0.00% 0.11%
Bolivian 3 0.00% 0.11%
Chilean 9 0.01% 0.32%
Columbian 31 0.04% 1.09%
Ecuadorian 6 0.01% 0.21%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.04%
Peruvian 14 0.02% 0.49%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 2 0.00% 0.07%
Other South American 3 0.00% 0.11%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 616 0.86% 21.67%
Spaniard 34 0.05% 1.20%
Spanish 176 0.25% 6.19%
Spanish American 5 0.01% 0.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 401 0.56% 14.10%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 106 22.13% 0.15%
2. Cherokee 82 17.12% 0.11%
3. Puget Sound Salish 37 7.72% 0.05%
4. Tlingit-Haida 30 6.26% 0.04%
5. Navajo 27 5.64% 0.04%
6. Sioux 24 5.01% 0.03%
7. Blackfeet 22 4.59% 0.03%
8. Chippewa 16 3.34% 0.02%
9. Choctaw 16 3.34% 0.02%
10. Apache 14 2.92% 0.02%
11. Aleut 14 2.92% 0.02%
12. Pueblo 12 2.51% 0.02%
13. Chickasaw 7 1.46% 0.01%
14. Latin American Indians 7 1.46% 0.01%
15. All Other Alaskan Tribes 7 1.46% 0.01%
16. Iroquois 6 1.25% 0.01%
17. Potawatomi 6 1.25% 0.01%
18. Alaskan Athabascan 6 1.25% 0.01%
19. Eskimo 6 1.25% 0.01%
20. Cheyenne 5 1.04% 0.01%
21. Cree 4 0.84% 0.01%
22. Lumbee 4 0.84% 0.01%
23. Seminole 4 0.84% 0.01%
24. Osage 3 0.63% 0.00%
25. Comanche 2 0.42% 0.00%
26. Crow 2 0.42% 0.00%
27. Ute 2 0.42% 0.00%
28. Yakama 2 0.42% 0.00%
29. Yaqui 2 0.42% 0.00%
30. Colville 1 0.21% 0.00%
31. Delaware 1 0.21% 0.00%
32. Kiowa 1 0.21% 0.00%
33. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.21% 0.00%

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

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