Jefferson 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 25,615 98.70% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 338 1.30% 100.00%
Total Asian 304 1.17% 89.94%
Southern Asian 19 0.07% 5.62%
Asian Indian 19 0.07% 5.62%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 88 0.34% 26.04%
Cambodian 2 0.01% 0.59%
Filipino 64 0.25% 18.93%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 12 0.05% 3.55%
Vietnamese 10 0.04% 2.96%
Eastern Asian 193 0.74% 57.10%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 48 0.18% 14.20%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 98 0.38% 28.99%
Korean 45 0.17% 13.31%
Taiwanese 2 0.01% 0.59%
Other Asian or Not Specified 4 0.02% 1.18%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 34 0.13% 10.06%
Polynesian 28 0.11% 8.28%
Native Hawaiian 18 0.07% 5.33%
Samoan 8 0.03% 2.37%
Tongan 2 0.01% 0.59%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 5 0.02% 1.48%
Guamanian or Chamorro 5 0.02% 1.48%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 1 0.00% 0.30%

* 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) 25,418 97.94% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 535 2.06% 100.00%
Mexican 334 1.29% 62.43%
Puerto Rican 34 0.13% 6.36%
Cuban 12 0.05% 2.24%
Dominican 8 0.03% 1.50%
Central American 10 0.04% 1.87%
Costa Rican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Guatemalan 4 0.02% 0.75%
Honduran 0 0.00% 0.00%
Nicaraguan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Panamanian 6 0.02% 1.12%
Salvadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Central American 0 0.00% 0.00%
South American 13 0.05% 2.43%
Argentinian 1 0.00% 0.19%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 2 0.01% 0.37%
Columbian 6 0.02% 1.12%
Ecuadorian 1 0.00% 0.19%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 3 0.01% 0.56%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 124 0.48% 23.18%
Spaniard 5 0.02% 0.93%
Spanish 34 0.13% 6.36%
Spanish American 1 0.00% 0.19%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 84 0.32% 15.70%


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 338 65.38% 1.30%
2. Puget Sound Salish 67 12.96% 0.26%
3. Cherokee 28 5.42% 0.11%
4. Tlingit-Haida 16 3.09% 0.06%
5. Sioux 8 1.55% 0.03%
6. Aleut 8 1.55% 0.03%
7. Eskimo 8 1.55% 0.03%
8. Blackfeet 7 1.35% 0.03%
9. Chippewa 5 0.97% 0.02%
10. Alaskan Athabascan 5 0.97% 0.02%
11. Apache 4 0.77% 0.02%
12. Iroquois 4 0.77% 0.02%
13. Potawatomi 3 0.58% 0.01%
14. Yakama 3 0.58% 0.01%
15. Chickasaw 2 0.39% 0.01%
16. Choctaw 2 0.39% 0.01%
17. Navajo 2 0.39% 0.01%
18. Pueblo 2 0.39% 0.01%
19. All Other Alaskan Tribes 2 0.39% 0.01%
20. Cree 1 0.19% 0.00%
21. Creek 1 0.19% 0.00%
22. Yaqui 1 0.19% 0.00%

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

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