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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 1,545,785 88.99% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 191,249 11.01% 100.00%
Total Asian 182,435 10.50% 95.39%
Southern Asian 16,718 0.96% 8.74%
Asian Indian 15,827 0.91% 8.28%
Bangladeshi 64 0.00% 0.03%
Pakistani 645 0.04% 0.34%
Sri Lankan 182 0.01% 0.10%
Southeastern Asian 75,741 4.36% 39.60%
Cambodian 6,276 0.36% 3.28%
Filipino 33,714 1.94% 17.63%
Indonesian 782 0.05% 0.41%
Laotian 5,321 0.31% 2.78%
Malaysian 115 0.01% 0.06%
Thai 2,049 0.12% 1.07%
Vietnamese 27,484 1.58% 14.37%
Eastern Asian 87,284 5.02% 45.64%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 41,930 2.41% 21.92%
Hmong 806 0.05% 0.42%
Japanese 21,455 1.24% 11.22%
Korean 20,005 1.15% 10.46%
Taiwanese 3,088 0.18% 1.61%
Other Asian or Not Specified 2,692 0.15% 1.41%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 8,814 0.51% 4.61%
Polynesian 6,343 0.37% 3.32%
Native Hawaiian 1,506 0.09% 0.79%
Samoan 4,182 0.24% 2.19%
Tongan 537 0.03% 0.28%
Other Polynesian 118 0.01% 0.06%
Micronesian 1,398 0.08% 0.73%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,028 0.06% 0.54%
Other Micronesian 370 0.02% 0.19%
Melanesian 401 0.02% 0.21%
Fijian 400 0.02% 0.21%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 672 0.04% 0.35%

* 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) 1,641,792 94.52% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 95,242 5.48% 100.00%
Mexican 62,369 3.59% 65.48%
Puerto Rican 4,214 0.24% 4.42%
Cuban 1,792 0.10% 1.88%
Dominican 245 0.01% 0.26%
Central American 4,869 0.28% 5.11%
Costa Rican 325 0.02% 0.34%
Guatemalan 1,094 0.06% 1.15%
Honduran 746 0.04% 0.78%
Nicaraguan 373 0.02% 0.39%
Panamanian 428 0.02% 0.45%
Salvadorian 1,599 0.09% 1.68%
Other Central American 304 0.02% 0.32%
South American 4,256 0.25% 4.47%
Argentinian 487 0.03% 0.51%
Bolivian 166 0.01% 0.17%
Chilean 588 0.03% 0.62%
Columbian 1,078 0.06% 1.13%
Ecuadorian 302 0.02% 0.32%
Paraguayan 18 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 1,038 0.06% 1.09%
Uruguayan 55 0.00% 0.06%
Venezuelan 275 0.02% 0.29%
Other South American 249 0.01% 0.26%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 17,497 1.01% 18.37%
Spaniard 688 0.04% 0.72%
Spanish 4,091 0.24% 4.30%
Spanish American 206 0.01% 0.22%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 12,512 0.72% 13.14%


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 2,014 18.78% 0.12%
2. Puget Sound Salish 1,609 15.01% 0.09%
3. Tlingit-Haida 970 9.05% 0.06%
4. Cherokee 887 8.27% 0.05%
5. Chippewa 703 6.56% 0.04%
6. Sioux 612 5.71% 0.04%
7. Blackfeet 483 4.50% 0.03%
8. Latin American Indians 406 3.79% 0.02%
9. Aleut 385 3.59% 0.02%
10. Eskimo 297 2.77% 0.02%
11. Yakama 260 2.42% 0.01%
12. Navajo 246 2.29% 0.01%
13. Colville 243 2.27% 0.01%
14. All Other Alaskan Tribes 231 2.15% 0.01%
15. Choctaw 183 1.71% 0.01%
16. Apache 152 1.42% 0.01%
17. Alaskan Athabascan 149 1.39% 0.01%
18. Pueblo 102 0.95% 0.01%
19. Iroquois 98 0.91% 0.01%
20. Cheyenne 76 0.71% 0.00%
21. Cree 70 0.65% 0.00%
22. Potawatomi 64 0.60% 0.00%
23. Shoshone 61 0.57% 0.00%
24. Creek 57 0.53% 0.00%
25. Delaware 40 0.37% 0.00%
26. Crow 36 0.34% 0.00%
27. Chickasaw 34 0.32% 0.00%
28. Comanche 32 0.30% 0.00%
29. Paiute 31 0.29% 0.00%
30. Kiowa 28 0.26% 0.00%
31. Ottawa 26 0.24% 0.00%
32. Seminole 25 0.23% 0.00%
33. Osage 23 0.21% 0.00%
34. Lumbee 22 0.21% 0.00%
35. Pima 21 0.20% 0.00%
36. Menominee 13 0.12% 0.00%
37. Ute 12 0.11% 0.00%
38. Tohono O'Odham 10 0.09% 0.00%
39. Yaqui 9 0.08% 0.00%
40. Yuman 3 0.03% 0.00%

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

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