Lewis 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 68,007 99.14% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 593 0.86% 100.00%
Total Asian 471 0.69% 79.43%
Southern Asian 75 0.11% 12.65%
Asian Indian 74 0.11% 12.48%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 1 0.00% 0.17%
Southeastern Asian 111 0.16% 18.72%
Cambodian 4 0.01% 0.67%
Filipino 72 0.10% 12.14%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 12 0.02% 2.02%
Malaysian 2 0.00% 0.34%
Thai 7 0.01% 1.18%
Vietnamese 14 0.02% 2.36%
Eastern Asian 269 0.39% 45.36%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 84 0.12% 14.17%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 57 0.08% 9.61%
Korean 128 0.19% 21.59%
Taiwanese 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Asian or Not Specified 16 0.02% 2.70%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 122 0.18% 20.57%
Polynesian 93 0.14% 15.68%
Native Hawaiian 49 0.07% 8.26%
Samoan 41 0.06% 6.91%
Tongan 3 0.00% 0.51%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 23 0.03% 3.88%
Guamanian or Chamorro 22 0.03% 3.71%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.17%
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 6 0.01% 1.01%

* 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) 64,916 94.63% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 3,684 5.37% 100.00%
Mexican 2,934 4.28% 79.64%
Puerto Rican 101 0.15% 2.74%
Cuban 19 0.03% 0.52%
Dominican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Central American 118 0.17% 3.20%
Costa Rican 1 0.00% 0.03%
Guatemalan 7 0.01% 0.19%
Honduran 10 0.01% 0.27%
Nicaraguan 1 0.00% 0.03%
Panamanian 7 0.01% 0.19%
Salvadorian 91 0.13% 2.47%
Other Central American 1 0.00% 0.03%
South American 24 0.03% 0.65%
Argentinian 6 0.01% 0.16%
Bolivian 2 0.00% 0.05%
Chilean 3 0.00% 0.08%
Columbian 5 0.01% 0.14%
Ecuadorian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 4 0.01% 0.11%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 1 0.00% 0.03%
Other South American 2 0.00% 0.05%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 488 0.71% 13.25%
Spaniard 8 0.01% 0.22%
Spanish 79 0.12% 2.14%
Spanish American 5 0.01% 0.14%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 396 0.58% 10.75%


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 228 37.94% 0.33%
2. Cherokee 124 20.63% 0.18%
3. Puget Sound Salish 39 6.49% 0.06%
4. Chippewa 23 3.83% 0.03%
5. Choctaw 20 3.33% 0.03%
6. Eskimo 20 3.33% 0.03%
7. Tlingit-Haida 18 3.00% 0.03%
8. Blackfeet 14 2.33% 0.02%
9. Sioux 11 1.83% 0.02%
10. Latin American Indians 10 1.66% 0.01%
11. Iroquois 9 1.50% 0.01%
12. Navajo 9 1.50% 0.01%
13. Pueblo 9 1.50% 0.01%
14. Apache 8 1.33% 0.01%
15. Yakama 8 1.33% 0.01%
16. Shoshone 7 1.16% 0.01%
17. Aleut 7 1.16% 0.01%
18. Colville 5 0.83% 0.01%
19. Cree 4 0.67% 0.01%
20. Potawatomi 4 0.67% 0.01%
21. Crow 3 0.50% 0.00%
22. Delaware 3 0.50% 0.00%
23. Ottawa 3 0.50% 0.00%
24. Chickasaw 2 0.33% 0.00%
25. Creek 2 0.33% 0.00%
26. Menominee 2 0.33% 0.00%
27. Osage 2 0.33% 0.00%
28. All Other Alaskan Tribes 2 0.33% 0.00%
29. Cheyenne 1 0.17% 0.00%
30. Paiute 1 0.17% 0.00%
31. Seminole 1 0.17% 0.00%
32. Ute 1 0.17% 0.00%
33. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.17% 0.00%

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

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