Pierce 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 660,345 94.22% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 40,475 5.78% 100.00%
Total Asian 34,670 4.95% 85.66%
Southern Asian 1,217 0.17% 3.01%
Asian Indian 1,132 0.16% 2.80%
Bangladeshi 7 0.00% 0.02%
Pakistani 59 0.01% 0.15%
Sri Lankan 19 0.00% 0.05%
Southeastern Asian 16,689 2.38% 41.23%
Cambodian 3,603 0.51% 8.90%
Filipino 7,324 1.05% 18.10%
Indonesian 42 0.01% 0.10%
Laotian 385 0.05% 0.95%
Malaysian 12 0.00% 0.03%
Thai 493 0.07% 1.22%
Vietnamese 4,830 0.69% 11.93%
Eastern Asian 16,079 2.29% 39.73%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,816 0.26% 4.49%
Hmong 10 0.00% 0.02%
Japanese 3,571 0.51% 8.82%
Korean 10,562 1.51% 26.10%
Taiwanese 120 0.02% 0.30%
Other Asian or Not Specified 685 0.10% 1.69%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 5,805 0.83% 14.34%
Polynesian 3,486 0.50% 8.61%
Native Hawaiian 998 0.14% 2.47%
Samoan 2,386 0.34% 5.89%
Tongan 63 0.01% 0.16%
Other Polynesian 39 0.01% 0.10%
Micronesian 1,973 0.28% 4.87%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,835 0.26% 4.53%
Other Micronesian 138 0.02% 0.34%
Melanesian 33 0.00% 0.08%
Fijian 30 0.00% 0.07%
Other Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 313 0.04% 0.77%

* 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) 662,199 94.49% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 38,621 5.51% 100.00%
Mexican 23,773 3.39% 61.55%
Puerto Rican 4,837 0.69% 12.52%
Cuban 597 0.09% 1.55%
Dominican 204 0.03% 0.53%
Central American 1,574 0.22% 4.08%
Costa Rican 99 0.01% 0.26%
Guatemalan 156 0.02% 0.40%
Honduran 146 0.02% 0.38%
Nicaraguan 86 0.01% 0.22%
Panamanian 627 0.09% 1.62%
Salvadorian 376 0.05% 0.97%
Other Central American 84 0.01% 0.22%
South American 813 0.12% 2.11%
Argentinian 64 0.01% 0.17%
Bolivian 50 0.01% 0.13%
Chilean 88 0.01% 0.23%
Columbian 238 0.03% 0.62%
Ecuadorian 62 0.01% 0.16%
Paraguayan 5 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 230 0.03% 0.60%
Uruguayan 1 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 44 0.01% 0.11%
Other South American 31 0.00% 0.08%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 6,823 0.97% 17.67%
Spaniard 215 0.03% 0.56%
Spanish 1,709 0.24% 4.43%
Spanish American 117 0.02% 0.30%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,782 0.68% 12.38%


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 1,565 21.99% 0.22%
2. Puget Sound Salish 1,441 20.25% 0.21%
3. Cherokee 755 10.61% 0.11%
4. Chippewa 502 7.05% 0.07%
5. Sioux 326 4.58% 0.05%
6. Blackfeet 325 4.57% 0.05%
7. Tlingit-Haida 308 4.33% 0.04%
8. Yakama 191 2.68% 0.03%
9. Eskimo 170 2.39% 0.02%
10. Choctaw 168 2.36% 0.02%
11. Navajo 160 2.25% 0.02%
12. Colville 155 2.18% 0.02%
13. Aleut 120 1.69% 0.02%
14. Latin American Indians 114 1.60% 0.02%
15. Apache 99 1.39% 0.01%
16. Pueblo 73 1.03% 0.01%
17. Cheyenne 70 0.98% 0.01%
18. Iroquois 70 0.98% 0.01%
19. Alaskan Athabascan 53 0.74% 0.01%
20. Chickasaw 45 0.63% 0.01%
21. Potawatomi 45 0.63% 0.01%
22. Creek 40 0.56% 0.01%
23. Crow 32 0.45% 0.00%
24. Shoshone 31 0.44% 0.00%
25. Lumbee 29 0.41% 0.00%
26. Comanche 26 0.37% 0.00%
27. All Other Alaskan Tribes 25 0.35% 0.00%
28. Delaware 24 0.34% 0.00%
29. Kiowa 22 0.31% 0.00%
30. Ottawa 22 0.31% 0.00%
31. Paiute 20 0.28% 0.00%
32. Seminole 19 0.27% 0.00%
33. Yaqui 16 0.22% 0.00%
34. Cree 15 0.21% 0.00%
35. Osage 12 0.17% 0.00%
36. Houma 9 0.13% 0.00%
37. Pima 8 0.11% 0.00%
38. Ute 5 0.07% 0.00%
39. Yuman 4 0.06% 0.00%
40. Menominee 2 0.03% 0.00%

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

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