Skagit 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 101,304 98.37% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,675 1.63% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,513 1.47% 90.33%
Southern Asian 104 0.10% 6.21%
Asian Indian 98 0.10% 5.85%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 6 0.01% 0.36%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 548 0.53% 32.72%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.06%
Filipino 441 0.43% 26.33%
Indonesian 13 0.01% 0.78%
Laotian 8 0.01% 0.48%
Malaysian 3 0.00% 0.18%
Thai 28 0.03% 1.67%
Vietnamese 54 0.05% 3.22%
Eastern Asian 828 0.80% 49.43%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 221 0.21% 13.19%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.06%
Japanese 365 0.35% 21.79%
Korean 214 0.21% 12.78%
Taiwanese 27 0.03% 1.61%
Other Asian or Not Specified 33 0.03% 1.97%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 162 0.16% 9.67%
Polynesian 65 0.06% 3.88%
Native Hawaiian 34 0.03% 2.03%
Samoan 28 0.03% 1.67%
Tongan 2 0.00% 0.12%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.06%
Micronesian 55 0.05% 3.28%
Guamanian or Chamorro 51 0.05% 3.04%
Other Micronesian 4 0.00% 0.24%
Melanesian 7 0.01% 0.42%
Fijian 7 0.01% 0.42%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 35 0.03% 2.09%

* 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) 91,443 88.80% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 11,536 11.20% 100.00%
Mexican 9,524 9.25% 82.56%
Puerto Rican 127 0.12% 1.10%
Cuban 36 0.03% 0.31%
Dominican 3 0.00% 0.03%
Central American 128 0.12% 1.11%
Costa Rican 20 0.02% 0.17%
Guatemalan 50 0.05% 0.43%
Honduran 7 0.01% 0.06%
Nicaraguan 4 0.00% 0.03%
Panamanian 14 0.01% 0.12%
Salvadorian 31 0.03% 0.27%
Other Central American 2 0.00% 0.02%
South American 96 0.09% 0.83%
Argentinian 4 0.00% 0.03%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Chilean 13 0.01% 0.11%
Columbian 20 0.02% 0.17%
Ecuadorian 6 0.01% 0.05%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 40 0.04% 0.35%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 9 0.01% 0.08%
Other South American 3 0.00% 0.03%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,622 1.58% 14.06%
Spaniard 30 0.03% 0.26%
Spanish 200 0.19% 1.73%
Spanish American 22 0.02% 0.19%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,370 1.33% 11.88%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Puget Sound Salish 865 56.46% 0.84%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 180 11.75% 0.17%
3. Tlingit-Haida 75 4.90% 0.07%
4. Blackfeet 44 2.87% 0.04%
5. Cherokee 44 2.87% 0.04%
6. Sioux 40 2.61% 0.04%
7. Aleut 39 2.55% 0.04%
8. Latin American Indians 35 2.28% 0.03%
9. Chippewa 30 1.96% 0.03%
10. Colville 27 1.76% 0.03%
11. Yakama 27 1.76% 0.03%
12. Potawatomi 16 1.04% 0.02%
13. Eskimo 15 0.98% 0.01%
14. Apache 11 0.72% 0.01%
15. Alaskan Athabascan 11 0.72% 0.01%
16. Navajo 8 0.52% 0.01%
17. Lumbee 7 0.46% 0.01%
18. Ute 7 0.46% 0.01%
19. Cree 6 0.39% 0.01%
20. Shoshone 6 0.39% 0.01%
21. Cheyenne 5 0.33% 0.00%
22. Choctaw 5 0.33% 0.00%
23. Tohono O'Odham 5 0.33% 0.00%
24. All Other Alaskan Tribes 4 0.26% 0.00%
25. Creek 3 0.20% 0.00%
26. Crow 3 0.20% 0.00%
27. Iroquois 3 0.20% 0.00%
28. Yaqui 3 0.20% 0.00%
29. Chickasaw 1 0.07% 0.00%
30. Delaware 1 0.07% 0.00%
31. Kiowa 1 0.07% 0.00%
32. Menominee 1 0.07% 0.00%
33. Osage 1 0.07% 0.00%
34. Ottawa 1 0.07% 0.00%
35. Paiute 1 0.07% 0.00%
36. Yuman 1 0.07% 0.00%

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

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