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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 409,606 98.01% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 8,333 1.99% 100.00%
Total Asian 7,674 1.84% 92.09%
Southern Asian 436 0.10% 5.23%
Asian Indian 403 0.10% 4.84%
Bangladeshi 2 0.00% 0.02%
Pakistani 28 0.01% 0.34%
Sri Lankan 3 0.00% 0.04%
Southeastern Asian 2,949 0.71% 35.39%
Cambodian 41 0.01% 0.49%
Filipino 1,042 0.25% 12.50%
Indonesian 15 0.00% 0.18%
Laotian 196 0.05% 2.35%
Malaysian 5 0.00% 0.06%
Thai 150 0.04% 1.80%
Vietnamese 1,500 0.36% 18.00%
Eastern Asian 4,071 0.97% 48.85%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,000 0.24% 12.00%
Hmong 337 0.08% 4.04%
Japanese 1,686 0.40% 20.23%
Korean 946 0.23% 11.35%
Taiwanese 102 0.02% 1.22%
Other Asian or Not Specified 218 0.05% 2.62%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 659 0.16% 7.91%
Polynesian 308 0.07% 3.70%
Native Hawaiian 221 0.05% 2.65%
Samoan 72 0.02% 0.86%
Tongan 5 0.00% 0.06%
Other Polynesian 10 0.00% 0.12%
Micronesian 226 0.05% 2.71%
Guamanian or Chamorro 154 0.04% 1.85%
Other Micronesian 72 0.02% 0.86%
Melanesian 6 0.00% 0.07%
Fijian 6 0.00% 0.07%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 119 0.03% 1.43%

* 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) 406,378 97.23% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 11,561 2.77% 100.00%
Mexican 7,026 1.68% 60.77%
Puerto Rican 832 0.20% 7.20%
Cuban 232 0.06% 2.01%
Dominican 14 0.00% 0.12%
Central American 349 0.08% 3.02%
Costa Rican 38 0.01% 0.33%
Guatemalan 77 0.02% 0.67%
Honduran 29 0.01% 0.25%
Nicaraguan 29 0.01% 0.25%
Panamanian 79 0.02% 0.68%
Salvadorian 81 0.02% 0.70%
Other Central American 16 0.00% 0.14%
South American 262 0.06% 2.27%
Argentinian 57 0.01% 0.49%
Bolivian 6 0.00% 0.05%
Chilean 26 0.01% 0.22%
Columbian 79 0.02% 0.68%
Ecuadorian 29 0.01% 0.25%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 33 0.01% 0.29%
Uruguayan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 15 0.00% 0.13%
Other South American 14 0.00% 0.12%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,846 0.68% 24.62%
Spaniard 108 0.03% 0.93%
Spanish 739 0.18% 6.39%
Spanish American 30 0.01% 0.26%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,969 0.47% 17.03%


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 1,497 35.88% 0.36%
2. Colville 526 12.61% 0.13%
3. Chippewa 424 10.16% 0.10%
4. Cherokee 338 8.10% 0.08%
5. Blackfeet 272 6.52% 0.07%
6. Sioux 249 5.97% 0.06%
7. Puget Sound Salish 76 1.82% 0.02%
8. Choctaw 74 1.77% 0.02%
9. Cheyenne 71 1.70% 0.02%
10. Tlingit-Haida 56 1.34% 0.01%
11. Navajo 54 1.29% 0.01%
12. Eskimo 54 1.29% 0.01%
13. Yakama 50 1.20% 0.01%
14. Latin American Indians 44 1.05% 0.01%
15. Apache 38 0.91% 0.01%
16. Cree 34 0.81% 0.01%
17. Aleut 32 0.77% 0.01%
18. Crow 31 0.74% 0.01%
19. Chickasaw 24 0.58% 0.01%
20. Creek 24 0.58% 0.01%
21. Iroquois 24 0.58% 0.01%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 24 0.58% 0.01%
23. Comanche 18 0.43% 0.00%
24. Delaware 16 0.38% 0.00%
25. Pueblo 16 0.38% 0.00%
26. Shoshone 15 0.36% 0.00%
27. Potawatomi 13 0.31% 0.00%
28. Osage 12 0.29% 0.00%
29. Paiute 12 0.29% 0.00%
30. Kiowa 11 0.26% 0.00%
31. Lumbee 11 0.26% 0.00%
32. Ottawa 7 0.17% 0.00%
33. Seminole 7 0.17% 0.00%
34. All Other Alaskan Tribes 6 0.14% 0.00%
35. Yaqui 4 0.10% 0.00%
36. Tohono O'Odham 3 0.07% 0.00%
37. Pima 2 0.05% 0.00%
38. Ute 2 0.05% 0.00%
39. Menominee 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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