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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 197,384 95.19% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 9,971 4.81% 100.00%
Total Asian 8,910 4.30% 89.36%
Southern Asian 496 0.24% 4.97%
Asian Indian 468 0.23% 4.69%
Bangladeshi 7 0.00% 0.07%
Pakistani 12 0.01% 0.12%
Sri Lankan 9 0.00% 0.09%
Southeastern Asian 4,537 2.19% 45.50%
Cambodian 772 0.37% 7.74%
Filipino 1,574 0.76% 15.79%
Indonesian 15 0.01% 0.15%
Laotian 123 0.06% 1.23%
Malaysian 8 0.00% 0.08%
Thai 114 0.05% 1.14%
Vietnamese 1,931 0.93% 19.37%
Eastern Asian 3,656 1.76% 36.67%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 774 0.37% 7.76%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 791 0.38% 7.93%
Korean 2,044 0.99% 20.50%
Taiwanese 46 0.02% 0.46%
Other Asian or Not Specified 221 0.11% 2.22%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,061 0.51% 10.64%
Polynesian 417 0.20% 4.18%
Native Hawaiian 259 0.12% 2.60%
Samoan 152 0.07% 1.52%
Tongan 3 0.00% 0.03%
Other Polynesian 3 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 544 0.26% 5.46%
Guamanian or Chamorro 514 0.25% 5.15%
Other Micronesian 30 0.01% 0.30%
Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.03%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.03%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 97 0.05% 0.97%

* 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) 197,963 95.47% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 9,392 4.53% 100.00%
Mexican 5,567 2.68% 59.27%
Puerto Rican 1,089 0.53% 11.59%
Cuban 196 0.09% 2.09%
Dominican 21 0.01% 0.22%
Central American 355 0.17% 3.78%
Costa Rican 32 0.02% 0.34%
Guatemalan 63 0.03% 0.67%
Honduran 41 0.02% 0.44%
Nicaraguan 13 0.01% 0.14%
Panamanian 101 0.05% 1.08%
Salvadorian 96 0.05% 1.02%
Other Central American 9 0.00% 0.10%
South American 262 0.13% 2.79%
Argentinian 12 0.01% 0.13%
Bolivian 14 0.01% 0.15%
Chilean 29 0.01% 0.31%
Columbian 70 0.03% 0.75%
Ecuadorian 22 0.01% 0.23%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 46 0.02% 0.49%
Uruguayan 8 0.00% 0.09%
Venezuelan 19 0.01% 0.20%
Other South American 40 0.02% 0.43%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,902 0.92% 20.25%
Spaniard 70 0.03% 0.75%
Spanish 524 0.25% 5.58%
Spanish American 42 0.02% 0.45%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,266 0.61% 13.48%


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 682 27.73% 0.33%
2. Puget Sound Salish 593 24.12% 0.29%
3. Cherokee 279 11.35% 0.13%
4. Sioux 85 3.46% 0.04%
5. Chippewa 82 3.33% 0.04%
6. Blackfeet 76 3.09% 0.04%
7. Tlingit-Haida 75 3.05% 0.04%
8. Aleut 72 2.93% 0.03%
9. Latin American Indians 67 2.72% 0.03%
10. Navajo 48 1.95% 0.02%
11. Colville 47 1.91% 0.02%
12. Apache 39 1.59% 0.02%
13. Yakama 39 1.59% 0.02%
14. Choctaw 37 1.50% 0.02%
15. Iroquois 29 1.18% 0.01%
16. Creek 26 1.06% 0.01%
17. Eskimo 24 0.98% 0.01%
18. Alaskan Athabascan 18 0.73% 0.01%
19. Lumbee 16 0.65% 0.01%
20. Cheyenne 12 0.49% 0.01%
21. Delaware 12 0.49% 0.01%
22. Potawatomi 12 0.49% 0.01%
23. Pueblo 12 0.49% 0.01%
24. Chickasaw 11 0.45% 0.01%
25. All Other Alaskan Tribes 9 0.37% 0.00%
26. Cree 7 0.28% 0.00%
27. Yaqui 7 0.28% 0.00%
28. Kiowa 6 0.24% 0.00%
29. Menominee 6 0.24% 0.00%
30. Comanche 5 0.20% 0.00%
31. Ottawa 5 0.20% 0.00%
32. Pima 5 0.20% 0.00%
33. Osage 3 0.12% 0.00%
34. Paiute 3 0.12% 0.00%
35. Tohono O'Odham 3 0.12% 0.00%
36. Crow 2 0.08% 0.00%
37. Houma 2 0.08% 0.00%
38. Ute 2 0.08% 0.00%
39. Yuman 1 0.04% 0.00%

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

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