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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 162,044 97.14% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 4,770 2.86% 100.00%
Total Asian 4,539 2.72% 95.16%
Southern Asian 1,006 0.60% 21.09%
Asian Indian 980 0.59% 20.55%
Bangladeshi 5 0.00% 0.10%
Pakistani 20 0.01% 0.42%
Sri Lankan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Southeastern Asian 1,638 0.98% 34.34%
Cambodian 187 0.11% 3.92%
Filipino 589 0.35% 12.35%
Indonesian 10 0.01% 0.21%
Laotian 21 0.01% 0.44%
Malaysian 5 0.00% 0.10%
Thai 39 0.02% 0.82%
Vietnamese 787 0.47% 16.50%
Eastern Asian 1,805 1.08% 37.84%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 655 0.39% 13.73%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.02%
Japanese 482 0.29% 10.10%
Korean 580 0.35% 12.16%
Taiwanese 87 0.05% 1.82%
Other Asian or Not Specified 90 0.05% 1.89%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 231 0.14% 4.84%
Polynesian 122 0.07% 2.56%
Native Hawaiian 76 0.05% 1.59%
Samoan 41 0.02% 0.86%
Tongan 3 0.00% 0.06%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 44 0.03% 0.92%
Guamanian or Chamorro 42 0.03% 0.88%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.04%
Melanesian 47 0.03% 0.99%
Fijian 47 0.03% 0.99%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 18 0.01% 0.38%

* 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) 158,127 94.79% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 8,687 5.21% 100.00%
Mexican 6,220 3.73% 71.60%
Puerto Rican 325 0.19% 3.74%
Cuban 88 0.05% 1.01%
Dominican 15 0.01% 0.17%
Central American 432 0.26% 4.97%
Costa Rican 40 0.02% 0.46%
Guatemalan 204 0.12% 2.35%
Honduran 21 0.01% 0.24%
Nicaraguan 20 0.01% 0.23%
Panamanian 26 0.02% 0.30%
Salvadorian 106 0.06% 1.22%
Other Central American 15 0.01% 0.17%
South American 182 0.11% 2.10%
Argentinian 16 0.01% 0.18%
Bolivian 7 0.00% 0.08%
Chilean 21 0.01% 0.24%
Columbian 50 0.03% 0.58%
Ecuadorian 17 0.01% 0.20%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 39 0.02% 0.45%
Uruguayan 2 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 22 0.01% 0.25%
Other South American 7 0.00% 0.08%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,425 0.85% 16.40%
Spaniard 59 0.04% 0.68%
Spanish 302 0.18% 3.48%
Spanish American 13 0.01% 0.15%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,051 0.63% 12.10%


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 2,542 65.53% 1.52%
2. Puget Sound Salish 577 14.87% 0.35%
3. Aleut 101 2.60% 0.06%
4. Tlingit-Haida 93 2.40% 0.06%
5. Cherokee 68 1.75% 0.04%
6. Chippewa 51 1.31% 0.03%
7. Eskimo 45 1.16% 0.03%
8. Blackfeet 44 1.13% 0.03%
9. Iroquois 40 1.03% 0.02%
10. Sioux 40 1.03% 0.02%
11. Latin American Indians 39 1.01% 0.02%
12. Colville 25 0.64% 0.01%
13. Choctaw 24 0.62% 0.01%
14. All Other Alaskan Tribes 20 0.52% 0.01%
15. Navajo 19 0.49% 0.01%
16. Alaskan Athabascan 19 0.49% 0.01%
17. Lumbee 18 0.46% 0.01%
18. Yakama 17 0.44% 0.01%
19. Cree 14 0.36% 0.01%
20. Apache 12 0.31% 0.01%
21. Paiute 11 0.28% 0.01%
22. Pueblo 10 0.26% 0.01%
23. Creek 8 0.21% 0.00%
24. Chickasaw 7 0.18% 0.00%
25. Cheyenne 6 0.15% 0.00%
26. Crow 6 0.15% 0.00%
27. Shoshone 6 0.15% 0.00%
28. Potawatomi 5 0.13% 0.00%
29. Delaware 2 0.05% 0.00%
30. Osage 2 0.05% 0.00%
31. Seminole 2 0.05% 0.00%
32. Yuman 2 0.05% 0.00%
33. Comanche 1 0.03% 0.00%
34. Kiowa 1 0.03% 0.00%
35. Menominee 1 0.03% 0.00%
36. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.03% 0.00%

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

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