Yakima 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 220,296 98.97% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 2,285 1.03% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,088 0.94% 91.38%
Southern Asian 176 0.08% 7.70%
Asian Indian 163 0.07% 7.13%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 8 0.00% 0.35%
Sri Lankan 5 0.00% 0.22%
Southeastern Asian 929 0.42% 40.66%
Cambodian 10 0.00% 0.44%
Filipino 746 0.34% 32.65%
Indonesian 3 0.00% 0.13%
Laotian 44 0.02% 1.93%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.04%
Thai 21 0.01% 0.92%
Vietnamese 104 0.05% 4.55%
Eastern Asian 925 0.42% 40.48%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 292 0.13% 12.78%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 260 0.12% 11.38%
Korean 370 0.17% 16.19%
Taiwanese 3 0.00% 0.13%
Other Asian or Not Specified 58 0.03% 2.54%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 197 0.09% 8.62%
Polynesian 120 0.05% 5.25%
Native Hawaiian 70 0.03% 3.06%
Samoan 40 0.02% 1.75%
Tongan 8 0.00% 0.35%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.09%
Micronesian 34 0.02% 1.49%
Guamanian or Chamorro 30 0.01% 1.31%
Other Micronesian 4 0.00% 0.18%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 43 0.02% 1.88%

* 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) 142,676 64.10% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 79,905 35.90% 100.00%
Mexican 69,413 31.19% 86.87%
Puerto Rican 345 0.15% 0.43%
Cuban 93 0.04% 0.12%
Dominican 13 0.01% 0.02%
Central American 381 0.17% 0.48%
Costa Rican 8 0.00% 0.01%
Guatemalan 73 0.03% 0.09%
Honduran 30 0.01% 0.04%
Nicaraguan 64 0.03% 0.08%
Panamanian 9 0.00% 0.01%
Salvadorian 177 0.08% 0.22%
Other Central American 20 0.01% 0.03%
South American 115 0.05% 0.14%
Argentinian 11 0.00% 0.01%
Bolivian 3 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 10 0.00% 0.01%
Columbian 22 0.01% 0.03%
Ecuadorian 10 0.00% 0.01%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 43 0.02% 0.05%
Uruguayan 1 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 7 0.00% 0.01%
Other South American 8 0.00% 0.01%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 9,545 4.29% 11.95%
Spaniard 73 0.03% 0.09%
Spanish 725 0.33% 0.91%
Spanish American 40 0.02% 0.05%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 8,707 3.91% 10.90%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Yakama 5,686 72.45% 2.55%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 756 9.63% 0.34%
3. Latin American Indians 183 2.33% 0.08%
4. Blackfeet 178 2.27% 0.08%
5. Colville 161 2.05% 0.07%
6. Cherokee 157 2.00% 0.07%
7. Sioux 105 1.34% 0.05%
8. Chippewa 99 1.26% 0.04%
9. Puget Sound Salish 96 1.22% 0.04%
10. Navajo 49 0.62% 0.02%
11. Chickasaw 44 0.56% 0.02%
12. Tlingit-Haida 37 0.47% 0.02%
13. Choctaw 29 0.37% 0.01%
14. Creek 29 0.37% 0.01%
15. Crow 26 0.33% 0.01%
16. Iroquois 26 0.33% 0.01%
17. Apache 22 0.28% 0.01%
18. Eskimo 20 0.25% 0.01%
19. Alaskan Athabascan 18 0.23% 0.01%
20. Pima 16 0.20% 0.01%
21. Cree 15 0.19% 0.01%
22. Pueblo 12 0.15% 0.01%
23. Shoshone 11 0.14% 0.00%
24. Cheyenne 10 0.13% 0.00%
25. Potawatomi 10 0.13% 0.00%
26. Aleut 10 0.13% 0.00%
27. Paiute 8 0.10% 0.00%
28. Yaqui 6 0.08% 0.00%
29. Comanche 5 0.06% 0.00%
30. Delaware 4 0.05% 0.00%
31. Ute 4 0.05% 0.00%
32. All Other Alaskan Tribes 4 0.05% 0.00%
33. Seminole 3 0.04% 0.00%
34. Yuman 3 0.04% 0.00%
35. Kiowa 2 0.03% 0.00%
36. Menominee 2 0.03% 0.00%
37. Lumbee 1 0.01% 0.00%
38. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.01% 0.00%

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

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