West Virginia

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 1,798,618 99.46% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 9,726 0.54% 100.00%
Total Asian 9,329 0.52% 95.92%
Southern Asian 3,250 0.18% 33.42%
Asian Indian 2,856 0.16% 29.36%
Bangladeshi 41 0.00% 0.42%
Pakistani 303 0.02% 3.12%
Sri Lankan 50 0.00% 0.51%
Southeastern Asian 2,168 0.12% 22.29%
Cambodian 10 0.00% 0.10%
Filipino 1,495 0.08% 15.37%
Indonesian 30 0.00% 0.31%
Laotian 28 0.00% 0.29%
Malaysian 18 0.00% 0.19%
Thai 208 0.01% 2.14%
Vietnamese 379 0.02% 3.90%
Eastern Asian 3,624 0.20% 37.26%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,770 0.10% 18.20%
Hmong 2 0.00% 0.02%
Japanese 887 0.05% 9.12%
Korean 857 0.05% 8.81%
Taiwanese 108 0.01% 1.11%
Other Asian or Not Specified 287 0.02% 2.95%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 397 0.02% 4.08%
Polynesian 200 0.01% 2.06%
Native Hawaiian 111 0.01% 1.14%
Samoan 79 0.00% 0.81%
Tongan 4 0.00% 0.04%
Other Polynesian 6 0.00% 0.06%
Micronesian 105 0.01% 1.08%
Guamanian or Chamorro 87 0.00% 0.89%
Other Micronesian 18 0.00% 0.19%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 91 0.01% 0.94%

* 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) 1,796,065 99.32% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 12,279 0.68% 100.00%
Mexican 4,347 0.24% 35.40%
Puerto Rican 1,609 0.09% 13.10%
Cuban 453 0.03% 3.69%
Dominican 70 0.00% 0.57%
Central American 367 0.02% 2.99%
Costa Rican 31 0.00% 0.25%
Guatemalan 86 0.00% 0.70%
Honduran 36 0.00% 0.29%
Nicaraguan 24 0.00% 0.20%
Panamanian 90 0.00% 0.73%
Salvadorian 83 0.00% 0.68%
Other Central American 17 0.00% 0.14%
South American 547 0.03% 4.45%
Argentinian 41 0.00% 0.33%
Bolivian 16 0.00% 0.13%
Chilean 39 0.00% 0.32%
Columbian 193 0.01% 1.57%
Ecuadorian 29 0.00% 0.24%
Paraguayan 11 0.00% 0.09%
Peruvian 87 0.00% 0.71%
Uruguayan 11 0.00% 0.09%
Venezuelan 77 0.00% 0.63%
Other South American 43 0.00% 0.35%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,886 0.27% 39.79%
Spaniard 113 0.01% 0.92%
Spanish 727 0.04% 5.92%
Spanish American 95 0.01% 0.77%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,951 0.22% 32.18%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 1,178 56.63% 0.07%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 234 11.25% 0.01%
3. Sioux 90 4.33% 0.00%
4. Blackfeet 89 4.28% 0.00%
5. Iroquois 68 3.27% 0.00%
6. Apache 55 2.64% 0.00%
7. Navajo 55 2.64% 0.00%
8. Chippewa 51 2.45% 0.00%
9. Latin American Indians 45 2.16% 0.00%
10. Lumbee 33 1.59% 0.00%
11. Choctaw 29 1.39% 0.00%
12. Creek 17 0.82% 0.00%
13. Delaware 15 0.72% 0.00%
14. Comanche 12 0.58% 0.00%
15. Pueblo 12 0.58% 0.00%
16. Cheyenne 11 0.53% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 11 0.53% 0.00%
18. Crow 9 0.43% 0.00%
19. Seminole 9 0.43% 0.00%
20. Eskimo 9 0.43% 0.00%
21. Potawatomi 6 0.29% 0.00%
22. Shoshone 5 0.24% 0.00%
23. Tlingit-Haida 5 0.24% 0.00%
24. Ottawa 4 0.19% 0.00%
25. Paiute 4 0.19% 0.00%
26. Aleut 4 0.19% 0.00%
27. Cree 3 0.14% 0.00%
28. Osage 3 0.14% 0.00%
29. Pima 3 0.14% 0.00%
30. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.14% 0.00%
31. Kiowa 2 0.10% 0.00%
32. Yuman 2 0.10% 0.00%
33. Menominee 1 0.05% 0.00%
34. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.05% 0.00%
35. Ute 1 0.05% 0.00%
36. Yaqui 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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