Sweetwater 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 37,357 99.32% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 256 0.68% 100.00%
Total Asian 240 0.64% 93.75%
Southern Asian 12 0.03% 4.69%
Asian Indian 12 0.03% 4.69%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 39 0.10% 15.23%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 32 0.09% 12.50%
Indonesian 1 0.00% 0.39%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 3 0.01% 1.17%
Vietnamese 3 0.01% 1.17%
Eastern Asian 187 0.50% 73.05%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 63 0.17% 24.61%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 93 0.25% 36.33%
Korean 31 0.08% 12.11%
Taiwanese 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Asian or Not Specified 2 0.01% 0.78%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 16 0.04% 6.25%
Polynesian 9 0.02% 3.52%
Native Hawaiian 4 0.01% 1.56%
Samoan 5 0.01% 1.95%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 2 0.01% 0.78%
Guamanian or Chamorro 2 0.01% 0.78%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
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 5 0.01% 1.95%

* 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) 34,068 90.58% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 3,545 9.42% 100.00%
Mexican 2,142 5.69% 60.42%
Puerto Rican 28 0.07% 0.79%
Cuban 8 0.02% 0.23%
Dominican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Central American 5 0.01% 0.14%
Costa Rican 1 0.00% 0.03%
Guatemalan 3 0.01% 0.08%
Honduran 0 0.00% 0.00%
Nicaraguan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Panamanian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Salvadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Central American 0 0.00% 0.00%
South American 19 0.05% 0.54%
Argentinian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Bolivian 7 0.02% 0.20%
Chilean 0 0.00% 0.00%
Columbian 2 0.01% 0.06%
Ecuadorian 2 0.01% 0.06%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 2 0.01% 0.06%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 6 0.02% 0.17%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,343 3.57% 37.88%
Spaniard 32 0.09% 0.90%
Spanish 330 0.88% 9.31%
Spanish American 58 0.15% 1.64%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 923 2.45% 26.04%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Navajo 60 24.69% 0.16%
2. Cherokee 43 17.70% 0.11%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 43 17.70% 0.11%
4. Sioux 23 9.47% 0.06%
5. Chippewa 11 4.53% 0.03%
6. Latin American Indians 10 4.12% 0.03%
7. Shoshone 9 3.70% 0.02%
8. Blackfeet 7 2.88% 0.02%
9. Choctaw 7 2.88% 0.02%
10. Apache 6 2.47% 0.02%
11. Creek 5 2.06% 0.01%
12. Chickasaw 4 1.65% 0.01%
13. Crow 3 1.23% 0.01%
14. Colville 2 0.82% 0.01%
15. Paiute 2 0.82% 0.01%
16. Cree 1 0.41% 0.00%
17. Delaware 1 0.41% 0.00%
18. Iroquois 1 0.41% 0.00%
19. Pima 1 0.41% 0.00%
20. Pueblo 1 0.41% 0.00%
21. Ute 1 0.41% 0.00%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.41% 0.00%
23. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.41% 0.00%

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

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