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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 1,145,651 79.35% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 298,090 20.65% 100.00%
Total Asian 289,164 20.03% 97.01%
Southern Asian 45,240 3.13% 15.18%
Asian Indian 42,842 2.97% 14.37%
Bangladeshi 169 0.01% 0.06%
Pakistani 2,019 0.14% 0.68%
Sri Lankan 210 0.01% 0.07%
Southeastern Asian 102,008 7.07% 34.22%
Cambodian 3,533 0.24% 1.19%
Filipino 69,127 4.79% 23.19%
Indonesian 784 0.05% 0.26%
Laotian 3,438 0.24% 1.15%
Malaysian 111 0.01% 0.04%
Thai 1,198 0.08% 0.40%
Vietnamese 23,817 1.65% 7.99%
Eastern Asian 138,943 9.62% 46.61%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 108,751 7.53% 36.48%
Hmong 180 0.01% 0.06%
Japanese 12,540 0.87% 4.21%
Korean 14,217 0.98% 4.77%
Taiwanese 3,255 0.23% 1.09%
Other Asian or Not Specified 2,973 0.21% 1.00%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 8,926 0.62% 2.99%
Polynesian 4,649 0.32% 1.56%
Native Hawaiian 1,467 0.10% 0.49%
Samoan 1,508 0.10% 0.51%
Tongan 1,558 0.11% 0.52%
Other Polynesian 116 0.01% 0.04%
Micronesian 1,585 0.11% 0.53%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,482 0.10% 0.50%
Other Micronesian 103 0.01% 0.03%
Melanesian 1,578 0.11% 0.53%
Fijian 1,576 0.11% 0.53%
Other Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 1,114 0.08% 0.37%

* 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) 1,169,831 81.03% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 273,910 18.97% 100.00%
Mexican 193,011 13.37% 70.47%
Puerto Rican 10,186 0.71% 3.72%
Cuban 1,935 0.13% 0.71%
Dominican 210 0.01% 0.08%
Central American 16,975 1.18% 6.20%
Costa Rican 393 0.03% 0.14%
Guatemalan 3,076 0.21% 1.12%
Honduran 744 0.05% 0.27%
Nicaraguan 3,399 0.24% 1.24%
Panamanian 524 0.04% 0.19%
Salvadorian 7,201 0.50% 2.63%
Other Central American 1,638 0.11% 0.60%
South American 6,321 0.44% 2.31%
Argentinian 614 0.04% 0.22%
Bolivian 322 0.02% 0.12%
Chilean 719 0.05% 0.26%
Columbian 1,050 0.07% 0.38%
Ecuadorian 288 0.02% 0.11%
Paraguayan 34 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 2,196 0.15% 0.80%
Uruguayan 63 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 356 0.02% 0.13%
Other South American 679 0.05% 0.25%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 45,272 3.14% 16.53%
Spaniard 1,079 0.07% 0.39%
Spanish 8,926 0.62% 3.26%
Spanish American 505 0.03% 0.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 34,762 2.41% 12.69%


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 977 18.32% 0.07%
2. Latin American Indians 942 17.66% 0.07%
3. Cherokee 782 14.66% 0.05%
4. Navajo 370 6.94% 0.03%
5. Sioux 324 6.07% 0.02%
6. Apache 293 5.49% 0.02%
7. Pueblo 228 4.27% 0.02%
8. Choctaw 226 4.24% 0.02%
9. Chippewa 159 2.98% 0.01%
10. Blackfeet 112 2.10% 0.01%
11. Yaqui 107 2.01% 0.01%
12. Iroquois 87 1.63% 0.01%
13. Paiute 79 1.48% 0.01%
14. Creek 58 1.09% 0.00%
15. Chickasaw 51 0.96% 0.00%
16. Kiowa 43 0.81% 0.00%
17. Tlingit-Haida 43 0.81% 0.00%
18. Comanche 42 0.79% 0.00%
19. Potawatomi 41 0.77% 0.00%
20. Seminole 39 0.73% 0.00%
21. Pima 37 0.69% 0.00%
22. Shoshone 31 0.58% 0.00%
23. Eskimo 29 0.54% 0.00%
24. Tohono O'Odham 25 0.47% 0.00%
25. Osage 23 0.43% 0.00%
26. Yuman 23 0.43% 0.00%
27. Cheyenne 21 0.39% 0.00%
28. Aleut 19 0.36% 0.00%
29. Delaware 17 0.32% 0.00%
30. Crow 15 0.28% 0.00%
31. All Other Alaskan Tribes 15 0.28% 0.00%
32. Cree 13 0.24% 0.00%
33. Ute 13 0.24% 0.00%
34. Alaskan Athabascan 13 0.24% 0.00%
35. Yakama 9 0.17% 0.00%
36. Lumbee 8 0.15% 0.00%
37. Ottawa 8 0.15% 0.00%
38. Puget Sound Salish 6 0.11% 0.00%
39. Colville 5 0.09% 0.00%
40. Houma 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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