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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 139,443 97.95% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 2,918 2.05% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,799 1.97% 95.92%
Southern Asian 318 0.22% 10.90%
Asian Indian 308 0.22% 10.56%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 9 0.01% 0.31%
Sri Lankan 1 0.00% 0.03%
Southeastern Asian 934 0.66% 32.01%
Cambodian 40 0.03% 1.37%
Filipino 741 0.52% 25.39%
Indonesian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Laotian 19 0.01% 0.65%
Malaysian 3 0.00% 0.10%
Thai 30 0.02% 1.03%
Vietnamese 100 0.07% 3.43%
Eastern Asian 1,509 1.06% 51.71%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 616 0.43% 21.11%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.03%
Japanese 328 0.23% 11.24%
Korean 535 0.38% 18.33%
Taiwanese 29 0.02% 0.99%
Other Asian or Not Specified 38 0.03% 1.30%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 119 0.08% 4.08%
Polynesian 59 0.04% 2.02%
Native Hawaiian 37 0.03% 1.27%
Samoan 19 0.01% 0.65%
Tongan 2 0.00% 0.07%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 36 0.03% 1.23%
Guamanian or Chamorro 36 0.03% 1.23%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 5 0.00% 0.17%
Fijian 5 0.00% 0.17%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 19 0.01% 0.65%

* 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) 39,544 27.78% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 102,817 72.22% 100.00%
Mexican 92,696 65.11% 90.16%
Puerto Rican 280 0.20% 0.27%
Cuban 78 0.05% 0.08%
Dominican 6 0.00% 0.01%
Central American 365 0.26% 0.35%
Costa Rican 7 0.00% 0.01%
Guatemalan 64 0.04% 0.06%
Honduran 36 0.03% 0.04%
Nicaraguan 35 0.02% 0.03%
Panamanian 18 0.01% 0.02%
Salvadorian 184 0.13% 0.18%
Other Central American 21 0.01% 0.02%
South American 89 0.06% 0.09%
Argentinian 14 0.01% 0.01%
Bolivian 2 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 8 0.01% 0.01%
Columbian 30 0.02% 0.03%
Ecuadorian 5 0.00% 0.00%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 19 0.01% 0.02%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 10 0.01% 0.01%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 9,303 6.53% 9.05%
Spaniard 57 0.04% 0.06%
Spanish 349 0.25% 0.34%
Spanish American 35 0.02% 0.03%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 8,862 6.23% 8.62%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Yuman 1,080 61.71% 0.76%
2. Latin American Indians 208 11.89% 0.15%
3. Yaqui 67 3.83% 0.05%
4. Cherokee 60 3.43% 0.04%
5. All Other Native American Tribes 57 3.26% 0.04%
6. Navajo 41 2.34% 0.03%
7. Choctaw 40 2.29% 0.03%
8. Apache 33 1.89% 0.02%
9. Sioux 26 1.49% 0.02%
10. Pima 24 1.37% 0.02%
11. Tohono O'Odham 20 1.14% 0.01%
12. Pueblo 18 1.03% 0.01%
13. Chippewa 15 0.86% 0.01%
14. Comanche 14 0.80% 0.01%
15. Chickasaw 12 0.69% 0.01%
16. Iroquois 9 0.51% 0.01%
17. Blackfeet 8 0.46% 0.01%
18. Eskimo 5 0.29% 0.00%
19. Creek 2 0.11% 0.00%
20. Osage 2 0.11% 0.00%
21. Paiute 2 0.11% 0.00%
22. Shoshone 2 0.11% 0.00%
23. Cheyenne 1 0.06% 0.00%
24. Colville 1 0.06% 0.00%
25. Crow 1 0.06% 0.00%
26. Lumbee 1 0.06% 0.00%
27. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.06% 0.00%

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

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