Inyo 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 17,774 99.05% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 171 0.95% 100.00%
Total Asian 156 0.87% 91.23%
Southern Asian 29 0.16% 16.96%
Asian Indian 29 0.16% 16.96%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 40 0.22% 23.39%
Cambodian 3 0.02% 1.75%
Filipino 24 0.13% 14.04%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 10 0.06% 5.85%
Vietnamese 3 0.02% 1.75%
Eastern Asian 83 0.46% 48.54%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 27 0.15% 15.79%
Hmong 3 0.02% 1.75%
Japanese 35 0.20% 20.47%
Korean 9 0.05% 5.26%
Taiwanese 9 0.05% 5.26%
Other Asian or Not Specified 4 0.02% 2.34%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 15 0.08% 8.77%
Polynesian 15 0.08% 8.77%
Native Hawaiian 13 0.07% 7.60%
Samoan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Tongan 1 0.01% 0.58%
Other Polynesian 1 0.01% 0.58%
Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Guamanian or Chamorro 0 0.00% 0.00%
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 0 0.00% 0.00%

* 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) 15,688 87.42% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 2,257 12.58% 100.00%
Mexican 1,945 10.84% 86.18%
Puerto Rican 17 0.09% 0.75%
Cuban 11 0.06% 0.49%
Dominican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Central American 21 0.12% 0.93%
Costa Rican 1 0.01% 0.04%
Guatemalan 5 0.03% 0.22%
Honduran 2 0.01% 0.09%
Nicaraguan 7 0.04% 0.31%
Panamanian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Salvadorian 3 0.02% 0.13%
Other Central American 3 0.02% 0.13%
South American 17 0.09% 0.75%
Argentinian 2 0.01% 0.09%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 1 0.01% 0.04%
Columbian 5 0.03% 0.22%
Ecuadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 9 0.05% 0.40%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 246 1.37% 10.90%
Spaniard 10 0.06% 0.44%
Spanish 51 0.28% 2.26%
Spanish American 1 0.01% 0.04%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 184 1.03% 8.15%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Paiute 914 60.05% 5.09%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 379 24.90% 2.11%
3. Shoshone 85 5.58% 0.47%
4. Cherokee 28 1.84% 0.16%
5. Sioux 15 0.99% 0.08%
6. Navajo 14 0.92% 0.08%
7. Apache 12 0.79% 0.07%
8. Choctaw 9 0.59% 0.05%
9. Comanche 9 0.59% 0.05%
10. Latin American Indians 8 0.53% 0.04%
11. Yuman 6 0.39% 0.03%
12. Chippewa 5 0.33% 0.03%
13. Iroquois 5 0.33% 0.03%
14. Kiowa 5 0.33% 0.03%
15. Pueblo 5 0.33% 0.03%
16. Yaqui 4 0.26% 0.02%
17. Tlingit-Haida 4 0.26% 0.02%
18. Blackfeet 3 0.20% 0.02%
19. Potawatomi 3 0.20% 0.02%
20. Creek 2 0.13% 0.01%
21. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.13% 0.01%
22. Cheyenne 1 0.07% 0.01%
23. Ottawa 1 0.07% 0.01%
24. Pima 1 0.07% 0.01%
25. Ute 1 0.07% 0.01%
26. Aleut 1 0.07% 0.01%

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

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