Kern 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 638,753 96.54% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 22,892 3.46% 100.00%
Total Asian 21,933 3.31% 95.81%
Southern Asian 4,472 0.68% 19.54%
Asian Indian 4,339 0.66% 18.95%
Bangladeshi 19 0.00% 0.08%
Pakistani 94 0.01% 0.41%
Sri Lankan 20 0.00% 0.09%
Southeastern Asian 12,627 1.91% 55.16%
Cambodian 569 0.09% 2.49%
Filipino 10,664 1.61% 46.58%
Indonesian 57 0.01% 0.25%
Laotian 282 0.04% 1.23%
Malaysian 12 0.00% 0.05%
Thai 240 0.04% 1.05%
Vietnamese 803 0.12% 3.51%
Eastern Asian 4,340 0.66% 18.96%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,740 0.26% 7.60%
Hmong 7 0.00% 0.03%
Japanese 964 0.15% 4.21%
Korean 1,495 0.23% 6.53%
Taiwanese 134 0.02% 0.59%
Other Asian or Not Specified 494 0.07% 2.16%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 959 0.14% 4.19%
Polynesian 514 0.08% 2.25%
Native Hawaiian 250 0.04% 1.09%
Samoan 225 0.03% 0.98%
Tongan 31 0.00% 0.14%
Other Polynesian 8 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 318 0.05% 1.39%
Guamanian or Chamorro 296 0.04% 1.29%
Other Micronesian 22 0.00% 0.10%
Melanesian 6 0.00% 0.03%
Fijian 5 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 121 0.02% 0.53%

* 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) 407,609 61.61% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 254,036 38.39% 100.00%
Mexican 210,828 31.86% 82.99%
Puerto Rican 2,811 0.42% 1.11%
Cuban 469 0.07% 0.18%
Dominican 37 0.01% 0.01%
Central American 4,253 0.64% 1.67%
Costa Rican 126 0.02% 0.05%
Guatemalan 1,025 0.15% 0.40%
Honduran 260 0.04% 0.10%
Nicaraguan 158 0.02% 0.06%
Panamanian 63 0.01% 0.02%
Salvadorian 2,342 0.35% 0.92%
Other Central American 279 0.04% 0.11%
South American 808 0.12% 0.32%
Argentinian 78 0.01% 0.03%
Bolivian 31 0.00% 0.01%
Chilean 61 0.01% 0.02%
Columbian 197 0.03% 0.08%
Ecuadorian 49 0.01% 0.02%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 289 0.04% 0.11%
Uruguayan 9 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 42 0.01% 0.02%
Other South American 52 0.01% 0.02%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 34,830 5.26% 13.71%
Spaniard 387 0.06% 0.15%
Spanish 2,687 0.41% 1.06%
Spanish American 163 0.02% 0.06%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 31,593 4.77% 12.44%


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 1,322 22.41% 0.20%
2. Latin American Indians 1,037 17.58% 0.16%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 997 16.90% 0.15%
4. Choctaw 529 8.97% 0.08%
5. Paiute 452 7.66% 0.07%
6. Apache 254 4.31% 0.04%
7. Navajo 201 3.41% 0.03%
8. Yaqui 152 2.58% 0.02%
9. Chickasaw 110 1.86% 0.02%
10. Creek 109 1.85% 0.02%
11. Sioux 84 1.42% 0.01%
12. Blackfeet 76 1.29% 0.01%
13. Potawatomi 61 1.03% 0.01%
14. Pueblo 58 0.98% 0.01%
15. Chippewa 53 0.90% 0.01%
16. Pima 53 0.90% 0.01%
17. Shoshone 45 0.76% 0.01%
18. Comanche 36 0.61% 0.01%
19. Seminole 33 0.56% 0.00%
20. Iroquois 30 0.51% 0.00%
21. Cheyenne 22 0.37% 0.00%
22. Lumbee 21 0.36% 0.00%
23. Osage 20 0.34% 0.00%
24. Tohono O'Odham 20 0.34% 0.00%
25. Tlingit-Haida 17 0.29% 0.00%
26. Ottawa 13 0.22% 0.00%
27. Aleut 12 0.20% 0.00%
28. Kiowa 11 0.19% 0.00%
29. Yuman 10 0.17% 0.00%
30. Puget Sound Salish 9 0.15% 0.00%
31. Eskimo 8 0.14% 0.00%
32. Cree 7 0.12% 0.00%
33. Yakama 7 0.12% 0.00%
34. Alaskan Athabascan 7 0.12% 0.00%
35. Colville 6 0.10% 0.00%
36. Crow 6 0.10% 0.00%
37. Delaware 6 0.10% 0.00%
38. Houma 3 0.05% 0.00%
39. Ute 2 0.03% 0.00%
40. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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