Marin 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 236,088 95.47% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 11,201 4.53% 100.00%
Total Asian 10,820 4.38% 96.60%
Southern Asian 1,389 0.56% 12.40%
Asian Indian 1,330 0.54% 11.87%
Bangladeshi 1 0.00% 0.01%
Pakistani 46 0.02% 0.41%
Sri Lankan 12 0.00% 0.11%
Southeastern Asian 3,012 1.22% 26.89%
Cambodian 126 0.05% 1.12%
Filipino 1,389 0.56% 12.40%
Indonesian 36 0.01% 0.32%
Laotian 37 0.01% 0.33%
Malaysian 6 0.00% 0.05%
Thai 161 0.07% 1.44%
Vietnamese 1,257 0.51% 11.22%
Eastern Asian 6,271 2.54% 55.99%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 3,468 1.40% 30.96%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 1,687 0.68% 15.06%
Korean 1,061 0.43% 9.47%
Taiwanese 55 0.02% 0.49%
Other Asian or Not Specified 148 0.06% 1.32%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 381 0.15% 3.40%
Polynesian 190 0.08% 1.70%
Native Hawaiian 104 0.04% 0.93%
Samoan 57 0.02% 0.51%
Tongan 19 0.01% 0.17%
Other Polynesian 10 0.00% 0.09%
Micronesian 72 0.03% 0.64%
Guamanian or Chamorro 60 0.02% 0.54%
Other Micronesian 12 0.00% 0.11%
Melanesian 61 0.02% 0.54%
Fijian 58 0.02% 0.52%
Other Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.03%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 58 0.02% 0.52%

* 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) 219,938 88.94% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 27,351 11.06% 100.00%
Mexican 14,202 5.74% 51.92%
Puerto Rican 539 0.22% 1.97%
Cuban 293 0.12% 1.07%
Dominican 47 0.02% 0.17%
Central American 4,973 2.01% 18.18%
Costa Rican 76 0.03% 0.28%
Guatemalan 2,546 1.03% 9.31%
Honduran 63 0.03% 0.23%
Nicaraguan 316 0.13% 1.16%
Panamanian 36 0.01% 0.13%
Salvadorian 1,677 0.68% 6.13%
Other Central American 259 0.10% 0.95%
South American 1,490 0.60% 5.45%
Argentinian 187 0.08% 0.68%
Bolivian 78 0.03% 0.29%
Chilean 177 0.07% 0.65%
Columbian 225 0.09% 0.82%
Ecuadorian 76 0.03% 0.28%
Paraguayan 11 0.00% 0.04%
Peruvian 547 0.22% 2.00%
Uruguayan 12 0.00% 0.04%
Venezuelan 44 0.02% 0.16%
Other South American 133 0.05% 0.49%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,807 2.35% 21.23%
Spaniard 210 0.08% 0.77%
Spanish 987 0.40% 3.61%
Spanish American 64 0.03% 0.23%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,546 1.84% 16.62%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 163 27.86% 0.07%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 108 18.46% 0.04%
3. Cherokee 91 15.56% 0.04%
4. Navajo 29 4.96% 0.01%
5. Apache 24 4.10% 0.01%
6. Choctaw 21 3.59% 0.01%
7. Chippewa 19 3.25% 0.01%
8. Sioux 15 2.56% 0.01%
9. Pueblo 13 2.22% 0.01%
10. Tlingit-Haida 10 1.71% 0.00%
11. Comanche 9 1.54% 0.00%
12. Creek 8 1.37% 0.00%
13. Iroquois 8 1.37% 0.00%
14. Blackfeet 7 1.20% 0.00%
15. Yaqui 7 1.20% 0.00%
16. Cheyenne 5 0.85% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 5 0.85% 0.00%
18. Eskimo 5 0.85% 0.00%
19. Delaware 4 0.68% 0.00%
20. Paiute 4 0.68% 0.00%
21. Seminole 4 0.68% 0.00%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.51% 0.00%
23. Cree 2 0.34% 0.00%
24. Crow 2 0.34% 0.00%
25. Osage 2 0.34% 0.00%
26. Potawatomi 2 0.34% 0.00%
27. Ute 2 0.34% 0.00%
28. Yakama 2 0.34% 0.00%
29. Yuman 2 0.34% 0.00%
30. Aleut 2 0.34% 0.00%
31. Menominee 1 0.17% 0.00%
32. Ottawa 1 0.17% 0.00%
33. Pima 1 0.17% 0.00%
34. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.17% 0.00%
35. Shoshone 1 0.17% 0.00%
36. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.17% 0.00%
37. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.17% 0.00%

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

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