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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 196,158 93.16% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 14,396 6.84% 100.00%
Total Asian 14,008 6.65% 97.30%
Southern Asian 2,591 1.23% 18.00%
Asian Indian 2,546 1.21% 17.69%
Bangladeshi 1 0.00% 0.01%
Pakistani 42 0.02% 0.29%
Sri Lankan 2 0.00% 0.01%
Southeastern Asian 3,767 1.79% 26.17%
Cambodian 62 0.03% 0.43%
Filipino 1,443 0.69% 10.02%
Indonesian 11 0.01% 0.08%
Laotian 1,890 0.90% 13.13%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 130 0.06% 0.90%
Vietnamese 231 0.11% 1.60%
Eastern Asian 7,327 3.48% 50.90%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 434 0.21% 3.01%
Hmong 6,148 2.92% 42.71%
Japanese 497 0.24% 3.45%
Korean 238 0.11% 1.65%
Taiwanese 10 0.00% 0.07%
Other Asian or Not Specified 323 0.15% 2.24%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 388 0.18% 2.70%
Polynesian 183 0.09% 1.27%
Native Hawaiian 124 0.06% 0.86%
Samoan 50 0.02% 0.35%
Tongan 8 0.00% 0.06%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 127 0.06% 0.88%
Guamanian or Chamorro 115 0.05% 0.80%
Other Micronesian 12 0.01% 0.08%
Melanesian 14 0.01% 0.10%
Fijian 14 0.01% 0.10%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 64 0.03% 0.44%

* 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) 115,088 54.66% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 95,466 45.34% 100.00%
Mexican 82,701 39.28% 86.63%
Puerto Rican 595 0.28% 0.62%
Cuban 105 0.05% 0.11%
Dominican 5 0.00% 0.01%
Central American 703 0.33% 0.74%
Costa Rican 26 0.01% 0.03%
Guatemalan 124 0.06% 0.13%
Honduran 47 0.02% 0.05%
Nicaraguan 125 0.06% 0.13%
Panamanian 43 0.02% 0.05%
Salvadorian 252 0.12% 0.26%
Other Central American 86 0.04% 0.09%
South American 193 0.09% 0.20%
Argentinian 13 0.01% 0.01%
Bolivian 8 0.00% 0.01%
Chilean 12 0.01% 0.01%
Columbian 27 0.01% 0.03%
Ecuadorian 22 0.01% 0.02%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 74 0.04% 0.08%
Uruguayan 15 0.01% 0.02%
Venezuelan 2 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 20 0.01% 0.02%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 11,164 5.30% 11.69%
Spaniard 113 0.05% 0.12%
Spanish 1,022 0.49% 1.07%
Spanish American 45 0.02% 0.05%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 9,984 4.74% 10.46%


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 380 28.40% 0.18%
2. Cherokee 278 20.78% 0.13%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 209 15.62% 0.10%
4. Apache 84 6.28% 0.04%
5. Choctaw 71 5.31% 0.03%
6. Yaqui 46 3.44% 0.02%
7. Navajo 31 2.32% 0.01%
8. Sioux 29 2.17% 0.01%
9. Pueblo 25 1.87% 0.01%
10. Chippewa 23 1.72% 0.01%
11. Potawatomi 22 1.64% 0.01%
12. Comanche 16 1.20% 0.01%
13. Blackfeet 15 1.12% 0.01%
14. Iroquois 15 1.12% 0.01%
15. Creek 13 0.97% 0.01%
16. Paiute 11 0.82% 0.01%
17. Tohono O'Odham 10 0.75% 0.00%
18. Chickasaw 8 0.60% 0.00%
19. Osage 8 0.60% 0.00%
20. Seminole 7 0.52% 0.00%
21. Kiowa 5 0.37% 0.00%
22. Ottawa 5 0.37% 0.00%
23. Pima 5 0.37% 0.00%
24. Delaware 4 0.30% 0.00%
25. Puget Sound Salish 4 0.30% 0.00%
26. Shoshone 2 0.15% 0.00%
27. Yuman 2 0.15% 0.00%
28. Eskimo 2 0.15% 0.00%
29. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.15% 0.00%
30. Cheyenne 1 0.07% 0.00%
31. Crow 1 0.07% 0.00%
32. Lumbee 1 0.07% 0.00%
33. Yakama 1 0.07% 0.00%
34. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.07% 0.00%
35. Aleut 1 0.07% 0.00%

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

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