Monterey 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 376,265 93.65% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 25,497 6.35% 100.00%
Total Asian 23,749 5.91% 93.14%
Southern Asian 1,320 0.33% 5.18%
Asian Indian 1,293 0.32% 5.07%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 12 0.00% 0.05%
Sri Lankan 15 0.00% 0.06%
Southeastern Asian 13,619 3.39% 53.41%
Cambodian 35 0.01% 0.14%
Filipino 11,449 2.85% 44.90%
Indonesian 91 0.02% 0.36%
Laotian 16 0.00% 0.06%
Malaysian 10 0.00% 0.04%
Thai 203 0.05% 0.80%
Vietnamese 1,815 0.45% 7.12%
Eastern Asian 8,492 2.11% 33.31%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,193 0.55% 8.60%
Hmong 26 0.01% 0.10%
Japanese 3,363 0.84% 13.19%
Korean 2,877 0.72% 11.28%
Taiwanese 33 0.01% 0.13%
Other Asian or Not Specified 318 0.08% 1.25%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,748 0.44% 6.86%
Polynesian 782 0.19% 3.07%
Native Hawaiian 272 0.07% 1.07%
Samoan 390 0.10% 1.53%
Tongan 111 0.03% 0.44%
Other Polynesian 9 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 609 0.15% 2.39%
Guamanian or Chamorro 562 0.14% 2.20%
Other Micronesian 47 0.01% 0.18%
Melanesian 152 0.04% 0.60%
Fijian 152 0.04% 0.60%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 205 0.05% 0.80%

* 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) 213,793 53.21% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 187,969 46.79% 100.00%
Mexican 162,318 40.40% 86.35%
Puerto Rican 1,698 0.42% 0.90%
Cuban 299 0.07% 0.16%
Dominican 32 0.01% 0.02%
Central American 2,357 0.59% 1.25%
Costa Rican 51 0.01% 0.03%
Guatemalan 248 0.06% 0.13%
Honduran 137 0.03% 0.07%
Nicaraguan 73 0.02% 0.04%
Panamanian 211 0.05% 0.11%
Salvadorian 1,490 0.37% 0.79%
Other Central American 147 0.04% 0.08%
South American 827 0.21% 0.44%
Argentinian 60 0.01% 0.03%
Bolivian 23 0.01% 0.01%
Chilean 116 0.03% 0.06%
Columbian 163 0.04% 0.09%
Ecuadorian 44 0.01% 0.02%
Paraguayan 24 0.01% 0.01%
Peruvian 252 0.06% 0.13%
Uruguayan 9 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 51 0.01% 0.03%
Other South American 85 0.02% 0.05%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 20,438 5.09% 10.87%
Spaniard 314 0.08% 0.17%
Spanish 1,643 0.41% 0.87%
Spanish American 61 0.02% 0.03%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 18,420 4.58% 9.80%


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 714 34.43% 0.18%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 493 23.77% 0.12%
3. Cherokee 261 12.58% 0.06%
4. Apache 122 5.88% 0.03%
5. Choctaw 74 3.57% 0.02%
6. Sioux 52 2.51% 0.01%
7. Yaqui 46 2.22% 0.01%
8. Navajo 33 1.59% 0.01%
9. Creek 32 1.54% 0.01%
10. Blackfeet 30 1.45% 0.01%
11. Potawatomi 29 1.40% 0.01%
12. Chickasaw 27 1.30% 0.01%
13. Pueblo 24 1.16% 0.01%
14. Chippewa 22 1.06% 0.01%
15. Iroquois 18 0.87% 0.00%
16. Paiute 10 0.48% 0.00%
17. Comanche 9 0.43% 0.00%
18. Osage 9 0.43% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 8 0.39% 0.00%
20. Tlingit-Haida 8 0.39% 0.00%
21. Delaware 5 0.24% 0.00%
22. Shoshone 5 0.24% 0.00%
23. Ute 5 0.24% 0.00%
24. Yuman 5 0.24% 0.00%
25. Tohono O'Odham 4 0.19% 0.00%
26. Alaskan Athabascan 4 0.19% 0.00%
27. Cheyenne 3 0.14% 0.00%
28. Crow 3 0.14% 0.00%
29. Kiowa 3 0.14% 0.00%
30. Pima 3 0.14% 0.00%
31. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.14% 0.00%
32. Seminole 3 0.14% 0.00%
33. Cree 2 0.10% 0.00%
34. Aleut 2 0.10% 0.00%
35. Houma 1 0.05% 0.00%
36. Yakama 1 0.05% 0.00%
37. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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