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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 2,459,278 86.40% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 387,011 13.60% 100.00%
Total Asian 378,234 13.29% 97.73%
Southern Asian 30,853 1.08% 7.97%
Asian Indian 27,197 0.96% 7.03%
Bangladeshi 311 0.01% 0.08%
Pakistani 2,636 0.09% 0.68%
Sri Lankan 709 0.02% 0.18%
Southeastern Asian 196,815 6.91% 50.86%
Cambodian 4,517 0.16% 1.17%
Filipino 48,946 1.72% 12.65%
Indonesian 1,903 0.07% 0.49%
Laotian 2,711 0.10% 0.70%
Malaysian 168 0.01% 0.04%
Thai 3,022 0.11% 0.78%
Vietnamese 135,548 4.76% 35.02%
Eastern Asian 147,559 5.18% 38.13%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 50,217 1.76% 12.98%
Hmong 986 0.03% 0.25%
Japanese 31,283 1.10% 8.08%
Korean 55,573 1.95% 14.36%
Taiwanese 9,500 0.33% 2.45%
Other Asian or Not Specified 3,007 0.11% 0.78%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 8,777 0.31% 2.27%
Polynesian 6,093 0.21% 1.57%
Native Hawaiian 1,986 0.07% 0.51%
Samoan 3,555 0.12% 0.92%
Tongan 442 0.02% 0.11%
Other Polynesian 110 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 1,819 0.06% 0.47%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,363 0.05% 0.35%
Other Micronesian 456 0.02% 0.12%
Melanesian 104 0.00% 0.03%
Fijian 102 0.00% 0.03%
Other Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 761 0.03% 0.20%

* 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) 1,970,710 69.24% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 875,579 30.76% 100.00%
Mexican 712,496 25.03% 81.37%
Puerto Rican 8,877 0.31% 1.01%
Cuban 6,703 0.24% 0.77%
Dominican 428 0.02% 0.05%
Central American 27,648 0.97% 3.16%
Costa Rican 1,247 0.04% 0.14%
Guatemalan 7,879 0.28% 0.90%
Honduran 1,447 0.05% 0.17%
Nicaraguan 1,732 0.06% 0.20%
Panamanian 632 0.02% 0.07%
Salvadorian 11,892 0.42% 1.36%
Other Central American 2,819 0.10% 0.32%
South American 18,316 0.64% 2.09%
Argentinian 3,009 0.11% 0.34%
Bolivian 1,174 0.04% 0.13%
Chilean 1,052 0.04% 0.12%
Columbian 4,178 0.15% 0.48%
Ecuadorian 1,573 0.06% 0.18%
Paraguayan 36 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 4,755 0.17% 0.54%
Uruguayan 183 0.01% 0.02%
Venezuelan 551 0.02% 0.06%
Other South American 1,805 0.06% 0.21%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 101,111 3.55% 11.55%
Spaniard 1,696 0.06% 0.19%
Spanish 11,454 0.40% 1.31%
Spanish American 682 0.02% 0.08%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 87,279 3.07% 9.97%


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 2,958 28.51% 0.10%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 1,953 18.82% 0.07%
3. Cherokee 1,519 14.64% 0.05%
4. Apache 667 6.43% 0.02%
5. Navajo 470 4.53% 0.02%
6. Choctaw 414 3.99% 0.01%
7. Pueblo 308 2.97% 0.01%
8. Sioux 274 2.64% 0.01%
9. Chippewa 245 2.36% 0.01%
10. Yaqui 163 1.57% 0.01%
11. Blackfeet 149 1.44% 0.01%
12. Iroquois 149 1.44% 0.01%
13. Creek 126 1.21% 0.00%
14. Chickasaw 121 1.17% 0.00%
15. Potawatomi 79 0.76% 0.00%
16. Osage 75 0.72% 0.00%
17. Comanche 67 0.65% 0.00%
18. Tohono O'Odham 59 0.57% 0.00%
19. Shoshone 53 0.51% 0.00%
20. Lumbee 47 0.45% 0.00%
21. Paiute 44 0.42% 0.00%
22. Seminole 41 0.40% 0.00%
23. Delaware 40 0.39% 0.00%
24. Yuman 37 0.36% 0.00%
25. Tlingit-Haida 35 0.34% 0.00%
26. Pima 34 0.33% 0.00%
27. Cree 33 0.32% 0.00%
28. Cheyenne 30 0.29% 0.00%
29. Eskimo 26 0.25% 0.00%
30. Aleut 23 0.22% 0.00%
31. Crow 20 0.19% 0.00%
32. Ottawa 19 0.18% 0.00%
33. Puget Sound Salish 19 0.18% 0.00%
34. Kiowa 18 0.17% 0.00%
35. Ute 18 0.17% 0.00%
36. Colville 13 0.13% 0.00%
37. Alaskan Athabascan 13 0.13% 0.00%
38. Menominee 11 0.11% 0.00%
39. Houma 2 0.02% 0.00%
40. Yakama 2 0.02% 0.00%
41. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.01% 0.00%

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

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