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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 240,909 96.98% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 7,490 3.02% 100.00%
Total Asian 7,109 2.86% 94.91%
Southern Asian 1,329 0.54% 17.74%
Asian Indian 1,251 0.50% 16.70%
Bangladeshi 5 0.00% 0.07%
Pakistani 55 0.02% 0.73%
Sri Lankan 18 0.01% 0.24%
Southeastern Asian 2,049 0.82% 27.36%
Cambodian 33 0.01% 0.44%
Filipino 1,533 0.62% 20.47%
Indonesian 31 0.01% 0.41%
Laotian 13 0.01% 0.17%
Malaysian 8 0.00% 0.11%
Thai 68 0.03% 0.91%
Vietnamese 363 0.15% 4.85%
Eastern Asian 3,631 1.46% 48.48%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,332 0.54% 17.78%
Hmong 14 0.01% 0.19%
Japanese 1,690 0.68% 22.56%
Korean 571 0.23% 7.62%
Taiwanese 24 0.01% 0.32%
Other Asian or Not Specified 100 0.04% 1.34%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 381 0.15% 5.09%
Polynesian 217 0.09% 2.90%
Native Hawaiian 124 0.05% 1.66%
Samoan 75 0.03% 1.00%
Tongan 9 0.00% 0.12%
Other Polynesian 9 0.00% 0.12%
Micronesian 93 0.04% 1.24%
Guamanian or Chamorro 84 0.03% 1.12%
Other Micronesian 9 0.00% 0.12%
Melanesian 14 0.01% 0.19%
Fijian 14 0.01% 0.19%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 57 0.02% 0.76%

* 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) 224,380 90.33% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 24,019 9.67% 100.00%
Mexican 17,699 7.13% 73.69%
Puerto Rican 702 0.28% 2.92%
Cuban 238 0.10% 0.99%
Dominican 11 0.00% 0.05%
Central American 439 0.18% 1.83%
Costa Rican 32 0.01% 0.13%
Guatemalan 73 0.03% 0.30%
Honduran 21 0.01% 0.09%
Nicaraguan 64 0.03% 0.27%
Panamanian 40 0.02% 0.17%
Salvadorian 171 0.07% 0.71%
Other Central American 38 0.02% 0.16%
South American 337 0.14% 1.40%
Argentinian 49 0.02% 0.20%
Bolivian 8 0.00% 0.03%
Chilean 65 0.03% 0.27%
Columbian 83 0.03% 0.35%
Ecuadorian 20 0.01% 0.08%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 66 0.03% 0.27%
Uruguayan 5 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 6 0.00% 0.02%
Other South American 34 0.01% 0.14%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,593 1.85% 19.12%
Spaniard 166 0.07% 0.69%
Spanish 1,544 0.62% 6.43%
Spanish American 50 0.02% 0.21%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,833 1.14% 11.79%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 482 31.82% 0.19%
2. Cherokee 388 25.61% 0.16%
3. Latin American Indians 104 6.86% 0.04%
4. Choctaw 98 6.47% 0.04%
5. Sioux 59 3.89% 0.02%
6. Apache 48 3.17% 0.02%
7. Chippewa 46 3.04% 0.02%
8. Paiute 32 2.11% 0.01%
9. Blackfeet 30 1.98% 0.01%
10. Navajo 29 1.91% 0.01%
11. Chickasaw 21 1.39% 0.01%
12. Creek 20 1.32% 0.01%
13. Pueblo 20 1.32% 0.01%
14. Yaqui 19 1.25% 0.01%
15. Iroquois 18 1.19% 0.01%
16. Shoshone 16 1.06% 0.01%
17. Potawatomi 13 0.86% 0.01%
18. Alaskan Athabascan 8 0.53% 0.00%
19. Tlingit-Haida 8 0.53% 0.00%
20. Osage 7 0.46% 0.00%
21. Seminole 6 0.40% 0.00%
22. Cheyenne 5 0.33% 0.00%
23. Aleut 5 0.33% 0.00%
24. Colville 4 0.26% 0.00%
25. Comanche 4 0.26% 0.00%
26. Crow 4 0.26% 0.00%
27. Eskimo 4 0.26% 0.00%
28. Delaware 3 0.20% 0.00%
29. Ottawa 3 0.20% 0.00%
30. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.20% 0.00%
31. Kiowa 2 0.13% 0.00%
32. Lumbee 2 0.13% 0.00%
33. Cree 1 0.07% 0.00%
34. Pima 1 0.07% 0.00%
35. Ute 1 0.07% 0.00%
36. Yuman 1 0.07% 0.00%

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

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