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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 2,555,978 90.84% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 257,855 9.16% 100.00%
Total Asian 244,562 8.69% 94.84%
Southern Asian 10,939 0.39% 4.24%
Asian Indian 10,148 0.36% 3.94%
Bangladeshi 102 0.00% 0.04%
Pakistani 522 0.02% 0.20%
Sri Lankan 167 0.01% 0.06%
Southeastern Asian 168,267 5.98% 65.26%
Cambodian 4,314 0.15% 1.67%
Filipino 121,147 4.31% 46.98%
Indonesian 589 0.02% 0.23%
Laotian 7,002 0.25% 2.72%
Malaysian 127 0.00% 0.05%
Thai 1,584 0.06% 0.61%
Vietnamese 33,504 1.19% 12.99%
Eastern Asian 62,844 2.23% 24.37%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 28,581 1.02% 11.08%
Hmong 1,441 0.05% 0.56%
Japanese 18,649 0.66% 7.23%
Korean 12,004 0.43% 4.66%
Taiwanese 2,169 0.08% 0.84%
Other Asian or Not Specified 2,512 0.09% 0.97%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 13,293 0.47% 5.16%
Polynesian 7,111 0.25% 2.76%
Native Hawaiian 2,362 0.08% 0.92%
Samoan 4,402 0.16% 1.71%
Tongan 231 0.01% 0.09%
Other Polynesian 116 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 5,167 0.18% 2.00%
Guamanian or Chamorro 4,875 0.17% 1.89%
Other Micronesian 292 0.01% 0.11%
Melanesian 66 0.00% 0.03%
Fijian 55 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 11 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 949 0.03% 0.37%

* 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) 2,062,868 73.31% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 750,965 26.69% 100.00%
Mexican 628,460 22.33% 83.69%
Puerto Rican 14,937 0.53% 1.99%
Cuban 3,883 0.14% 0.52%
Dominican 859 0.03% 0.11%
Central American 11,539 0.41% 1.54%
Costa Rican 980 0.03% 0.13%
Guatemalan 3,375 0.12% 0.45%
Honduran 1,208 0.04% 0.16%
Nicaraguan 975 0.03% 0.13%
Panamanian 1,498 0.05% 0.20%
Salvadorian 2,623 0.09% 0.35%
Other Central American 880 0.03% 0.12%
South American 8,823 0.31% 1.17%
Argentinian 1,164 0.04% 0.16%
Bolivian 358 0.01% 0.05%
Chilean 867 0.03% 0.12%
Columbian 2,382 0.08% 0.32%
Ecuadorian 755 0.03% 0.10%
Paraguayan 51 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 1,943 0.07% 0.26%
Uruguayan 121 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 534 0.02% 0.07%
Other South American 648 0.02% 0.09%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 82,464 2.93% 10.98%
Spaniard 1,635 0.06% 0.22%
Spanish 11,505 0.41% 1.53%
Spanish American 712 0.03% 0.09%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 68,612 2.44% 9.14%


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 5,575 35.56% 0.20%
2. Latin American Indians 2,527 16.12% 0.09%
3. Cherokee 1,779 11.35% 0.06%
4. Navajo 840 5.36% 0.03%
5. Apache 708 4.52% 0.03%
6. Choctaw 517 3.30% 0.02%
7. Sioux 460 2.93% 0.02%
8. Chippewa 355 2.26% 0.01%
9. Yaqui 342 2.18% 0.01%
10. Pueblo 337 2.15% 0.01%
11. Blackfeet 302 1.93% 0.01%
12. Iroquois 248 1.58% 0.01%
13. Chickasaw 165 1.05% 0.01%
14. Creek 156 1.00% 0.01%
15. Potawatomi 103 0.66% 0.00%
16. Tlingit-Haida 91 0.58% 0.00%
17. Yuman 90 0.57% 0.00%
18. Osage 83 0.53% 0.00%
19. Comanche 79 0.50% 0.00%
20. Aleut 71 0.45% 0.00%
21. Cheyenne 66 0.42% 0.00%
22. Paiute 65 0.41% 0.00%
23. Tohono O'Odham 64 0.41% 0.00%
24. Lumbee 62 0.40% 0.00%
25. Shoshone 62 0.40% 0.00%
26. Eskimo 62 0.40% 0.00%
27. Seminole 60 0.38% 0.00%
28. Pima 59 0.38% 0.00%
29. Ute 53 0.34% 0.00%
30. Delaware 43 0.27% 0.00%
31. Puget Sound Salish 34 0.22% 0.00%
32. Ottawa 32 0.20% 0.00%
33. Crow 31 0.20% 0.00%
34. Alaskan Athabascan 30 0.19% 0.00%
35. Kiowa 28 0.18% 0.00%
36. Menominee 27 0.17% 0.00%
37. Houma 22 0.14% 0.00%
38. Cree 20 0.13% 0.00%
39. Yakama 14 0.09% 0.00%
40. Colville 8 0.05% 0.00%
41. All Other Alaskan Tribes 8 0.05% 0.00%

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

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