San Luis Obispo 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 239,959 97.28% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 6,722 2.72% 100.00%
Total Asian 6,439 2.61% 95.79%
Southern Asian 620 0.25% 9.22%
Asian Indian 552 0.22% 8.21%
Bangladeshi 7 0.00% 0.10%
Pakistani 47 0.02% 0.70%
Sri Lankan 14 0.01% 0.21%
Southeastern Asian 2,797 1.13% 41.61%
Cambodian 51 0.02% 0.76%
Filipino 2,182 0.88% 32.46%
Indonesian 39 0.02% 0.58%
Laotian 80 0.03% 1.19%
Malaysian 6 0.00% 0.09%
Thai 60 0.02% 0.89%
Vietnamese 379 0.15% 5.64%
Eastern Asian 2,922 1.18% 43.47%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,288 0.52% 19.16%
Hmong 10 0.00% 0.15%
Japanese 988 0.40% 14.70%
Korean 596 0.24% 8.87%
Taiwanese 40 0.02% 0.60%
Other Asian or Not Specified 100 0.04% 1.49%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 283 0.11% 4.21%
Polynesian 172 0.07% 2.56%
Native Hawaiian 106 0.04% 1.58%
Samoan 56 0.02% 0.83%
Tongan 9 0.00% 0.13%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 87 0.04% 1.29%
Guamanian or Chamorro 78 0.03% 1.16%
Other Micronesian 9 0.00% 0.13%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 23 0.01% 0.34%

* 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) 206,485 83.71% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 40,196 16.29% 100.00%
Mexican 32,390 13.13% 80.58%
Puerto Rican 595 0.24% 1.48%
Cuban 220 0.09% 0.55%
Dominican 7 0.00% 0.02%
Central American 585 0.24% 1.46%
Costa Rican 54 0.02% 0.13%
Guatemalan 129 0.05% 0.32%
Honduran 27 0.01% 0.07%
Nicaraguan 69 0.03% 0.17%
Panamanian 38 0.02% 0.09%
Salvadorian 222 0.09% 0.55%
Other Central American 46 0.02% 0.11%
South American 509 0.21% 1.27%
Argentinian 78 0.03% 0.19%
Bolivian 20 0.01% 0.05%
Chilean 71 0.03% 0.18%
Columbian 122 0.05% 0.30%
Ecuadorian 44 0.02% 0.11%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 125 0.05% 0.31%
Uruguayan 4 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 10 0.00% 0.02%
Other South American 35 0.01% 0.09%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,890 2.39% 14.65%
Spaniard 163 0.07% 0.41%
Spanish 1,226 0.50% 3.05%
Spanish American 65 0.03% 0.16%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,436 1.80% 11.04%


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 424 30.05% 0.17%
2. Cherokee 283 20.06% 0.11%
3. Latin American Indians 151 10.70% 0.06%
4. Choctaw 87 6.17% 0.04%
5. Apache 81 5.74% 0.03%
6. Sioux 51 3.61% 0.02%
7. Navajo 41 2.91% 0.02%
8. Blackfeet 33 2.34% 0.01%
9. Pueblo 25 1.77% 0.01%
10. Yaqui 23 1.63% 0.01%
11. Chippewa 21 1.49% 0.01%
12. Creek 20 1.42% 0.01%
13. Paiute 20 1.42% 0.01%
14. Osage 16 1.13% 0.01%
15. Iroquois 15 1.06% 0.01%
16. Chickasaw 13 0.92% 0.01%
17. Potawatomi 13 0.92% 0.01%
18. Shoshone 11 0.78% 0.00%
19. Tlingit-Haida 10 0.71% 0.00%
20. Tohono O'Odham 9 0.64% 0.00%
21. Aleut 8 0.57% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 7 0.50% 0.00%
23. Cheyenne 6 0.43% 0.00%
24. Puget Sound Salish 6 0.43% 0.00%
25. Yuman 6 0.43% 0.00%
26. Comanche 5 0.35% 0.00%
27. Cree 4 0.28% 0.00%
28. Yakama 4 0.28% 0.00%
29. Ottawa 3 0.21% 0.00%
30. Pima 3 0.21% 0.00%
31. Seminole 3 0.21% 0.00%
32. Crow 2 0.14% 0.00%
33. Lumbee 2 0.14% 0.00%
34. Delaware 1 0.07% 0.00%
35. Kiowa 1 0.07% 0.00%
36. Ute 1 0.07% 0.00%
37. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.07% 0.00%
38. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.07% 0.00%

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

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