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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 246,645 96.50% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 8,957 3.50% 100.00%
Total Asian 8,584 3.36% 95.84%
Southern Asian 988 0.39% 11.03%
Asian Indian 925 0.36% 10.33%
Bangladeshi 9 0.00% 0.10%
Pakistani 31 0.01% 0.35%
Sri Lankan 23 0.01% 0.26%
Southeastern Asian 2,910 1.14% 32.49%
Cambodian 90 0.04% 1.00%
Filipino 2,272 0.89% 25.37%
Indonesian 33 0.01% 0.37%
Laotian 29 0.01% 0.32%
Malaysian 3 0.00% 0.03%
Thai 123 0.05% 1.37%
Vietnamese 360 0.14% 4.02%
Eastern Asian 4,533 1.77% 50.61%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,936 0.76% 21.61%
Hmong 5 0.00% 0.06%
Japanese 1,897 0.74% 21.18%
Korean 662 0.26% 7.39%
Taiwanese 33 0.01% 0.37%
Other Asian or Not Specified 153 0.06% 1.71%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 373 0.15% 4.16%
Polynesian 245 0.10% 2.74%
Native Hawaiian 165 0.06% 1.84%
Samoan 70 0.03% 0.78%
Tongan 5 0.00% 0.06%
Other Polynesian 5 0.00% 0.06%
Micronesian 55 0.02% 0.61%
Guamanian or Chamorro 48 0.02% 0.54%
Other Micronesian 7 0.00% 0.08%
Melanesian 19 0.01% 0.21%
Fijian 18 0.01% 0.20%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 54 0.02% 0.60%

* 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) 187,116 73.21% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 68,486 26.79% 100.00%
Mexican 58,290 22.80% 85.11%
Puerto Rican 572 0.22% 0.84%
Cuban 232 0.09% 0.34%
Dominican 23 0.01% 0.03%
Central American 1,246 0.49% 1.82%
Costa Rican 58 0.02% 0.08%
Guatemalan 152 0.06% 0.22%
Honduran 51 0.02% 0.07%
Nicaraguan 112 0.04% 0.16%
Panamanian 23 0.01% 0.03%
Salvadorian 751 0.29% 1.10%
Other Central American 99 0.04% 0.14%
South American 667 0.26% 0.97%
Argentinian 110 0.04% 0.16%
Bolivian 20 0.01% 0.03%
Chilean 70 0.03% 0.10%
Columbian 127 0.05% 0.19%
Ecuadorian 33 0.01% 0.05%
Paraguayan 5 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 193 0.08% 0.28%
Uruguayan 15 0.01% 0.02%
Venezuelan 51 0.02% 0.07%
Other South American 43 0.02% 0.06%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 7,456 2.92% 10.89%
Spaniard 186 0.07% 0.27%
Spanish 1,201 0.47% 1.75%
Spanish American 44 0.02% 0.06%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 6,025 2.36% 8.80%


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 561 36.71% 0.22%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 245 16.03% 0.10%
3. Cherokee 207 13.55% 0.08%
4. Apache 96 6.28% 0.04%
5. Navajo 47 3.08% 0.02%
6. Sioux 47 3.08% 0.02%
7. Choctaw 44 2.88% 0.02%
8. Chippewa 33 2.16% 0.01%
9. Comanche 28 1.83% 0.01%
10. Blackfeet 27 1.77% 0.01%
11. Iroquois 24 1.57% 0.01%
12. Creek 22 1.44% 0.01%
13. Pueblo 21 1.37% 0.01%
14. Yaqui 16 1.05% 0.01%
15. Aleut 14 0.92% 0.01%
16. Eskimo 11 0.72% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 10 0.65% 0.00%
18. Osage 10 0.65% 0.00%
19. Potawatomi 9 0.59% 0.00%
20. Pima 7 0.46% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 7 0.46% 0.00%
22. Seminole 5 0.33% 0.00%
23. Tohono O'Odham 5 0.33% 0.00%
24. Ute 5 0.33% 0.00%
25. Cheyenne 4 0.26% 0.00%
26. Ottawa 4 0.26% 0.00%
27. Houma 3 0.20% 0.00%
28. Paiute 3 0.20% 0.00%
29. Shoshone 3 0.20% 0.00%
30. Cree 2 0.13% 0.00%
31. Delaware 2 0.13% 0.00%
32. Kiowa 2 0.13% 0.00%
33. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.13% 0.00%
34. Crow 1 0.07% 0.00%
35. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.07% 0.00%

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

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