Shasta 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 160,071 98.05% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 3,185 1.95% 100.00%
Total Asian 3,008 1.84% 94.44%
Southern Asian 238 0.15% 7.47%
Asian Indian 230 0.14% 7.22%
Bangladeshi 3 0.00% 0.09%
Pakistani 5 0.00% 0.16%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 2,006 1.23% 62.98%
Cambodian 20 0.01% 0.63%
Filipino 315 0.19% 9.89%
Indonesian 5 0.00% 0.16%
Laotian 1,557 0.95% 48.89%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Thai 21 0.01% 0.66%
Vietnamese 87 0.05% 2.73%
Eastern Asian 685 0.42% 21.51%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 288 0.18% 9.04%
Hmong 67 0.04% 2.10%
Japanese 209 0.13% 6.56%
Korean 118 0.07% 3.70%
Taiwanese 3 0.00% 0.09%
Other Asian or Not Specified 79 0.05% 2.48%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 177 0.11% 5.56%
Polynesian 106 0.06% 3.33%
Native Hawaiian 79 0.05% 2.48%
Samoan 25 0.02% 0.78%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.03%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 42 0.03% 1.32%
Guamanian or Chamorro 39 0.02% 1.22%
Other Micronesian 3 0.00% 0.09%
Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.06%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 27 0.02% 0.85%

* 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) 154,258 94.49% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 8,998 5.51% 100.00%
Mexican 6,582 4.03% 73.15%
Puerto Rican 277 0.17% 3.08%
Cuban 64 0.04% 0.71%
Dominican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Central American 155 0.09% 1.72%
Costa Rican 27 0.02% 0.30%
Guatemalan 7 0.00% 0.08%
Honduran 5 0.00% 0.06%
Nicaraguan 28 0.02% 0.31%
Panamanian 6 0.00% 0.07%
Salvadorian 73 0.04% 0.81%
Other Central American 9 0.01% 0.10%
South American 92 0.06% 1.02%
Argentinian 6 0.00% 0.07%
Bolivian 7 0.00% 0.08%
Chilean 21 0.01% 0.23%
Columbian 20 0.01% 0.22%
Ecuadorian 12 0.01% 0.13%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 14 0.01% 0.16%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 4 0.00% 0.04%
Other South American 7 0.00% 0.08%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,828 1.12% 20.32%
Spaniard 66 0.04% 0.73%
Spanish 611 0.37% 6.79%
Spanish American 41 0.03% 0.46%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,110 0.68% 12.34%


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 2,301 66.48% 1.41%
2. Cherokee 448 12.94% 0.27%
3. Choctaw 101 2.92% 0.06%
4. Sioux 77 2.22% 0.05%
5. Chippewa 53 1.53% 0.03%
6. Latin American Indians 50 1.44% 0.03%
7. Apache 41 1.18% 0.03%
8. Blackfeet 38 1.10% 0.02%
9. Paiute 36 1.04% 0.02%
10. Eskimo 26 0.75% 0.02%
11. Iroquois 25 0.72% 0.02%
12. Navajo 25 0.72% 0.02%
13. Creek 24 0.69% 0.01%
14. Potawatomi 21 0.61% 0.01%
15. Shoshone 17 0.49% 0.01%
16. Tohono O'Odham 15 0.43% 0.01%
17. Lumbee 14 0.40% 0.01%
18. Aleut 13 0.38% 0.01%
19. Osage 12 0.35% 0.01%
20. Yuman 12 0.35% 0.01%
21. Tlingit-Haida 12 0.35% 0.01%
22. Pueblo 11 0.32% 0.01%
23. Delaware 10 0.29% 0.01%
24. Yaqui 10 0.29% 0.01%
25. Cheyenne 9 0.26% 0.01%
26. Chickasaw 9 0.26% 0.01%
27. Ute 8 0.23% 0.00%
28. Alaskan Athabascan 8 0.23% 0.00%
29. Comanche 6 0.17% 0.00%
30. Kiowa 5 0.14% 0.00%
31. Seminole 5 0.14% 0.00%
32. Colville 4 0.12% 0.00%
33. Puget Sound Salish 4 0.12% 0.00%
34. Cree 3 0.09% 0.00%
35. All Other Alaskan Tribes 3 0.09% 0.00%
36. Ottawa 2 0.06% 0.00%
37. Pima 2 0.06% 0.00%
38. Yakama 1 0.03% 0.00%

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

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