Solano 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 342,182 86.73% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 52,360 13.27% 100.00%
Total Asian 49,321 12.50% 94.20%
Southern Asian 3,035 0.77% 5.80%
Asian Indian 2,869 0.73% 5.48%
Bangladeshi 6 0.00% 0.01%
Pakistani 135 0.03% 0.26%
Sri Lankan 25 0.01% 0.05%
Southeastern Asian 39,235 9.94% 74.93%
Cambodian 66 0.02% 0.13%
Filipino 36,576 9.27% 69.85%
Indonesian 57 0.01% 0.11%
Laotian 657 0.17% 1.25%
Malaysian 9 0.00% 0.02%
Thai 366 0.09% 0.70%
Vietnamese 1,504 0.38% 2.87%
Eastern Asian 6,649 1.69% 12.70%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 3,268 0.83% 6.24%
Hmong 227 0.06% 0.43%
Japanese 1,991 0.50% 3.80%
Korean 1,113 0.28% 2.13%
Taiwanese 50 0.01% 0.10%
Other Asian or Not Specified 402 0.10% 0.77%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 3,039 0.77% 5.80%
Polynesian 1,179 0.30% 2.25%
Native Hawaiian 542 0.14% 1.04%
Samoan 528 0.13% 1.01%
Tongan 87 0.02% 0.17%
Other Polynesian 22 0.01% 0.04%
Micronesian 1,452 0.37% 2.77%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,413 0.36% 2.70%
Other Micronesian 39 0.01% 0.07%
Melanesian 166 0.04% 0.32%
Fijian 166 0.04% 0.32%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 242 0.06% 0.46%

* 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) 324,944 82.36% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 69,598 17.64% 100.00%
Mexican 49,095 12.44% 70.54%
Puerto Rican 2,801 0.71% 4.02%
Cuban 447 0.11% 0.64%
Dominican 65 0.02% 0.09%
Central American 3,566 0.90% 5.12%
Costa Rican 74 0.02% 0.11%
Guatemalan 484 0.12% 0.70%
Honduran 125 0.03% 0.18%
Nicaraguan 707 0.18% 1.02%
Panamanian 249 0.06% 0.36%
Salvadorian 1,609 0.41% 2.31%
Other Central American 318 0.08% 0.46%
South American 1,003 0.25% 1.44%
Argentinian 66 0.02% 0.09%
Bolivian 38 0.01% 0.05%
Chilean 109 0.03% 0.16%
Columbian 167 0.04% 0.24%
Ecuadorian 70 0.02% 0.10%
Paraguayan 4 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 391 0.10% 0.56%
Uruguayan 24 0.01% 0.03%
Venezuelan 62 0.02% 0.09%
Other South American 72 0.02% 0.10%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 12,621 3.20% 18.13%
Spaniard 417 0.11% 0.60%
Spanish 2,912 0.74% 4.18%
Spanish American 170 0.04% 0.24%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 9,122 2.31% 13.11%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 438 22.87% 0.11%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 322 16.81% 0.08%
3. Latin American Indians 184 9.61% 0.05%
4. Apache 119 6.21% 0.03%
5. Choctaw 98 5.12% 0.02%
6. Sioux 97 5.07% 0.02%
7. Navajo 96 5.01% 0.02%
8. Blackfeet 66 3.45% 0.02%
9. Pueblo 57 2.98% 0.01%
10. Creek 55 2.87% 0.01%
11. Chippewa 50 2.61% 0.01%
12. Chickasaw 39 2.04% 0.01%
13. Iroquois 35 1.83% 0.01%
14. Shoshone 25 1.31% 0.01%
15. Potawatomi 24 1.25% 0.01%
16. Aleut 24 1.25% 0.01%
17. Paiute 17 0.89% 0.00%
18. Yaqui 17 0.89% 0.00%
19. Seminole 16 0.84% 0.00%
20. Delaware 14 0.73% 0.00%
21. Osage 14 0.73% 0.00%
22. Kiowa 12 0.63% 0.00%
23. Eskimo 10 0.52% 0.00%
24. Ute 9 0.47% 0.00%
25. Cheyenne 8 0.42% 0.00%
26. Comanche 8 0.42% 0.00%
27. Tlingit-Haida 8 0.42% 0.00%
28. Ottawa 7 0.37% 0.00%
29. Colville 6 0.31% 0.00%
30. Puget Sound Salish 6 0.31% 0.00%
31. Cree 5 0.26% 0.00%
32. Yuman 5 0.26% 0.00%
33. All Other Alaskan Tribes 5 0.26% 0.00%
34. Pima 4 0.21% 0.00%
35. Alaskan Athabascan 4 0.21% 0.00%
36. Crow 3 0.16% 0.00%
37. Yakama 3 0.16% 0.00%
38. Menominee 2 0.10% 0.00%
39. Houma 1 0.05% 0.00%
40. Lumbee 1 0.05% 0.00%
41. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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