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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 443,957 96.80% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 14,657 3.20% 100.00%
Total Asian 13,748 3.00% 93.80%
Southern Asian 1,617 0.35% 11.03%
Asian Indian 1,498 0.33% 10.22%
Bangladeshi 4 0.00% 0.03%
Pakistani 107 0.02% 0.73%
Sri Lankan 8 0.00% 0.05%
Southeastern Asian 6,141 1.34% 41.90%
Cambodian 835 0.18% 5.70%
Filipino 2,697 0.59% 18.40%
Indonesian 88 0.02% 0.60%
Laotian 960 0.21% 6.55%
Malaysian 17 0.00% 0.12%
Thai 185 0.04% 1.26%
Vietnamese 1,359 0.30% 9.27%
Eastern Asian 5,711 1.25% 38.96%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,957 0.64% 20.17%
Hmong 106 0.02% 0.72%
Japanese 1,631 0.36% 11.13%
Korean 967 0.21% 6.60%
Taiwanese 50 0.01% 0.34%
Other Asian or Not Specified 279 0.06% 1.90%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 909 0.20% 6.20%
Polynesian 621 0.14% 4.24%
Native Hawaiian 324 0.07% 2.21%
Samoan 253 0.06% 1.73%
Tongan 31 0.01% 0.21%
Other Polynesian 13 0.00% 0.09%
Micronesian 129 0.03% 0.88%
Guamanian or Chamorro 117 0.03% 0.80%
Other Micronesian 12 0.00% 0.08%
Melanesian 61 0.01% 0.42%
Fijian 60 0.01% 0.41%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 98 0.02% 0.67%

* 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) 379,103 82.66% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 79,511 17.34% 100.00%
Mexican 63,879 13.93% 80.34%
Puerto Rican 1,391 0.30% 1.75%
Cuban 359 0.08% 0.45%
Dominican 36 0.01% 0.05%
Central American 2,577 0.56% 3.24%
Costa Rican 96 0.02% 0.12%
Guatemalan 421 0.09% 0.53%
Honduran 95 0.02% 0.12%
Nicaraguan 413 0.09% 0.52%
Panamanian 80 0.02% 0.10%
Salvadorian 1,218 0.27% 1.53%
Other Central American 254 0.06% 0.32%
South American 1,151 0.25% 1.45%
Argentinian 117 0.03% 0.15%
Bolivian 48 0.01% 0.06%
Chilean 112 0.02% 0.14%
Columbian 280 0.06% 0.35%
Ecuadorian 71 0.02% 0.09%
Paraguayan 3 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 353 0.08% 0.44%
Uruguayan 7 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 62 0.01% 0.08%
Other South American 98 0.02% 0.12%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 10,118 2.21% 12.73%
Spaniard 326 0.07% 0.41%
Spanish 2,281 0.50% 2.87%
Spanish American 89 0.02% 0.11%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 7,422 1.62% 9.33%


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 1,888 50.31% 0.41%
2. Latin American Indians 567 15.11% 0.12%
3. Cherokee 384 10.23% 0.08%
4. Choctaw 140 3.73% 0.03%
5. Apache 86 2.29% 0.02%
6. Chippewa 80 2.13% 0.02%
7. Navajo 80 2.13% 0.02%
8. Sioux 79 2.10% 0.02%
9. Iroquois 44 1.17% 0.01%
10. Blackfeet 31 0.83% 0.01%
11. Pueblo 29 0.77% 0.01%
12. Yaqui 29 0.77% 0.01%
13. Paiute 24 0.64% 0.01%
14. Eskimo 24 0.64% 0.01%
15. Chickasaw 23 0.61% 0.01%
16. Comanche 20 0.53% 0.00%
17. Shoshone 19 0.51% 0.00%
18. Pima 18 0.48% 0.00%
19. Tlingit-Haida 18 0.48% 0.00%
20. Potawatomi 17 0.45% 0.00%
21. Delaware 16 0.43% 0.00%
22. Osage 15 0.40% 0.00%
23. Cheyenne 14 0.37% 0.00%
24. Creek 10 0.27% 0.00%
25. Alaskan Athabascan 10 0.27% 0.00%
26. Aleut 10 0.27% 0.00%
27. Puget Sound Salish 9 0.24% 0.00%
28. Cree 8 0.21% 0.00%
29. Tohono O'Odham 8 0.21% 0.00%
30. Crow 7 0.19% 0.00%
31. Ottawa 7 0.19% 0.00%
32. Ute 7 0.19% 0.00%
33. Seminole 6 0.16% 0.00%
34. Menominee 5 0.13% 0.00%
35. Yakama 4 0.11% 0.00%
36. All Other Alaskan Tribes 4 0.11% 0.00%
37. Colville 3 0.08% 0.00%
38. Kiowa 3 0.08% 0.00%
39. Lumbee 3 0.08% 0.00%
40. Yuman 3 0.08% 0.00%
41. Houma 1 0.03% 0.00%

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

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