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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 538,702 97.13% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 15,934 2.87% 100.00%
Total Asian 15,299 2.76% 96.01%
Southern Asian 2,392 0.43% 15.01%
Asian Indian 2,240 0.40% 14.06%
Bangladeshi 27 0.00% 0.17%
Pakistani 98 0.02% 0.62%
Sri Lankan 27 0.00% 0.17%
Southeastern Asian 6,639 1.20% 41.67%
Cambodian 389 0.07% 2.44%
Filipino 890 0.16% 5.59%
Indonesian 309 0.06% 1.94%
Laotian 119 0.02% 0.75%
Malaysian 19 0.00% 0.12%
Thai 354 0.06% 2.22%
Vietnamese 4,559 0.82% 28.61%
Eastern Asian 5,705 1.03% 35.80%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,157 0.39% 13.54%
Hmong 69 0.01% 0.43%
Japanese 1,941 0.35% 12.18%
Korean 1,416 0.26% 8.89%
Taiwanese 122 0.02% 0.77%
Other Asian or Not Specified 563 0.10% 3.53%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 635 0.11% 3.99%
Polynesian 349 0.06% 2.19%
Native Hawaiian 178 0.03% 1.12%
Samoan 144 0.03% 0.90%
Tongan 20 0.00% 0.13%
Other Polynesian 7 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 181 0.03% 1.14%
Guamanian or Chamorro 108 0.02% 0.68%
Other Micronesian 73 0.01% 0.46%
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 104 0.02% 0.65%

* 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) 378,932 68.32% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 175,704 31.68% 100.00%
Mexican 120,664 21.76% 68.67%
Puerto Rican 1,632 0.29% 0.93%
Cuban 669 0.12% 0.38%
Dominican 75 0.01% 0.04%
Central American 1,997 0.36% 1.14%
Costa Rican 54 0.01% 0.03%
Guatemalan 469 0.08% 0.27%
Honduran 289 0.05% 0.16%
Nicaraguan 82 0.01% 0.05%
Panamanian 135 0.02% 0.08%
Salvadorian 811 0.15% 0.46%
Other Central American 157 0.03% 0.09%
South American 1,265 0.23% 0.72%
Argentinian 127 0.02% 0.07%
Bolivian 68 0.01% 0.04%
Chilean 133 0.02% 0.08%
Columbian 311 0.06% 0.18%
Ecuadorian 75 0.01% 0.04%
Paraguayan 3 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 373 0.07% 0.21%
Uruguayan 7 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 108 0.02% 0.06%
Other South American 60 0.01% 0.03%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 49,402 8.91% 28.12%
Spaniard 373 0.07% 0.21%
Spanish 8,928 1.61% 5.08%
Spanish American 2,183 0.39% 1.24%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 37,918 6.84% 21.58%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Sioux 817 20.10% 0.15%
2. Latin American Indians 582 14.32% 0.10%
3. Navajo 563 13.85% 0.10%
4. Cherokee 343 8.44% 0.06%
5. All Other Native American Tribes 340 8.37% 0.06%
6. Apache 337 8.29% 0.06%
7. Pueblo 201 4.95% 0.04%
8. Chippewa 135 3.32% 0.02%
9. Ute 77 1.89% 0.01%
10. Choctaw 74 1.82% 0.01%
11. Cheyenne 73 1.80% 0.01%
12. Blackfeet 43 1.06% 0.01%
13. Creek 42 1.03% 0.01%
14. Potawatomi 39 0.96% 0.01%
15. Comanche 35 0.86% 0.01%
16. Iroquois 35 0.86% 0.01%
17. Shoshone 32 0.79% 0.01%
18. Yaqui 29 0.71% 0.01%
19. Kiowa 28 0.69% 0.01%
20. Seminole 27 0.66% 0.00%
21. Osage 25 0.62% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 24 0.59% 0.00%
23. Chickasaw 19 0.47% 0.00%
24. Tohono O'Odham 19 0.47% 0.00%
25. Paiute 15 0.37% 0.00%
26. Yuman 14 0.34% 0.00%
27. Tlingit-Haida 13 0.32% 0.00%
28. Crow 12 0.30% 0.00%
29. Lumbee 11 0.27% 0.00%
30. Pima 11 0.27% 0.00%
31. Delaware 9 0.22% 0.00%
32. Puget Sound Salish 9 0.22% 0.00%
33. Cree 8 0.20% 0.00%
34. Aleut 7 0.17% 0.00%
35. Alaskan Athabascan 6 0.15% 0.00%
36. Menominee 4 0.10% 0.00%
37. Houma 3 0.07% 0.00%
38. Ottawa 2 0.05% 0.00%
39. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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