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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 502,852 97.28% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 14,077 2.72% 100.00%
Total Asian 12,854 2.49% 91.31%
Southern Asian 1,853 0.36% 13.16%
Asian Indian 1,795 0.35% 12.75%
Bangladeshi 3 0.00% 0.02%
Pakistani 48 0.01% 0.34%
Sri Lankan 7 0.00% 0.05%
Southeastern Asian 4,067 0.79% 28.89%
Cambodian 108 0.02% 0.77%
Filipino 2,538 0.49% 18.03%
Indonesian 40 0.01% 0.28%
Laotian 79 0.02% 0.56%
Malaysian 23 0.00% 0.16%
Thai 308 0.06% 2.19%
Vietnamese 971 0.19% 6.90%
Eastern Asian 6,594 1.28% 46.84%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,310 0.25% 9.31%
Hmong 18 0.00% 0.13%
Japanese 1,426 0.28% 10.13%
Korean 3,779 0.73% 26.85%
Taiwanese 61 0.01% 0.43%
Other Asian or Not Specified 340 0.07% 2.42%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,223 0.24% 8.69%
Polynesian 649 0.13% 4.61%
Native Hawaiian 302 0.06% 2.15%
Samoan 322 0.06% 2.29%
Tongan 9 0.00% 0.06%
Other Polynesian 16 0.00% 0.11%
Micronesian 464 0.09% 3.30%
Guamanian or Chamorro 425 0.08% 3.02%
Other Micronesian 39 0.01% 0.28%
Melanesian 8 0.00% 0.06%
Fijian 8 0.00% 0.06%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 102 0.02% 0.72%

* 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) 458,528 88.70% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 58,401 11.30% 100.00%
Mexican 30,576 5.91% 52.36%
Puerto Rican 4,388 0.85% 7.51%
Cuban 502 0.10% 0.86%
Dominican 156 0.03% 0.27%
Central American 1,331 0.26% 2.28%
Costa Rican 58 0.01% 0.10%
Guatemalan 193 0.04% 0.33%
Honduran 121 0.02% 0.21%
Nicaraguan 72 0.01% 0.12%
Panamanian 608 0.12% 1.04%
Salvadorian 238 0.05% 0.41%
Other Central American 41 0.01% 0.07%
South American 757 0.15% 1.30%
Argentinian 77 0.01% 0.13%
Bolivian 15 0.00% 0.03%
Chilean 68 0.01% 0.12%
Columbian 234 0.05% 0.40%
Ecuadorian 83 0.02% 0.14%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 174 0.03% 0.30%
Uruguayan 12 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 54 0.01% 0.09%
Other South American 39 0.01% 0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 20,691 4.00% 35.43%
Spaniard 301 0.06% 0.52%
Spanish 5,178 1.00% 8.87%
Spanish American 766 0.15% 1.31%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 14,446 2.79% 24.74%


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 624 19.97% 0.12%
2. Navajo 426 13.64% 0.08%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 294 9.41% 0.06%
4. Apache 276 8.83% 0.05%
5. Sioux 241 7.71% 0.05%
6. Latin American Indians 210 6.72% 0.04%
7. Chippewa 141 4.51% 0.03%
8. Pueblo 119 3.81% 0.02%
9. Iroquois 102 3.27% 0.02%
10. Choctaw 91 2.91% 0.02%
11. Ute 78 2.50% 0.02%
12. Blackfeet 70 2.24% 0.01%
13. Cheyenne 43 1.38% 0.01%
14. Creek 39 1.25% 0.01%
15. Lumbee 29 0.93% 0.01%
16. Osage 29 0.93% 0.01%
17. Eskimo 28 0.90% 0.01%
18. Tlingit-Haida 28 0.90% 0.01%
19. Potawatomi 27 0.86% 0.01%
20. Chickasaw 26 0.83% 0.01%
21. Tohono O'Odham 26 0.83% 0.01%
22. Comanche 25 0.80% 0.00%
23. Puget Sound Salish 16 0.51% 0.00%
24. Seminole 16 0.51% 0.00%
25. Delaware 14 0.45% 0.00%
26. Shoshone 13 0.42% 0.00%
27. Alaskan Athabascan 13 0.42% 0.00%
28. Yaqui 10 0.32% 0.00%
29. Yuman 10 0.32% 0.00%
30. Cree 8 0.26% 0.00%
31. Kiowa 8 0.26% 0.00%
32. Crow 7 0.22% 0.00%
33. Paiute 7 0.22% 0.00%
34. Aleut 7 0.22% 0.00%
35. Menominee 6 0.19% 0.00%
36. Ottawa 6 0.19% 0.00%
37. Colville 4 0.13% 0.00%
38. Houma 4 0.13% 0.00%
39. Pima 2 0.06% 0.00%
40. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.03% 0.00%

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

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