Arapahoe 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 468,540 96.02% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 19,427 3.98% 100.00%
Total Asian 18,850 3.86% 97.03%
Southern Asian 2,710 0.56% 13.95%
Asian Indian 2,368 0.49% 12.19%
Bangladeshi 38 0.01% 0.20%
Pakistani 288 0.06% 1.48%
Sri Lankan 16 0.00% 0.08%
Southeastern Asian 5,643 1.16% 29.05%
Cambodian 209 0.04% 1.08%
Filipino 1,836 0.38% 9.45%
Indonesian 186 0.04% 0.96%
Laotian 127 0.03% 0.65%
Malaysian 19 0.00% 0.10%
Thai 362 0.07% 1.86%
Vietnamese 2,904 0.60% 14.95%
Eastern Asian 10,043 2.06% 51.70%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,891 0.59% 14.88%
Hmong 33 0.01% 0.17%
Japanese 1,610 0.33% 8.29%
Korean 5,287 1.08% 27.21%
Taiwanese 222 0.05% 1.14%
Other Asian or Not Specified 454 0.09% 2.34%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 577 0.12% 2.97%
Polynesian 337 0.07% 1.73%
Native Hawaiian 178 0.04% 0.92%
Samoan 97 0.02% 0.50%
Tongan 50 0.01% 0.26%
Other Polynesian 12 0.00% 0.06%
Micronesian 164 0.03% 0.84%
Guamanian or Chamorro 119 0.02% 0.61%
Other Micronesian 45 0.01% 0.23%
Melanesian 15 0.00% 0.08%
Fijian 13 0.00% 0.07%
Other Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 61 0.01% 0.31%

* 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) 430,355 88.19% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 57,612 11.81% 100.00%
Mexican 36,191 7.42% 62.82%
Puerto Rican 1,973 0.40% 3.42%
Cuban 544 0.11% 0.94%
Dominican 114 0.02% 0.20%
Central American 1,583 0.32% 2.75%
Costa Rican 68 0.01% 0.12%
Guatemalan 317 0.06% 0.55%
Honduran 215 0.04% 0.37%
Nicaraguan 67 0.01% 0.12%
Panamanian 167 0.03% 0.29%
Salvadorian 665 0.14% 1.15%
Other Central American 84 0.02% 0.15%
South American 1,410 0.29% 2.45%
Argentinian 114 0.02% 0.20%
Bolivian 50 0.01% 0.09%
Chilean 123 0.03% 0.21%
Columbian 301 0.06% 0.52%
Ecuadorian 83 0.02% 0.14%
Paraguayan 12 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 513 0.11% 0.89%
Uruguayan 7 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 123 0.03% 0.21%
Other South American 84 0.02% 0.15%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 15,797 3.24% 27.42%
Spaniard 239 0.05% 0.41%
Spanish 3,664 0.75% 6.36%
Spanish American 478 0.10% 0.83%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 11,416 2.34% 19.82%


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 379 17.39% 0.08%
2. Sioux 277 12.71% 0.06%
3. Navajo 239 10.97% 0.05%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 229 10.51% 0.05%
5. Latin American Indians 183 8.40% 0.04%
6. Apache 161 7.39% 0.03%
7. Chippewa 111 5.09% 0.02%
8. Choctaw 72 3.30% 0.01%
9. Pueblo 72 3.30% 0.01%
10. Creek 50 2.29% 0.01%
11. Blackfeet 40 1.84% 0.01%
12. Iroquois 36 1.65% 0.01%
13. Chickasaw 32 1.47% 0.01%
14. Potawatomi 31 1.42% 0.01%
15. Cheyenne 27 1.24% 0.01%
16. Ute 27 1.24% 0.01%
17. Comanche 21 0.96% 0.00%
18. Seminole 21 0.96% 0.00%
19. Osage 20 0.92% 0.00%
20. Delaware 17 0.78% 0.00%
21. Shoshone 17 0.78% 0.00%
22. Aleut 13 0.60% 0.00%
23. Eskimo 13 0.60% 0.00%
24. Tlingit-Haida 13 0.60% 0.00%
25. Crow 12 0.55% 0.00%
26. Yaqui 10 0.46% 0.00%
27. Pima 8 0.37% 0.00%
28. Alaskan Athabascan 7 0.32% 0.00%
29. Ottawa 6 0.28% 0.00%
30. Menominee 5 0.23% 0.00%
31. Tohono O'Odham 5 0.23% 0.00%
32. Cree 4 0.18% 0.00%
33. Kiowa 4 0.18% 0.00%
34. Lumbee 4 0.18% 0.00%
35. Colville 3 0.14% 0.00%
36. Houma 3 0.14% 0.00%
37. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.14% 0.00%
38. All Other Alaskan Tribes 3 0.14% 0.00%
39. Yuman 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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