Jefferson 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 514,906 97.69% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 12,150 2.31% 100.00%
Total Asian 11,742 2.23% 96.64%
Southern Asian 1,378 0.26% 11.34%
Asian Indian 1,314 0.25% 10.81%
Bangladeshi 1 0.00% 0.01%
Pakistani 53 0.01% 0.44%
Sri Lankan 10 0.00% 0.08%
Southeastern Asian 4,333 0.82% 35.66%
Cambodian 126 0.02% 1.04%
Filipino 833 0.16% 6.86%
Indonesian 56 0.01% 0.46%
Laotian 592 0.11% 4.87%
Malaysian 18 0.00% 0.15%
Thai 169 0.03% 1.39%
Vietnamese 2,539 0.48% 20.90%
Eastern Asian 5,662 1.07% 46.60%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,996 0.38% 16.43%
Hmong 444 0.08% 3.65%
Japanese 1,659 0.31% 13.65%
Korean 1,502 0.28% 12.36%
Taiwanese 61 0.01% 0.50%
Other Asian or Not Specified 369 0.07% 3.04%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 408 0.08% 3.36%
Polynesian 242 0.05% 1.99%
Native Hawaiian 153 0.03% 1.26%
Samoan 63 0.01% 0.52%
Tongan 13 0.00% 0.11%
Other Polynesian 13 0.00% 0.11%
Micronesian 110 0.02% 0.91%
Guamanian or Chamorro 87 0.02% 0.72%
Other Micronesian 23 0.00% 0.19%
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 55 0.01% 0.45%

* 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) 474,607 90.05% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 52,449 9.95% 100.00%
Mexican 28,148 5.34% 53.67%
Puerto Rican 1,031 0.20% 1.97%
Cuban 502 0.10% 0.96%
Dominican 44 0.01% 0.08%
Central American 504 0.10% 0.96%
Costa Rican 38 0.01% 0.07%
Guatemalan 115 0.02% 0.22%
Honduran 56 0.01% 0.11%
Nicaraguan 18 0.00% 0.03%
Panamanian 38 0.01% 0.07%
Salvadorian 180 0.03% 0.34%
Other Central American 59 0.01% 0.11%
South American 830 0.16% 1.58%
Argentinian 74 0.01% 0.14%
Bolivian 52 0.01% 0.10%
Chilean 70 0.01% 0.13%
Columbian 203 0.04% 0.39%
Ecuadorian 47 0.01% 0.09%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 207 0.04% 0.39%
Uruguayan 10 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 88 0.02% 0.17%
Other South American 77 0.01% 0.15%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 21,390 4.06% 40.78%
Spaniard 256 0.05% 0.49%
Spanish 5,819 1.10% 11.09%
Spanish American 842 0.16% 1.61%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 14,473 2.75% 27.59%


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 491 18.77% 0.09%
2. Sioux 397 15.18% 0.08%
3. Navajo 353 13.49% 0.07%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 201 7.68% 0.04%
5. Apache 186 7.11% 0.04%
6. Latin American Indians 163 6.23% 0.03%
7. Chippewa 134 5.12% 0.03%
8. Choctaw 117 4.47% 0.02%
9. Pueblo 112 4.28% 0.02%
10. Ute 45 1.72% 0.01%
11. Blackfeet 44 1.68% 0.01%
12. Iroquois 37 1.41% 0.01%
13. Cheyenne 28 1.07% 0.01%
14. Potawatomi 26 0.99% 0.00%
15. Shoshone 24 0.92% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 23 0.88% 0.00%
17. Creek 23 0.88% 0.00%
18. Osage 23 0.88% 0.00%
19. Comanche 20 0.76% 0.00%
20. Delaware 20 0.76% 0.00%
21. Menominee 18 0.69% 0.00%
22. Yaqui 14 0.54% 0.00%
23. Colville 13 0.50% 0.00%
24. Crow 11 0.42% 0.00%
25. Aleut 11 0.42% 0.00%
26. Kiowa 10 0.38% 0.00%
27. Eskimo 10 0.38% 0.00%
28. Ottawa 9 0.34% 0.00%
29. Seminole 8 0.31% 0.00%
30. Alaskan Athabascan 8 0.31% 0.00%
31. Paiute 6 0.23% 0.00%
32. Puget Sound Salish 6 0.23% 0.00%
33. Lumbee 5 0.19% 0.00%
34. Tohono O'Odham 5 0.19% 0.00%
35. Yakama 5 0.19% 0.00%
36. Tlingit-Haida 4 0.15% 0.00%
37. Pima 2 0.08% 0.00%
38. Yuman 2 0.08% 0.00%
39. Cree 1 0.04% 0.00%
40. Houma 1 0.04% 0.00%

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

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