Mesa 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 115,537 99.38% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 718 0.62% 100.00%
Total Asian 612 0.53% 85.24%
Southern Asian 38 0.03% 5.29%
Asian Indian 38 0.03% 5.29%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 187 0.16% 26.04%
Cambodian 26 0.02% 3.62%
Filipino 116 0.10% 16.16%
Indonesian 6 0.01% 0.84%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 12 0.01% 1.67%
Vietnamese 27 0.02% 3.76%
Eastern Asian 380 0.33% 52.92%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 125 0.11% 17.41%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.14%
Japanese 133 0.11% 18.52%
Korean 120 0.10% 16.71%
Taiwanese 1 0.00% 0.14%
Other Asian or Not Specified 7 0.01% 0.97%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 106 0.09% 14.76%
Polynesian 77 0.07% 10.72%
Native Hawaiian 40 0.03% 5.57%
Samoan 11 0.01% 1.53%
Tongan 24 0.02% 3.34%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.28%
Micronesian 21 0.02% 2.92%
Guamanian or Chamorro 17 0.01% 2.37%
Other Micronesian 4 0.00% 0.56%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.14%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.14%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 7 0.01% 0.97%

* 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) 104,604 89.98% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 11,651 10.02% 100.00%
Mexican 6,652 5.72% 57.09%
Puerto Rican 110 0.09% 0.94%
Cuban 49 0.04% 0.42%
Dominican 7 0.01% 0.06%
Central American 80 0.07% 0.69%
Costa Rican 2 0.00% 0.02%
Guatemalan 21 0.02% 0.18%
Honduran 19 0.02% 0.16%
Nicaraguan 9 0.01% 0.08%
Panamanian 11 0.01% 0.09%
Salvadorian 13 0.01% 0.11%
Other Central American 5 0.00% 0.04%
South American 74 0.06% 0.64%
Argentinian 7 0.01% 0.06%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Chilean 12 0.01% 0.10%
Columbian 13 0.01% 0.11%
Ecuadorian 6 0.01% 0.05%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 15 0.01% 0.13%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 19 0.02% 0.16%
Other South American 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,679 4.02% 40.16%
Spaniard 53 0.05% 0.45%
Spanish 1,080 0.93% 9.27%
Spanish American 176 0.15% 1.51%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,370 2.90% 28.92%


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 120 19.23% 0.10%
2. Navajo 102 16.35% 0.09%
3. Apache 54 8.65% 0.05%
4. Choctaw 44 7.05% 0.04%
5. All Other Native American Tribes 37 5.93% 0.03%
6. Latin American Indians 36 5.77% 0.03%
7. Chippewa 32 5.13% 0.03%
8. Ute 31 4.97% 0.03%
9. Sioux 27 4.33% 0.02%
10. Blackfeet 19 3.04% 0.02%
11. Pueblo 12 1.92% 0.01%
12. Chickasaw 10 1.60% 0.01%
13. Iroquois 10 1.60% 0.01%
14. Cheyenne 9 1.44% 0.01%
15. Delaware 8 1.28% 0.01%
16. Yaqui 8 1.28% 0.01%
17. Osage 7 1.12% 0.01%
18. Potawatomi 7 1.12% 0.01%
19. Comanche 6 0.96% 0.01%
20. Lumbee 6 0.96% 0.01%
21. Creek 5 0.80% 0.00%
22. Seminole 5 0.80% 0.00%
23. Crow 4 0.64% 0.00%
24. Kiowa 4 0.64% 0.00%
25. Tohono O'Odham 4 0.64% 0.00%
26. Alaskan Athabascan 4 0.64% 0.00%
27. Paiute 3 0.48% 0.00%
28. Aleut 3 0.48% 0.00%
29. Ottawa 2 0.32% 0.00%
30. Pima 1 0.16% 0.00%
31. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.16% 0.00%
32. Shoshone 1 0.16% 0.00%
33. Yuman 1 0.16% 0.00%
34. Eskimo 1 0.16% 0.00%

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

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