Montrose 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 33,270 99.52% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 162 0.48% 100.00%
Total Asian 139 0.42% 85.80%
Southern Asian 5 0.01% 3.09%
Asian Indian 4 0.01% 2.47%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 1 0.00% 0.62%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 69 0.21% 42.59%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 60 0.18% 37.04%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 0 0.00% 0.00%
Vietnamese 9 0.03% 5.56%
Eastern Asian 59 0.18% 36.42%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 12 0.04% 7.41%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 16 0.05% 9.88%
Korean 31 0.09% 19.14%
Taiwanese 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Asian or Not Specified 6 0.02% 3.70%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 23 0.07% 14.20%
Polynesian 18 0.05% 11.11%
Native Hawaiian 14 0.04% 8.64%
Samoan 4 0.01% 2.47%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 3 0.01% 1.85%
Guamanian or Chamorro 3 0.01% 1.85%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.62%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.62%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 1 0.00% 0.62%

* 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) 28,465 85.14% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 4,967 14.86% 100.00%
Mexican 3,393 10.15% 68.31%
Puerto Rican 12 0.04% 0.24%
Cuban 5 0.01% 0.10%
Dominican 4 0.01% 0.08%
Central American 20 0.06% 0.40%
Costa Rican 5 0.01% 0.10%
Guatemalan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Honduran 2 0.01% 0.04%
Nicaraguan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Panamanian 5 0.01% 0.10%
Salvadorian 5 0.01% 0.10%
Other Central American 1 0.00% 0.02%
South American 20 0.06% 0.40%
Argentinian 6 0.02% 0.12%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 0 0.00% 0.00%
Columbian 10 0.03% 0.20%
Ecuadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 4 0.01% 0.08%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,513 4.53% 30.46%
Spaniard 10 0.03% 0.20%
Spanish 363 1.09% 7.31%
Spanish American 41 0.12% 0.83%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,099 3.29% 22.13%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 53 25.60% 0.16%
2. Cherokee 39 18.84% 0.12%
3. Navajo 28 13.53% 0.08%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 20 9.66% 0.06%
5. Apache 17 8.21% 0.05%
6. Choctaw 13 6.28% 0.04%
7. Ute 9 4.35% 0.03%
8. Sioux 8 3.86% 0.02%
9. Blackfeet 4 1.93% 0.01%
10. Chickasaw 3 1.45% 0.01%
11. Iroquois 2 0.97% 0.01%
12. Menominee 2 0.97% 0.01%
13. Cheyenne 1 0.48% 0.00%
14. Comanche 1 0.48% 0.00%
15. Crow 1 0.48% 0.00%
16. Osage 1 0.48% 0.00%
17. Pueblo 1 0.48% 0.00%
18. Yuman 1 0.48% 0.00%
19. Aleut 1 0.48% 0.00%
20. Eskimo 1 0.48% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.48% 0.00%

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

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