New London 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 253,923 98.01% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 5,165 1.99% 100.00%
Total Asian 5,014 1.94% 97.08%
Southern Asian 1,134 0.44% 21.96%
Asian Indian 987 0.38% 19.11%
Bangladeshi 5 0.00% 0.10%
Pakistani 105 0.04% 2.03%
Sri Lankan 37 0.01% 0.72%
Southeastern Asian 1,706 0.66% 33.03%
Cambodian 79 0.03% 1.53%
Filipino 1,286 0.50% 24.90%
Indonesian 16 0.01% 0.31%
Laotian 79 0.03% 1.53%
Malaysian 4 0.00% 0.08%
Thai 36 0.01% 0.70%
Vietnamese 206 0.08% 3.99%
Eastern Asian 2,060 0.80% 39.88%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,530 0.59% 29.62%
Hmong 7 0.00% 0.14%
Japanese 168 0.06% 3.25%
Korean 318 0.12% 6.16%
Taiwanese 37 0.01% 0.72%
Other Asian or Not Specified 114 0.04% 2.21%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 151 0.06% 2.92%
Polynesian 57 0.02% 1.10%
Native Hawaiian 37 0.01% 0.72%
Samoan 16 0.01% 0.31%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 4 0.00% 0.08%
Micronesian 71 0.03% 1.37%
Guamanian or Chamorro 55 0.02% 1.06%
Other Micronesian 16 0.01% 0.31%
Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.04%
Fijian 2 0.00% 0.04%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 21 0.01% 0.41%

* 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) 245,852 94.89% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 13,236 5.11% 100.00%
Mexican 1,249 0.48% 9.44%
Puerto Rican 7,891 3.05% 59.62%
Cuban 302 0.12% 2.28%
Dominican 506 0.20% 3.82%
Central American 467 0.18% 3.53%
Costa Rican 57 0.02% 0.43%
Guatemalan 36 0.01% 0.27%
Honduran 57 0.02% 0.43%
Nicaraguan 11 0.00% 0.08%
Panamanian 125 0.05% 0.94%
Salvadorian 166 0.06% 1.25%
Other Central American 15 0.01% 0.11%
South American 886 0.34% 6.69%
Argentinian 53 0.02% 0.40%
Bolivian 15 0.01% 0.11%
Chilean 32 0.01% 0.24%
Columbian 189 0.07% 1.43%
Ecuadorian 91 0.04% 0.69%
Paraguayan 13 0.01% 0.10%
Peruvian 386 0.15% 2.92%
Uruguayan 17 0.01% 0.13%
Venezuelan 36 0.01% 0.27%
Other South American 54 0.02% 0.41%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,935 0.75% 14.62%
Spaniard 71 0.03% 0.54%
Spanish 341 0.13% 2.58%
Spanish American 26 0.01% 0.20%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,497 0.58% 11.31%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 1,576 79.56% 0.61%
2. Cherokee 138 6.97% 0.05%
3. Latin American Indians 54 2.73% 0.02%
4. Iroquois 40 2.02% 0.02%
5. Sioux 34 1.72% 0.01%
6. Blackfeet 21 1.06% 0.01%
7. Navajo 19 0.96% 0.01%
8. Chippewa 16 0.81% 0.01%
9. Apache 11 0.56% 0.00%
10. Lumbee 10 0.50% 0.00%
11. Comanche 9 0.45% 0.00%
12. Potawatomi 8 0.40% 0.00%
13. Chickasaw 7 0.35% 0.00%
14. Aleut 5 0.25% 0.00%
15. Creek 4 0.20% 0.00%
16. Pueblo 4 0.20% 0.00%
17. Choctaw 3 0.15% 0.00%
18. Delaware 3 0.15% 0.00%
19. Houma 3 0.15% 0.00%
20. Eskimo 3 0.15% 0.00%
21. Ottawa 2 0.10% 0.00%
22. Seminole 2 0.10% 0.00%
23. Yaqui 2 0.10% 0.00%
24. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.10% 0.00%
25. Cheyenne 1 0.05% 0.00%
26. Crow 1 0.05% 0.00%
27. Kiowa 1 0.05% 0.00%
28. Osage 1 0.05% 0.00%
29. Paiute 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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