Middlesex 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 152,644 98.43% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 2,427 1.57% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,371 1.53% 97.69%
Southern Asian 725 0.47% 29.87%
Asian Indian 641 0.41% 26.41%
Bangladeshi 11 0.01% 0.45%
Pakistani 57 0.04% 2.35%
Sri Lankan 16 0.01% 0.66%
Southeastern Asian 631 0.41% 26.00%
Cambodian 104 0.07% 4.29%
Filipino 173 0.11% 7.13%
Indonesian 14 0.01% 0.58%
Laotian 127 0.08% 5.23%
Malaysian 11 0.01% 0.45%
Thai 39 0.03% 1.61%
Vietnamese 163 0.11% 6.72%
Eastern Asian 977 0.63% 40.26%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 629 0.41% 25.92%
Hmong 3 0.00% 0.12%
Japanese 100 0.06% 4.12%
Korean 216 0.14% 8.90%
Taiwanese 29 0.02% 1.19%
Other Asian or Not Specified 38 0.02% 1.57%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 56 0.04% 2.31%
Polynesian 35 0.02% 1.44%
Native Hawaiian 19 0.01% 0.78%
Samoan 14 0.01% 0.58%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.04%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 10 0.01% 0.41%
Guamanian or Chamorro 7 0.00% 0.29%
Other Micronesian 3 0.00% 0.12%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 11 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) 150,422 97.00% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 4,649 3.00% 100.00%
Mexican 445 0.29% 9.57%
Puerto Rican 2,505 1.62% 53.88%
Cuban 209 0.13% 4.50%
Dominican 111 0.07% 2.39%
Central American 170 0.11% 3.66%
Costa Rican 13 0.01% 0.28%
Guatemalan 28 0.02% 0.60%
Honduran 40 0.03% 0.86%
Nicaraguan 5 0.00% 0.11%
Panamanian 32 0.02% 0.69%
Salvadorian 41 0.03% 0.88%
Other Central American 11 0.01% 0.24%
South American 511 0.33% 10.99%
Argentinian 35 0.02% 0.75%
Bolivian 9 0.01% 0.19%
Chilean 17 0.01% 0.37%
Columbian 158 0.10% 3.40%
Ecuadorian 130 0.08% 2.80%
Paraguayan 4 0.00% 0.09%
Peruvian 93 0.06% 2.00%
Uruguayan 4 0.00% 0.09%
Venezuelan 35 0.02% 0.75%
Other South American 26 0.02% 0.56%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 698 0.45% 15.01%
Spaniard 49 0.03% 1.05%
Spanish 137 0.09% 2.95%
Spanish American 10 0.01% 0.22%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 502 0.32% 10.80%


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 92 49.20% 0.06%
2. Cherokee 31 16.58% 0.02%
3. Iroquois 11 5.88% 0.01%
4. Latin American Indians 9 4.81% 0.01%
5. Sioux 8 4.28% 0.01%
6. Apache 6 3.21% 0.00%
7. Blackfeet 4 2.14% 0.00%
8. Chippewa 4 2.14% 0.00%
9. Delaware 4 2.14% 0.00%
10. Comanche 3 1.60% 0.00%
11. Alaskan Athabascan 3 1.60% 0.00%
12. Aleut 3 1.60% 0.00%
13. Creek 2 1.07% 0.00%
14. Navajo 2 1.07% 0.00%
15. Paiute 2 1.07% 0.00%
16. Choctaw 1 0.53% 0.00%
17. Pueblo 1 0.53% 0.00%
18. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.53% 0.00%

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

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