Corpus Christi, TX

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 376,479 98.87% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 4,304 1.13% 100.00%
Total Asian 4,001 1.05% 92.96%
Southern Asian 776 0.20% 18.03%
Asian Indian 724 0.19% 16.82%
Bangladeshi 2 0.00% 0.05%
Pakistani 45 0.01% 1.05%
Sri Lankan 5 0.00% 0.12%
Southeastern Asian 2,182 0.57% 50.70%
Cambodian 5 0.00% 0.12%
Filipino 1,736 0.46% 40.33%
Indonesian 7 0.00% 0.16%
Laotian 51 0.01% 1.18%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Thai 90 0.02% 2.09%
Vietnamese 292 0.08% 6.78%
Eastern Asian 943 0.25% 21.91%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 377 0.10% 8.76%
Hmong 4 0.00% 0.09%
Japanese 185 0.05% 4.30%
Korean 357 0.09% 8.29%
Taiwanese 20 0.01% 0.46%
Other Asian or Not Specified 100 0.03% 2.32%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 303 0.08% 7.04%
Polynesian 113 0.03% 2.63%
Native Hawaiian 75 0.02% 1.74%
Samoan 38 0.01% 0.88%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 96 0.03% 2.23%
Guamanian or Chamorro 85 0.02% 1.97%
Other Micronesian 11 0.00% 0.26%
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 94 0.02% 2.18%

* 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) 172,651 45.34% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 208,132 54.66% 100.00%
Mexican 133,799 35.14% 64.29%
Puerto Rican 951 0.25% 0.46%
Cuban 374 0.10% 0.18%
Dominican 52 0.01% 0.02%
Central American 508 0.13% 0.24%
Costa Rican 27 0.01% 0.01%
Guatemalan 79 0.02% 0.04%
Honduran 118 0.03% 0.06%
Nicaraguan 43 0.01% 0.02%
Panamanian 102 0.03% 0.05%
Salvadorian 104 0.03% 0.05%
Other Central American 35 0.01% 0.02%
South American 466 0.12% 0.22%
Argentinian 44 0.01% 0.02%
Bolivian 15 0.00% 0.01%
Chilean 53 0.01% 0.03%
Columbian 157 0.04% 0.08%
Ecuadorian 16 0.00% 0.01%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 71 0.02% 0.03%
Uruguayan 6 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 81 0.02% 0.04%
Other South American 22 0.01% 0.01%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 71,982 18.90% 34.58%
Spaniard 240 0.06% 0.12%
Spanish 2,316 0.61% 1.11%
Spanish American 128 0.03% 0.06%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 69,298 18.20% 33.30%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 266 21.25% 0.34%
2. Latin American Indians 239 19.09% 0.31%
3. Choctaw 91 7.27% 0.12%
4. Apache 74 5.91% 0.09%
5. All Other Native American Tribes 58 4.63% 0.07%
6. Sioux 53 4.23% 0.07%
7. Chippewa 40 3.19% 0.05%
8. Comanche 40 3.19% 0.05%
9. Navajo 39 3.12% 0.05%
10. Creek 35 2.80% 0.04%
11. Chickasaw 30 2.40% 0.04%
12. Iroquois 27 2.16% 0.03%
13. Blackfeet 15 1.20% 0.02%
14. Potawatomi 15 1.20% 0.02%
15. Delaware 12 0.96% 0.02%
16. Osage 11 0.88% 0.01%
17. Seminole 8 0.64% 0.01%
18. Tlingit-Haida 7 0.56% 0.01%
19. Yaqui 6 0.48% 0.01%
20. Cheyenne 5 0.40% 0.01%
21. Lumbee 5 0.40% 0.01%
22. Pueblo 5 0.40% 0.01%
23. Pima 4 0.32% 0.01%
24. Houma 3 0.24% 0.00%
25. Kiowa 3 0.24% 0.00%
26. Crow 2 0.16% 0.00%
27. Paiute 2 0.16% 0.00%
28. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.16% 0.00%
29. Eskimo 2 0.16% 0.00%
30. Ottawa 1 0.08% 0.00%
31. Aleut 1 0.08% 0.00%

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

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