Fort Wayne, IN

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 496,976 98.97% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 5,165 1.03% 100.00%
Total Asian 4,987 0.99% 96.55%
Southern Asian 1,270 0.25% 24.59%
Asian Indian 1,138 0.23% 22.03%
Bangladeshi 21 0.00% 0.41%
Pakistani 90 0.02% 1.74%
Sri Lankan 21 0.00% 0.41%
Southeastern Asian 1,894 0.38% 36.67%
Cambodian 28 0.01% 0.54%
Filipino 462 0.09% 8.94%
Indonesian 26 0.01% 0.50%
Laotian 316 0.06% 6.12%
Malaysian 69 0.01% 1.34%
Thai 66 0.01% 1.28%
Vietnamese 927 0.18% 17.95%
Eastern Asian 1,215 0.24% 23.52%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 607 0.12% 11.75%
Hmong 5 0.00% 0.10%
Japanese 212 0.04% 4.10%
Korean 357 0.07% 6.91%
Taiwanese 34 0.01% 0.66%
Other Asian or Not Specified 608 0.12% 11.77%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 178 0.04% 3.45%
Polynesian 89 0.02% 1.72%
Native Hawaiian 58 0.01% 1.12%
Samoan 31 0.01% 0.60%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 53 0.01% 1.03%
Guamanian or Chamorro 49 0.01% 0.95%
Other Micronesian 4 0.00% 0.08%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 35 0.01% 0.68%

* 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) 485,434 96.67% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 16,707 3.33% 100.00%
Mexican 12,020 2.39% 71.95%
Puerto Rican 741 0.15% 4.44%
Cuban 197 0.04% 1.18%
Dominican 45 0.01% 0.27%
Central American 550 0.11% 3.29%
Costa Rican 10 0.00% 0.06%
Guatemalan 279 0.06% 1.67%
Honduran 42 0.01% 0.25%
Nicaraguan 8 0.00% 0.05%
Panamanian 49 0.01% 0.29%
Salvadorian 128 0.03% 0.77%
Other Central American 34 0.01% 0.20%
South American 407 0.08% 2.44%
Argentinian 13 0.00% 0.08%
Bolivian 13 0.00% 0.08%
Chilean 21 0.00% 0.13%
Columbian 171 0.03% 1.02%
Ecuadorian 92 0.02% 0.55%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 49 0.01% 0.29%
Uruguayan 4 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 33 0.01% 0.20%
Other South American 9 0.00% 0.05%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,747 0.55% 16.44%
Spaniard 48 0.01% 0.29%
Spanish 351 0.07% 2.10%
Spanish American 30 0.01% 0.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,318 0.46% 13.87%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 474 69.60% 0.03%
2. Cherokee 237 34.80% 0.01%
3. Chippewa 59 8.66% 0.00%
4. Latin American Indians 57 8.37% 0.00%
5. Sioux 40 5.87% 0.00%
6. Iroquois 34 4.99% 0.00%
7. Blackfeet 33 4.85% 0.00%
8. Apache 19 2.79% 0.00%
9. Potawatomi 17 2.50% 0.00%
10. Choctaw 13 1.91% 0.00%
11. Navajo 11 1.62% 0.00%
12. Ottawa 9 1.32% 0.00%
13. Comanche 8 1.17% 0.00%
14. Creek 8 1.17% 0.00%
15. Pima 7 1.03% 0.00%
16. Cree 5 0.73% 0.00%
17. Osage 5 0.73% 0.00%
18. Kiowa 4 0.59% 0.00%
19. Seminole 4 0.59% 0.00%
20. Cheyenne 3 0.44% 0.00%
21. Delaware 3 0.44% 0.00%
22. Yaqui 3 0.44% 0.00%
23. Pueblo 2 0.29% 0.00%
24. Ute 2 0.29% 0.00%
25. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.29% 0.00%
26. Lumbee 1 0.15% 0.00%
27. Shoshone 1 0.15% 0.00%
28. Yuman 1 0.15% 0.00%
29. Aleut 1 0.15% 0.00%
30. Eskimo 1 0.15% 0.00%

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

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