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.

* 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)	345,616	89.15%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	42,053	10.85%	100.00%
Mexican	9,059	2.34%	21.54%
Puerto Rican	20,507	5.29%	48.76%
Cuban	1,010	0.26%	2.40%
Dominican	1,056	0.27%	2.51%
Central American	2,147	0.55%	5.11%
Costa Rican	113	0.03%	0.27%
Guatemalan	234	0.06%	0.56%
Honduran	1,103	0.28%	2.62%
Nicaraguan	65	0.02%	0.15%
Panamanian	190	0.05%	0.45%
Salvadorian	358	0.09%	0.85%
Other Central American	84	0.02%	0.20%
South American	2,631	0.68%	6.26%
Argentinian	299	0.08%	0.71%
Bolivian	36	0.01%	0.09%
Chilean	160	0.04%	0.38%
Columbian	851	0.22%	2.02%
Ecuadorian	359	0.09%	0.85%
Paraguayan	17	0.00%	0.04%
Peruvian	686	0.18%	1.63%
Uruguayan	44	0.01%	0.10%
Venezuelan	75	0.02%	0.18%
Other South American	104	0.03%	0.25%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	5,643	1.46%	13.42%
Spaniard	232	0.06%	0.55%
Spanish	774	0.20%	1.84%
Spanish American	79	0.02%	0.19%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	4,558	1.18%	10.84%

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

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