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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 1,162,204 97.78% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 26,409 2.22% 100.00%
Total Asian 25,836 2.17% 97.83%
Southern Asian 3,902 0.33% 14.78%
Asian Indian 3,587 0.30% 13.58%
Bangladeshi 40 0.00% 0.15%
Pakistani 216 0.02% 0.82%
Sri Lankan 59 0.00% 0.22%
Southeastern Asian 12,626 1.06% 47.81%
Cambodian 6,330 0.53% 23.97%
Filipino 1,803 0.15% 6.83%
Indonesian 61 0.01% 0.23%
Laotian 2,939 0.25% 11.13%
Malaysian 45 0.00% 0.17%
Thai 277 0.02% 1.05%
Vietnamese 1,171 0.10% 4.43%
Eastern Asian 8,413 0.71% 31.86%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 4,841 0.41% 18.33%
Hmong 1,004 0.08% 3.80%
Japanese 754 0.06% 2.86%
Korean 1,606 0.14% 6.08%
Taiwanese 208 0.02% 0.79%
Other Asian or Not Specified 895 0.08% 3.39%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 573 0.05% 2.17%
Polynesian 196 0.02% 0.74%
Native Hawaiian 109 0.01% 0.41%
Samoan 83 0.01% 0.31%
Tongan 3 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 253 0.02% 0.96%
Guamanian or Chamorro 247 0.02% 0.94%
Other Micronesian 6 0.00% 0.02%
Melanesian 4 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 4 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 120 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) 1,094,745 92.10% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 93,868 7.90% 100.00%
Mexican 5,797 0.49% 6.18%
Puerto Rican 27,150 2.28% 28.92%
Cuban 1,118 0.09% 1.19%
Dominican 17,965 1.51% 19.14%
Central American 11,893 1.00% 12.67%
Costa Rican 119 0.01% 0.13%
Guatemalan 9,429 0.79% 10.04%
Honduran 533 0.04% 0.57%
Nicaraguan 113 0.01% 0.12%
Panamanian 215 0.02% 0.23%
Salvadorian 1,230 0.10% 1.31%
Other Central American 254 0.02% 0.27%
South American 8,759 0.74% 9.33%
Argentinian 243 0.02% 0.26%
Bolivian 946 0.08% 1.01%
Chilean 115 0.01% 0.12%
Columbian 5,741 0.48% 6.12%
Ecuadorian 573 0.05% 0.61%
Paraguayan 12 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 514 0.04% 0.55%
Uruguayan 44 0.00% 0.05%
Venezuelan 382 0.03% 0.41%
Other South American 189 0.02% 0.20%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 21,186 1.78% 22.57%
Spaniard 171 0.01% 0.18%
Spanish 2,532 0.21% 2.70%
Spanish American 283 0.02% 0.30%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 18,200 1.53% 19.39%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 2,086 181.08% 0.22%
2. Cherokee 236 20.49% 0.02%
3. Latin American Indians 222 19.27% 0.02%
4. Blackfeet 73 6.34% 0.01%
5. Iroquois 67 5.82% 0.01%
6. Sioux 35 3.04% 0.00%
7. Apache 24 2.08% 0.00%
8. Chippewa 23 2.00% 0.00%
9. Pueblo 19 1.65% 0.00%
10. Delaware 16 1.39% 0.00%
11. Potawatomi 16 1.39% 0.00%
12. Navajo 15 1.30% 0.00%
13. Cree 12 1.04% 0.00%
14. Creek 8 0.69% 0.00%
15. Lumbee 7 0.61% 0.00%
16. Alaskan Athabascan 6 0.52% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 5 0.43% 0.00%
18. Choctaw 5 0.43% 0.00%
19. Pima 5 0.43% 0.00%
20. Seminole 5 0.43% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 5 0.43% 0.00%
22. Cheyenne 4 0.35% 0.00%
23. Comanche 4 0.35% 0.00%
24. Menominee 4 0.35% 0.00%
25. Paiute 4 0.35% 0.00%
26. Yuman 4 0.35% 0.00%
27. Eskimo 4 0.35% 0.00%
28. Osage 3 0.26% 0.00%
29. Shoshone 3 0.26% 0.00%
30. Ute 3 0.26% 0.00%
31. Aleut 3 0.26% 0.00%
32. Ottawa 1 0.09% 0.00%
33. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.09% 0.00%
34. Yakama 1 0.09% 0.00%

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

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