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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 103,000 99.56% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 459 0.44% 100.00%
Total Asian 423 0.41% 92.16%
Southern Asian 133 0.13% 28.98%
Asian Indian 125 0.12% 27.23%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 8 0.01% 1.74%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 110 0.11% 23.97%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.22%
Filipino 45 0.04% 9.80%
Indonesian 8 0.01% 1.74%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 10 0.01% 2.18%
Vietnamese 46 0.04% 10.02%
Eastern Asian 160 0.15% 34.86%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 57 0.06% 12.42%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 51 0.05% 11.11%
Korean 47 0.05% 10.24%
Taiwanese 5 0.00% 1.09%
Other Asian or Not Specified 20 0.02% 4.36%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 36 0.03% 7.84%
Polynesian 7 0.01% 1.53%
Native Hawaiian 3 0.00% 0.65%
Samoan 4 0.00% 0.87%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 22 0.02% 4.79%
Guamanian or Chamorro 22 0.02% 4.79%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
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 7 0.01% 1.53%

* 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) 101,696 98.30% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,763 1.70% 100.00%
Mexican 842 0.81% 47.76%
Puerto Rican 97 0.09% 5.50%
Cuban 49 0.05% 2.78%
Dominican 15 0.01% 0.85%
Central American 296 0.29% 16.79%
Costa Rican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Guatemalan 234 0.23% 13.27%
Honduran 20 0.02% 1.13%
Nicaraguan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Panamanian 2 0.00% 0.11%
Salvadorian 34 0.03% 1.93%
Other Central American 6 0.01% 0.34%
South American 116 0.11% 6.58%
Argentinian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 2 0.00% 0.11%
Columbian 97 0.09% 5.50%
Ecuadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 6 0.01% 0.34%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 10 0.01% 0.57%
Other South American 1 0.00% 0.06%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 348 0.34% 19.74%
Spaniard 1 0.00% 0.06%
Spanish 33 0.03% 1.87%
Spanish American 8 0.01% 0.45%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 306 0.30% 17.36%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 194 76.08% 0.19%
2. Creek 13 5.10% 0.01%
3. Sioux 12 4.71% 0.01%
4. Apache 7 2.75% 0.01%
5. Choctaw 7 2.75% 0.01%
6. Iroquois 4 1.57% 0.00%
7. Cheyenne 3 1.18% 0.00%
8. All Other Native American Tribes 3 1.18% 0.00%
9. Latin American Indians 2 0.78% 0.00%
10. Aleut 2 0.78% 0.00%
11. Blackfeet 1 0.39% 0.00%
12. Comanche 1 0.39% 0.00%
13. Lumbee 1 0.39% 0.00%
14. Navajo 1 0.39% 0.00%
15. Osage 1 0.39% 0.00%
16. Seminole 1 0.39% 0.00%
17. Yaqui 1 0.39% 0.00%
18. Eskimo 1 0.39% 0.00%

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

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