Kodiak Island Borough

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 11,585 83.27% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 2,328 16.73% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,219 15.95% 95.32%
Southern Asian 9 0.06% 0.39%
Asian Indian 9 0.06% 0.39%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 2,087 15.00% 89.65%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 2,016 14.49% 86.60%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 51 0.37% 2.19%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 9 0.06% 0.39%
Vietnamese 11 0.08% 0.47%
Eastern Asian 112 0.81% 4.81%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 25 0.18% 1.07%
Hmong 10 0.07% 0.43%
Japanese 41 0.29% 1.76%
Korean 36 0.26% 1.55%
Taiwanese 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Asian or Not Specified 11 0.08% 0.47%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 109 0.78% 4.68%
Polynesian 88 0.63% 3.78%
Native Hawaiian 28 0.20% 1.20%
Samoan 60 0.43% 2.58%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 12 0.09% 0.52%
Guamanian or Chamorro 7 0.05% 0.30%
Other Micronesian 5 0.04% 0.21%
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 9 0.06% 0.39%

* 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) 13,065 93.90% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 848 6.10% 100.00%
Mexican 341 2.45% 40.21%
Puerto Rican 42 0.30% 4.95%
Cuban 14 0.10% 1.65%
Dominican 3 0.02% 0.35%
Central American 270 1.94% 31.84%
Costa Rican 3 0.02% 0.35%
Guatemalan 16 0.12% 1.89%
Honduran 13 0.09% 1.53%
Nicaraguan 13 0.09% 1.53%
Panamanian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Salvadorian 219 1.57% 25.83%
Other Central American 6 0.04% 0.71%
South American 19 0.14% 2.24%
Argentinian 1 0.01% 0.12%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 0 0.00% 0.00%
Columbian 9 0.06% 1.06%
Ecuadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 8 0.06% 0.94%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 1 0.01% 0.12%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 159 1.14% 18.75%
Spaniard 11 0.08% 1.30%
Spanish 30 0.22% 3.54%
Spanish American 2 0.01% 0.24%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 116 0.83% 13.68%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Aleut 1,406 81.98% 10.11%
2. Eskimo 141 8.22% 1.01%
3. Alaskan Athabascan 34 1.98% 0.24%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 30 1.75% 0.22%
5. Cherokee 26 1.52% 0.19%
6. Tlingit-Haida 26 1.52% 0.19%
7. Chippewa 8 0.47% 0.06%
8. Blackfeet 7 0.41% 0.05%
9. Apache 5 0.29% 0.04%
10. Choctaw 5 0.29% 0.04%
11. Sioux 5 0.29% 0.04%
12. Lumbee 4 0.23% 0.03%
13. All Other Alaskan Tribes 3 0.17% 0.02%
14. Cree 2 0.12% 0.01%
15. Crow 2 0.12% 0.01%
16. Kiowa 2 0.12% 0.01%
17. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.12% 0.01%
18. Cheyenne 1 0.06% 0.01%
19. Chickasaw 1 0.06% 0.01%
20. Latin American Indians 1 0.06% 0.01%
21. Navajo 1 0.06% 0.01%
22. Osage 1 0.06% 0.01%
23. Pueblo 1 0.06% 0.01%
24. Ute 1 0.06% 0.01%

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

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