Wyandotte County

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 155,321 98.38% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 2,561 1.62% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,505 1.59% 97.81%
Southern Asian 242 0.15% 9.45%
Asian Indian 219 0.14% 8.55%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 23 0.01% 0.90%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 829 0.53% 32.37%
Cambodian 5 0.00% 0.20%
Filipino 114 0.07% 4.45%
Indonesian 12 0.01% 0.47%
Laotian 455 0.29% 17.77%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.04%
Thai 30 0.02% 1.17%
Vietnamese 212 0.13% 8.28%
Eastern Asian 1,325 0.84% 51.74%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 241 0.15% 9.41%
Hmong 896 0.57% 34.99%
Japanese 35 0.02% 1.37%
Korean 140 0.09% 5.47%
Taiwanese 13 0.01% 0.51%
Other Asian or Not Specified 109 0.07% 4.26%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 56 0.04% 2.19%
Polynesian 38 0.02% 1.48%
Native Hawaiian 16 0.01% 0.62%
Samoan 21 0.01% 0.82%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 12 0.01% 0.47%
Guamanian or Chamorro 11 0.01% 0.43%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.04%
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 6 0.00% 0.23%

* 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) 132,625 84.00% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 25,257 16.00% 100.00%
Mexican 21,113 13.37% 83.59%
Puerto Rican 264 0.17% 1.05%
Cuban 186 0.12% 0.74%
Dominican 13 0.01% 0.05%
Central American 764 0.48% 3.02%
Costa Rican 17 0.01% 0.07%
Guatemalan 271 0.17% 1.07%
Honduran 183 0.12% 0.72%
Nicaraguan 12 0.01% 0.05%
Panamanian 12 0.01% 0.05%
Salvadorian 224 0.14% 0.89%
Other Central American 45 0.03% 0.18%
South American 151 0.10% 0.60%
Argentinian 10 0.01% 0.04%
Bolivian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Chilean 5 0.00% 0.02%
Columbian 57 0.04% 0.23%
Ecuadorian 11 0.01% 0.04%
Paraguayan 3 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 36 0.02% 0.14%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 16 0.01% 0.06%
Other South American 11 0.01% 0.04%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,766 1.75% 10.95%
Spaniard 18 0.01% 0.07%
Spanish 243 0.15% 0.96%
Spanish American 24 0.02% 0.10%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,481 1.57% 9.82%


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 229 32.95% 0.15%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 126 18.13% 0.08%
3. Latin American Indians 86 12.37% 0.05%
4. Choctaw 36 5.18% 0.02%
5. Potawatomi 31 4.46% 0.02%
6. Sioux 24 3.45% 0.02%
7. Delaware 22 3.17% 0.01%
8. Iroquois 21 3.02% 0.01%
9. Navajo 21 3.02% 0.01%
10. Apache 19 2.73% 0.01%
11. Blackfeet 16 2.30% 0.01%
12. Cheyenne 11 1.58% 0.01%
13. Creek 11 1.58% 0.01%
14. Chippewa 10 1.44% 0.01%
15. Osage 9 1.29% 0.01%
16. Seminole 5 0.72% 0.00%
17. Yaqui 4 0.58% 0.00%
18. Eskimo 4 0.58% 0.00%
19. Comanche 3 0.43% 0.00%
20. Crow 1 0.14% 0.00%
21. Kiowa 1 0.14% 0.00%
22. Lumbee 1 0.14% 0.00%
23. Pueblo 1 0.14% 0.00%
24. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.14% 0.00%
25. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.14% 0.00%
26. Aleut 1 0.14% 0.00%

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

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