Stark 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 376,017 99.45% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 2,081 0.55% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,025 0.54% 97.31%
Southern Asian 640 0.17% 30.75%
Asian Indian 574 0.15% 27.58%
Bangladeshi 2 0.00% 0.10%
Pakistani 51 0.01% 2.45%
Sri Lankan 13 0.00% 0.62%
Southeastern Asian 476 0.13% 22.87%
Cambodian 2 0.00% 0.10%
Filipino 300 0.08% 14.42%
Indonesian 3 0.00% 0.14%
Laotian 17 0.00% 0.82%
Malaysian 8 0.00% 0.38%
Thai 27 0.01% 1.30%
Vietnamese 119 0.03% 5.72%
Eastern Asian 851 0.23% 40.89%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 373 0.10% 17.92%
Hmong 19 0.01% 0.91%
Japanese 155 0.04% 7.45%
Korean 277 0.07% 13.31%
Taiwanese 27 0.01% 1.30%
Other Asian or Not Specified 58 0.02% 2.79%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 56 0.01% 2.69%
Polynesian 34 0.01% 1.63%
Native Hawaiian 20 0.01% 0.96%
Samoan 14 0.00% 0.67%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 16 0.00% 0.77%
Guamanian or Chamorro 15 0.00% 0.72%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.05%
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% 0.29%

* 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) 374,606 99.08% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 3,492 0.92% 100.00%
Mexican 1,288 0.34% 36.88%
Puerto Rican 421 0.11% 12.06%
Cuban 123 0.03% 3.52%
Dominican 25 0.01% 0.72%
Central American 175 0.05% 5.01%
Costa Rican 8 0.00% 0.23%
Guatemalan 33 0.01% 0.95%
Honduran 77 0.02% 2.21%
Nicaraguan 6 0.00% 0.17%
Panamanian 29 0.01% 0.83%
Salvadorian 17 0.00% 0.49%
Other Central American 5 0.00% 0.14%
South American 143 0.04% 4.10%
Argentinian 19 0.01% 0.54%
Bolivian 2 0.00% 0.06%
Chilean 5 0.00% 0.14%
Columbian 55 0.01% 1.58%
Ecuadorian 12 0.00% 0.34%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 15 0.00% 0.43%
Uruguayan 6 0.00% 0.17%
Venezuelan 24 0.01% 0.69%
Other South American 5 0.00% 0.14%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,317 0.35% 37.71%
Spaniard 92 0.02% 2.63%
Spanish 454 0.12% 13.00%
Spanish American 61 0.02% 1.75%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 710 0.19% 20.33%


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 244 46.65% 0.06%
2. Delaware 47 8.99% 0.01%
3. Iroquois 41 7.84% 0.01%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 31 5.93% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 28 5.35% 0.01%
6. Sioux 15 2.87% 0.00%
7. Latin American Indians 13 2.49% 0.00%
8. Apache 12 2.29% 0.00%
9. Chippewa 10 1.91% 0.00%
10. Navajo 10 1.91% 0.00%
11. Ottawa 9 1.72% 0.00%
12. Potawatomi 8 1.53% 0.00%
13. Lumbee 6 1.15% 0.00%
14. Aleut 6 1.15% 0.00%
15. Cree 5 0.96% 0.00%
16. Creek 5 0.96% 0.00%
17. Yuman 5 0.96% 0.00%
18. Crow 4 0.76% 0.00%
19. Houma 4 0.76% 0.00%
20. Choctaw 3 0.57% 0.00%
21. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.57% 0.00%
22. Seminole 3 0.57% 0.00%
23. Comanche 2 0.38% 0.00%
24. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.38% 0.00%
25. Cheyenne 1 0.19% 0.00%
26. Chickasaw 1 0.19% 0.00%
27. Kiowa 1 0.19% 0.00%
28. Osage 1 0.19% 0.00%
29. Paiute 1 0.19% 0.00%
30. Pueblo 1 0.19% 0.00%
31. Yakama 1 0.19% 0.00%

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

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