Multnomah 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 621,635 94.12% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 38,851 5.88% 100.00%
Total Asian 36,584 5.54% 94.16%
Southern Asian 1,920 0.29% 4.94%
Asian Indian 1,764 0.27% 4.54%
Bangladeshi 10 0.00% 0.03%
Pakistani 100 0.02% 0.26%
Sri Lankan 46 0.01% 0.12%
Southeastern Asian 18,989 2.88% 48.88%
Cambodian 852 0.13% 2.19%
Filipino 3,349 0.51% 8.62%
Indonesian 197 0.03% 0.51%
Laotian 3,008 0.46% 7.74%
Malaysian 92 0.01% 0.24%
Thai 389 0.06% 1.00%
Vietnamese 11,102 1.68% 28.58%
Eastern Asian 14,937 2.26% 38.45%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 7,703 1.17% 19.83%
Hmong 1,504 0.23% 3.87%
Japanese 3,316 0.50% 8.54%
Korean 2,332 0.35% 6.00%
Taiwanese 82 0.01% 0.21%
Other Asian or Not Specified 738 0.11% 1.90%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 2,267 0.34% 5.84%
Polynesian 1,097 0.17% 2.82%
Native Hawaiian 454 0.07% 1.17%
Samoan 276 0.04% 0.71%
Tongan 327 0.05% 0.84%
Other Polynesian 40 0.01% 0.10%
Micronesian 763 0.12% 1.96%
Guamanian or Chamorro 258 0.04% 0.66%
Other Micronesian 505 0.08% 1.30%
Melanesian 142 0.02% 0.37%
Fijian 141 0.02% 0.36%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 265 0.04% 0.68%

* 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) 610,879 92.49% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 49,607 7.51% 100.00%
Mexican 36,035 5.46% 72.64%
Puerto Rican 1,210 0.18% 2.44%
Cuban 1,495 0.23% 3.01%
Dominican 50 0.01% 0.10%
Central American 2,452 0.37% 4.94%
Costa Rican 113 0.02% 0.23%
Guatemalan 1,178 0.18% 2.37%
Honduran 233 0.04% 0.47%
Nicaraguan 123 0.02% 0.25%
Panamanian 104 0.02% 0.21%
Salvadorian 591 0.09% 1.19%
Other Central American 110 0.02% 0.22%
South American 1,129 0.17% 2.28%
Argentinian 130 0.02% 0.26%
Bolivian 43 0.01% 0.09%
Chilean 152 0.02% 0.31%
Columbian 278 0.04% 0.56%
Ecuadorian 99 0.01% 0.20%
Paraguayan 5 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 264 0.04% 0.53%
Uruguayan 27 0.00% 0.05%
Venezuelan 65 0.01% 0.13%
Other South American 66 0.01% 0.13%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 7,236 1.10% 14.59%
Spaniard 184 0.03% 0.37%
Spanish 1,322 0.20% 2.66%
Spanish American 74 0.01% 0.15%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,656 0.86% 11.40%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 1,481 31.40% 0.22%
2. Cherokee 473 10.03% 0.07%
3. Sioux 450 9.54% 0.07%
4. Latin American Indians 378 8.02% 0.06%
5. Chippewa 367 7.78% 0.06%
6. Blackfeet 173 3.67% 0.03%
7. Navajo 135 2.86% 0.02%
8. Apache 117 2.48% 0.02%
9. Choctaw 99 2.10% 0.01%
10. Tlingit-Haida 98 2.08% 0.01%
11. Iroquois 94 1.99% 0.01%
12. Yakama 92 1.95% 0.01%
13. Eskimo 71 1.51% 0.01%
14. Puget Sound Salish 66 1.40% 0.01%
15. Pueblo 60 1.27% 0.01%
16. Alaskan Athabascan 54 1.15% 0.01%
17. Colville 53 1.12% 0.01%
18. Aleut 50 1.06% 0.01%
19. Cheyenne 47 1.00% 0.01%
20. Creek 46 0.98% 0.01%
21. Chickasaw 30 0.64% 0.00%
22. Shoshone 25 0.53% 0.00%
23. Paiute 23 0.49% 0.00%
24. All Other Alaskan Tribes 21 0.45% 0.00%
25. Delaware 17 0.36% 0.00%
26. Yaqui 17 0.36% 0.00%
27. Cree 16 0.34% 0.00%
28. Kiowa 16 0.34% 0.00%
29. Potawatomi 16 0.34% 0.00%
30. Seminole 16 0.34% 0.00%
31. Osage 15 0.32% 0.00%
32. Ottawa 14 0.30% 0.00%
33. Ute 14 0.30% 0.00%
34. Lumbee 12 0.25% 0.00%
35. Tohono O'Odham 11 0.23% 0.00%
36. Menominee 10 0.21% 0.00%
37. Houma 9 0.19% 0.00%
38. Pima 9 0.19% 0.00%
39. Crow 8 0.17% 0.00%
40. Comanche 7 0.15% 0.00%
41. Yuman 6 0.13% 0.00%

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

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