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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 414,992 93.19% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 30,350 6.81% 100.00%
Total Asian 29,062 6.53% 95.76%
Southern Asian 5,286 1.19% 17.42%
Asian Indian 4,924 1.11% 16.22%
Bangladeshi 77 0.02% 0.25%
Pakistani 178 0.04% 0.59%
Sri Lankan 107 0.02% 0.35%
Southeastern Asian 10,013 2.25% 32.99%
Cambodian 1,099 0.25% 3.62%
Filipino 2,871 0.64% 9.46%
Indonesian 178 0.04% 0.59%
Laotian 698 0.16% 2.30%
Malaysian 27 0.01% 0.09%
Thai 309 0.07% 1.02%
Vietnamese 4,831 1.08% 15.92%
Eastern Asian 13,320 2.99% 43.89%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 5,383 1.21% 17.74%
Hmong 264 0.06% 0.87%
Japanese 2,811 0.63% 9.26%
Korean 4,577 1.03% 15.08%
Taiwanese 285 0.06% 0.94%
Other Asian or Not Specified 443 0.10% 1.46%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,288 0.29% 4.24%
Polynesian 642 0.14% 2.12%
Native Hawaiian 448 0.10% 1.48%
Samoan 107 0.02% 0.35%
Tongan 68 0.02% 0.22%
Other Polynesian 19 0.00% 0.06%
Micronesian 419 0.09% 1.38%
Guamanian or Chamorro 228 0.05% 0.75%
Other Micronesian 191 0.04% 0.63%
Melanesian 84 0.02% 0.28%
Fijian 82 0.02% 0.27%
Other Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 143 0.03% 0.47%

* 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) 395,607 88.83% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 49,735 11.17% 100.00%
Mexican 38,491 8.64% 77.39%
Puerto Rican 898 0.20% 1.81%
Cuban 438 0.10% 0.88%
Dominican 27 0.01% 0.05%
Central American 2,242 0.50% 4.51%
Costa Rican 104 0.02% 0.21%
Guatemalan 1,380 0.31% 2.77%
Honduran 112 0.03% 0.23%
Nicaraguan 73 0.02% 0.15%
Panamanian 83 0.02% 0.17%
Salvadorian 407 0.09% 0.82%
Other Central American 83 0.02% 0.17%
South American 869 0.20% 1.75%
Argentinian 105 0.02% 0.21%
Bolivian 22 0.00% 0.04%
Chilean 129 0.03% 0.26%
Columbian 160 0.04% 0.32%
Ecuadorian 64 0.01% 0.13%
Paraguayan 6 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 210 0.05% 0.42%
Uruguayan 10 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 120 0.03% 0.24%
Other South American 43 0.01% 0.09%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 6,770 1.52% 13.61%
Spaniard 139 0.03% 0.28%
Spanish 1,037 0.23% 2.09%
Spanish American 70 0.02% 0.14%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,524 1.24% 11.11%


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 511 25.00% 0.11%
2. Cherokee 389 19.03% 0.09%
3. Latin American Indians 223 10.91% 0.05%
4. Choctaw 105 5.14% 0.02%
5. Chippewa 98 4.79% 0.02%
6. Sioux 98 4.79% 0.02%
7. Navajo 71 3.47% 0.02%
8. Blackfeet 49 2.40% 0.01%
9. Tlingit-Haida 44 2.15% 0.01%
10. Apache 43 2.10% 0.01%
11. Pueblo 39 1.91% 0.01%
12. Eskimo 39 1.91% 0.01%
13. Creek 38 1.86% 0.01%
14. Puget Sound Salish 32 1.57% 0.01%
15. Iroquois 31 1.52% 0.01%
16. Alaskan Athabascan 28 1.37% 0.01%
17. Aleut 26 1.27% 0.01%
18. Colville 16 0.78% 0.00%
19. Yakama 15 0.73% 0.00%
20. Ottawa 14 0.68% 0.00%
21. Paiute 14 0.68% 0.00%
22. Cheyenne 12 0.59% 0.00%
23. Chickasaw 10 0.49% 0.00%
24. Yaqui 10 0.49% 0.00%
25. Comanche 8 0.39% 0.00%
26. Cree 8 0.39% 0.00%
27. Potawatomi 8 0.39% 0.00%
28. Ute 8 0.39% 0.00%
29. All Other Alaskan Tribes 8 0.39% 0.00%
30. Crow 6 0.29% 0.00%
31. Delaware 6 0.29% 0.00%
32. Osage 6 0.29% 0.00%
33. Seminole 6 0.29% 0.00%
34. Lumbee 5 0.24% 0.00%
35. Shoshone 5 0.24% 0.00%
36. Houma 4 0.20% 0.00%
37. Pima 4 0.20% 0.00%
38. Kiowa 3 0.15% 0.00%
39. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.10% 0.00%
40. Menominee 1 0.05% 0.00%
41. Yuman 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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