Washington 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 154,520 97.97% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 3,195 2.03% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,364 1.50% 73.99%
Southern Asian 335 0.21% 10.49%
Asian Indian 287 0.18% 8.98%
Bangladeshi 20 0.01% 0.63%
Pakistani 14 0.01% 0.44%
Sri Lankan 14 0.01% 0.44%
Southeastern Asian 1,034 0.66% 32.36%
Cambodian 7 0.00% 0.22%
Filipino 170 0.11% 5.32%
Indonesian 28 0.02% 0.88%
Laotian 520 0.33% 16.28%
Malaysian 55 0.03% 1.72%
Thai 51 0.03% 1.60%
Vietnamese 203 0.13% 6.35%
Eastern Asian 875 0.55% 27.39%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 545 0.35% 17.06%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 115 0.07% 3.60%
Korean 184 0.12% 5.76%
Taiwanese 31 0.02% 0.97%
Other Asian or Not Specified 120 0.08% 3.76%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 831 0.53% 26.01%
Polynesian 54 0.03% 1.69%
Native Hawaiian 31 0.02% 0.97%
Samoan 18 0.01% 0.56%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 5 0.00% 0.16%
Micronesian 691 0.44% 21.63%
Guamanian or Chamorro 27 0.02% 0.85%
Other Micronesian 664 0.42% 20.78%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 85 0.05% 2.66%

* 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) 144,783 91.80% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 12,932 8.20% 100.00%
Mexican 9,729 6.17% 75.23%
Puerto Rican 146 0.09% 1.13%
Cuban 77 0.05% 0.60%
Dominican 12 0.01% 0.09%
Central American 1,072 0.68% 8.29%
Costa Rican 18 0.01% 0.14%
Guatemalan 95 0.06% 0.73%
Honduran 101 0.06% 0.78%
Nicaraguan 30 0.02% 0.23%
Panamanian 24 0.02% 0.19%
Salvadorian 775 0.49% 5.99%
Other Central American 29 0.02% 0.22%
South American 216 0.14% 1.67%
Argentinian 10 0.01% 0.08%
Bolivian 66 0.04% 0.51%
Chilean 13 0.01% 0.10%
Columbian 54 0.03% 0.42%
Ecuadorian 17 0.01% 0.13%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 22 0.01% 0.17%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 20 0.01% 0.15%
Other South American 13 0.01% 0.10%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,680 1.07% 12.99%
Spaniard 22 0.01% 0.17%
Spanish 174 0.11% 1.35%
Spanish American 10 0.01% 0.08%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,474 0.93% 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. Cherokee 995 64.61% 0.63%
2. Choctaw 91 5.91% 0.06%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 77 5.00% 0.05%
4. Latin American Indians 75 4.87% 0.05%
5. Creek 59 3.83% 0.04%
6. Apache 26 1.69% 0.02%
7. Osage 23 1.49% 0.01%
8. Sioux 19 1.23% 0.01%
9. Chippewa 18 1.17% 0.01%
10. Potawatomi 17 1.10% 0.01%
11. Navajo 16 1.04% 0.01%
12. Chickasaw 15 0.97% 0.01%
13. Iroquois 13 0.84% 0.01%
14. Delaware 11 0.71% 0.01%
15. Seminole 11 0.71% 0.01%
16. Blackfeet 10 0.65% 0.01%
17. Eskimo 10 0.65% 0.01%
18. Comanche 8 0.52% 0.01%
19. Pueblo 8 0.52% 0.01%
20. Kiowa 6 0.39% 0.00%
21. Puget Sound Salish 6 0.39% 0.00%
22. Tohono O'Odham 6 0.39% 0.00%
23. Ottawa 4 0.26% 0.00%
24. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.19% 0.00%
25. Aleut 3 0.19% 0.00%
26. Menominee 2 0.13% 0.00%
27. Yaqui 2 0.13% 0.00%
28. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.13% 0.00%
29. Cheyenne 1 0.06% 0.00%
30. Paiute 1 0.06% 0.00%
31. Pima 1 0.06% 0.00%
32. Ute 1 0.06% 0.00%

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

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