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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 5,556,813 94.28% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 337,308 5.72% 100.00%
Total Asian 313,808 5.32% 93.03%
Southern Asian 25,651 0.44% 7.60%
Asian Indian 23,992 0.41% 7.11%
Bangladeshi 119 0.00% 0.04%
Pakistani 1,214 0.02% 0.36%
Sri Lankan 326 0.01% 0.10%
Southeastern Asian 138,811 2.36% 41.15%
Cambodian 13,899 0.24% 4.12%
Filipino 65,373 1.11% 19.38%
Indonesian 1,369 0.02% 0.41%
Laotian 7,974 0.14% 2.36%
Malaysian 222 0.00% 0.07%
Thai 3,825 0.06% 1.13%
Vietnamese 46,149 0.78% 13.68%
Eastern Asian 144,073 2.44% 42.71%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 55,895 0.95% 16.57%
Hmong 1,294 0.02% 0.38%
Japanese 35,985 0.61% 10.67%
Korean 46,880 0.80% 13.90%
Taiwanese 4,019 0.07% 1.19%
Other Asian or Not Specified 5,273 0.09% 1.56%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 23,500 0.40% 6.97%
Polynesian 13,924 0.24% 4.13%
Native Hawaiian 4,883 0.08% 1.45%
Samoan 8,049 0.14% 2.39%
Tongan 754 0.01% 0.22%
Other Polynesian 238 0.00% 0.07%
Micronesian 6,702 0.11% 1.99%
Guamanian or Chamorro 5,823 0.10% 1.73%
Other Micronesian 879 0.01% 0.26%
Melanesian 837 0.01% 0.25%
Fijian 823 0.01% 0.24%
Other Melanesian 14 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 2,037 0.03% 0.60%

* 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) 5,452,612 92.51% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 441,509 7.49% 100.00%
Mexican 329,934 5.60% 74.73%
Puerto Rican 16,140 0.27% 3.66%
Cuban 4,501 0.08% 1.02%
Dominican 661 0.01% 0.15%
Central American 12,126 0.21% 2.75%
Costa Rican 818 0.01% 0.19%
Guatemalan 2,773 0.05% 0.63%
Honduran 1,330 0.02% 0.30%
Nicaraguan 871 0.01% 0.20%
Panamanian 1,725 0.03% 0.39%
Salvadorian 3,987 0.07% 0.90%
Other Central American 622 0.01% 0.14%
South American 8,455 0.14% 1.92%
Argentinian 939 0.02% 0.21%
Bolivian 347 0.01% 0.08%
Chilean 1,229 0.02% 0.28%
Columbian 2,189 0.04% 0.50%
Ecuadorian 637 0.01% 0.14%
Paraguayan 46 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 1,942 0.03% 0.44%
Uruguayan 111 0.00% 0.03%
Venezuelan 528 0.01% 0.12%
Other South American 487 0.01% 0.11%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 69,692 1.18% 15.78%
Spaniard 1,936 0.03% 0.44%
Spanish 13,150 0.22% 2.98%
Spanish American 781 0.01% 0.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 53,825 0.91% 12.19%


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 19,977 28.39% 0.34%
2. Puget Sound Salish 9,624 13.68% 0.16%
3. Yakama 7,089 10.08% 0.12%
4. Colville 6,723 9.56% 0.11%
5. Cherokee 4,899 6.96% 0.08%
6. Chippewa 3,138 4.46% 0.05%
7. Tlingit-Haida 2,615 3.72% 0.04%
8. Sioux 2,554 3.63% 0.04%
9. Blackfeet 1,999 2.84% 0.03%
10. Latin American Indians 1,499 2.13% 0.03%
11. Aleut 1,322 1.88% 0.02%
12. Choctaw 1,005 1.43% 0.02%
13. Navajo 961 1.37% 0.02%
14. Eskimo 955 1.36% 0.02%
15. Apache 704 1.00% 0.01%
16. Iroquois 540 0.77% 0.01%
17. Alaskan Athabascan 528 0.75% 0.01%
18. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 459 0.65% 0.01%
19. Pueblo 405 0.58% 0.01%
20. Cheyenne 385 0.55% 0.01%
21. Creek 313 0.44% 0.01%
22. Chickasaw 286 0.41% 0.00%
23. Potawatomi 268 0.38% 0.00%
24. Cree 252 0.36% 0.00%
25. Shoshone 212 0.30% 0.00%
26. Crow 195 0.28% 0.00%
27. Lumbee 165 0.23% 0.00%
28. Delaware 163 0.23% 0.00%
29. Comanche 160 0.23% 0.00%
30. Paiute 148 0.21% 0.00%
31. Osage 125 0.18% 0.00%
32. Seminole 109 0.15% 0.00%
33. Yaqui 103 0.15% 0.00%
34. Kiowa 92 0.13% 0.00%
35. Pima 92 0.13% 0.00%
36. Ottawa 86 0.12% 0.00%
37. Ute 63 0.09% 0.00%
38. Yuman 50 0.07% 0.00%
39. Menominee 44 0.06% 0.00%
40. Tohono O'Odham 30 0.04% 0.00%
41. Houma 19 0.03% 0.00%

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

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