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.

* 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)	462,113	93.59%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	31,669	6.41%	100.00%
Mexican	19,963	4.04%	63.04%
Puerto Rican	575	0.12%	1.82%
Cuban	160	0.03%	0.51%
Dominican	11	0.00%	0.03%
Central American	188	0.04%	0.59%
Costa Rican	15	0.00%	0.05%
Guatemalan	56	0.01%	0.18%
Honduran	18	0.00%	0.06%
Nicaraguan	16	0.00%	0.05%
Panamanian	55	0.01%	0.17%
Salvadorian	25	0.01%	0.08%
Other Central American	3	0.00%	0.01%
South American	261	0.05%	0.82%
Argentinian	15	0.00%	0.05%
Bolivian	22	0.00%	0.07%
Chilean	42	0.01%	0.13%
Columbian	48	0.01%	0.15%
Ecuadorian	26	0.01%	0.08%
Paraguayan	1	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	74	0.01%	0.23%
Uruguayan	1	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	14	0.00%	0.04%
Other South American	18	0.00%	0.06%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	10,511	2.13%	33.19%
Spaniard	132	0.03%	0.42%
Spanish	2,654	0.54%	8.38%
Spanish American	482	0.10%	1.52%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	7,243	1.47%	22.87%

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

Home | About | Help | Contact | Use Policy