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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 51,902 97.50% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,332 2.50% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,234 2.32% 92.64%
Southern Asian 85 0.16% 6.38%
Asian Indian 73 0.14% 5.48%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 12 0.02% 0.90%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 730 1.37% 54.80%
Cambodian 15 0.03% 1.13%
Filipino 637 1.20% 47.82%
Indonesian 10 0.02% 0.75%
Laotian 7 0.01% 0.53%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 3 0.01% 0.23%
Vietnamese 58 0.11% 4.35%
Eastern Asian 407 0.76% 30.56%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 122 0.23% 9.16%
Hmong 11 0.02% 0.83%
Japanese 191 0.36% 14.34%
Korean 82 0.15% 6.16%
Taiwanese 1 0.00% 0.08%
Other Asian or Not Specified 12 0.02% 0.90%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 98 0.18% 7.36%
Polynesian 53 0.10% 3.98%
Native Hawaiian 25 0.05% 1.88%
Samoan 25 0.05% 1.88%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.08%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.15%
Micronesian 18 0.03% 1.35%
Guamanian or Chamorro 18 0.03% 1.35%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 8 0.02% 0.60%
Fijian 8 0.02% 0.60%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 19 0.04% 1.43%

* 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) 27,718 52.07% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 25,516 47.93% 100.00%
Mexican 21,908 41.15% 85.86%
Puerto Rican 157 0.29% 0.62%
Cuban 34 0.06% 0.13%
Dominican 6 0.01% 0.02%
Central American 212 0.40% 0.83%
Costa Rican 1 0.00% 0.00%
Guatemalan 44 0.08% 0.17%
Honduran 19 0.04% 0.07%
Nicaraguan 31 0.06% 0.12%
Panamanian 12 0.02% 0.05%
Salvadorian 90 0.17% 0.35%
Other Central American 15 0.03% 0.06%
South American 97 0.18% 0.38%
Argentinian 15 0.03% 0.06%
Bolivian 3 0.01% 0.01%
Chilean 12 0.02% 0.05%
Columbian 28 0.05% 0.11%
Ecuadorian 4 0.01% 0.02%
Paraguayan 4 0.01% 0.02%
Peruvian 16 0.03% 0.06%
Uruguayan 2 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 6 0.01% 0.02%
Other South American 7 0.01% 0.03%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,102 5.83% 12.16%
Spaniard 67 0.13% 0.26%
Spanish 559 1.05% 2.19%
Spanish American 24 0.05% 0.09%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,452 4.61% 9.61%


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 116 31.96% 0.22%
2. Latin American Indians 71 19.56% 0.13%
3. Apache 37 10.19% 0.07%
4. Cherokee 36 9.92% 0.07%
5. Blackfeet 16 4.41% 0.03%
6. Navajo 12 3.31% 0.02%
7. Choctaw 10 2.75% 0.02%
8. Potawatomi 10 2.75% 0.02%
9. Yaqui 10 2.75% 0.02%
10. Osage 9 2.48% 0.02%
11. Sioux 6 1.65% 0.01%
12. Pueblo 5 1.38% 0.01%
13. Chippewa 4 1.10% 0.01%
14. Iroquois 3 0.83% 0.01%
15. Yuman 3 0.83% 0.01%
16. Chickasaw 2 0.55% 0.00%
17. Cheyenne 1 0.28% 0.00%
18. Comanche 1 0.28% 0.00%
19. Cree 1 0.28% 0.00%
20. Creek 1 0.28% 0.00%
21. Kiowa 1 0.28% 0.00%
22. Lumbee 1 0.28% 0.00%
23. Ottawa 1 0.28% 0.00%
24. Paiute 1 0.28% 0.00%
25. Pima 1 0.28% 0.00%
26. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.28% 0.00%
27. Seminole 1 0.28% 0.00%
28. Shoshone 1 0.28% 0.00%
29. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.28% 0.00%

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

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