La Plata 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 43,743 99.55% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 198 0.45% 100.00%
Total Asian 175 0.40% 88.38%
Southern Asian 14 0.03% 7.07%
Asian Indian 11 0.03% 5.56%
Bangladeshi 2 0.00% 1.01%
Pakistani 1 0.00% 0.51%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 31 0.07% 15.66%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 14 0.03% 7.07%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 3 0.01% 1.52%
Vietnamese 14 0.03% 7.07%
Eastern Asian 125 0.28% 63.13%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 30 0.07% 15.15%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 58 0.13% 29.29%
Korean 34 0.08% 17.17%
Taiwanese 3 0.01% 1.52%
Other Asian or Not Specified 5 0.01% 2.53%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 23 0.05% 11.62%
Polynesian 14 0.03% 7.07%
Native Hawaiian 12 0.03% 6.06%
Samoan 2 0.00% 1.01%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 4 0.01% 2.02%
Guamanian or Chamorro 4 0.01% 2.02%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 5 0.01% 2.53%

* 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) 39,370 89.60% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 4,571 10.40% 100.00%
Mexican 1,674 3.81% 36.62%
Puerto Rican 64 0.15% 1.40%
Cuban 20 0.05% 0.44%
Dominican 4 0.01% 0.09%
Central American 28 0.06% 0.61%
Costa Rican 6 0.01% 0.13%
Guatemalan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Honduran 7 0.02% 0.15%
Nicaraguan 5 0.01% 0.11%
Panamanian 5 0.01% 0.11%
Salvadorian 4 0.01% 0.09%
Other Central American 0 0.00% 0.00%
South American 46 0.10% 1.01%
Argentinian 5 0.01% 0.11%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Chilean 7 0.02% 0.15%
Columbian 8 0.02% 0.18%
Ecuadorian 6 0.01% 0.13%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 8 0.02% 0.18%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 11 0.03% 0.24%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,735 6.22% 59.83%
Spaniard 29 0.07% 0.63%
Spanish 1,104 2.51% 24.15%
Spanish American 97 0.22% 2.12%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,505 3.43% 32.92%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Ute 989 44.95% 2.25%
2. Navajo 672 30.55% 1.53%
3. Pueblo 100 4.55% 0.23%
4. Apache 76 3.45% 0.17%
5. All Other Native American Tribes 66 3.00% 0.15%
6. Cherokee 47 2.14% 0.11%
7. Sioux 46 2.09% 0.10%
8. Choctaw 35 1.59% 0.08%
9. Cheyenne 23 1.05% 0.05%
10. Paiute 17 0.77% 0.04%
11. Tlingit-Haida 17 0.77% 0.04%
12. Eskimo 11 0.50% 0.03%
13. Alaskan Athabascan 10 0.45% 0.02%
14. Potawatomi 9 0.41% 0.02%
15. Chippewa 8 0.36% 0.02%
16. Iroquois 8 0.36% 0.02%
17. Yakama 7 0.32% 0.02%
18. Aleut 6 0.27% 0.01%
19. Creek 5 0.23% 0.01%
20. Kiowa 5 0.23% 0.01%
21. Latin American Indians 5 0.23% 0.01%
22. Shoshone 5 0.23% 0.01%
23. Yuman 5 0.23% 0.01%
24. Chickasaw 4 0.18% 0.01%
25. Seminole 4 0.18% 0.01%
26. Blackfeet 3 0.14% 0.01%
27. Colville 3 0.14% 0.01%
28. Comanche 3 0.14% 0.01%
29. Osage 3 0.14% 0.01%
30. Delaware 2 0.09% 0.00%
31. Pima 2 0.09% 0.00%
32. All Other Alaskan Tribes 2 0.09% 0.00%
33. Crow 1 0.05% 0.00%
34. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

Home | About | Help | Contact | Use Policy