Fairfield 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 854,008 96.76% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 28,559 3.24% 100.00%
Total Asian 28,193 3.19% 98.72%
Southern Asian 9,599 1.09% 33.61%
Asian Indian 8,663 0.98% 30.33%
Bangladeshi 215 0.02% 0.75%
Pakistani 624 0.07% 2.18%
Sri Lankan 97 0.01% 0.34%
Southeastern Asian 7,393 0.84% 25.89%
Cambodian 1,418 0.16% 4.97%
Filipino 2,502 0.28% 8.76%
Indonesian 64 0.01% 0.22%
Laotian 841 0.10% 2.94%
Malaysian 47 0.01% 0.16%
Thai 228 0.03% 0.80%
Vietnamese 2,293 0.26% 8.03%
Eastern Asian 10,604 1.20% 37.13%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 6,054 0.69% 21.20%
Hmong 6 0.00% 0.02%
Japanese 2,448 0.28% 8.57%
Korean 1,998 0.23% 7.00%
Taiwanese 98 0.01% 0.34%
Other Asian or Not Specified 597 0.07% 2.09%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 366 0.04% 1.28%
Polynesian 182 0.02% 0.64%
Native Hawaiian 92 0.01% 0.32%
Samoan 86 0.01% 0.30%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 3 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 62 0.01% 0.22%
Guamanian or Chamorro 60 0.01% 0.21%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 8 0.00% 0.03%
Fijian 5 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 114 0.01% 0.40%

* 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) 777,732 88.12% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 104,835 11.88% 100.00%
Mexican 8,967 1.02% 8.55%
Puerto Rican 45,311 5.13% 43.22%
Cuban 2,690 0.30% 2.57%
Dominican 4,118 0.47% 3.93%
Central American 9,270 1.05% 8.84%
Costa Rican 1,242 0.14% 1.18%
Guatemalan 4,256 0.48% 4.06%
Honduran 1,432 0.16% 1.37%
Nicaraguan 473 0.05% 0.45%
Panamanian 197 0.02% 0.19%
Salvadorian 1,213 0.14% 1.16%
Other Central American 457 0.05% 0.44%
South American 16,745 1.90% 15.97%
Argentinian 660 0.07% 0.63%
Bolivian 177 0.02% 0.17%
Chilean 605 0.07% 0.58%
Columbian 6,470 0.73% 6.17%
Ecuadorian 4,785 0.54% 4.56%
Paraguayan 183 0.02% 0.17%
Peruvian 2,572 0.29% 2.45%
Uruguayan 280 0.03% 0.27%
Venezuelan 504 0.06% 0.48%
Other South American 509 0.06% 0.49%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 17,734 2.01% 16.92%
Spaniard 478 0.05% 0.46%
Spanish 2,319 0.26% 2.21%
Spanish American 268 0.03% 0.26%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 14,669 1.66% 13.99%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 233 31.96% 0.03%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 196 26.89% 0.02%
3. Cherokee 100 13.72% 0.01%
4. Iroquois 58 7.96% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 21 2.88% 0.00%
6. Apache 20 2.74% 0.00%
7. Chippewa 20 2.74% 0.00%
8. Choctaw 16 2.19% 0.00%
9. Sioux 13 1.78% 0.00%
10. Navajo 10 1.37% 0.00%
11. Seminole 7 0.96% 0.00%
12. Tlingit-Haida 5 0.69% 0.00%
13. Pueblo 4 0.55% 0.00%
14. Creek 3 0.41% 0.00%
15. Comanche 2 0.27% 0.00%
16. Cree 2 0.27% 0.00%
17. Houma 2 0.27% 0.00%
18. Lumbee 2 0.27% 0.00%
19. Ute 2 0.27% 0.00%
20. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.27% 0.00%
21. Eskimo 2 0.27% 0.00%
22. Cheyenne 1 0.14% 0.00%
23. Chickasaw 1 0.14% 0.00%
24. Colville 1 0.14% 0.00%
25. Delaware 1 0.14% 0.00%
26. Menominee 1 0.14% 0.00%
27. Osage 1 0.14% 0.00%
28. Pima 1 0.14% 0.00%
29. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.14% 0.00%
30. Yuman 1 0.14% 0.00%

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

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