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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 94,350 99.61% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 369 0.39% 100.00%
Total Asian 348 0.37% 94.31%
Southern Asian 122 0.13% 33.06%
Asian Indian 103 0.11% 27.91%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 16 0.02% 4.34%
Sri Lankan 3 0.00% 0.81%
Southeastern Asian 114 0.12% 30.89%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 56 0.06% 15.18%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 1 0.00% 0.27%
Malaysian 4 0.00% 1.08%
Thai 14 0.01% 3.79%
Vietnamese 39 0.04% 10.57%
Eastern Asian 108 0.11% 29.27%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 53 0.06% 14.36%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 19 0.02% 5.15%
Korean 35 0.04% 9.49%
Taiwanese 1 0.00% 0.27%
Other Asian or Not Specified 4 0.00% 1.08%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 21 0.02% 5.69%
Polynesian 11 0.01% 2.98%
Native Hawaiian 5 0.01% 1.36%
Samoan 6 0.01% 1.63%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 10 0.01% 2.71%
Guamanian or Chamorro 2 0.00% 0.54%
Other Micronesian 8 0.01% 2.17%
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 0 0.00% 0.00%

* 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) 94,087 99.33% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 632 0.67% 100.00%
Mexican 268 0.28% 42.41%
Puerto Rican 42 0.04% 6.65%
Cuban 48 0.05% 7.59%
Dominican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Central American 25 0.03% 3.96%
Costa Rican 1 0.00% 0.16%
Guatemalan 5 0.01% 0.79%
Honduran 3 0.00% 0.47%
Nicaraguan 1 0.00% 0.16%
Panamanian 14 0.01% 2.22%
Salvadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Central American 1 0.00% 0.16%
South American 38 0.04% 6.01%
Argentinian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 1 0.00% 0.16%
Columbian 28 0.03% 4.43%
Ecuadorian 3 0.00% 0.47%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.32%
Peruvian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 2 0.00% 0.32%
Other South American 2 0.00% 0.32%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 211 0.22% 33.39%
Spaniard 1 0.00% 0.16%
Spanish 54 0.06% 8.54%
Spanish American 0 0.00% 0.00%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 156 0.16% 24.68%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Sioux 1,133 59.35% 1.20%
2. Chippewa 498 26.09% 0.53%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 405 21.22% 0.43%
4. Crow 35 1.83% 0.04%
5. Ute 23 1.20% 0.02%
6. Blackfeet 17 0.89% 0.02%
7. Cherokee 11 0.58% 0.01%
8. Cheyenne 10 0.52% 0.01%
9. Shoshone 8 0.42% 0.01%
10. Apache 7 0.37% 0.01%
11. Pueblo 7 0.37% 0.01%
12. Latin American Indians 6 0.31% 0.01%
13. Paiute 6 0.31% 0.01%
14. Potawatomi 6 0.31% 0.01%
15. Navajo 5 0.26% 0.01%
16. Iroquois 4 0.21% 0.00%
17. Choctaw 3 0.16% 0.00%
18. Yuman 3 0.16% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 3 0.16% 0.00%
20. Comanche 2 0.10% 0.00%
21. Ottawa 2 0.10% 0.00%
22. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.10% 0.00%
23. Colville 1 0.05% 0.00%
24. Cree 1 0.05% 0.00%
25. Delaware 1 0.05% 0.00%
26. Osage 1 0.05% 0.00%
27. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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