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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 425,585 98.44% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 6,760 1.56% 100.00%
Total Asian 6,157 1.42% 91.08%
Southern Asian 902 0.21% 13.34%
Asian Indian 847 0.20% 12.53%
Bangladeshi 4 0.00% 0.06%
Pakistani 41 0.01% 0.61%
Sri Lankan 10 0.00% 0.15%
Southeastern Asian 2,228 0.52% 32.96%
Cambodian 49 0.01% 0.72%
Filipino 688 0.16% 10.18%
Indonesian 15 0.00% 0.22%
Laotian 364 0.08% 5.38%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 114 0.03% 1.69%
Vietnamese 998 0.23% 14.76%
Eastern Asian 2,821 0.65% 41.73%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,119 0.26% 16.55%
Hmong 32 0.01% 0.47%
Japanese 1,054 0.24% 15.59%
Korean 588 0.14% 8.70%
Taiwanese 28 0.01% 0.41%
Other Asian or Not Specified 206 0.05% 3.05%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 603 0.14% 8.92%
Polynesian 359 0.08% 5.31%
Native Hawaiian 166 0.04% 2.46%
Samoan 97 0.02% 1.43%
Tongan 82 0.02% 1.21%
Other Polynesian 14 0.00% 0.21%
Micronesian 187 0.04% 2.77%
Guamanian or Chamorro 151 0.03% 2.23%
Other Micronesian 36 0.01% 0.53%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 56 0.01% 0.83%

* 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) 394,423 91.23% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 37,922 8.77% 100.00%
Mexican 28,638 6.62% 75.52%
Puerto Rican 593 0.14% 1.56%
Cuban 168 0.04% 0.44%
Dominican 17 0.00% 0.04%
Central American 471 0.11% 1.24%
Costa Rican 32 0.01% 0.08%
Guatemalan 138 0.03% 0.36%
Honduran 62 0.01% 0.16%
Nicaraguan 21 0.00% 0.06%
Panamanian 58 0.01% 0.15%
Salvadorian 133 0.03% 0.35%
Other Central American 27 0.01% 0.07%
South American 470 0.11% 1.24%
Argentinian 59 0.01% 0.16%
Bolivian 22 0.01% 0.06%
Chilean 54 0.01% 0.14%
Columbian 109 0.03% 0.29%
Ecuadorian 47 0.01% 0.12%
Paraguayan 5 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 91 0.02% 0.24%
Uruguayan 9 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 47 0.01% 0.12%
Other South American 27 0.01% 0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 7,565 1.75% 19.95%
Spaniard 148 0.03% 0.39%
Spanish 1,120 0.26% 2.95%
Spanish American 62 0.01% 0.16%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 6,235 1.44% 16.44%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 534 31.10% 0.12%
2. Cherokee 413 24.05% 0.10%
3. Sioux 116 6.76% 0.03%
4. Choctaw 114 6.64% 0.03%
5. Chippewa 108 6.29% 0.02%
6. Navajo 102 5.94% 0.02%
7. Latin American Indians 93 5.42% 0.02%
8. Shoshone 61 3.55% 0.01%
9. Apache 45 2.62% 0.01%
10. Delaware 45 2.62% 0.01%
11. Paiute 43 2.50% 0.01%
12. Tlingit-Haida 40 2.33% 0.01%
13. Iroquois 38 2.21% 0.01%
14. Blackfeet 36 2.10% 0.01%
15. Pueblo 33 1.92% 0.01%
16. Potawatomi 30 1.75% 0.01%
17. Aleut 24 1.40% 0.01%
18. Cheyenne 20 1.16% 0.00%
19. Chickasaw 19 1.11% 0.00%
20. Creek 19 1.11% 0.00%
21. Eskimo 19 1.11% 0.00%
22. Seminole 16 0.93% 0.00%
23. Colville 13 0.76% 0.00%
24. Comanche 13 0.76% 0.00%
25. Osage 12 0.70% 0.00%
26. Ottawa 12 0.70% 0.00%
27. Pima 12 0.70% 0.00%
28. Crow 11 0.64% 0.00%
29. Ute 10 0.58% 0.00%
30. Puget Sound Salish 9 0.52% 0.00%
31. Yakama 7 0.41% 0.00%
32. Cree 6 0.35% 0.00%
33. Tohono O'Odham 5 0.29% 0.00%
34. Alaskan Athabascan 4 0.23% 0.00%
35. Lumbee 3 0.17% 0.00%
36. Kiowa 2 0.12% 0.00%
37. Menominee 2 0.12% 0.00%
38. Yaqui 1 0.06% 0.00%

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

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