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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 189,026 98.60% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 2,675 1.40% 100.00%
Total Asian 2,589 1.35% 96.79%
Southern Asian 996 0.52% 37.23%
Asian Indian 922 0.48% 34.47%
Bangladeshi 11 0.01% 0.41%
Pakistani 56 0.03% 2.09%
Sri Lankan 7 0.00% 0.26%
Southeastern Asian 759 0.40% 28.37%
Cambodian 6 0.00% 0.22%
Filipino 171 0.09% 6.39%
Indonesian 8 0.00% 0.30%
Laotian 141 0.07% 5.27%
Malaysian 6 0.00% 0.22%
Thai 27 0.01% 1.01%
Vietnamese 400 0.21% 14.95%
Eastern Asian 767 0.40% 28.67%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 312 0.16% 11.66%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.04%
Japanese 102 0.05% 3.81%
Korean 347 0.18% 12.97%
Taiwanese 5 0.00% 0.19%
Other Asian or Not Specified 67 0.03% 2.50%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 86 0.04% 3.21%
Polynesian 34 0.02% 1.27%
Native Hawaiian 16 0.01% 0.60%
Samoan 15 0.01% 0.56%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.04%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.07%
Micronesian 32 0.02% 1.20%
Guamanian or Chamorro 3 0.00% 0.11%
Other Micronesian 29 0.02% 1.08%
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 20 0.01% 0.75%

* 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) 188,979 98.58% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 2,722 1.42% 100.00%
Mexican 1,692 0.88% 62.16%
Puerto Rican 185 0.10% 6.80%
Cuban 46 0.02% 1.69%
Dominican 9 0.00% 0.33%
Central American 122 0.06% 4.48%
Costa Rican 6 0.00% 0.22%
Guatemalan 25 0.01% 0.92%
Honduran 31 0.02% 1.14%
Nicaraguan 3 0.00% 0.11%
Panamanian 20 0.01% 0.73%
Salvadorian 25 0.01% 0.92%
Other Central American 12 0.01% 0.44%
South American 123 0.06% 4.52%
Argentinian 8 0.00% 0.29%
Bolivian 7 0.00% 0.26%
Chilean 20 0.01% 0.73%
Columbian 28 0.01% 1.03%
Ecuadorian 25 0.01% 0.92%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.07%
Peruvian 16 0.01% 0.59%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 13 0.01% 0.48%
Other South American 4 0.00% 0.15%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 545 0.28% 20.02%
Spaniard 7 0.00% 0.26%
Spanish 85 0.04% 3.12%
Spanish American 5 0.00% 0.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 448 0.23% 16.46%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 86 39.63% 0.05%
2. Sioux 50 23.04% 0.03%
3. Cherokee 45 20.74% 0.03%
4. Chippewa 21 9.68% 0.01%
5. Choctaw 12 5.53% 0.01%
6. Latin American Indians 11 5.07% 0.01%
7. Creek 7 3.23% 0.00%
8. Navajo 7 3.23% 0.00%
9. Blackfeet 6 2.76% 0.00%
10. Cheyenne 5 2.30% 0.00%
11. Menominee 5 2.30% 0.00%
12. Lumbee 4 1.84% 0.00%
13. Tlingit-Haida 4 1.84% 0.00%
14. Cree 3 1.38% 0.00%
15. Pima 3 1.38% 0.00%
16. Apache 2 0.92% 0.00%
17. Comanche 2 0.92% 0.00%
18. Iroquois 2 0.92% 0.00%
19. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.92% 0.00%
20. Eskimo 2 0.92% 0.00%
21. Crow 1 0.46% 0.00%
22. Ottawa 1 0.46% 0.00%
23. Potawatomi 1 0.46% 0.00%
24. Ute 1 0.46% 0.00%
25. Yuman 1 0.46% 0.00%

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

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