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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 541,558 98.64% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 7,475 1.36% 100.00%
Total Asian 7,125 1.30% 95.32%
Southern Asian 942 0.17% 12.60%
Asian Indian 865 0.16% 11.57%
Bangladeshi 10 0.00% 0.13%
Pakistani 54 0.01% 0.72%
Sri Lankan 13 0.00% 0.17%
Southeastern Asian 3,983 0.73% 53.28%
Cambodian 15 0.00% 0.20%
Filipino 3,252 0.59% 43.51%
Indonesian 7 0.00% 0.09%
Laotian 4 0.00% 0.05%
Malaysian 6 0.00% 0.08%
Thai 117 0.02% 1.57%
Vietnamese 582 0.11% 7.79%
Eastern Asian 2,039 0.37% 27.28%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,048 0.19% 14.02%
Hmong 2 0.00% 0.03%
Japanese 475 0.09% 6.35%
Korean 487 0.09% 6.52%
Taiwanese 27 0.00% 0.36%
Other Asian or Not Specified 161 0.03% 2.15%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 350 0.06% 4.68%
Polynesian 149 0.03% 1.99%
Native Hawaiian 83 0.02% 1.11%
Samoan 56 0.01% 0.75%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 10 0.00% 0.13%
Micronesian 127 0.02% 1.70%
Guamanian or Chamorro 94 0.02% 1.26%
Other Micronesian 33 0.01% 0.44%
Melanesian 5 0.00% 0.07%
Fijian 5 0.00% 0.07%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 69 0.01% 0.92%

* 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) 535,942 97.62% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 13,091 2.38% 100.00%
Mexican 6,675 1.22% 50.99%
Puerto Rican 2,176 0.40% 16.62%
Cuban 473 0.09% 3.61%
Dominican 144 0.03% 1.10%
Central American 547 0.10% 4.18%
Costa Rican 43 0.01% 0.33%
Guatemalan 116 0.02% 0.89%
Honduran 96 0.02% 0.73%
Nicaraguan 30 0.01% 0.23%
Panamanian 167 0.03% 1.28%
Salvadorian 80 0.01% 0.61%
Other Central American 15 0.00% 0.11%
South American 598 0.11% 4.57%
Argentinian 71 0.01% 0.54%
Bolivian 37 0.01% 0.28%
Chilean 40 0.01% 0.31%
Columbian 179 0.03% 1.37%
Ecuadorian 76 0.01% 0.58%
Paraguayan 5 0.00% 0.04%
Peruvian 74 0.01% 0.57%
Uruguayan 4 0.00% 0.03%
Venezuelan 55 0.01% 0.42%
Other South American 57 0.01% 0.44%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,478 0.45% 18.93%
Spaniard 71 0.01% 0.54%
Spanish 460 0.08% 3.51%
Spanish American 72 0.01% 0.55%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,875 0.34% 14.32%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 494 45.11% 0.20%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 414 37.81% 0.16%
3. Latin American Indians 76 6.94% 0.03%
4. Lumbee 67 6.12% 0.03%
5. Sioux 43 3.93% 0.02%
6. Choctaw 40 3.65% 0.02%
7. Iroquois 36 3.29% 0.01%
8. Chippewa 27 2.47% 0.01%
9. Creek 25 2.28% 0.01%
10. Navajo 22 2.01% 0.01%
11. Blackfeet 21 1.92% 0.01%
12. Apache 20 1.83% 0.01%
13. Houma 10 0.91% 0.00%
14. Seminole 10 0.91% 0.00%
15. Comanche 9 0.82% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 7 0.64% 0.00%
17. Delaware 7 0.64% 0.00%
18. Kiowa 7 0.64% 0.00%
19. Aleut 7 0.64% 0.00%
20. Potawatomi 5 0.46% 0.00%
21. Pueblo 5 0.46% 0.00%
22. Shoshone 4 0.37% 0.00%
23. Crow 3 0.27% 0.00%
24. Eskimo 3 0.27% 0.00%
25. Osage 2 0.18% 0.00%
26. Ottawa 2 0.18% 0.00%
27. Cree 1 0.09% 0.00%
28. Paiute 1 0.09% 0.00%
29. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.09% 0.00%
30. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.09% 0.00%
31. Ute 1 0.09% 0.00%
32. Yakama 1 0.09% 0.00%
33. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.09% 0.00%
34. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.09% 0.00%

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

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