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.

* 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)	196,579	94.95%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	10,454	5.05%	100.00%
Mexican	4,057	1.96%	38.81%
Puerto Rican	3,344	1.62%	31.99%
Cuban	208	0.10%	1.99%
Dominican	124	0.06%	1.19%
Central American	727	0.35%	6.95%
Costa Rican	22	0.01%	0.21%
Guatemalan	46	0.02%	0.44%
Honduran	61	0.03%	0.58%
Nicaraguan	27	0.01%	0.26%
Panamanian	502	0.24%	4.80%
Salvadorian	63	0.03%	0.60%
Other Central American	6	0.00%	0.06%
South American	269	0.13%	2.57%
Argentinian	15	0.01%	0.14%
Bolivian	11	0.01%	0.11%
Chilean	11	0.01%	0.11%
Columbian	104	0.05%	0.99%
Ecuadorian	35	0.02%	0.33%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	65	0.03%	0.62%
Uruguayan	5	0.00%	0.05%
Venezuelan	16	0.01%	0.15%
Other South American	7	0.00%	0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,725	0.83%	16.50%
Spaniard	20	0.01%	0.19%
Spanish	263	0.13%	2.52%
Spanish American	47	0.02%	0.45%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,395	0.67%	13.34%

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

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