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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 528,671 98.51% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 8,020 1.49% 100.00%
Total Asian 7,678 1.43% 95.74%
Southern Asian 2,282 0.43% 28.45%
Asian Indian 2,154 0.40% 26.86%
Bangladeshi 25 0.00% 0.31%
Pakistani 85 0.02% 1.06%
Sri Lankan 18 0.00% 0.22%
Southeastern Asian 1,770 0.33% 22.07%
Cambodian 15 0.00% 0.19%
Filipino 812 0.15% 10.12%
Indonesian 15 0.00% 0.19%
Laotian 97 0.02% 1.21%
Malaysian 8 0.00% 0.10%
Thai 154 0.03% 1.92%
Vietnamese 669 0.12% 8.34%
Eastern Asian 3,431 0.64% 42.78%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,397 0.26% 17.42%
Hmong 4 0.00% 0.05%
Japanese 454 0.08% 5.66%
Korean 1,516 0.28% 18.90%
Taiwanese 60 0.01% 0.75%
Other Asian or Not Specified 195 0.04% 2.43%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 342 0.06% 4.26%
Polynesian 165 0.03% 2.06%
Native Hawaiian 84 0.02% 1.05%
Samoan 79 0.01% 0.99%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 122 0.02% 1.52%
Guamanian or Chamorro 100 0.02% 1.25%
Other Micronesian 22 0.00% 0.27%
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 54 0.01% 0.67%

* 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) 523,832 97.60% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 12,859 2.40% 100.00%
Mexican 5,308 0.99% 41.28%
Puerto Rican 3,259 0.61% 25.34%
Cuban 572 0.11% 4.45%
Dominican 141 0.03% 1.10%
Central American 823 0.15% 6.40%
Costa Rican 26 0.00% 0.20%
Guatemalan 200 0.04% 1.56%
Honduran 96 0.02% 0.75%
Nicaraguan 31 0.01% 0.24%
Panamanian 374 0.07% 2.91%
Salvadorian 72 0.01% 0.56%
Other Central American 24 0.00% 0.19%
South American 661 0.12% 5.14%
Argentinian 54 0.01% 0.42%
Bolivian 18 0.00% 0.14%
Chilean 37 0.01% 0.29%
Columbian 184 0.03% 1.43%
Ecuadorian 94 0.02% 0.73%
Paraguayan 10 0.00% 0.08%
Peruvian 103 0.02% 0.80%
Uruguayan 6 0.00% 0.05%
Venezuelan 125 0.02% 0.97%
Other South American 30 0.01% 0.23%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,095 0.39% 16.29%
Spaniard 69 0.01% 0.54%
Spanish 322 0.06% 2.50%
Spanish American 30 0.01% 0.23%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,674 0.31% 13.02%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 396 49.44% 0.14%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 187 23.35% 0.07%
3. Lumbee 74 9.24% 0.03%
4. Latin American Indians 36 4.49% 0.01%
5. Sioux 33 4.12% 0.01%
6. Iroquois 28 3.50% 0.01%
7. Navajo 23 2.87% 0.01%
8. Creek 18 2.25% 0.01%
9. Chippewa 15 1.87% 0.01%
10. Choctaw 15 1.87% 0.01%
11. Pueblo 14 1.75% 0.01%
12. Alaskan Athabascan 13 1.62% 0.00%
13. Chickasaw 10 1.25% 0.00%
14. Apache 8 1.00% 0.00%
15. Comanche 8 1.00% 0.00%
16. Osage 7 0.87% 0.00%
17. Eskimo 7 0.87% 0.00%
18. Cheyenne 6 0.75% 0.00%
19. Blackfeet 5 0.62% 0.00%
20. Seminole 5 0.62% 0.00%
21. Aleut 5 0.62% 0.00%
22. Houma 3 0.37% 0.00%
23. Potawatomi 3 0.37% 0.00%
24. Tohono O'Odham 3 0.37% 0.00%
25. Crow 2 0.25% 0.00%
26. Shoshone 2 0.25% 0.00%
27. Ute 2 0.25% 0.00%
28. Cree 1 0.12% 0.00%
29. Delaware 1 0.12% 0.00%
30. Kiowa 1 0.12% 0.00%
31. Pima 1 0.12% 0.00%
32. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.12% 0.00%
33. Yaqui 1 0.12% 0.00%
34. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 1 0.12% 0.00%

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

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