Census Trend Charts Demographic Maps Rankings & Comparisons Segregation Data  

Zoom in and out of geography at levels: US, States or Metro Areas, and Counties within States.

You can zoom out to United States


Visit the SSDAN Web Site
CensusScope is a product of the Social Science Data Analysis Network.

Dallas, TX

Print-Friendly Version

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 5,025,188 96.23% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 196,613 3.77% 100.00%
Total Asian 192,304 3.68% 97.81%
Southern Asian 57,145 1.09% 29.06%
Asian Indian 49,669 0.95% 25.26%
Bangladeshi 1,192 0.02% 0.61%
Pakistani 5,905 0.11% 3.00%
Sri Lankan 379 0.01% 0.19%
Southeastern Asian 74,003 1.42% 37.64%
Cambodian 3,310 0.06% 1.68%
Filipino 13,196 0.25% 6.71%
Indonesian 656 0.01% 0.33%
Laotian 6,642 0.13% 3.38%
Malaysian 266 0.01% 0.14%
Thai 2,843 0.05% 1.45%
Vietnamese 47,090 0.90% 23.95%
Eastern Asian 57,195 1.10% 29.09%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 31,617 0.61% 16.08%
Hmong 277 0.01% 0.14%
Japanese 5,236 0.10% 2.66%
Korean 18,123 0.35% 9.22%
Taiwanese 1,942 0.04% 0.99%
Other Asian or Not Specified 3,961 0.08% 2.01%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 4,309 0.08% 2.19%
Polynesian 2,605 0.05% 1.32%
Native Hawaiian 823 0.02% 0.42%
Samoan 645 0.01% 0.33%
Tongan 1,032 0.02% 0.52%
Other Polynesian 105 0.00% 0.05%
Micronesian 982 0.02% 0.50%
Guamanian or Chamorro 691 0.01% 0.35%
Other Micronesian 291 0.01% 0.15%
Melanesian 32 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 31 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 690 0.01% 0.35%

* 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) 4,101,451 78.54% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,120,350 21.46% 100.00%
Mexican 889,879 17.04% 79.43%
Puerto Rican 16,191 0.31% 1.45%
Cuban 7,072 0.14% 0.63%
Dominican 968 0.02% 0.09%
Central American 37,926 0.73% 3.39%
Costa Rican 1,219 0.02% 0.11%
Guatemalan 5,075 0.10% 0.45%
Honduran 5,364 0.10% 0.48%
Nicaraguan 1,373 0.03% 0.12%
Panamanian 1,425 0.03% 0.13%
Salvadorian 21,771 0.42% 1.94%
Other Central American 1,699 0.03% 0.15%
South American 12,153 0.23% 1.08%
Argentinian 1,048 0.02% 0.09%
Bolivian 418 0.01% 0.04%
Chilean 754 0.01% 0.07%
Columbian 4,166 0.08% 0.37%
Ecuadorian 931 0.02% 0.08%
Paraguayan 93 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 2,724 0.05% 0.24%
Uruguayan 129 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 1,279 0.02% 0.11%
Other South American 611 0.01% 0.05%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 156,161 2.99% 13.94%
Spaniard 1,671 0.03% 0.15%
Spanish 11,555 0.22% 1.03%
Spanish American 644 0.01% 0.06%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 142,291 2.72% 12.70%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 3,273 25.59% 2.97%
2. Choctaw 2,783 21.76% 2.53%
3. Latin American Indians 1,522 11.90% 1.38%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 780 6.10% 0.71%
5. Chickasaw 674 5.27% 0.61%
6. Creek 502 3.93% 0.46%
7. Navajo 394 3.08% 0.36%
8. Sioux 311 2.43% 0.28%
9. Apache 298 2.33% 0.27%
10. Comanche 278 2.17% 0.25%
11. Potawatomi 221 1.73% 0.20%
12. Kiowa 166 1.30% 0.15%
13. Chippewa 164 1.28% 0.15%
14. Pueblo 146 1.14% 0.13%
15. Blackfeet 126 0.99% 0.11%
16. Seminole 123 0.96% 0.11%
17. Iroquois 109 0.85% 0.10%
18. Osage 108 0.84% 0.10%
19. Delaware 79 0.62% 0.07%
20. Cheyenne 56 0.44% 0.05%
21. Lumbee 49 0.38% 0.04%
22. Eskimo 36 0.28% 0.03%
23. Aleut 29 0.23% 0.03%
24. Alaskan Athabascan 26 0.20% 0.02%
25. Ottawa 24 0.19% 0.02%
26. Shoshone 24 0.19% 0.02%
27. Houma 23 0.18% 0.02%
28. Tohono O'Odham 23 0.18% 0.02%
29. Tlingit-Haida 19 0.15% 0.02%
30. Crow 16 0.13% 0.01%
31. Pima 15 0.12% 0.01%
32. Ute 15 0.12% 0.01%
33. Yaqui 15 0.12% 0.01%
34. Yuman 14 0.11% 0.01%
35. Cree 12 0.09% 0.01%
36. Paiute 8 0.06% 0.01%
37. Yakama 7 0.05% 0.01%
38. Colville 5 0.04% 0.00%
39. Menominee 5 0.04% 0.00%
40. Puget Sound Salish 5 0.04% 0.00%
41. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 2 0.02% 0.00%

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

Home | About | Help | Contact | Use Policy