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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 145,263 99.59% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 604 0.41% 100.00%
Total Asian 526 0.36% 87.09%
Southern Asian 144 0.10% 23.84%
Asian Indian 135 0.09% 22.35%
Bangladeshi 1 0.00% 0.17%
Pakistani 6 0.00% 0.99%
Sri Lankan 2 0.00% 0.33%
Southeastern Asian 123 0.08% 20.36%
Cambodian 3 0.00% 0.50%
Filipino 70 0.05% 11.59%
Indonesian 3 0.00% 0.50%
Laotian 9 0.01% 1.49%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 14 0.01% 2.32%
Vietnamese 24 0.02% 3.97%
Eastern Asian 234 0.16% 38.74%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 75 0.05% 12.42%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 103 0.07% 17.05%
Korean 49 0.03% 8.11%
Taiwanese 7 0.00% 1.16%
Other Asian or Not Specified 25 0.02% 4.14%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 78 0.05% 12.91%
Polynesian 17 0.01% 2.81%
Native Hawaiian 8 0.01% 1.32%
Samoan 8 0.01% 1.32%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.17%
Micronesian 59 0.04% 9.77%
Guamanian or Chamorro 57 0.04% 9.44%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.33%
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 2 0.00% 0.33%

* 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) 141,855 97.25% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 4,012 2.75% 100.00%
Mexican 2,934 2.01% 73.13%
Puerto Rican 124 0.09% 3.09%
Cuban 61 0.04% 1.52%
Dominican 4 0.00% 0.10%
Central American 217 0.15% 5.41%
Costa Rican 1 0.00% 0.02%
Guatemalan 194 0.13% 4.84%
Honduran 6 0.00% 0.15%
Nicaraguan 3 0.00% 0.07%
Panamanian 8 0.01% 0.20%
Salvadorian 4 0.00% 0.10%
Other Central American 1 0.00% 0.02%
South American 35 0.02% 0.87%
Argentinian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Bolivian 3 0.00% 0.07%
Chilean 3 0.00% 0.07%
Columbian 10 0.01% 0.25%
Ecuadorian 3 0.00% 0.07%
Paraguayan 4 0.00% 0.10%
Peruvian 3 0.00% 0.07%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 8 0.01% 0.20%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 637 0.44% 15.88%
Spaniard 12 0.01% 0.30%
Spanish 50 0.03% 1.25%
Spanish American 6 0.00% 0.15%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 569 0.39% 14.18%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 2,098 92.30% 1.83%
2. Choctaw 24 1.06% 0.02%
3. Creek 21 0.92% 0.02%
4. Chippewa 11 0.48% 0.01%
5. Navajo 11 0.48% 0.01%
6. All Other Native American Tribes 11 0.48% 0.01%
7. Lumbee 10 0.44% 0.01%
8. Sioux 6 0.26% 0.01%
9. Comanche 5 0.22% 0.00%
10. Apache 4 0.18% 0.00%
11. Blackfeet 3 0.13% 0.00%
12. Crow 3 0.13% 0.00%
13. Latin American Indians 3 0.13% 0.00%
14. Delaware 2 0.09% 0.00%
15. Iroquois 2 0.09% 0.00%
16. Pueblo 2 0.09% 0.00%
17. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.09% 0.00%
18. Chickasaw 1 0.04% 0.00%
19. Houma 1 0.04% 0.00%
20. Ottawa 1 0.04% 0.00%
21. Potawatomi 1 0.04% 0.00%
22. Seminole 1 0.04% 0.00%

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

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