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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 627,480 98.36% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 10,478 1.64% 100.00%
Total Asian 10,263 1.61% 97.95%
Southern Asian 3,564 0.56% 34.01%
Asian Indian 3,361 0.53% 32.08%
Bangladeshi 12 0.00% 0.11%
Pakistani 166 0.03% 1.58%
Sri Lankan 25 0.00% 0.24%
Southeastern Asian 2,935 0.46% 28.01%
Cambodian 66 0.01% 0.63%
Filipino 661 0.10% 6.31%
Indonesian 40 0.01% 0.38%
Laotian 11 0.00% 0.10%
Malaysian 12 0.00% 0.11%
Thai 106 0.02% 1.01%
Vietnamese 2,039 0.32% 19.46%
Eastern Asian 3,592 0.56% 34.28%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,145 0.34% 20.47%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 245 0.04% 2.34%
Korean 1,104 0.17% 10.54%
Taiwanese 97 0.02% 0.93%
Other Asian or Not Specified 172 0.03% 1.64%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 215 0.03% 2.05%
Polynesian 104 0.02% 0.99%
Native Hawaiian 39 0.01% 0.37%
Samoan 55 0.01% 0.52%
Tongan 8 0.00% 0.08%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.02%
Micronesian 56 0.01% 0.53%
Guamanian or Chamorro 51 0.01% 0.49%
Other Micronesian 5 0.00% 0.05%
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 55 0.01% 0.52%

* 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) 587,351 92.07% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 50,607 7.93% 100.00%
Mexican 3,545 0.56% 7.00%
Puerto Rican 33,528 5.26% 66.25%
Cuban 755 0.12% 1.49%
Dominican 2,221 0.35% 4.39%
Central American 1,177 0.18% 2.33%
Costa Rican 75 0.01% 0.15%
Guatemalan 324 0.05% 0.64%
Honduran 303 0.05% 0.60%
Nicaraguan 80 0.01% 0.16%
Panamanian 132 0.02% 0.26%
Salvadorian 203 0.03% 0.40%
Other Central American 60 0.01% 0.12%
South American 2,451 0.38% 4.84%
Argentinian 98 0.02% 0.19%
Bolivian 25 0.00% 0.05%
Chilean 260 0.04% 0.51%
Columbian 899 0.14% 1.78%
Ecuadorian 545 0.09% 1.08%
Paraguayan 10 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 414 0.06% 0.82%
Uruguayan 14 0.00% 0.03%
Venezuelan 92 0.01% 0.18%
Other South American 94 0.01% 0.19%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 6,930 1.09% 13.69%
Spaniard 157 0.02% 0.31%
Spanish 787 0.12% 1.56%
Spanish American 106 0.02% 0.21%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,880 0.92% 11.62%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 123 23.16% 0.02%
2. Latin American Indians 90 16.95% 0.01%
3. Delaware 63 11.86% 0.01%
4. Sioux 44 8.29% 0.01%
5. All Other Native American Tribes 42 7.91% 0.01%
6. Iroquois 39 7.34% 0.01%
7. Blackfeet 19 3.58% 0.00%
8. Pueblo 15 2.82% 0.00%
9. Chippewa 14 2.64% 0.00%
10. Choctaw 13 2.45% 0.00%
11. Lumbee 12 2.26% 0.00%
12. Navajo 8 1.51% 0.00%
13. Apache 5 0.94% 0.00%
14. Aleut 4 0.75% 0.00%
15. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.56% 0.00%
16. Tohono O'Odham 3 0.56% 0.00%
17. Ute 3 0.56% 0.00%
18. Seminole 2 0.38% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 2 0.38% 0.00%
20. Cree 1 0.19% 0.00%
21. Houma 1 0.19% 0.00%
22. Menominee 1 0.19% 0.00%
23. Ottawa 1 0.19% 0.00%

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

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