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)	109,499	89.48%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	12,867	10.52%	100.00%
Mexican	10,036	8.20%	78.00%
Puerto Rican	204	0.17%	1.59%
Cuban	60	0.05%	0.47%
Dominican	9	0.01%	0.07%
Central American	62	0.05%	0.48%
Costa Rican	10	0.01%	0.08%
Guatemalan	16	0.01%	0.12%
Honduran	4	0.00%	0.03%
Nicaraguan	7	0.01%	0.05%
Panamanian	11	0.01%	0.09%
Salvadorian	10	0.01%	0.08%
Other Central American	4	0.00%	0.03%
South American	97	0.08%	0.75%
Argentinian	19	0.02%	0.15%
Bolivian	6	0.00%	0.05%
Chilean	9	0.01%	0.07%
Columbian	26	0.02%	0.20%
Ecuadorian	2	0.00%	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	12	0.01%	0.09%
Uruguayan	6	0.00%	0.05%
Venezuelan	10	0.01%	0.08%
Other South American	7	0.01%	0.05%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	2,399	1.96%	18.64%
Spaniard	51	0.04%	0.40%
Spanish	426	0.35%	3.31%
Spanish American	57	0.05%	0.44%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,865	1.52%	14.49%

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

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