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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 110,877 99.29% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 797 0.71% 100.00%
Total Asian 780 0.70% 97.87%
Southern Asian 172 0.15% 21.58%
Asian Indian 143 0.13% 17.94%
Bangladeshi 1 0.00% 0.13%
Pakistani 28 0.03% 3.51%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 244 0.22% 30.61%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 63 0.06% 7.90%
Indonesian 2 0.00% 0.25%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 1 0.00% 0.13%
Thai 5 0.00% 0.63%
Vietnamese 173 0.15% 21.71%
Eastern Asian 353 0.32% 44.29%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 144 0.13% 18.07%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 80 0.07% 10.04%
Korean 119 0.11% 14.93%
Taiwanese 10 0.01% 1.25%
Other Asian or Not Specified 11 0.01% 1.38%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 17 0.02% 2.13%
Polynesian 13 0.01% 1.63%
Native Hawaiian 4 0.00% 0.50%
Samoan 9 0.01% 1.13%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 3 0.00% 0.38%
Guamanian or Chamorro 3 0.00% 0.38%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
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 1 0.00% 0.13%

* 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) 110,336 98.80% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,338 1.20% 100.00%
Mexican 708 0.63% 52.91%
Puerto Rican 83 0.07% 6.20%
Cuban 40 0.04% 2.99%
Dominican 7 0.01% 0.52%
Central American 93 0.08% 6.95%
Costa Rican 3 0.00% 0.22%
Guatemalan 6 0.01% 0.45%
Honduran 54 0.05% 4.04%
Nicaraguan 5 0.00% 0.37%
Panamanian 6 0.01% 0.45%
Salvadorian 12 0.01% 0.90%
Other Central American 7 0.01% 0.52%
South American 94 0.08% 7.03%
Argentinian 2 0.00% 0.15%
Bolivian 1 0.00% 0.07%
Chilean 8 0.01% 0.60%
Columbian 43 0.04% 3.21%
Ecuadorian 10 0.01% 0.75%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 3 0.00% 0.22%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 21 0.02% 1.57%
Other South American 6 0.01% 0.45%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 313 0.28% 23.39%
Spaniard 5 0.00% 0.37%
Spanish 39 0.03% 2.91%
Spanish American 8 0.01% 0.60%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 261 0.23% 19.51%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 45 34.88% 0.01%
2. Choctaw 27 20.93% 0.01%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 12 9.30% 0.00%
4. Creek 9 6.98% 0.00%
5. Houma 6 4.65% 0.00%
6. Lumbee 6 4.65% 0.00%
7. Sioux 4 3.10% 0.00%
8. Cheyenne 3 2.33% 0.00%
9. Apache 2 1.55% 0.00%
10. Chippewa 2 1.55% 0.00%
11. Latin American Indians 2 1.55% 0.00%
12. Ottawa 2 1.55% 0.00%
13. Yaqui 2 1.55% 0.00%
14. Alaskan Athabascan 2 1.55% 0.00%
15. Eskimo 2 1.55% 0.00%
16. Blackfeet 1 0.78% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 1 0.78% 0.00%
18. Pima 1 0.78% 0.00%

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

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