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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 336,910 98.40% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 5,466 1.60% 100.00%
Total Asian 5,299 1.55% 96.94%
Southern Asian 1,575 0.46% 28.81%
Asian Indian 1,508 0.44% 27.59%
Bangladeshi 19 0.01% 0.35%
Pakistani 44 0.01% 0.80%
Sri Lankan 4 0.00% 0.07%
Southeastern Asian 1,044 0.30% 19.10%
Cambodian 20 0.01% 0.37%
Filipino 376 0.11% 6.88%
Indonesian 18 0.01% 0.33%
Laotian 82 0.02% 1.50%
Malaysian 11 0.00% 0.20%
Thai 105 0.03% 1.92%
Vietnamese 432 0.13% 7.90%
Eastern Asian 2,556 0.75% 46.76%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,042 0.30% 19.06%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 355 0.10% 6.49%
Korean 1,073 0.31% 19.63%
Taiwanese 86 0.03% 1.57%
Other Asian or Not Specified 124 0.04% 2.27%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 167 0.05% 3.06%
Polynesian 65 0.02% 1.19%
Native Hawaiian 51 0.01% 0.93%
Samoan 13 0.00% 0.24%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Micronesian 87 0.03% 1.59%
Guamanian or Chamorro 77 0.02% 1.41%
Other Micronesian 10 0.00% 0.18%
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 15 0.00% 0.27%

* 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) 335,410 97.97% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 6,966 2.03% 100.00%
Mexican 3,888 1.14% 55.81%
Puerto Rican 1,035 0.30% 14.86%
Cuban 240 0.07% 3.45%
Dominican 62 0.02% 0.89%
Central American 347 0.10% 4.98%
Costa Rican 34 0.01% 0.49%
Guatemalan 109 0.03% 1.56%
Honduran 30 0.01% 0.43%
Nicaraguan 13 0.00% 0.19%
Panamanian 129 0.04% 1.85%
Salvadorian 18 0.01% 0.26%
Other Central American 14 0.00% 0.20%
South American 187 0.05% 2.68%
Argentinian 16 0.00% 0.23%
Bolivian 5 0.00% 0.07%
Chilean 12 0.00% 0.17%
Columbian 55 0.02% 0.79%
Ecuadorian 16 0.00% 0.23%
Paraguayan 4 0.00% 0.06%
Peruvian 30 0.01% 0.43%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 33 0.01% 0.47%
Other South American 16 0.00% 0.23%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,207 0.35% 17.33%
Spaniard 38 0.01% 0.55%
Spanish 200 0.06% 2.87%
Spanish American 30 0.01% 0.43%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 939 0.27% 13.48%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 1,586 81.92% 0.10%
2. Choctaw 53 2.74% 0.00%
3. Creek 40 2.07% 0.00%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 35 1.81% 0.00%
5. Apache 23 1.19% 0.00%
6. Latin American Indians 19 0.98% 0.00%
7. Lumbee 15 0.77% 0.00%
8. Sioux 15 0.77% 0.00%
9. Chippewa 14 0.72% 0.00%
10. Delaware 14 0.72% 0.00%
11. Blackfeet 13 0.67% 0.00%
12. Navajo 13 0.67% 0.00%
13. Chickasaw 10 0.52% 0.00%
14. Iroquois 9 0.46% 0.00%
15. Seminole 9 0.46% 0.00%
16. Eskimo 5 0.26% 0.00%
17. Crow 3 0.15% 0.00%
18. Kiowa 3 0.15% 0.00%
19. Osage 3 0.15% 0.00%
20. Ottawa 3 0.15% 0.00%
21. Potawatomi 3 0.15% 0.00%
22. Pueblo 3 0.15% 0.00%
23. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.15% 0.00%
24. Ute 2 0.10% 0.00%
25. Aleut 2 0.10% 0.00%
26. Cheyenne 1 0.05% 0.00%
27. Comanche 1 0.05% 0.00%
28. Houma 1 0.05% 0.00%
29. Pima 1 0.05% 0.00%
30. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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