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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 1,587,451 98.75% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 20,035 1.25% 100.00%
Total Asian 19,481 1.21% 97.23%
Southern Asian 5,813 0.36% 29.01%
Asian Indian 5,266 0.33% 26.28%
Bangladeshi 69 0.00% 0.34%
Pakistani 426 0.03% 2.13%
Sri Lankan 52 0.00% 0.26%
Southeastern Asian 4,745 0.30% 23.68%
Cambodian 158 0.01% 0.79%
Filipino 2,354 0.15% 11.75%
Indonesian 50 0.00% 0.25%
Laotian 152 0.01% 0.76%
Malaysian 63 0.00% 0.31%
Thai 237 0.01% 1.18%
Vietnamese 1,731 0.11% 8.64%
Eastern Asian 8,329 0.52% 41.57%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 4,195 0.26% 20.94%
Hmong 116 0.01% 0.58%
Japanese 1,464 0.09% 7.31%
Korean 2,380 0.15% 11.88%
Taiwanese 174 0.01% 0.87%
Other Asian or Not Specified 594 0.04% 2.96%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 554 0.03% 2.77%
Polynesian 291 0.02% 1.45%
Native Hawaiian 180 0.01% 0.90%
Samoan 101 0.01% 0.50%
Tongan 7 0.00% 0.03%
Other Polynesian 3 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 150 0.01% 0.75%
Guamanian or Chamorro 144 0.01% 0.72%
Other Micronesian 6 0.00% 0.03%
Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 3 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 110 0.01% 0.55%

* 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) 1,564,492 97.33% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 42,994 2.67% 100.00%
Mexican 28,742 1.79% 66.85%
Puerto Rican 2,950 0.18% 6.86%
Cuban 854 0.05% 1.99%
Dominican 329 0.02% 0.77%
Central American 2,213 0.14% 5.15%
Costa Rican 90 0.01% 0.21%
Guatemalan 384 0.02% 0.89%
Honduran 590 0.04% 1.37%
Nicaraguan 286 0.02% 0.67%
Panamanian 217 0.01% 0.50%
Salvadorian 563 0.04% 1.31%
Other Central American 83 0.01% 0.19%
South American 1,275 0.08% 2.97%
Argentinian 125 0.01% 0.29%
Bolivian 36 0.00% 0.08%
Chilean 61 0.00% 0.14%
Columbian 401 0.02% 0.93%
Ecuadorian 90 0.01% 0.21%
Paraguayan 19 0.00% 0.04%
Peruvian 251 0.02% 0.58%
Uruguayan 12 0.00% 0.03%
Venezuelan 230 0.01% 0.53%
Other South American 50 0.00% 0.12%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 6,631 0.41% 15.42%
Spaniard 153 0.01% 0.36%
Spanish 860 0.05% 2.00%
Spanish American 110 0.01% 0.26%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,508 0.34% 12.81%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 773 37.56% 0.70%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 362 17.59% 0.33%
3. Sioux 142 6.90% 0.13%
4. Latin American Indians 132 6.41% 0.12%
5. Blackfeet 100 4.86% 0.09%
6. Chippewa 100 4.86% 0.09%
7. Apache 84 4.08% 0.08%
8. Potawatomi 58 2.82% 0.05%
9. Navajo 52 2.53% 0.05%
10. Choctaw 51 2.48% 0.05%
11. Iroquois 43 2.09% 0.04%
12. Pueblo 27 1.31% 0.02%
13. Chickasaw 25 1.21% 0.02%
14. Creek 25 1.21% 0.02%
15. Delaware 23 1.12% 0.02%
16. Osage 20 0.97% 0.02%
17. Cheyenne 17 0.83% 0.02%
18. Lumbee 16 0.78% 0.01%
19. Comanche 12 0.58% 0.01%
20. Eskimo 12 0.58% 0.01%
21. Aleut 10 0.49% 0.01%
22. Crow 9 0.44% 0.01%
23. Menominee 9 0.44% 0.01%
24. Kiowa 8 0.39% 0.01%
25. Alaskan Athabascan 8 0.39% 0.01%
26. Ottawa 7 0.34% 0.01%
27. Cree 5 0.24% 0.00%
28. Seminole 5 0.24% 0.00%
29. Tlingit-Haida 5 0.24% 0.00%
30. Houma 4 0.19% 0.00%
31. Paiute 4 0.19% 0.00%
32. Pima 4 0.19% 0.00%
33. Puget Sound Salish 4 0.19% 0.00%
34. Ute 4 0.19% 0.00%
35. Colville 3 0.15% 0.00%
36. Yakama 3 0.15% 0.00%
37. Yuman 3 0.15% 0.00%
38. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.10% 0.00%
39. Yaqui 2 0.10% 0.00%
40. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 2 0.10% 0.00%

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

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