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)	475,666	99.08%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	4,425	0.92%	100.00%
Mexican	2,280	0.47%	51.53%
Puerto Rican	414	0.09%	9.36%
Cuban	157	0.03%	3.55%
Dominican	20	0.00%	0.45%
Central American	137	0.03%	3.10%
Costa Rican	9	0.00%	0.20%
Guatemalan	28	0.01%	0.63%
Honduran	27	0.01%	0.61%
Nicaraguan	16	0.00%	0.36%
Panamanian	30	0.01%	0.68%
Salvadorian	18	0.00%	0.41%
Other Central American	9	0.00%	0.20%
South American	156	0.03%	3.53%
Argentinian	7	0.00%	0.16%
Bolivian	3	0.00%	0.07%
Chilean	18	0.00%	0.41%
Columbian	45	0.01%	1.02%
Ecuadorian	32	0.01%	0.72%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	22	0.00%	0.50%
Uruguayan	3	0.00%	0.07%
Venezuelan	18	0.00%	0.41%
Other South American	8	0.00%	0.18%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,261	0.26%	28.50%
Spaniard	24	0.00%	0.54%
Spanish	100	0.02%	2.26%
Spanish American	12	0.00%	0.27%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,125	0.23%	25.42%

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

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