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)	263,827	84.30%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	49,125	15.70%	100.00%
Mexican	29,997	9.59%	61.06%
Puerto Rican	8,155	2.61%	16.60%
Cuban	327	0.10%	0.67%
Dominican	337	0.11%	0.69%
Central American	1,505	0.48%	3.06%
Costa Rican	48	0.02%	0.10%
Guatemalan	77	0.02%	0.16%
Honduran	147	0.05%	0.30%
Nicaraguan	58	0.02%	0.12%
Panamanian	996	0.32%	2.03%
Salvadorian	148	0.05%	0.30%
Other Central American	31	0.01%	0.06%
South American	598	0.19%	1.22%
Argentinian	20	0.01%	0.04%
Bolivian	14	0.00%	0.03%
Chilean	22	0.01%	0.04%
Columbian	238	0.08%	0.48%
Ecuadorian	88	0.03%	0.18%
Paraguayan	2	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	135	0.04%	0.27%
Uruguayan	1	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	57	0.02%	0.12%
Other South American	21	0.01%	0.04%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	8,206	2.62%	16.70%
Spaniard	91	0.03%	0.19%
Spanish	927	0.30%	1.89%
Spanish American	56	0.02%	0.11%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	7,132	2.28%	14.52%

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

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