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)	315,884	97.93%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	6,665	2.07%	100.00%
Mexican	3,655	1.13%	54.84%
Puerto Rican	887	0.27%	13.31%
Cuban	306	0.09%	4.59%
Dominican	48	0.01%	0.72%
Central American	268	0.08%	4.02%
Costa Rican	10	0.00%	0.15%
Guatemalan	29	0.01%	0.44%
Honduran	50	0.02%	0.75%
Nicaraguan	38	0.01%	0.57%
Panamanian	96	0.03%	1.44%
Salvadorian	28	0.01%	0.42%
Other Central American	17	0.01%	0.26%
South American	177	0.05%	2.66%
Argentinian	13	0.00%	0.20%
Bolivian	12	0.00%	0.18%
Chilean	3	0.00%	0.05%
Columbian	78	0.02%	1.17%
Ecuadorian	19	0.01%	0.29%
Paraguayan	4	0.00%	0.06%
Peruvian	33	0.01%	0.50%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	11	0.00%	0.17%
Other South American	4	0.00%	0.06%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,324	0.41%	19.86%
Spaniard	34	0.01%	0.51%
Spanish	169	0.05%	2.54%
Spanish American	28	0.01%	0.42%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,093	0.34%	16.40%

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

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