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)	219,969	97.35%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	5,996	2.65%	100.00%
Mexican	3,724	1.65%	62.11%
Puerto Rican	468	0.21%	7.81%
Cuban	198	0.09%	3.30%
Dominican	16	0.01%	0.27%
Central American	500	0.22%	8.34%
Costa Rican	15	0.01%	0.25%
Guatemalan	91	0.04%	1.52%
Honduran	64	0.03%	1.07%
Nicaraguan	27	0.01%	0.45%
Panamanian	20	0.01%	0.33%
Salvadorian	268	0.12%	4.47%
Other Central American	15	0.01%	0.25%
South American	282	0.12%	4.70%
Argentinian	20	0.01%	0.33%
Bolivian	6	0.00%	0.10%
Chilean	45	0.02%	0.75%
Columbian	77	0.03%	1.28%
Ecuadorian	42	0.02%	0.70%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	23	0.01%	0.38%
Uruguayan	6	0.00%	0.10%
Venezuelan	38	0.02%	0.63%
Other South American	25	0.01%	0.42%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	808	0.36%	13.48%
Spaniard	19	0.01%	0.32%
Spanish	151	0.07%	2.52%
Spanish American	20	0.01%	0.33%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	618	0.27%	10.31%

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

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