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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 179,358 98.95% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,911 1.05% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,590 0.88% 83.20%
Southern Asian 101 0.06% 5.29%
Asian Indian 99 0.05% 5.18%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 2 0.00% 0.10%
Southeastern Asian 614 0.34% 32.13%
Cambodian 31 0.02% 1.62%
Filipino 408 0.23% 21.35%
Indonesian 22 0.01% 1.15%
Laotian 9 0.00% 0.47%
Malaysian 2 0.00% 0.10%
Thai 54 0.03% 2.83%
Vietnamese 88 0.05% 4.60%
Eastern Asian 845 0.47% 44.22%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 262 0.14% 13.71%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 344 0.19% 18.00%
Korean 224 0.12% 11.72%
Taiwanese 15 0.01% 0.78%
Other Asian or Not Specified 30 0.02% 1.57%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 321 0.18% 16.80%
Polynesian 228 0.13% 11.93%
Native Hawaiian 86 0.05% 4.50%
Samoan 125 0.07% 6.54%
Tongan 3 0.00% 0.16%
Other Polynesian 14 0.01% 0.73%
Micronesian 66 0.04% 3.45%
Guamanian or Chamorro 50 0.03% 2.62%
Other Micronesian 16 0.01% 0.84%
Melanesian 5 0.00% 0.26%
Fijian 5 0.00% 0.26%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 22 0.01% 1.15%

* 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) 169,143 93.31% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 12,126 6.69% 100.00%
Mexican 9,601 5.30% 79.18%
Puerto Rican 223 0.12% 1.84%
Cuban 95 0.05% 0.78%
Dominican 26 0.01% 0.21%
Central American 270 0.15% 2.23%
Costa Rican 15 0.01% 0.12%
Guatemalan 145 0.08% 1.20%
Honduran 29 0.02% 0.24%
Nicaraguan 11 0.01% 0.09%
Panamanian 4 0.00% 0.03%
Salvadorian 56 0.03% 0.46%
Other Central American 10 0.01% 0.08%
South American 169 0.09% 1.39%
Argentinian 29 0.02% 0.24%
Bolivian 8 0.00% 0.07%
Chilean 13 0.01% 0.11%
Columbian 32 0.02% 0.26%
Ecuadorian 13 0.01% 0.11%
Paraguayan 3 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 44 0.02% 0.36%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 11 0.01% 0.09%
Other South American 16 0.01% 0.13%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,742 0.96% 14.37%
Spaniard 41 0.02% 0.34%
Spanish 414 0.23% 3.41%
Spanish American 28 0.02% 0.23%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,259 0.69% 10.38%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 583 63.93% 0.12%
2. Cherokee 277 30.37% 0.06%
3. Choctaw 68 7.46% 0.01%
4. Blackfeet 51 5.59% 0.01%
5. Sioux 47 5.15% 0.01%
6. Chippewa 40 4.39% 0.01%
7. Latin American Indians 36 3.95% 0.01%
8. Apache 22 2.41% 0.00%
9. Creek 22 2.41% 0.00%
10. Navajo 19 2.08% 0.00%
11. Iroquois 18 1.97% 0.00%
12. Eskimo 18 1.97% 0.00%
13. Chickasaw 15 1.64% 0.00%
14. Pueblo 15 1.64% 0.00%
15. Delaware 14 1.54% 0.00%
16. Osage 14 1.54% 0.00%
17. Tlingit-Haida 13 1.43% 0.00%
18. Kiowa 12 1.32% 0.00%
19. Potawatomi 12 1.32% 0.00%
20. Aleut 11 1.21% 0.00%
21. Comanche 10 1.10% 0.00%
22. Yaqui 10 1.10% 0.00%
23. Paiute 9 0.99% 0.00%
24. Alaskan Athabascan 9 0.99% 0.00%
25. Shoshone 8 0.88% 0.00%
26. Cheyenne 7 0.77% 0.00%
27. Puget Sound Salish 7 0.77% 0.00%
28. Colville 5 0.55% 0.00%
29. Ottawa 5 0.55% 0.00%
30. Seminole 5 0.55% 0.00%
31. Crow 4 0.44% 0.00%
32. Lumbee 4 0.44% 0.00%
33. Ute 4 0.44% 0.00%
34. Pima 2 0.22% 0.00%
35. Yakama 2 0.22% 0.00%
36. Cree 1 0.11% 0.00%
37. Menominee 1 0.11% 0.00%
38. Yuman 1 0.11% 0.00%
39. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 1 0.11% 0.00%

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

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