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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 1,038,821 88.82% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 130,820 11.18% 100.00%
Total Asian 130,367 11.15% 99.65%
Southern Asian 70,398 6.02% 53.81%
Asian Indian 65,738 5.62% 50.25%
Bangladeshi 320 0.03% 0.24%
Pakistani 3,942 0.34% 3.01%
Sri Lankan 398 0.03% 0.30%
Southeastern Asian 19,174 1.64% 14.66%
Cambodian 40 0.00% 0.03%
Filipino 15,494 1.32% 11.84%
Indonesian 437 0.04% 0.33%
Laotian 50 0.00% 0.04%
Malaysian 53 0.00% 0.04%
Thai 312 0.03% 0.24%
Vietnamese 2,788 0.24% 2.13%
Eastern Asian 39,885 3.41% 30.49%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 29,062 2.48% 22.22%
Hmong 7 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 1,308 0.11% 1.00%
Korean 7,679 0.66% 5.87%
Taiwanese 1,829 0.16% 1.40%
Other Asian or Not Specified 910 0.08% 0.70%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 453 0.04% 0.35%
Polynesian 156 0.01% 0.12%
Native Hawaiian 83 0.01% 0.06%
Samoan 71 0.01% 0.05%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 2 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 128 0.01% 0.10%
Guamanian or Chamorro 94 0.01% 0.07%
Other Micronesian 34 0.00% 0.03%
Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 3 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 166 0.01% 0.13%

* 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) 1,038,519 88.79% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 131,122 11.21% 100.00%
Mexican 17,704 1.51% 13.50%
Puerto Rican 40,295 3.45% 30.73%
Cuban 5,902 0.50% 4.50%
Dominican 15,467 1.32% 11.80%
Central American 11,129 0.95% 8.49%
Costa Rican 3,139 0.27% 2.39%
Guatemalan 1,740 0.15% 1.33%
Honduran 2,649 0.23% 2.02%
Nicaraguan 615 0.05% 0.47%
Panamanian 401 0.03% 0.31%
Salvadorian 2,041 0.17% 1.56%
Other Central American 544 0.05% 0.41%
South American 17,102 1.46% 13.04%
Argentinian 1,167 0.10% 0.89%
Bolivian 150 0.01% 0.11%
Chilean 512 0.04% 0.39%
Columbian 5,789 0.49% 4.41%
Ecuadorian 3,408 0.29% 2.60%
Paraguayan 444 0.04% 0.34%
Peruvian 4,176 0.36% 3.18%
Uruguayan 346 0.03% 0.26%
Venezuelan 473 0.04% 0.36%
Other South American 637 0.05% 0.49%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 23,523 2.01% 17.94%
Spaniard 1,044 0.09% 0.80%
Spanish 2,901 0.25% 2.21%
Spanish American 297 0.03% 0.23%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 19,281 1.65% 14.70%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 322 35.86% 0.02%
2. Cherokee 164 18.26% 0.01%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 126 14.03% 0.01%
4. Iroquois 46 5.12% 0.00%
5. Delaware 32 3.56% 0.00%
6. Sioux 27 3.01% 0.00%
7. Pueblo 18 2.00% 0.00%
8. Blackfeet 17 1.89% 0.00%
9. Apache 15 1.67% 0.00%
10. Lumbee 13 1.45% 0.00%
11. Choctaw 12 1.34% 0.00%
12. Chippewa 10 1.11% 0.00%
13. Creek 10 1.11% 0.00%
14. Navajo 8 0.89% 0.00%
15. Cree 7 0.78% 0.00%
16. Eskimo 7 0.78% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 5 0.56% 0.00%
18. Comanche 5 0.56% 0.00%
19. Aleut 5 0.56% 0.00%
20. Seminole 4 0.45% 0.00%
21. Shoshone 4 0.45% 0.00%
22. Ute 3 0.33% 0.00%
23. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.33% 0.00%
24. Cheyenne 2 0.22% 0.00%
25. Paiute 2 0.22% 0.00%
26. Potawatomi 2 0.22% 0.00%
27. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.22% 0.00%
28. Osage 1 0.11% 0.00%
29. Yaqui 1 0.11% 0.00%

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

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