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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 2,656,520 96.46% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 97,393 3.54% 100.00%
Total Asian 96,510 3.50% 99.09%
Southern Asian 39,637 1.44% 40.70%
Asian Indian 34,333 1.25% 35.25%
Bangladeshi 573 0.02% 0.59%
Pakistani 4,596 0.17% 4.72%
Sri Lankan 135 0.00% 0.14%
Southeastern Asian 13,634 0.50% 14.00%
Cambodian 84 0.00% 0.09%
Filipino 10,766 0.39% 11.05%
Indonesian 140 0.01% 0.14%
Laotian 79 0.00% 0.08%
Malaysian 41 0.00% 0.04%
Thai 689 0.03% 0.71%
Vietnamese 1,835 0.07% 1.88%
Eastern Asian 41,859 1.52% 42.98%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 25,287 0.92% 25.96%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 2,973 0.11% 3.05%
Korean 12,548 0.46% 12.88%
Taiwanese 1,051 0.04% 1.08%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,380 0.05% 1.42%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 883 0.03% 0.91%
Polynesian 321 0.01% 0.33%
Native Hawaiian 181 0.01% 0.19%
Samoan 131 0.00% 0.13%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 8 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 261 0.01% 0.27%
Guamanian or Chamorro 258 0.01% 0.26%
Other Micronesian 3 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 14 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 7 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 7 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 287 0.01% 0.29%

* 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) 2,471,220 89.73% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 282,693 10.27% 100.00%
Mexican 13,528 0.49% 4.79%
Puerto Rican 74,796 2.72% 26.46%
Cuban 7,664 0.28% 2.71%
Dominican 21,071 0.77% 7.45%
Central American 60,915 2.21% 21.55%
Costa Rican 1,573 0.06% 0.56%
Guatemalan 6,400 0.23% 2.26%
Honduran 5,967 0.22% 2.11%
Nicaraguan 533 0.02% 0.19%
Panamanian 1,358 0.05% 0.48%
Salvadorian 42,500 1.54% 15.03%
Other Central American 2,584 0.09% 0.91%
South American 40,031 1.45% 14.16%
Argentinian 2,525 0.09% 0.89%
Bolivian 632 0.02% 0.22%
Chilean 2,761 0.10% 0.98%
Columbian 14,735 0.54% 5.21%
Ecuadorian 9,916 0.36% 3.51%
Paraguayan 274 0.01% 0.10%
Peruvian 6,172 0.22% 2.18%
Uruguayan 558 0.02% 0.20%
Venezuelan 832 0.03% 0.29%
Other South American 1,626 0.06% 0.58%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 64,688 2.35% 22.88%
Spaniard 2,281 0.08% 0.81%
Spanish 9,088 0.33% 3.21%
Spanish American 1,073 0.04% 0.38%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 52,246 1.90% 18.48%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 1,320 62.21% 0.08%
2. Latin American Indians 694 32.70% 0.04%
3. Cherokee 403 18.99% 0.02%
4. Iroquois 159 7.49% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 76 3.58% 0.00%
6. Sioux 61 2.87% 0.00%
7. Apache 38 1.79% 0.00%
8. Pueblo 35 1.65% 0.00%
9. Lumbee 33 1.56% 0.00%
10. Chippewa 31 1.46% 0.00%
11. Choctaw 27 1.27% 0.00%
12. Navajo 18 0.85% 0.00%
13. Chickasaw 16 0.75% 0.00%
14. Seminole 16 0.75% 0.00%
15. Creek 13 0.61% 0.00%
16. Cheyenne 11 0.52% 0.00%
17. Cree 7 0.33% 0.00%
18. Delaware 7 0.33% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 7 0.33% 0.00%
20. Osage 5 0.24% 0.00%
21. Tohono O'Odham 5 0.24% 0.00%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 5 0.24% 0.00%
23. Ute 4 0.19% 0.00%
24. Tlingit-Haida 4 0.19% 0.00%
25. Crow 2 0.09% 0.00%
26. Kiowa 2 0.09% 0.00%
27. Menominee 2 0.09% 0.00%
28. Paiute 2 0.09% 0.00%
29. Pima 2 0.09% 0.00%
30. Potawatomi 2 0.09% 0.00%
31. Yaqui 2 0.09% 0.00%
32. Aleut 2 0.09% 0.00%
33. Comanche 1 0.05% 0.00%
34. Ottawa 1 0.05% 0.00%
35. Yuman 1 0.05% 0.00%
36. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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