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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 1,525,856 97.22% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 43,685 2.78% 100.00%
Total Asian 42,370 2.70% 96.99%
Southern Asian 3,606 0.23% 8.25%
Asian Indian 3,254 0.21% 7.45%
Bangladeshi 59 0.00% 0.14%
Pakistani 216 0.01% 0.49%
Sri Lankan 77 0.00% 0.18%
Southeastern Asian 27,913 1.78% 63.90%
Cambodian 358 0.02% 0.82%
Filipino 23,713 1.51% 54.28%
Indonesian 59 0.00% 0.14%
Laotian 152 0.01% 0.35%
Malaysian 15 0.00% 0.03%
Thai 570 0.04% 1.30%
Vietnamese 3,046 0.19% 6.97%
Eastern Asian 9,943 0.63% 22.76%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 3,719 0.24% 8.51%
Hmong 15 0.00% 0.03%
Japanese 1,914 0.12% 4.38%
Korean 4,077 0.26% 9.33%
Taiwanese 218 0.01% 0.50%
Other Asian or Not Specified 908 0.06% 2.08%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,315 0.08% 3.01%
Polynesian 570 0.04% 1.30%
Native Hawaiian 354 0.02% 0.81%
Samoan 200 0.01% 0.46%
Tongan 9 0.00% 0.02%
Other Polynesian 7 0.00% 0.02%
Micronesian 505 0.03% 1.16%
Guamanian or Chamorro 438 0.03% 1.00%
Other Micronesian 67 0.00% 0.15%
Melanesian 5 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 5 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 235 0.01% 0.54%

* 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) 1,520,578 96.88% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 48,963 3.12% 100.00%
Mexican 13,788 0.88% 28.16%
Puerto Rican 16,952 1.08% 34.62%
Cuban 1,757 0.11% 3.59%
Dominican 1,012 0.06% 2.07%
Central American 2,873 0.18% 5.87%
Costa Rican 156 0.01% 0.32%
Guatemalan 264 0.02% 0.54%
Honduran 299 0.02% 0.61%
Nicaraguan 130 0.01% 0.27%
Panamanian 1,454 0.09% 2.97%
Salvadorian 458 0.03% 0.94%
Other Central American 112 0.01% 0.23%
South American 2,326 0.15% 4.75%
Argentinian 126 0.01% 0.26%
Bolivian 73 0.00% 0.15%
Chilean 154 0.01% 0.31%
Columbian 868 0.06% 1.77%
Ecuadorian 337 0.02% 0.69%
Paraguayan 19 0.00% 0.04%
Peruvian 441 0.03% 0.90%
Uruguayan 18 0.00% 0.04%
Venezuelan 135 0.01% 0.28%
Other South American 155 0.01% 0.32%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 10,255 0.65% 20.94%
Spaniard 492 0.03% 1.00%
Spanish 2,171 0.14% 4.43%
Spanish American 186 0.01% 0.38%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 7,406 0.47% 15.13%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 1,283 35.81% 0.08%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 809 22.58% 0.05%
3. Lumbee 258 7.20% 0.02%
4. Sioux 173 4.83% 0.01%
5. Iroquois 163 4.55% 0.01%
6. Latin American Indians 157 4.38% 0.01%
7. Chippewa 150 4.19% 0.01%
8. Choctaw 145 4.05% 0.01%
9. Navajo 143 3.99% 0.01%
10. Blackfeet 123 3.43% 0.01%
11. Apache 106 2.96% 0.01%
12. Creek 68 1.90% 0.00%
13. Pueblo 44 1.23% 0.00%
14. Seminole 37 1.03% 0.00%
15. Delaware 34 0.95% 0.00%
16. Potawatomi 30 0.84% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 27 0.75% 0.00%
18. Kiowa 25 0.70% 0.00%
19. Cheyenne 22 0.61% 0.00%
20. Ottawa 22 0.61% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 21 0.59% 0.00%
22. Comanche 20 0.56% 0.00%
23. Osage 20 0.56% 0.00%
24. Aleut 18 0.50% 0.00%
25. Eskimo 17 0.47% 0.00%
26. Cree 9 0.25% 0.00%
27. Houma 9 0.25% 0.00%
28. Shoshone 8 0.22% 0.00%
29. Alaskan Athabascan 8 0.22% 0.00%
30. Menominee 7 0.20% 0.00%
31. Yaqui 5 0.14% 0.00%
32. Colville 4 0.11% 0.00%
33. Crow 4 0.11% 0.00%
34. Tohono O'Odham 4 0.11% 0.00%
35. Ute 4 0.11% 0.00%
36. Pima 3 0.08% 0.00%
37. Puget Sound Salish 3 0.08% 0.00%
38. Yuman 3 0.08% 0.00%
39. Paiute 2 0.06% 0.00%
40. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 2 0.06% 0.00%
41. Yakama 1 0.03% 0.00%

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

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