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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 3,181,237 97.83% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 70,639 2.17% 100.00%
Total Asian 66,199 2.04% 93.71%
Southern Asian 12,509 0.38% 17.71%
Asian Indian 11,534 0.35% 16.33%
Bangladeshi 300 0.01% 0.42%
Pakistani 522 0.02% 0.74%
Sri Lankan 153 0.00% 0.22%
Southeastern Asian 25,452 0.78% 36.03%
Cambodian 1,026 0.03% 1.45%
Filipino 11,883 0.37% 16.82%
Indonesian 385 0.01% 0.55%
Laotian 648 0.02% 0.92%
Malaysian 98 0.00% 0.14%
Thai 1,236 0.04% 1.75%
Vietnamese 10,176 0.31% 14.41%
Eastern Asian 26,685 0.82% 37.78%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 15,244 0.47% 21.58%
Hmong 19 0.00% 0.03%
Japanese 4,966 0.15% 7.03%
Korean 5,953 0.18% 8.43%
Taiwanese 503 0.02% 0.71%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,553 0.05% 2.20%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 4,440 0.14% 6.29%
Polynesian 2,827 0.09% 4.00%
Native Hawaiian 1,259 0.04% 1.78%
Samoan 832 0.03% 1.18%
Tongan 647 0.02% 0.92%
Other Polynesian 89 0.00% 0.13%
Micronesian 1,034 0.03% 1.46%
Guamanian or Chamorro 788 0.02% 1.12%
Other Micronesian 246 0.01% 0.35%
Melanesian 40 0.00% 0.06%
Fijian 35 0.00% 0.05%
Other Melanesian 5 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 539 0.02% 0.76%

* 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) 2,434,864 74.88% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 817,012 25.12% 100.00%
Mexican 667,747 20.53% 81.73%
Puerto Rican 11,805 0.36% 1.44%
Cuban 3,653 0.11% 0.45%
Dominican 666 0.02% 0.08%
Central American 10,191 0.31% 1.25%
Costa Rican 518 0.02% 0.06%
Guatemalan 3,793 0.12% 0.46%
Honduran 1,076 0.03% 0.13%
Nicaraguan 561 0.02% 0.07%
Panamanian 558 0.02% 0.07%
Salvadorian 2,936 0.09% 0.36%
Other Central American 749 0.02% 0.09%
South American 5,777 0.18% 0.71%
Argentinian 665 0.02% 0.08%
Bolivian 173 0.01% 0.02%
Chilean 435 0.01% 0.05%
Columbian 1,828 0.06% 0.22%
Ecuadorian 609 0.02% 0.07%
Paraguayan 19 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 1,056 0.03% 0.13%
Uruguayan 102 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 531 0.02% 0.06%
Other South American 359 0.01% 0.04%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 117,173 3.60% 14.34%
Spaniard 1,421 0.04% 0.17%
Spanish 12,457 0.38% 1.52%
Spanish American 974 0.03% 0.12%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 102,321 3.15% 12.52%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Navajo 15,705 32.99% 0.48%
2. Pima 5,876 12.34% 0.18%
3. Tohono O'Odham 4,596 9.65% 0.14%
4. Yaqui 4,137 8.69% 0.13%
5. Pueblo 2,639 5.54% 0.08%
6. Apache 2,281 4.79% 0.07%
7. Latin American Indians 1,977 4.15% 0.06%
8. All Other Native American Tribes 1,834 3.85% 0.06%
9. Cherokee 1,601 3.36% 0.05%
10. Yuman 1,158 2.43% 0.04%
11. Sioux 1,108 2.33% 0.03%
12. Choctaw 735 1.54% 0.02%
13. Chippewa 538 1.13% 0.02%
14. Iroquois 312 0.66% 0.01%
15. Creek 245 0.51% 0.01%
16. Chickasaw 174 0.37% 0.01%
17. Potawatomi 155 0.33% 0.00%
18. Blackfeet 143 0.30% 0.00%
19. Paiute 138 0.29% 0.00%
20. Kiowa 116 0.24% 0.00%
21. Eskimo 110 0.23% 0.00%
22. Ute 103 0.22% 0.00%
23. Comanche 100 0.21% 0.00%
24. Cheyenne 99 0.21% 0.00%
25. Shoshone 96 0.20% 0.00%
26. Tlingit-Haida 93 0.20% 0.00%
27. Osage 62 0.13% 0.00%
28. Seminole 59 0.12% 0.00%
29. Cree 56 0.12% 0.00%
30. Aleut 56 0.12% 0.00%
31. Delaware 55 0.12% 0.00%
32. Colville 52 0.11% 0.00%
33. Crow 47 0.10% 0.00%
34. Alaskan Athabascan 45 0.09% 0.00%
35. Lumbee 34 0.07% 0.00%
36. Ottawa 33 0.07% 0.00%
37. Menominee 27 0.06% 0.00%
38. Puget Sound Salish 22 0.05% 0.00%
39. Yakama 20 0.04% 0.00%
40. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 19 0.04% 0.00%
41. Houma 3 0.01% 0.00%

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

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