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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 87,745 99.07% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 820 0.93% 100.00%
Total Asian 766 0.86% 93.41%
Southern Asian 131 0.15% 15.98%
Asian Indian 116 0.13% 14.15%
Bangladeshi 13 0.01% 1.59%
Pakistani 2 0.00% 0.24%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 279 0.32% 34.02%
Cambodian 2 0.00% 0.24%
Filipino 164 0.19% 20.00%
Indonesian 1 0.00% 0.12%
Laotian 10 0.01% 1.22%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 52 0.06% 6.34%
Vietnamese 50 0.06% 6.10%
Eastern Asian 323 0.36% 39.39%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 124 0.14% 15.12%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 113 0.13% 13.78%
Korean 82 0.09% 10.00%
Taiwanese 4 0.00% 0.49%
Other Asian or Not Specified 33 0.04% 4.02%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 54 0.06% 6.59%
Polynesian 38 0.04% 4.63%
Native Hawaiian 25 0.03% 3.05%
Samoan 8 0.01% 0.98%
Tongan 5 0.01% 0.61%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 9 0.01% 1.10%
Guamanian or Chamorro 9 0.01% 1.10%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 7 0.01% 0.85%

* 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) 86,224 97.36% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 2,341 2.64% 100.00%
Mexican 1,455 1.64% 62.15%
Puerto Rican 167 0.19% 7.13%
Cuban 25 0.03% 1.07%
Dominican 6 0.01% 0.26%
Central American 63 0.07% 2.69%
Costa Rican 2 0.00% 0.09%
Guatemalan 10 0.01% 0.43%
Honduran 11 0.01% 0.47%
Nicaraguan 4 0.00% 0.17%
Panamanian 24 0.03% 1.03%
Salvadorian 7 0.01% 0.30%
Other Central American 5 0.01% 0.21%
South American 26 0.03% 1.11%
Argentinian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 2 0.00% 0.09%
Columbian 12 0.01% 0.51%
Ecuadorian 2 0.00% 0.09%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 5 0.01% 0.21%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 1 0.00% 0.04%
Other South American 4 0.00% 0.17%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 599 0.68% 25.59%
Spaniard 11 0.01% 0.47%
Spanish 204 0.23% 8.71%
Spanish American 15 0.02% 0.64%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 369 0.42% 15.76%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Sioux 5,384 89.05% 6.08%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 151 2.50% 0.17%
3. Navajo 52 0.86% 0.06%
4. Cheyenne 46 0.76% 0.05%
5. Chippewa 43 0.71% 0.05%
6. Cherokee 27 0.45% 0.03%
7. Blackfeet 17 0.28% 0.02%
8. Iroquois 17 0.28% 0.02%
9. Crow 16 0.26% 0.02%
10. Pueblo 15 0.25% 0.02%
11. Shoshone 15 0.25% 0.02%
12. Choctaw 10 0.17% 0.01%
13. Potawatomi 9 0.15% 0.01%
14. Aleut 9 0.15% 0.01%
15. Cree 7 0.12% 0.01%
16. Latin American Indians 6 0.10% 0.01%
17. Yakama 5 0.08% 0.01%
18. Seminole 4 0.07% 0.00%
19. Ute 4 0.07% 0.00%
20. Alaskan Athabascan 4 0.07% 0.00%
21. Eskimo 4 0.07% 0.00%
22. Tlingit-Haida 4 0.07% 0.00%
23. Apache 3 0.05% 0.00%
24. Creek 3 0.05% 0.00%
25. Ottawa 3 0.05% 0.00%
26. Colville 2 0.03% 0.00%
27. Kiowa 2 0.03% 0.00%
28. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.03% 0.00%
29. Chickasaw 1 0.02% 0.00%
30. Pima 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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