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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 102,051 99.57% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 439 0.43% 100.00%
Total Asian 418 0.41% 95.22%
Southern Asian 86 0.08% 19.59%
Asian Indian 85 0.08% 19.36%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 1 0.00% 0.23%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 125 0.12% 28.47%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.23%
Filipino 83 0.08% 18.91%
Indonesian 1 0.00% 0.23%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 8 0.01% 1.82%
Vietnamese 32 0.03% 7.29%
Eastern Asian 200 0.20% 45.56%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 89 0.09% 20.27%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 48 0.05% 10.93%
Korean 58 0.06% 13.21%
Taiwanese 5 0.00% 1.14%
Other Asian or Not Specified 7 0.01% 1.59%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 21 0.02% 4.78%
Polynesian 13 0.01% 2.96%
Native Hawaiian 8 0.01% 1.82%
Samoan 4 0.00% 0.91%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.23%
Micronesian 5 0.00% 1.14%
Guamanian or Chamorro 5 0.00% 1.14%
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 3 0.00% 0.68%

* 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) 100,266 97.83% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 2,224 2.17% 100.00%
Mexican 1,673 1.63% 75.22%
Puerto Rican 77 0.08% 3.46%
Cuban 39 0.04% 1.75%
Dominican 1 0.00% 0.04%
Central American 15 0.01% 0.67%
Costa Rican 1 0.00% 0.04%
Guatemalan 1 0.00% 0.04%
Honduran 0 0.00% 0.00%
Nicaraguan 4 0.00% 0.18%
Panamanian 7 0.01% 0.31%
Salvadorian 2 0.00% 0.09%
Other Central American 0 0.00% 0.00%
South American 36 0.04% 1.62%
Argentinian 8 0.01% 0.36%
Bolivian 6 0.01% 0.27%
Chilean 2 0.00% 0.09%
Columbian 10 0.01% 0.45%
Ecuadorian 4 0.00% 0.18%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 3 0.00% 0.13%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 3 0.00% 0.13%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 383 0.37% 17.22%
Spaniard 9 0.01% 0.40%
Spanish 39 0.04% 1.75%
Spanish American 4 0.00% 0.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 331 0.32% 14.88%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 84 39.07% 0.04%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 51 23.72% 0.03%
3. Sioux 24 11.16% 0.01%
4. Crow 18 8.37% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 14 6.51% 0.01%
6. Apache 9 4.19% 0.00%
7. Iroquois 9 4.19% 0.00%
8. Chippewa 8 3.72% 0.00%
9. Delaware 6 2.79% 0.00%
10. Potawatomi 6 2.79% 0.00%
11. Choctaw 4 1.86% 0.00%
12. Latin American Indians 3 1.40% 0.00%
13. Menominee 3 1.40% 0.00%
14. Osage 3 1.40% 0.00%
15. Paiute 3 1.40% 0.00%
16. Navajo 2 0.93% 0.00%
17. Ottawa 2 0.93% 0.00%
18. Seminole 2 0.93% 0.00%
19. Shoshone 2 0.93% 0.00%
20. Cheyenne 1 0.47% 0.00%
21. Colville 1 0.47% 0.00%
22. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.47% 0.00%

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

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