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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 340,519 98.07% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 6,695 1.93% 100.00%
Total Asian 5,541 1.60% 82.76%
Southern Asian 445 0.13% 6.65%
Asian Indian 420 0.12% 6.27%
Bangladeshi 3 0.00% 0.04%
Pakistani 4 0.00% 0.06%
Sri Lankan 18 0.01% 0.27%
Southeastern Asian 2,292 0.66% 34.23%
Cambodian 240 0.07% 3.58%
Filipino 803 0.23% 11.99%
Indonesian 31 0.01% 0.46%
Laotian 210 0.06% 3.14%
Malaysian 3 0.00% 0.04%
Thai 81 0.02% 1.21%
Vietnamese 924 0.27% 13.80%
Eastern Asian 2,675 0.77% 39.96%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 944 0.27% 14.10%
Hmong 187 0.05% 2.79%
Japanese 833 0.24% 12.44%
Korean 689 0.20% 10.29%
Taiwanese 22 0.01% 0.33%
Other Asian or Not Specified 129 0.04% 1.93%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,154 0.33% 17.24%
Polynesian 347 0.10% 5.18%
Native Hawaiian 201 0.06% 3.00%
Samoan 129 0.04% 1.93%
Tongan 8 0.00% 0.12%
Other Polynesian 9 0.00% 0.13%
Micronesian 689 0.20% 10.29%
Guamanian or Chamorro 110 0.03% 1.64%
Other Micronesian 579 0.17% 8.65%
Melanesian 9 0.00% 0.13%
Fijian 8 0.00% 0.12%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 109 0.03% 1.63%

* 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) 293,020 84.39% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 54,194 15.61% 100.00%
Mexican 45,821 13.20% 84.55%
Puerto Rican 503 0.14% 0.93%
Cuban 192 0.06% 0.35%
Dominican 21 0.01% 0.04%
Central American 720 0.21% 1.33%
Costa Rican 41 0.01% 0.08%
Guatemalan 244 0.07% 0.45%
Honduran 54 0.02% 0.10%
Nicaraguan 47 0.01% 0.09%
Panamanian 24 0.01% 0.04%
Salvadorian 272 0.08% 0.50%
Other Central American 38 0.01% 0.07%
South American 265 0.08% 0.49%
Argentinian 33 0.01% 0.06%
Bolivian 16 0.00% 0.03%
Chilean 30 0.01% 0.06%
Columbian 63 0.02% 0.12%
Ecuadorian 19 0.01% 0.04%
Paraguayan 5 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 68 0.02% 0.13%
Uruguayan 4 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 13 0.00% 0.02%
Other South American 14 0.00% 0.03%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 6,672 1.92% 12.31%
Spaniard 74 0.02% 0.14%
Spanish 764 0.22% 1.41%
Spanish American 72 0.02% 0.13%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,762 1.66% 10.63%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 1,610 65.26% 0.96%
2. Cherokee 421 17.07% 0.25%
3. Latin American Indians 324 13.13% 0.19%
4. Sioux 222 9.00% 0.13%
5. Choctaw 161 6.53% 0.10%
6. Chippewa 145 5.88% 0.09%
7. Blackfeet 110 4.46% 0.07%
8. Apache 101 4.09% 0.06%
9. Navajo 77 3.12% 0.05%
10. Tlingit-Haida 64 2.59% 0.04%
11. Creek 56 2.27% 0.03%
12. Aleut 45 1.82% 0.03%
13. Iroquois 44 1.78% 0.03%
14. Alaskan Athabascan 38 1.54% 0.02%
15. Puget Sound Salish 35 1.42% 0.02%
16. Osage 31 1.26% 0.02%
17. Eskimo 31 1.26% 0.02%
18. Shoshone 30 1.22% 0.02%
19. Chickasaw 24 0.97% 0.01%
20. Potawatomi 24 0.97% 0.01%
21. Yakama 24 0.97% 0.01%
22. Pueblo 23 0.93% 0.01%
23. Cheyenne 20 0.81% 0.01%
24. Paiute 19 0.77% 0.01%
25. Tohono O'Odham 18 0.73% 0.01%
26. Seminole 15 0.61% 0.01%
27. Kiowa 12 0.49% 0.01%
28. Colville 11 0.45% 0.01%
29. Comanche 11 0.45% 0.01%
30. Delaware 11 0.45% 0.01%
31. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 11 0.45% 0.01%
32. Crow 10 0.41% 0.01%
33. Pima 8 0.32% 0.00%
34. Ute 8 0.32% 0.00%
35. Cree 7 0.28% 0.00%
36. Yaqui 5 0.20% 0.00%
37. Menominee 4 0.16% 0.00%
38. Lumbee 3 0.12% 0.00%
39. Ottawa 3 0.12% 0.00%
40. Yuman 2 0.08% 0.00%

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

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