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.

* 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)	2,501,665	97.99%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	51,329	2.01%	100.00%
Mexican	12,871	0.50%	25.08%
Puerto Rican	11,290	0.44%	22.00%
Cuban	2,271	0.09%	4.42%
Dominican	1,009	0.04%	1.97%
Central American	6,163	0.24%	12.01%
Costa Rican	239	0.01%	0.47%
Guatemalan	887	0.03%	1.73%
Honduran	889	0.03%	1.73%
Nicaraguan	249	0.01%	0.49%
Panamanian	752	0.03%	1.47%
Salvadorian	2,854	0.11%	5.56%
Other Central American	293	0.01%	0.57%
South American	4,817	0.19%	9.38%
Argentinian	540	0.02%	1.05%
Bolivian	191	0.01%	0.37%
Chilean	481	0.02%	0.94%
Columbian	1,142	0.04%	2.22%
Ecuadorian	538	0.02%	1.05%
Paraguayan	68	0.00%	0.13%
Peruvian	1,127	0.04%	2.20%
Uruguayan	94	0.00%	0.18%
Venezuelan	375	0.01%	0.73%
Other South American	261	0.01%	0.51%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	12,908	0.51%	25.15%
Spaniard	477	0.02%	0.93%
Spanish	2,443	0.10%	4.76%
Spanish American	218	0.01%	0.42%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	9,770	0.38%	19.03%

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

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