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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 5,731,871 81.43% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,307,491 18.57% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,271,626 18.06% 97.26%
Southern Asian 152,045 2.16% 11.63%
Asian Indian 144,231 2.05% 11.03%
Bangladeshi 664 0.01% 0.05%
Pakistani 6,150 0.09% 0.47%
Sri Lankan 1,000 0.01% 0.08%
Southeastern Asian 502,450 7.14% 38.43%
Cambodian 10,552 0.15% 0.81%
Filipino 323,605 4.60% 24.75%
Indonesian 3,661 0.05% 0.28%
Laotian 11,545 0.16% 0.88%
Malaysian 619 0.01% 0.05%
Thai 5,855 0.08% 0.45%
Vietnamese 146,613 2.08% 11.21%
Eastern Asian 605,365 8.60% 46.30%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 459,671 6.53% 35.16%
Hmong 872 0.01% 0.07%
Japanese 76,402 1.09% 5.84%
Korean 57,386 0.82% 4.39%
Taiwanese 11,034 0.16% 0.84%
Other Asian or Not Specified 11,766 0.17% 0.90%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 35,865 0.51% 2.74%
Polynesian 22,186 0.32% 1.70%
Native Hawaiian 5,587 0.08% 0.43%
Samoan 9,431 0.13% 0.72%
Tongan 6,684 0.09% 0.51%
Other Polynesian 484 0.01% 0.04%
Micronesian 6,006 0.09% 0.46%
Guamanian or Chamorro 5,625 0.08% 0.43%
Other Micronesian 381 0.01% 0.03%
Melanesian 3,942 0.06% 0.30%
Fijian 3,925 0.06% 0.30%
Other Melanesian 17 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 3,731 0.05% 0.29%

* 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) 5,655,701 80.34% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,383,661 19.66% 100.00%
Mexican 981,311 13.94% 70.92%
Puerto Rican 34,160 0.49% 2.47%
Cuban 8,980 0.13% 0.65%
Dominican 935 0.01% 0.07%
Central American 100,853 1.43% 7.29%
Costa Rican 1,949 0.03% 0.14%
Guatemalan 16,786 0.24% 1.21%
Honduran 3,723 0.05% 0.27%
Nicaraguan 20,982 0.30% 1.52%
Panamanian 2,181 0.03% 0.16%
Salvadorian 45,342 0.64% 3.28%
Other Central American 9,890 0.14% 0.71%
South American 33,417 0.47% 2.42%
Argentinian 3,344 0.05% 0.24%
Bolivian 1,738 0.02% 0.13%
Chilean 3,445 0.05% 0.25%
Columbian 5,349 0.08% 0.39%
Ecuadorian 1,662 0.02% 0.12%
Paraguayan 138 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 12,490 0.18% 0.90%
Uruguayan 278 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 1,537 0.02% 0.11%
Other South American 3,436 0.05% 0.25%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 224,005 3.18% 16.19%
Spaniard 5,554 0.08% 0.40%
Spanish 40,111 0.57% 2.90%
Spanish American 2,185 0.03% 0.16%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 176,155 2.50% 12.73%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 1,211 30.14% 0.09%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 678 16.87% 0.05%
3. Cherokee 575 14.31% 0.04%
4. Navajo 277 6.89% 0.02%
5. Apache 227 5.65% 0.02%
6. Sioux 157 3.91% 0.01%
7. Chippewa 131 3.26% 0.01%
8. Choctaw 131 3.26% 0.01%
9. Pueblo 120 2.99% 0.01%
10. Iroquois 84 2.09% 0.01%
11. Blackfeet 80 1.99% 0.01%
12. Creek 60 1.49% 0.00%
13. Yaqui 59 1.47% 0.00%
14. Tlingit-Haida 51 1.27% 0.00%
15. Chickasaw 37 0.92% 0.00%
16. Aleut 31 0.77% 0.00%
17. Comanche 27 0.67% 0.00%
18. Cheyenne 25 0.62% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 25 0.62% 0.00%
20. Yuman 22 0.55% 0.00%
21. Paiute 21 0.52% 0.00%
22. Tohono O'Odham 21 0.52% 0.00%
23. Potawatomi 20 0.50% 0.00%
24. Pima 19 0.47% 0.00%
25. Seminole 19 0.47% 0.00%
26. Lumbee 14 0.35% 0.00%
27. Shoshone 14 0.35% 0.00%
28. Ute 14 0.35% 0.00%
29. Alaskan Athabascan 13 0.32% 0.00%
30. Delaware 12 0.30% 0.00%
31. Osage 12 0.30% 0.00%
32. Kiowa 11 0.27% 0.00%
33. Cree 9 0.22% 0.00%
34. Yakama 8 0.20% 0.00%
35. Menominee 6 0.15% 0.00%
36. Ottawa 6 0.15% 0.00%
37. Puget Sound Salish 6 0.15% 0.00%
38. Crow 5 0.12% 0.00%
39. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 5 0.12% 0.00%
40. Colville 3 0.07% 0.00%

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

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