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)	30,497	1.55%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	1,937,130	98.45%	100.00%
Mexican	6,944	0.35%	0.36%
Puerto Rican	1,827,652	92.89%	94.35%
Cuban	16,719	0.85%	0.86%
Dominican	50,398	2.56%	2.60%
Central American	2,727	0.14%	0.14%
Costa Rican	328	0.02%	0.02%
Guatemalan	276	0.01%	0.01%
Honduran	269	0.01%	0.01%
Nicaraguan	310	0.02%	0.02%
Panamanian	1,137	0.06%	0.06%
Salvadorian	346	0.02%	0.02%
Other Central American	61	0.00%	0.00%
South American	6,874	0.35%	0.35%
Argentinian	900	0.05%	0.05%
Bolivian	83	0.00%	0.00%
Chilean	443	0.02%	0.02%
Columbian	2,477	0.13%	0.13%
Ecuadorian	474	0.02%	0.02%
Paraguayan	29	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	724	0.04%	0.04%
Uruguayan	157	0.01%	0.01%
Venezuelan	1,469	0.07%	0.08%
Other South American	118	0.01%	0.01%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	25,816	1.31%	1.33%
Spaniard	3,366	0.17%	0.17%
Spanish	79	0.00%	0.00%
Spanish American	18	0.00%	0.00%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	22,353	1.14%	1.15%

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

Home | About | Help | Contact | Use Policy