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)	286,601	97.82%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	6,399	2.18%	100.00%
Mexican	2,564	0.88%	40.07%
Puerto Rican	1,528	0.52%	23.88%
Cuban	333	0.11%	5.20%
Dominican	68	0.02%	1.06%
Central American	375	0.13%	5.86%
Costa Rican	26	0.01%	0.41%
Guatemalan	18	0.01%	0.28%
Honduran	92	0.03%	1.44%
Nicaraguan	14	0.00%	0.22%
Panamanian	198	0.07%	3.09%
Salvadorian	22	0.01%	0.34%
Other Central American	5	0.00%	0.08%
South American	292	0.10%	4.56%
Argentinian	16	0.01%	0.25%
Bolivian	13	0.00%	0.20%
Chilean	18	0.01%	0.28%
Columbian	108	0.04%	1.69%
Ecuadorian	15	0.01%	0.23%
Paraguayan	5	0.00%	0.08%
Peruvian	48	0.02%	0.75%
Uruguayan	3	0.00%	0.05%
Venezuelan	58	0.02%	0.91%
Other South American	8	0.00%	0.13%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,239	0.42%	19.36%
Spaniard	38	0.01%	0.59%
Spanish	192	0.07%	3.00%
Spanish American	37	0.01%	0.58%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	972	0.33%	15.19%

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

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