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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 686,061 98.72% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 8,899 1.28% 100.00%
Total Asian 8,779 1.26% 98.65%
Southern Asian 2,584 0.37% 29.04%
Asian Indian 2,421 0.35% 27.21%
Bangladeshi 32 0.00% 0.36%
Pakistani 97 0.01% 1.09%
Sri Lankan 34 0.00% 0.38%
Southeastern Asian 2,056 0.30% 23.10%
Cambodian 47 0.01% 0.53%
Filipino 745 0.11% 8.37%
Indonesian 29 0.00% 0.33%
Laotian 533 0.08% 5.99%
Malaysian 14 0.00% 0.16%
Thai 123 0.02% 1.38%
Vietnamese 565 0.08% 6.35%
Eastern Asian 3,897 0.56% 43.79%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,077 0.30% 23.34%
Hmong 315 0.05% 3.54%
Japanese 487 0.07% 5.47%
Korean 926 0.13% 10.41%
Taiwanese 92 0.01% 1.03%
Other Asian or Not Specified 242 0.03% 2.72%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 120 0.02% 1.35%
Polynesian 66 0.01% 0.74%
Native Hawaiian 48 0.01% 0.54%
Samoan 13 0.00% 0.15%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 5 0.00% 0.06%
Micronesian 25 0.00% 0.28%
Guamanian or Chamorro 24 0.00% 0.27%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 2 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 27 0.00% 0.30%

* 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) 689,086 99.15% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 5,874 0.85% 100.00%
Mexican 2,227 0.32% 37.91%
Puerto Rican 1,327 0.19% 22.59%
Cuban 225 0.03% 3.83%
Dominican 27 0.00% 0.46%
Central American 275 0.04% 4.68%
Costa Rican 20 0.00% 0.34%
Guatemalan 54 0.01% 0.92%
Honduran 74 0.01% 1.26%
Nicaraguan 17 0.00% 0.29%
Panamanian 49 0.01% 0.83%
Salvadorian 55 0.01% 0.94%
Other Central American 6 0.00% 0.10%
South American 404 0.06% 6.88%
Argentinian 68 0.01% 1.16%
Bolivian 12 0.00% 0.20%
Chilean 41 0.01% 0.70%
Columbian 90 0.01% 1.53%
Ecuadorian 35 0.01% 0.60%
Paraguayan 11 0.00% 0.19%
Peruvian 61 0.01% 1.04%
Uruguayan 5 0.00% 0.09%
Venezuelan 66 0.01% 1.12%
Other South American 15 0.00% 0.26%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,389 0.20% 23.65%
Spaniard 55 0.01% 0.94%
Spanish 349 0.05% 5.94%
Spanish American 19 0.00% 0.32%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 966 0.14% 16.45%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 365 46.20% 0.05%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 58 7.34% 0.01%
3. Blackfeet 57 7.22% 0.01%
4. Chippewa 52 6.58% 0.01%
5. Sioux 48 6.08% 0.01%
6. Iroquois 47 5.95% 0.01%
7. Choctaw 21 2.66% 0.00%
8. Apache 17 2.15% 0.00%
9. Navajo 14 1.77% 0.00%
10. Latin American Indians 13 1.65% 0.00%
11. Cheyenne 12 1.52% 0.00%
12. Cree 12 1.52% 0.00%
13. Lumbee 12 1.52% 0.00%
14. Creek 8 1.01% 0.00%
15. Chickasaw 7 0.89% 0.00%
16. Delaware 6 0.76% 0.00%
17. Pueblo 5 0.63% 0.00%
18. Aleut 5 0.63% 0.00%
19. Comanche 4 0.51% 0.00%
20. Ottawa 4 0.51% 0.00%
21. Seminole 4 0.51% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 4 0.51% 0.00%
23. Osage 3 0.38% 0.00%
24. Potawatomi 3 0.38% 0.00%
25. Shoshone 3 0.38% 0.00%
26. Ute 3 0.38% 0.00%
27. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.38% 0.00%
28. Colville 2 0.25% 0.00%
29. Houma 2 0.25% 0.00%
30. Tohono O'Odham 2 0.25% 0.00%
31. Yaqui 2 0.25% 0.00%
32. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.25% 0.00%
33. Crow 1 0.13% 0.00%
34. Paiute 1 0.13% 0.00%

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

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