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)	320,173	98.30%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	5,548	1.70%	100.00%
Mexican	3,266	1.00%	58.87%
Puerto Rican	448	0.14%	8.07%
Cuban	137	0.04%	2.47%
Dominican	27	0.01%	0.49%
Central American	196	0.06%	3.53%
Costa Rican	16	0.00%	0.29%
Guatemalan	26	0.01%	0.47%
Honduran	26	0.01%	0.47%
Nicaraguan	23	0.01%	0.41%
Panamanian	37	0.01%	0.67%
Salvadorian	54	0.02%	0.97%
Other Central American	14	0.00%	0.25%
South American	187	0.06%	3.37%
Argentinian	14	0.00%	0.25%
Bolivian	13	0.00%	0.23%
Chilean	15	0.00%	0.27%
Columbian	73	0.02%	1.32%
Ecuadorian	23	0.01%	0.41%
Paraguayan	1	0.00%	0.02%
Peruvian	21	0.01%	0.38%
Uruguayan	4	0.00%	0.07%
Venezuelan	13	0.00%	0.23%
Other South American	10	0.00%	0.18%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,287	0.40%	23.20%
Spaniard	49	0.02%	0.88%
Spanish	256	0.08%	4.61%
Spanish American	17	0.01%	0.31%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	965	0.30%	17.39%

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

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