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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 721,294 98.52% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 10,823 1.48% 100.00%
Total Asian 10,629 1.45% 98.21%
Southern Asian 2,590 0.35% 23.93%
Asian Indian 2,368 0.32% 21.88%
Bangladeshi 42 0.01% 0.39%
Pakistani 163 0.02% 1.51%
Sri Lankan 17 0.00% 0.16%
Southeastern Asian 3,296 0.45% 30.45%
Cambodian 167 0.02% 1.54%
Filipino 719 0.10% 6.64%
Indonesian 36 0.00% 0.33%
Laotian 164 0.02% 1.52%
Malaysian 36 0.00% 0.33%
Thai 147 0.02% 1.36%
Vietnamese 2,027 0.28% 18.73%
Eastern Asian 4,519 0.62% 41.75%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,057 0.28% 19.01%
Hmong 199 0.03% 1.84%
Japanese 432 0.06% 3.99%
Korean 1,631 0.22% 15.07%
Taiwanese 200 0.03% 1.85%
Other Asian or Not Specified 224 0.03% 2.07%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 194 0.03% 1.79%
Polynesian 117 0.02% 1.08%
Native Hawaiian 61 0.01% 0.56%
Samoan 50 0.01% 0.46%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 5 0.00% 0.05%
Micronesian 50 0.01% 0.46%
Guamanian or Chamorro 38 0.01% 0.35%
Other Micronesian 12 0.00% 0.11%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 26 0.00% 0.24%

* 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) 717,005 97.94% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 15,112 2.06% 100.00%
Mexican 1,996 0.27% 13.21%
Puerto Rican 7,912 1.08% 52.36%
Cuban 876 0.12% 5.80%
Dominican 539 0.07% 3.57%
Central American 507 0.07% 3.35%
Costa Rican 44 0.01% 0.29%
Guatemalan 212 0.03% 1.40%
Honduran 43 0.01% 0.28%
Nicaraguan 22 0.00% 0.15%
Panamanian 117 0.02% 0.77%
Salvadorian 54 0.01% 0.36%
Other Central American 15 0.00% 0.10%
South American 741 0.10% 4.90%
Argentinian 57 0.01% 0.38%
Bolivian 12 0.00% 0.08%
Chilean 63 0.01% 0.42%
Columbian 239 0.03% 1.58%
Ecuadorian 134 0.02% 0.89%
Paraguayan 15 0.00% 0.10%
Peruvian 106 0.01% 0.70%
Uruguayan 9 0.00% 0.06%
Venezuelan 71 0.01% 0.47%
Other South American 35 0.00% 0.23%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,541 0.35% 16.81%
Spaniard 84 0.01% 0.56%
Spanish 513 0.07% 3.39%
Spanish American 37 0.01% 0.24%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,907 0.26% 12.62%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Iroquois 3,259 83.97% 0.45%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 143 3.68% 0.02%
3. Cherokee 121 3.12% 0.02%
4. Latin American Indians 41 1.06% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 39 1.00% 0.01%
6. Chippewa 38 0.98% 0.01%
7. Sioux 30 0.77% 0.00%
8. Apache 20 0.52% 0.00%
9. Choctaw 16 0.41% 0.00%
10. Navajo 9 0.23% 0.00%
11. Lumbee 8 0.21% 0.00%
12. Delaware 7 0.18% 0.00%
13. Comanche 6 0.15% 0.00%
14. Seminole 6 0.15% 0.00%
15. Cree 4 0.10% 0.00%
16. Crow 4 0.10% 0.00%
17. Cheyenne 3 0.08% 0.00%
18. Creek 3 0.08% 0.00%
19. Potawatomi 3 0.08% 0.00%
20. Aleut 3 0.08% 0.00%
21. Eskimo 3 0.08% 0.00%
22. Houma 2 0.05% 0.00%
23. Kiowa 2 0.05% 0.00%
24. Ottawa 2 0.05% 0.00%
25. Yuman 2 0.05% 0.00%
26. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.05% 0.00%
27. Chickasaw 1 0.03% 0.00%
28. Paiute 1 0.03% 0.00%
29. Pima 1 0.03% 0.00%
30. Shoshone 1 0.03% 0.00%
31. Yakama 1 0.03% 0.00%
32. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.03% 0.00%

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

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