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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 2,350,460 98.10% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 45,537 1.90% 100.00%
Total Asian 44,204 1.84% 97.07%
Southern Asian 11,457 0.48% 25.16%
Asian Indian 10,854 0.45% 23.84%
Bangladeshi 87 0.00% 0.19%
Pakistani 430 0.02% 0.94%
Sri Lankan 86 0.00% 0.19%
Southeastern Asian 20,760 0.87% 45.59%
Cambodian 682 0.03% 1.50%
Filipino 7,499 0.31% 16.47%
Indonesian 185 0.01% 0.41%
Laotian 1,765 0.07% 3.88%
Malaysian 40 0.00% 0.09%
Thai 1,271 0.05% 2.79%
Vietnamese 9,318 0.39% 20.46%
Eastern Asian 10,884 0.45% 23.90%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 5,327 0.22% 11.70%
Hmong 73 0.00% 0.16%
Japanese 1,572 0.07% 3.45%
Korean 3,609 0.15% 7.93%
Taiwanese 303 0.01% 0.67%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,103 0.05% 2.42%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,333 0.06% 2.93%
Polynesian 696 0.03% 1.53%
Native Hawaiian 365 0.02% 0.80%
Samoan 234 0.01% 0.51%
Tongan 63 0.00% 0.14%
Other Polynesian 34 0.00% 0.07%
Micronesian 373 0.02% 0.82%
Guamanian or Chamorro 254 0.01% 0.56%
Other Micronesian 119 0.00% 0.26%
Melanesian 11 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 10 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 253 0.01% 0.56%

* 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) 2,147,355 89.62% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 248,642 10.38% 100.00%
Mexican 53,732 2.24% 21.61%
Puerto Rican 75,621 3.16% 30.41%
Cuban 41,602 1.74% 16.73%
Dominican 4,992 0.21% 2.01%
Central American 8,611 0.36% 3.46%
Costa Rican 1,045 0.04% 0.42%
Guatemalan 1,203 0.05% 0.48%
Honduran 2,213 0.09% 0.89%
Nicaraguan 913 0.04% 0.37%
Panamanian 1,653 0.07% 0.66%
Salvadorian 1,194 0.05% 0.48%
Other Central American 390 0.02% 0.16%
South American 16,360 0.68% 6.58%
Argentinian 786 0.03% 0.32%
Bolivian 313 0.01% 0.13%
Chilean 465 0.02% 0.19%
Columbian 7,738 0.32% 3.11%
Ecuadorian 1,740 0.07% 0.70%
Paraguayan 45 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 2,245 0.09% 0.90%
Uruguayan 126 0.01% 0.05%
Venezuelan 2,190 0.09% 0.88%
Other South American 712 0.03% 0.29%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 47,724 1.99% 19.19%
Spaniard 2,384 0.10% 0.96%
Spanish 10,183 0.43% 4.10%
Spanish American 1,329 0.06% 0.53%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 33,828 1.41% 13.61%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 1,834 36.15% 0.08%
2. Latin American Indians 532 10.48% 0.02%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 507 9.99% 0.02%
4. Iroquois 334 6.58% 0.01%
5. Chippewa 297 5.85% 0.01%
6. Creek 243 4.79% 0.01%
7. Sioux 189 3.72% 0.01%
8. Blackfeet 183 3.61% 0.01%
9. Seminole 173 3.41% 0.01%
10. Choctaw 160 3.15% 0.01%
11. Apache 159 3.13% 0.01%
12. Lumbee 110 2.17% 0.00%
13. Navajo 49 0.97% 0.00%
14. Delaware 36 0.71% 0.00%
15. Pueblo 33 0.65% 0.00%
16. Comanche 30 0.59% 0.00%
17. Ottawa 29 0.57% 0.00%
18. Eskimo 29 0.57% 0.00%
19. Cree 28 0.55% 0.00%
20. Potawatomi 25 0.49% 0.00%
21. Chickasaw 22 0.43% 0.00%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 21 0.41% 0.00%
23. Osage 20 0.39% 0.00%
24. Houma 12 0.24% 0.00%
25. Shoshone 12 0.24% 0.00%
26. Tlingit-Haida 12 0.24% 0.00%
27. Cheyenne 10 0.20% 0.00%
28. Menominee 10 0.20% 0.00%
29. Puget Sound Salish 10 0.20% 0.00%
30. Aleut 9 0.18% 0.00%
31. Crow 6 0.12% 0.00%
32. Paiute 6 0.12% 0.00%
33. Kiowa 5 0.10% 0.00%
34. Tohono O'Odham 4 0.08% 0.00%
35. Ute 4 0.08% 0.00%
36. Yaqui 4 0.08% 0.00%
37. Yuman 4 0.08% 0.00%
38. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 3 0.06% 0.00%
39. Yakama 2 0.04% 0.00%
40. Colville 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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