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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 7,210,411 94.77% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 397,659 5.23% 100.00%
Total Asian 393,578 5.17% 98.97%
Southern Asian 106,283 1.40% 26.73%
Asian Indian 88,211 1.16% 22.18%
Bangladeshi 2,736 0.04% 0.69%
Pakistani 13,515 0.18% 3.40%
Sri Lankan 1,821 0.02% 0.46%
Southeastern Asian 111,335 1.46% 28.00%
Cambodian 4,555 0.06% 1.15%
Filipino 47,642 0.63% 11.98%
Indonesian 2,040 0.03% 0.51%
Laotian 2,801 0.04% 0.70%
Malaysian 501 0.01% 0.13%
Thai 6,373 0.08% 1.60%
Vietnamese 47,423 0.62% 11.93%
Eastern Asian 164,858 2.17% 41.46%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 73,990 0.97% 18.61%
Hmong 39 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 12,852 0.17% 3.23%
Korean 74,454 0.98% 18.72%
Taiwanese 3,523 0.05% 0.89%
Other Asian or Not Specified 11,102 0.15% 2.79%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 4,081 0.05% 1.03%
Polynesian 1,814 0.02% 0.46%
Native Hawaiian 1,135 0.01% 0.29%
Samoan 595 0.01% 0.15%
Tongan 25 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 59 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 1,390 0.02% 0.35%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,231 0.02% 0.31%
Other Micronesian 159 0.00% 0.04%
Melanesian 69 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 37 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 32 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 808 0.01% 0.20%

* 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) 7,123,168 93.63% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 484,902 6.37% 100.00%
Mexican 75,617 0.99% 15.59%
Puerto Rican 41,609 0.55% 8.58%
Cuban 11,835 0.16% 2.44%
Dominican 8,788 0.12% 1.81%
Central American 134,562 1.77% 27.75%
Costa Rican 1,790 0.02% 0.37%
Guatemalan 17,207 0.23% 3.55%
Honduran 11,319 0.15% 2.33%
Nicaraguan 6,884 0.09% 1.42%
Panamanian 4,433 0.06% 0.91%
Salvadorian 86,422 1.14% 17.82%
Other Central American 6,507 0.09% 1.34%
South American 63,725 0.84% 13.14%
Argentinian 4,360 0.06% 0.90%
Bolivian 14,320 0.19% 2.95%
Chilean 4,298 0.06% 0.89%
Columbian 10,254 0.13% 2.11%
Ecuadorian 4,833 0.06% 1.00%
Paraguayan 798 0.01% 0.16%
Peruvian 16,680 0.22% 3.44%
Uruguayan 932 0.01% 0.19%
Venezuelan 3,229 0.04% 0.67%
Other South American 4,021 0.05% 0.83%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 148,766 1.96% 30.68%
Spaniard 3,203 0.04% 0.66%
Spanish 17,726 0.23% 3.66%
Spanish American 1,826 0.02% 0.38%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 126,011 1.66% 25.99%


Native American or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Rank Tribe Number Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 2,137 26.45% 0.04%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 1,907 23.60% 0.04%
3. Latin American Indians 1,516 18.76% 0.03%
4. Iroquois 399 4.94% 0.01%
5. Sioux 367 4.54% 0.01%
6. Lumbee 329 4.07% 0.01%
7. Navajo 292 3.61% 0.01%
8. Chippewa 269 3.33% 0.01%
9. Choctaw 262 3.24% 0.01%
10. Blackfeet 229 2.83% 0.00%
11. Pueblo 165 2.04% 0.00%
12. Creek 160 1.98% 0.00%
13. Apache 139 1.72% 0.00%
14. Potawatomi 123 1.52% 0.00%
15. Chickasaw 96 1.19% 0.00%
16. Comanche 67 0.83% 0.00%
17. Seminole 63 0.78% 0.00%
18. Delaware 62 0.77% 0.00%
19. Osage 55 0.68% 0.00%
20. Cheyenne 39 0.48% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 38 0.47% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 35 0.43% 0.00%
23. Yaqui 32 0.40% 0.00%
24. Kiowa 31 0.38% 0.00%
25. Aleut 28 0.35% 0.00%
26. Cree 20 0.25% 0.00%
27. Crow 20 0.25% 0.00%
28. Houma 20 0.25% 0.00%
29. Tohono O'Odham 19 0.24% 0.00%
30. Shoshone 18 0.22% 0.00%
31. Ottawa 17 0.21% 0.00%
32. Ute 16 0.20% 0.00%
33. Alaskan Athabascan 16 0.20% 0.00%
34. Menominee 15 0.19% 0.00%
35. Pima 15 0.19% 0.00%
36. Paiute 14 0.17% 0.00%
37. Puget Sound Salish 13 0.16% 0.00%
38. Yuman 8 0.10% 0.00%
39. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 6 0.07% 0.00%
40. Colville 5 0.06% 0.00%
41. Yakama 4 0.05% 0.00%

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

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