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)	355,496	97.67%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	8,492	2.33%	100.00%
Mexican	3,718	1.02%	43.78%
Puerto Rican	1,304	0.36%	15.36%
Cuban	358	0.10%	4.22%
Dominican	57	0.02%	0.67%
Central American	504	0.14%	5.93%
Costa Rican	47	0.01%	0.55%
Guatemalan	56	0.02%	0.66%
Honduran	148	0.04%	1.74%
Nicaraguan	42	0.01%	0.49%
Panamanian	148	0.04%	1.74%
Salvadorian	35	0.01%	0.41%
Other Central American	28	0.01%	0.33%
South American	376	0.10%	4.43%
Argentinian	24	0.01%	0.28%
Bolivian	5	0.00%	0.06%
Chilean	18	0.00%	0.21%
Columbian	128	0.04%	1.51%
Ecuadorian	27	0.01%	0.32%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	48	0.01%	0.57%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	108	0.03%	1.27%
Other South American	18	0.00%	0.21%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	2,175	0.60%	25.61%
Spaniard	100	0.03%	1.18%
Spanish	452	0.12%	5.32%
Spanish American	54	0.01%	0.64%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,569	0.43%	18.48%

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

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