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)	584,003	98.19%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	10,743	1.81%	100.00%
Mexican	2,366	0.40%	22.02%
Puerto Rican	5,938	1.00%	55.27%
Cuban	220	0.04%	2.05%
Dominican	169	0.03%	1.57%
Central American	174	0.03%	1.62%
Costa Rican	10	0.00%	0.09%
Guatemalan	25	0.00%	0.23%
Honduran	30	0.01%	0.28%
Nicaraguan	4	0.00%	0.04%
Panamanian	45	0.01%	0.42%
Salvadorian	57	0.01%	0.53%
Other Central American	3	0.00%	0.03%
South American	279	0.05%	2.60%
Argentinian	19	0.00%	0.18%
Bolivian	1	0.00%	0.01%
Chilean	19	0.00%	0.18%
Columbian	147	0.02%	1.37%
Ecuadorian	20	0.00%	0.19%
Paraguayan	3	0.00%	0.03%
Peruvian	36	0.01%	0.34%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	24	0.00%	0.22%
Other South American	10	0.00%	0.09%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,597	0.27%	14.87%
Spaniard	51	0.01%	0.47%
Spanish	295	0.05%	2.75%
Spanish American	25	0.00%	0.23%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,226	0.21%	11.41%

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

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