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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 487,285 97.41% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 12,980 2.59% 100.00%
Total Asian 12,816 2.56% 98.74%
Southern Asian 4,944 0.99% 38.09%
Asian Indian 4,542 0.91% 34.99%
Bangladeshi 98 0.02% 0.76%
Pakistani 278 0.06% 2.14%
Sri Lankan 26 0.01% 0.20%
Southeastern Asian 2,131 0.43% 16.42%
Cambodian 21 0.00% 0.16%
Filipino 1,291 0.26% 9.95%
Indonesian 52 0.01% 0.40%
Laotian 75 0.01% 0.58%
Malaysian 12 0.00% 0.09%
Thai 88 0.02% 0.68%
Vietnamese 592 0.12% 4.56%
Eastern Asian 5,515 1.10% 42.49%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 3,468 0.69% 26.72%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 394 0.08% 3.04%
Korean 1,438 0.29% 11.08%
Taiwanese 214 0.04% 1.65%
Other Asian or Not Specified 226 0.05% 1.74%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 164 0.03% 1.26%
Polynesian 51 0.01% 0.39%
Native Hawaiian 22 0.00% 0.17%
Samoan 27 0.01% 0.21%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 37 0.01% 0.29%
Guamanian or Chamorro 37 0.01% 0.29%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 76 0.02% 0.59%

* 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) 473,972 94.74% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 26,293 5.26% 100.00%
Mexican 8,816 1.76% 33.53%
Puerto Rican 11,139 2.23% 42.36%
Cuban 702 0.14% 2.67%
Dominican 544 0.11% 2.07%
Central American 631 0.13% 2.40%
Costa Rican 91 0.02% 0.35%
Guatemalan 124 0.02% 0.47%
Honduran 88 0.02% 0.33%
Nicaraguan 38 0.01% 0.14%
Panamanian 145 0.03% 0.55%
Salvadorian 121 0.02% 0.46%
Other Central American 24 0.00% 0.09%
South American 1,331 0.27% 5.06%
Argentinian 138 0.03% 0.52%
Bolivian 16 0.00% 0.06%
Chilean 112 0.02% 0.43%
Columbian 488 0.10% 1.86%
Ecuadorian 157 0.03% 0.60%
Paraguayan 29 0.01% 0.11%
Peruvian 157 0.03% 0.60%
Uruguayan 5 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 186 0.04% 0.71%
Other South American 43 0.01% 0.16%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,130 0.63% 11.90%
Spaniard 87 0.02% 0.33%
Spanish 495 0.10% 1.88%
Spanish American 46 0.01% 0.17%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,502 0.50% 9.52%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 168 32.25% 0.03%
2. Latin American Indians 103 19.77% 0.02%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 89 17.08% 0.02%
4. Lumbee 20 3.84% 0.00%
5. Blackfeet 19 3.65% 0.00%
6. Iroquois 19 3.65% 0.00%
7. Navajo 17 3.26% 0.00%
8. Choctaw 14 2.69% 0.00%
9. Sioux 14 2.69% 0.00%
10. Delaware 10 1.92% 0.00%
11. Apache 9 1.73% 0.00%
12. Potawatomi 8 1.54% 0.00%
13. Chippewa 7 1.34% 0.00%
14. Chickasaw 6 1.15% 0.00%
15. Ottawa 4 0.77% 0.00%
16. Cheyenne 2 0.38% 0.00%
17. Cree 2 0.38% 0.00%
18. Creek 2 0.38% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 2 0.38% 0.00%
20. Comanche 1 0.19% 0.00%
21. Osage 1 0.19% 0.00%
22. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.19% 0.00%
23. Seminole 1 0.19% 0.00%
24. Shoshone 1 0.19% 0.00%
25. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.19% 0.00%

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

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