Delaware

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)	746,323	95.24%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	37,277	4.76%	100.00%
Mexican	12,986	1.66%	34.84%
Puerto Rican	14,005	1.79%	37.57%
Cuban	932	0.12%	2.50%
Dominican	671	0.09%	1.80%
Central American	2,462	0.31%	6.60%
Costa Rican	99	0.01%	0.27%
Guatemalan	1,633	0.21%	4.38%
Honduran	125	0.02%	0.34%
Nicaraguan	67	0.01%	0.18%
Panamanian	237	0.03%	0.64%
Salvadorian	235	0.03%	0.63%
Other Central American	66	0.01%	0.18%
South American	1,586	0.20%	4.25%
Argentinian	146	0.02%	0.39%
Bolivian	29	0.00%	0.08%
Chilean	145	0.02%	0.39%
Columbian	555	0.07%	1.49%
Ecuadorian	212	0.03%	0.57%
Paraguayan	36	0.00%	0.10%
Peruvian	207	0.03%	0.56%
Uruguayan	5	0.00%	0.01%
Venezuelan	202	0.03%	0.54%
Other South American	49	0.01%	0.13%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	4,635	0.59%	12.43%
Spaniard	140	0.02%	0.38%
Spanish	724	0.09%	1.94%
Spanish American	64	0.01%	0.17%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	3,707	0.47%	9.94%

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

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