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)	67,036	84.23%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	12,553	15.77%	100.00%
Mexican	1,397	1.76%	11.13%
Puerto Rican	681	0.86%	5.42%
Cuban	7,131	8.96%	56.81%
Dominican	75	0.09%	0.60%
Central American	1,139	1.43%	9.07%
Costa Rican	77	0.10%	0.61%
Guatemalan	211	0.27%	1.68%
Honduran	161	0.20%	1.28%
Nicaraguan	573	0.72%	4.56%
Panamanian	42	0.05%	0.33%
Salvadorian	68	0.09%	0.54%
Other Central American	7	0.01%	0.06%
South American	485	0.61%	3.86%
Argentinian	51	0.06%	0.41%
Bolivian	22	0.03%	0.18%
Chilean	22	0.03%	0.18%
Columbian	201	0.25%	1.60%
Ecuadorian	37	0.05%	0.29%
Paraguayan	6	0.01%	0.05%
Peruvian	77	0.10%	0.61%
Uruguayan	7	0.01%	0.06%
Venezuelan	51	0.06%	0.41%
Other South American	11	0.01%	0.09%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,645	2.07%	13.10%
Spaniard	86	0.11%	0.69%
Spanish	247	0.31%	1.97%
Spanish American	52	0.07%	0.41%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,260	1.58%	10.04%

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

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