Hawaii

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 632,206 52.18% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 579,331 47.82% 100.00%
Total Asian 469,180 38.73% 80.99%
Southern Asian 1,596 0.13% 0.28%
Asian Indian 1,441 0.12% 0.25%
Bangladeshi 6 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 35 0.00% 0.01%
Sri Lankan 114 0.01% 0.02%
Southeastern Asian 182,245 15.04% 31.46%
Cambodian 235 0.02% 0.04%
Filipino 170,635 14.08% 29.45%
Indonesian 292 0.02% 0.05%
Laotian 1,842 0.15% 0.32%
Malaysian 115 0.01% 0.02%
Thai 1,259 0.10% 0.22%
Vietnamese 7,867 0.65% 1.36%
Eastern Asian 281,921 23.27% 48.66%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 55,823 4.61% 9.64%
Hmong 20 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 201,764 16.65% 34.83%
Korean 23,537 1.94% 4.06%
Taiwanese 777 0.06% 0.13%
Other Asian or Not Specified 3,418 0.28% 0.59%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 110,151 9.09% 19.01%
Polynesian 100,884 8.33% 17.41%
Native Hawaiian 80,137 6.61% 13.83%
Samoan 16,166 1.33% 2.79%
Tongan 3,993 0.33% 0.69%
Other Polynesian 588 0.05% 0.10%
Micronesian 8,155 0.67% 1.41%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,663 0.14% 0.29%
Other Micronesian 6,492 0.54% 1.12%
Melanesian 240 0.02% 0.04%
Fijian 214 0.02% 0.04%
Other Melanesian 26 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 872 0.07% 0.15%

* 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) 1,123,838 92.76% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 87,699 7.24% 100.00%
Mexican 19,820 1.64% 22.60%
Puerto Rican 30,005 2.48% 34.21%
Cuban 711 0.06% 0.81%
Dominican 244 0.02% 0.28%
Central American 1,269 0.10% 1.45%
Costa Rican 105 0.01% 0.12%
Guatemalan 266 0.02% 0.30%
Honduran 122 0.01% 0.14%
Nicaraguan 113 0.01% 0.13%
Panamanian 401 0.03% 0.46%
Salvadorian 225 0.02% 0.26%
Other Central American 37 0.00% 0.04%
South American 1,439 0.12% 1.64%
Argentinian 159 0.01% 0.18%
Bolivian 32 0.00% 0.04%
Chilean 132 0.01% 0.15%
Columbian 410 0.03% 0.47%
Ecuadorian 139 0.01% 0.16%
Paraguayan 10 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 345 0.03% 0.39%
Uruguayan 16 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 117 0.01% 0.13%
Other South American 79 0.01% 0.09%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 34,211 2.82% 39.01%
Spaniard 952 0.08% 1.09%
Spanish 16,813 1.39% 19.17%
Spanish American 71 0.01% 0.08%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 16,375 1.35% 18.67%


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 494 22.64% 0.04%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 371 17.00% 0.03%
3. Latin American Indians 147 6.74% 0.01%
4. Navajo 136 6.23% 0.01%
5. Apache 134 6.14% 0.01%
6. Sioux 101 4.63% 0.01%
7. Chippewa 72 3.30% 0.01%
8. Blackfeet 71 3.25% 0.01%
9. Iroquois 70 3.21% 0.01%
10. Choctaw 69 3.16% 0.01%
11. Pueblo 67 3.07% 0.01%
12. Creek 49 2.25% 0.00%
13. Eskimo 39 1.79% 0.00%
14. Tlingit-Haida 37 1.70% 0.00%
15. Yaqui 35 1.60% 0.00%
16. Seminole 27 1.24% 0.00%
17. Alaskan Athabascan 25 1.15% 0.00%
18. Aleut 25 1.15% 0.00%
19. Lumbee 23 1.05% 0.00%
20. Comanche 20 0.92% 0.00%
21. Chickasaw 19 0.87% 0.00%
22. Osage 16 0.73% 0.00%
23. Potawatomi 16 0.73% 0.00%
24. Cheyenne 13 0.60% 0.00%
25. Shoshone 13 0.60% 0.00%
26. Puget Sound Salish 12 0.55% 0.00%
27. Crow 10 0.46% 0.00%
28. Pima 10 0.46% 0.00%
29. Paiute 9 0.41% 0.00%
30. Kiowa 8 0.37% 0.00%
31. Tohono O'Odham 8 0.37% 0.00%
32. Cree 7 0.32% 0.00%
33. Colville 6 0.27% 0.00%
34. Delaware 5 0.23% 0.00%
35. Yakama 5 0.23% 0.00%
36. Houma 3 0.14% 0.00%
37. Ottawa 3 0.14% 0.00%
38. Ute 2 0.09% 0.00%
39. Yuman 2 0.09% 0.00%
40. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 2 0.09% 0.00%
41. Menominee 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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