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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 170,576 99.22% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,346 0.78% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,276 0.74% 94.80%
Southern Asian 302 0.18% 22.44%
Asian Indian 277 0.16% 20.58%
Bangladeshi 4 0.00% 0.30%
Pakistani 20 0.01% 1.49%
Sri Lankan 1 0.00% 0.07%
Southeastern Asian 337 0.20% 25.04%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 135 0.08% 10.03%
Indonesian 8 0.00% 0.59%
Laotian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Malaysian 7 0.00% 0.52%
Thai 30 0.02% 2.23%
Vietnamese 157 0.09% 11.66%
Eastern Asian 610 0.35% 45.32%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 283 0.16% 21.03%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 139 0.08% 10.33%
Korean 175 0.10% 13.00%
Taiwanese 13 0.01% 0.97%
Other Asian or Not Specified 27 0.02% 2.01%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 70 0.04% 5.20%
Polynesian 33 0.02% 2.45%
Native Hawaiian 19 0.01% 1.41%
Samoan 14 0.01% 1.04%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 20 0.01% 1.49%
Guamanian or Chamorro 13 0.01% 0.97%
Other Micronesian 7 0.00% 0.52%
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 17 0.01% 1.26%

* 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) 170,243 99.02% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,679 0.98% 100.00%
Mexican 917 0.53% 54.62%
Puerto Rican 158 0.09% 9.41%
Cuban 95 0.06% 5.66%
Dominican 3 0.00% 0.18%
Central American 57 0.03% 3.39%
Costa Rican 8 0.00% 0.48%
Guatemalan 13 0.01% 0.77%
Honduran 9 0.01% 0.54%
Nicaraguan 10 0.01% 0.60%
Panamanian 13 0.01% 0.77%
Salvadorian 4 0.00% 0.24%
Other Central American 0 0.00% 0.00%
South American 82 0.05% 4.88%
Argentinian 5 0.00% 0.30%
Bolivian 9 0.01% 0.54%
Chilean 10 0.01% 0.60%
Columbian 16 0.01% 0.95%
Ecuadorian 2 0.00% 0.12%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 17 0.01% 1.01%
Uruguayan 1 0.00% 0.06%
Venezuelan 20 0.01% 1.19%
Other South American 2 0.00% 0.12%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 367 0.21% 21.86%
Spaniard 3 0.00% 0.18%
Spanish 39 0.02% 2.32%
Spanish American 4 0.00% 0.24%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 321 0.19% 19.12%


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 74 40.00% 0.04%
2. Sioux 20 10.81% 0.01%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 19 10.27% 0.01%
4. Apache 12 6.49% 0.01%
5. Latin American Indians 11 5.95% 0.01%
6. Potawatomi 9 4.86% 0.01%
7. Chippewa 7 3.78% 0.00%
8. Choctaw 6 3.24% 0.00%
9. Lumbee 5 2.70% 0.00%
10. Iroquois 4 2.16% 0.00%
11. Navajo 4 2.16% 0.00%
12. Blackfeet 2 1.08% 0.00%
13. Cheyenne 2 1.08% 0.00%
14. Osage 2 1.08% 0.00%
15. Pueblo 2 1.08% 0.00%
16. Alaskan Athabascan 2 1.08% 0.00%
17. Chickasaw 1 0.54% 0.00%
18. Cree 1 0.54% 0.00%
19. Delaware 1 0.54% 0.00%
20. Eskimo 1 0.54% 0.00%

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

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