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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 87,271 99.51% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 433 0.49% 100.00%
Total Asian 416 0.47% 96.07%
Southern Asian 43 0.05% 9.93%
Asian Indian 42 0.05% 9.70%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 1 0.00% 0.23%
Southeastern Asian 190 0.22% 43.88%
Cambodian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Filipino 79 0.09% 18.24%
Indonesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Laotian 1 0.00% 0.23%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 12 0.01% 2.77%
Vietnamese 98 0.11% 22.63%
Eastern Asian 172 0.20% 39.72%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 49 0.06% 11.32%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 32 0.04% 7.39%
Korean 87 0.10% 20.09%
Taiwanese 4 0.00% 0.92%
Other Asian or Not Specified 11 0.01% 2.54%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 17 0.02% 3.93%
Polynesian 7 0.01% 1.62%
Native Hawaiian 6 0.01% 1.39%
Samoan 1 0.00% 0.23%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 6 0.01% 1.39%
Guamanian or Chamorro 5 0.01% 1.15%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.23%
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 4 0.00% 0.92%

* 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) 84,812 96.70% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 2,892 3.30% 100.00%
Mexican 2,325 2.65% 80.39%
Puerto Rican 51 0.06% 1.76%
Cuban 19 0.02% 0.66%
Dominican 4 0.00% 0.14%
Central American 87 0.10% 3.01%
Costa Rican 5 0.01% 0.17%
Guatemalan 8 0.01% 0.28%
Honduran 2 0.00% 0.07%
Nicaraguan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Panamanian 6 0.01% 0.21%
Salvadorian 63 0.07% 2.18%
Other Central American 3 0.00% 0.10%
South American 14 0.02% 0.48%
Argentinian 1 0.00% 0.03%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 1 0.00% 0.03%
Columbian 5 0.01% 0.17%
Ecuadorian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 5 0.01% 0.17%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 2 0.00% 0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 392 0.45% 13.55%
Spaniard 2 0.00% 0.07%
Spanish 61 0.07% 2.11%
Spanish American 21 0.02% 0.73%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 308 0.35% 10.65%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 70 33.02% 0.08%
2. Sioux 47 22.17% 0.05%
3. Cherokee 36 16.98% 0.04%
4. Chippewa 13 6.13% 0.01%
5. Latin American Indians 12 5.66% 0.01%
6. Creek 8 3.77% 0.01%
7. Iroquois 8 3.77% 0.01%
8. Choctaw 4 1.89% 0.00%
9. Blackfeet 3 1.42% 0.00%
10. Potawatomi 3 1.42% 0.00%
11. Apache 2 0.94% 0.00%
12. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.94% 0.00%
13. Comanche 1 0.47% 0.00%
14. Navajo 1 0.47% 0.00%
15. Ottawa 1 0.47% 0.00%
16. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.47% 0.00%

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

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