Kansas

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 2,641,184 98.24% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 47,234 1.76% 100.00%
Total Asian 45,944 1.71% 97.27%
Southern Asian 9,129 0.34% 19.33%
Asian Indian 8,153 0.30% 17.26%
Bangladeshi 197 0.01% 0.42%
Pakistani 667 0.02% 1.41%
Sri Lankan 112 0.00% 0.24%
Southeastern Asian 20,398 0.76% 43.18%
Cambodian 732 0.03% 1.55%
Filipino 3,509 0.13% 7.43%
Indonesian 233 0.01% 0.49%
Laotian 3,361 0.13% 7.12%
Malaysian 157 0.01% 0.33%
Thai 783 0.03% 1.66%
Vietnamese 11,623 0.43% 24.61%
Eastern Asian 15,092 0.56% 31.95%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 7,173 0.27% 15.19%
Hmong 1,004 0.04% 2.13%
Japanese 1,935 0.07% 4.10%
Korean 4,529 0.17% 9.59%
Taiwanese 451 0.02% 0.95%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,325 0.05% 2.81%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,290 0.05% 2.73%
Polynesian 665 0.02% 1.41%
Native Hawaiian 391 0.01% 0.83%
Samoan 255 0.01% 0.54%
Tongan 13 0.00% 0.03%
Other Polynesian 6 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 452 0.02% 0.96%
Guamanian or Chamorro 325 0.01% 0.69%
Other Micronesian 127 0.00% 0.27%
Melanesian 10 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 5 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 5 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 163 0.01% 0.35%

* 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) 2,500,166 93.00% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 188,252 7.00% 100.00%
Mexican 148,270 5.52% 78.76%
Puerto Rican 5,237 0.19% 2.78%
Cuban 1,680 0.06% 0.89%
Dominican 202 0.01% 0.11%
Central American 4,484 0.17% 2.38%
Costa Rican 185 0.01% 0.10%
Guatemalan 1,080 0.04% 0.57%
Honduran 657 0.02% 0.35%
Nicaraguan 171 0.01% 0.09%
Panamanian 485 0.02% 0.26%
Salvadorian 1,649 0.06% 0.88%
Other Central American 257 0.01% 0.14%
South American 2,627 0.10% 1.40%
Argentinian 208 0.01% 0.11%
Bolivian 135 0.01% 0.07%
Chilean 162 0.01% 0.09%
Columbian 712 0.03% 0.38%
Ecuadorian 331 0.01% 0.18%
Paraguayan 117 0.00% 0.06%
Peruvian 430 0.02% 0.23%
Uruguayan 20 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 358 0.01% 0.19%
Other South American 154 0.01% 0.08%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 25,752 0.96% 13.68%
Spaniard 255 0.01% 0.14%
Spanish 3,069 0.11% 1.63%
Spanish American 331 0.01% 0.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 22,097 0.82% 11.74%


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 5,860 31.59% 0.22%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 3,157 17.02% 0.12%
3. Potawatomi 2,109 11.37% 0.08%
4. Choctaw 1,004 5.41% 0.04%
5. Sioux 853 4.60% 0.03%
6. Navajo 617 3.33% 0.02%
7. Creek 603 3.25% 0.02%
8. Latin American Indians 575 3.10% 0.02%
9. Apache 412 2.22% 0.02%
10. Iroquois 398 2.15% 0.01%
11. Delaware 335 1.81% 0.01%
12. Osage 318 1.71% 0.01%
13. Chippewa 298 1.61% 0.01%
14. Kiowa 246 1.33% 0.01%
15. Chickasaw 223 1.20% 0.01%
16. Cheyenne 200 1.08% 0.01%
17. Blackfeet 195 1.05% 0.01%
18. Comanche 190 1.02% 0.01%
19. Seminole 189 1.02% 0.01%
20. Pueblo 143 0.77% 0.01%
21. Ottawa 61 0.33% 0.00%
22. Eskimo 56 0.30% 0.00%
23. Tlingit-Haida 48 0.26% 0.00%
24. Crow 47 0.25% 0.00%
25. Paiute 42 0.23% 0.00%
26. Lumbee 40 0.22% 0.00%
27. Shoshone 38 0.20% 0.00%
28. Yaqui 37 0.20% 0.00%
29. Aleut 33 0.18% 0.00%
30. Menominee 31 0.17% 0.00%
31. Alaskan Athabascan 29 0.16% 0.00%
32. Yuman 26 0.14% 0.00%
33. Ute 25 0.13% 0.00%
34. Cree 23 0.12% 0.00%
35. Tohono O'Odham 22 0.12% 0.00%
36. Pima 20 0.11% 0.00%
37. Yakama 19 0.10% 0.00%
38. Puget Sound Salish 15 0.08% 0.00%
39. Colville 9 0.05% 0.00%
40. Houma 3 0.02% 0.00%
41. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 3 0.02% 0.00%

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

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