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)	423,048	92.88%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	32,418	7.12%	100.00%
Mexican	4,822	1.06%	14.87%
Puerto Rican	1,670	0.37%	5.15%
Cuban	3,364	0.74%	10.38%
Dominican	500	0.11%	1.54%
Central American	9,581	2.10%	29.55%
Costa Rican	293	0.06%	0.90%
Guatemalan	1,097	0.24%	3.38%
Honduran	5,245	1.15%	16.18%
Nicaraguan	1,744	0.38%	5.38%
Panamanian	187	0.04%	0.58%
Salvadorian	490	0.11%	1.51%
Other Central American	525	0.12%	1.62%
South American	1,303	0.29%	4.02%
Argentinian	100	0.02%	0.31%
Bolivian	23	0.01%	0.07%
Chilean	79	0.02%	0.24%
Columbian	534	0.12%	1.65%
Ecuadorian	171	0.04%	0.53%
Paraguayan	2	0.00%	0.01%
Peruvian	147	0.03%	0.45%
Uruguayan	19	0.00%	0.06%
Venezuelan	160	0.04%	0.49%
Other South American	68	0.01%	0.21%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	11,178	2.45%	34.48%
Spaniard	197	0.04%	0.61%
Spanish	1,772	0.39%	5.47%
Spanish American	209	0.05%	0.64%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	9,000	1.98%	27.76%

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

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