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)	740,518	98.17%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	13,774	1.83%	100.00%
Mexican	3,005	0.40%	21.82%
Puerto Rican	2,845	0.38%	20.65%
Cuban	639	0.08%	4.64%
Dominican	311	0.04%	2.26%
Central American	1,454	0.19%	10.56%
Costa Rican	47	0.01%	0.34%
Guatemalan	261	0.03%	1.89%
Honduran	238	0.03%	1.73%
Nicaraguan	59	0.01%	0.43%
Panamanian	165	0.02%	1.20%
Salvadorian	560	0.07%	4.07%
Other Central American	124	0.02%	0.90%
South American	1,750	0.23%	12.71%
Argentinian	222	0.03%	1.61%
Bolivian	47	0.01%	0.34%
Chilean	152	0.02%	1.10%
Columbian	411	0.05%	2.98%
Ecuadorian	167	0.02%	1.21%
Paraguayan	32	0.00%	0.23%
Peruvian	469	0.06%	3.40%
Uruguayan	24	0.00%	0.17%
Venezuelan	144	0.02%	1.05%
Other South American	82	0.01%	0.60%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	3,770	0.50%	27.37%
Spaniard	141	0.02%	1.02%
Spanish	717	0.10%	5.21%
Spanish American	47	0.01%	0.34%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	2,865	0.38%	20.80%

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

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