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)	1,398,689	95.45%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	66,707	4.55%	100.00%
Mexican	5,867	0.40%	8.80%
Puerto Rican	22,386	1.53%	33.56%
Cuban	1,927	0.13%	2.89%
Dominican	2,911	0.20%	4.36%
Central American	9,565	0.65%	14.34%
Costa Rican	368	0.03%	0.55%
Guatemalan	2,926	0.20%	4.39%
Honduran	544	0.04%	0.82%
Nicaraguan	165	0.01%	0.25%
Panamanian	264	0.02%	0.40%
Salvadorian	4,772	0.33%	7.15%
Other Central American	526	0.04%	0.79%
South American	8,706	0.59%	13.05%
Argentinian	910	0.06%	1.36%
Bolivian	345	0.02%	0.52%
Chilean	658	0.04%	0.99%
Columbian	3,826	0.26%	5.74%
Ecuadorian	622	0.04%	0.93%
Paraguayan	70	0.00%	0.10%
Peruvian	978	0.07%	1.47%
Uruguayan	110	0.01%	0.16%
Venezuelan	655	0.04%	0.98%
Other South American	532	0.04%	0.80%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	15,345	1.05%	23.00%
Spaniard	440	0.03%	0.66%
Spanish	2,341	0.16%	3.51%
Spanish American	221	0.02%	0.33%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	12,343	0.84%	18.50%

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

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