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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 706,608 97.68% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 16,811 2.32% 100.00%
Total Asian 16,523 2.28% 98.29%
Southern Asian 2,797 0.39% 16.64%
Asian Indian 2,630 0.36% 15.64%
Bangladeshi 25 0.00% 0.15%
Pakistani 108 0.01% 0.64%
Sri Lankan 34 0.00% 0.20%
Southeastern Asian 7,766 1.07% 46.20%
Cambodian 3,752 0.52% 22.32%
Filipino 576 0.08% 3.43%
Indonesian 24 0.00% 0.14%
Laotian 321 0.04% 1.91%
Malaysian 25 0.00% 0.15%
Thai 129 0.02% 0.77%
Vietnamese 2,939 0.41% 17.48%
Eastern Asian 5,507 0.76% 32.76%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 3,074 0.42% 18.29%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 710 0.10% 4.22%
Korean 1,603 0.22% 9.54%
Taiwanese 119 0.02% 0.71%
Other Asian or Not Specified 453 0.06% 2.69%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 288 0.04% 1.71%
Polynesian 119 0.02% 0.71%
Native Hawaiian 53 0.01% 0.32%
Samoan 62 0.01% 0.37%
Tongan 3 0.00% 0.02%
Other Polynesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 84 0.01% 0.50%
Guamanian or Chamorro 83 0.01% 0.49%
Other Micronesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 84 0.01% 0.50%

* 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) 643,548 88.96% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 79,871 11.04% 100.00%
Mexican 2,491 0.34% 3.12%
Puerto Rican 25,803 3.57% 32.31%
Cuban 1,117 0.15% 1.40%
Dominican 27,507 3.80% 34.44%
Central American 3,800 0.53% 4.76%
Costa Rican 206 0.03% 0.26%
Guatemalan 2,556 0.35% 3.20%
Honduran 334 0.05% 0.42%
Nicaraguan 47 0.01% 0.06%
Panamanian 57 0.01% 0.07%
Salvadorian 465 0.06% 0.58%
Other Central American 135 0.02% 0.17%
South American 1,990 0.28% 2.49%
Argentinian 163 0.02% 0.20%
Bolivian 18 0.00% 0.02%
Chilean 110 0.02% 0.14%
Columbian 675 0.09% 0.85%
Ecuadorian 528 0.07% 0.66%
Paraguayan 15 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 245 0.03% 0.31%
Uruguayan 20 0.00% 0.03%
Venezuelan 146 0.02% 0.18%
Other South American 70 0.01% 0.09%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 17,163 2.37% 21.49%
Spaniard 164 0.02% 0.21%
Spanish 1,911 0.26% 2.39%
Spanish American 257 0.04% 0.32%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 14,831 2.05% 18.57%


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 199 32.73% 0.03%
2. Latin American Indians 127 20.89% 0.02%
3. Cherokee 81 13.32% 0.01%
4. Iroquois 40 6.58% 0.01%
5. Blackfeet 24 3.95% 0.00%
6. Sioux 18 2.96% 0.00%
7. Chippewa 16 2.63% 0.00%
8. Navajo 15 2.47% 0.00%
9. Pueblo 14 2.30% 0.00%
10. Apache 10 1.64% 0.00%
11. Eskimo 9 1.48% 0.00%
12. Aleut 8 1.32% 0.00%
13. Kiowa 6 0.99% 0.00%
14. Lumbee 6 0.99% 0.00%
15. Creek 5 0.82% 0.00%
16. Paiute 5 0.82% 0.00%
17. Delaware 4 0.66% 0.00%
18. Cree 3 0.49% 0.00%
19. Crow 3 0.49% 0.00%
20. Yaqui 3 0.49% 0.00%
21. Chickasaw 2 0.33% 0.00%
22. Choctaw 2 0.33% 0.00%
23. Shoshone 2 0.33% 0.00%
24. Cheyenne 1 0.16% 0.00%
25. Potawatomi 1 0.16% 0.00%
26. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.16% 0.00%
27. Seminole 1 0.16% 0.00%
28. Yuman 1 0.16% 0.00%
29. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.16% 0.00%

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

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