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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 233,400 97.94% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 4,914 2.06% 100.00%
Total Asian 4,869 2.04% 99.08%
Southern Asian 338 0.14% 6.88%
Asian Indian 312 0.13% 6.35%
Bangladeshi 15 0.01% 0.31%
Pakistani 7 0.00% 0.14%
Sri Lankan 4 0.00% 0.08%
Southeastern Asian 3,148 1.32% 64.06%
Cambodian 781 0.33% 15.89%
Filipino 190 0.08% 3.87%
Indonesian 11 0.00% 0.22%
Laotian 1,272 0.53% 25.89%
Malaysian 3 0.00% 0.06%
Thai 42 0.02% 0.85%
Vietnamese 849 0.36% 17.28%
Eastern Asian 1,187 0.50% 24.16%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 434 0.18% 8.83%
Hmong 2 0.00% 0.04%
Japanese 100 0.04% 2.04%
Korean 632 0.27% 12.86%
Taiwanese 19 0.01% 0.39%
Other Asian or Not Specified 196 0.08% 3.99%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 45 0.02% 0.92%
Polynesian 16 0.01% 0.33%
Native Hawaiian 7 0.00% 0.14%
Samoan 9 0.00% 0.18%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 8 0.00% 0.16%
Guamanian or Chamorro 8 0.00% 0.16%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 20 0.01% 0.41%

* 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) 221,622 93.00% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 16,692 7.00% 100.00%
Mexican 12,430 5.22% 74.47%
Puerto Rican 695 0.29% 4.16%
Cuban 249 0.10% 1.49%
Dominican 36 0.02% 0.22%
Central American 212 0.09% 1.27%
Costa Rican 15 0.01% 0.09%
Guatemalan 56 0.02% 0.34%
Honduran 58 0.02% 0.35%
Nicaraguan 19 0.01% 0.11%
Panamanian 9 0.00% 0.05%
Salvadorian 46 0.02% 0.28%
Other Central American 9 0.00% 0.05%
South American 226 0.09% 1.35%
Argentinian 10 0.00% 0.06%
Bolivian 6 0.00% 0.04%
Chilean 72 0.03% 0.43%
Columbian 48 0.02% 0.29%
Ecuadorian 7 0.00% 0.04%
Paraguayan 2 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 37 0.02% 0.22%
Uruguayan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 35 0.01% 0.21%
Other South American 8 0.00% 0.05%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,844 1.19% 17.04%
Spaniard 10 0.00% 0.06%
Spanish 253 0.11% 1.52%
Spanish American 26 0.01% 0.16%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,555 1.07% 15.31%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Chippewa 221 38.98% 0.09%
2. Ottawa 106 18.69% 0.04%
3. Cherokee 42 7.41% 0.02%
4. Latin American Indians 41 7.23% 0.02%
5. Potawatomi 40 7.05% 0.02%
6. All Other Native American Tribes 27 4.76% 0.01%
7. Iroquois 20 3.53% 0.01%
8. Sioux 13 2.29% 0.01%
9. Apache 12 2.12% 0.01%
10. Navajo 10 1.76% 0.00%
11. Blackfeet 9 1.59% 0.00%
12. Choctaw 7 1.23% 0.00%
13. All Other Alaskan Tribes 5 0.88% 0.00%
14. Yaqui 4 0.71% 0.00%
15. Chickasaw 2 0.35% 0.00%
16. Shoshone 2 0.35% 0.00%
17. Comanche 1 0.18% 0.00%
18. Creek 1 0.18% 0.00%
19. Lumbee 1 0.18% 0.00%
20. Osage 1 0.18% 0.00%
21. Pueblo 1 0.18% 0.00%
22. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.18% 0.00%

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

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