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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 51,458 98.10% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 999 1.90% 100.00%
Total Asian 923 1.76% 92.39%
Southern Asian 171 0.33% 17.12%
Asian Indian 171 0.33% 17.12%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Southeastern Asian 384 0.73% 38.44%
Cambodian 15 0.03% 1.50%
Filipino 254 0.48% 25.43%
Indonesian 3 0.01% 0.30%
Laotian 6 0.01% 0.60%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 14 0.03% 1.40%
Vietnamese 92 0.18% 9.21%
Eastern Asian 350 0.67% 35.04%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 158 0.30% 15.82%
Hmong 4 0.01% 0.40%
Japanese 111 0.21% 11.11%
Korean 72 0.14% 7.21%
Taiwanese 5 0.01% 0.50%
Other Asian or Not Specified 18 0.03% 1.80%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 76 0.14% 7.61%
Polynesian 39 0.07% 3.90%
Native Hawaiian 27 0.05% 2.70%
Samoan 12 0.02% 1.20%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 21 0.04% 2.10%
Guamanian or Chamorro 19 0.04% 1.90%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.20%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 16 0.03% 1.60%

* 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) 44,991 85.77% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 7,466 14.23% 100.00%
Mexican 5,520 10.52% 73.94%
Puerto Rican 89 0.17% 1.19%
Cuban 61 0.12% 0.82%
Dominican 5 0.01% 0.07%
Central American 461 0.88% 6.17%
Costa Rican 12 0.02% 0.16%
Guatemalan 36 0.07% 0.48%
Honduran 57 0.11% 0.76%
Nicaraguan 216 0.41% 2.89%
Panamanian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Salvadorian 133 0.25% 1.78%
Other Central American 6 0.01% 0.08%
South American 66 0.13% 0.88%
Argentinian 3 0.01% 0.04%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 14 0.03% 0.19%
Columbian 24 0.05% 0.32%
Ecuadorian 2 0.00% 0.03%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 17 0.03% 0.23%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other South American 4 0.01% 0.05%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,264 2.41% 16.93%
Spaniard 29 0.06% 0.39%
Spanish 225 0.43% 3.01%
Spanish American 4 0.01% 0.05%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 1,006 1.92% 13.47%


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 374 42.36% 0.71%
2. Paiute 162 18.35% 0.31%
3. Cherokee 81 9.17% 0.15%
4. Pueblo 56 6.34% 0.11%
5. Navajo 32 3.62% 0.06%
6. Shoshone 32 3.62% 0.06%
7. Sioux 26 2.94% 0.05%
8. Apache 12 1.36% 0.02%
9. Chippewa 12 1.36% 0.02%
10. Yuman 12 1.36% 0.02%
11. Choctaw 10 1.13% 0.02%
12. Latin American Indians 10 1.13% 0.02%
13. Creek 7 0.79% 0.01%
14. Iroquois 7 0.79% 0.01%
15. Pima 7 0.79% 0.01%
16. Blackfeet 6 0.68% 0.01%
17. Tlingit-Haida 6 0.68% 0.01%
18. Cheyenne 5 0.57% 0.01%
19. Aleut 5 0.57% 0.01%
20. Eskimo 4 0.45% 0.01%
21. Cree 3 0.34% 0.01%
22. Menominee 3 0.34% 0.01%
23. Potawatomi 3 0.34% 0.01%
24. Osage 2 0.23% 0.00%
25. Ute 2 0.23% 0.00%
26. Comanche 1 0.11% 0.00%
27. Kiowa 1 0.11% 0.00%
28. Seminole 1 0.11% 0.00%
29. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.11% 0.00%

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

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