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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 1,902,165 95.19% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 96,092 4.81% 100.00%
Total Asian 87,871 4.40% 91.44%
Southern Asian 6,311 0.32% 6.57%
Asian Indian 5,535 0.28% 5.76%
Bangladeshi 184 0.01% 0.19%
Pakistani 392 0.02% 0.41%
Sri Lankan 200 0.01% 0.21%
Southeastern Asian 49,974 2.50% 52.01%
Cambodian 464 0.02% 0.48%
Filipino 40,529 2.03% 42.18%
Indonesian 259 0.01% 0.27%
Laotian 1,134 0.06% 1.18%
Malaysian 68 0.00% 0.07%
Thai 3,100 0.16% 3.23%
Vietnamese 4,420 0.22% 4.60%
Eastern Asian 30,042 1.50% 31.26%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 13,601 0.68% 14.15%
Hmong 98 0.00% 0.10%
Japanese 8,277 0.41% 8.61%
Korean 7,554 0.38% 7.86%
Taiwanese 512 0.03% 0.53%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,544 0.08% 1.61%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 8,221 0.41% 8.56%
Polynesian 5,806 0.29% 6.04%
Native Hawaiian 3,471 0.17% 3.61%
Samoan 1,474 0.07% 1.53%
Tongan 728 0.04% 0.76%
Other Polynesian 133 0.01% 0.14%
Micronesian 1,562 0.08% 1.63%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,346 0.07% 1.40%
Other Micronesian 216 0.01% 0.22%
Melanesian 81 0.00% 0.08%
Fijian 78 0.00% 0.08%
Other Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 772 0.04% 0.80%

* 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) 1,604,287 80.28% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 393,970 19.72% 100.00%
Mexican 285,764 14.30% 72.53%
Puerto Rican 10,420 0.52% 2.64%
Cuban 11,498 0.58% 2.92%
Dominican 869 0.04% 0.22%
Central American 18,747 0.94% 4.76%
Costa Rican 667 0.03% 0.17%
Guatemalan 4,106 0.21% 1.04%
Honduran 1,316 0.07% 0.33%
Nicaraguan 1,583 0.08% 0.40%
Panamanian 669 0.03% 0.17%
Salvadorian 9,386 0.47% 2.38%
Other Central American 1,020 0.05% 0.26%
South American 6,803 0.34% 1.73%
Argentinian 1,350 0.07% 0.34%
Bolivian 123 0.01% 0.03%
Chilean 697 0.03% 0.18%
Columbian 1,821 0.09% 0.46%
Ecuadorian 626 0.03% 0.16%
Paraguayan 55 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 1,415 0.07% 0.36%
Uruguayan 95 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 244 0.01% 0.06%
Other South American 377 0.02% 0.10%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 59,869 3.00% 15.20%
Spaniard 1,550 0.08% 0.39%
Spanish 10,021 0.50% 2.54%
Spanish American 850 0.04% 0.22%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 47,448 2.37% 12.04%


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 4,656 24.78% 0.23%
2. Paiute 3,963 21.10% 0.20%
3. Cherokee 1,815 9.66% 0.09%
4. Shoshone 1,711 9.11% 0.09%
5. Navajo 1,402 7.46% 0.07%
6. Latin American Indians 973 5.18% 0.05%
7. Sioux 604 3.22% 0.03%
8. Apache 508 2.70% 0.03%
9. Chippewa 396 2.11% 0.02%
10. Choctaw 385 2.05% 0.02%
11. Pueblo 326 1.74% 0.02%
12. Blackfeet 267 1.42% 0.01%
13. Iroquois 204 1.09% 0.01%
14. Potawatomi 134 0.71% 0.01%
15. Creek 129 0.69% 0.01%
16. Chickasaw 103 0.55% 0.01%
17. Yuman 87 0.46% 0.00%
18. Tlingit-Haida 84 0.45% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 82 0.44% 0.00%
20. Alaskan Athabascan 74 0.39% 0.00%
21. Pima 70 0.37% 0.00%
22. Cheyenne 66 0.35% 0.00%
23. Yaqui 61 0.32% 0.00%
24. Aleut 59 0.31% 0.00%
25. Comanche 58 0.31% 0.00%
26. Ute 57 0.30% 0.00%
27. Kiowa 55 0.29% 0.00%
28. Puget Sound Salish 52 0.28% 0.00%
29. Osage 50 0.27% 0.00%
30. Delaware 46 0.24% 0.00%
31. Seminole 46 0.24% 0.00%
32. Tohono O'Odham 44 0.23% 0.00%
33. Crow 41 0.22% 0.00%
34. Cree 34 0.18% 0.00%
35. Ottawa 33 0.18% 0.00%
36. Lumbee 27 0.14% 0.00%
37. Colville 26 0.14% 0.00%
38. Yakama 25 0.13% 0.00%
39. Menominee 21 0.11% 0.00%
40. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 11 0.06% 0.00%
41. Houma 1 0.01% 0.00%

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

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