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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 1,271,779 95.30% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 62,765 4.70% 100.00%
Total Asian 62,365 4.67% 99.36%
Southern Asian 26,627 2.00% 42.42%
Asian Indian 23,793 1.78% 37.91%
Bangladeshi 324 0.02% 0.52%
Pakistani 2,433 0.18% 3.88%
Sri Lankan 77 0.01% 0.12%
Southeastern Asian 8,344 0.63% 13.29%
Cambodian 56 0.00% 0.09%
Filipino 7,085 0.53% 11.29%
Indonesian 88 0.01% 0.14%
Laotian 22 0.00% 0.04%
Malaysian 18 0.00% 0.03%
Thai 357 0.03% 0.57%
Vietnamese 718 0.05% 1.14%
Eastern Asian 26,637 2.00% 42.44%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 15,617 1.17% 24.88%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 1,978 0.15% 3.15%
Korean 8,339 0.62% 13.29%
Taiwanese 703 0.05% 1.12%
Other Asian or Not Specified 757 0.06% 1.21%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 400 0.03% 0.64%
Polynesian 133 0.01% 0.21%
Native Hawaiian 63 0.00% 0.10%
Samoan 64 0.00% 0.10%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 5 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 92 0.01% 0.15%
Guamanian or Chamorro 89 0.01% 0.14%
Other Micronesian 3 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 8 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 5 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 167 0.01% 0.27%

* 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) 1,201,262 90.01% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 133,282 9.99% 100.00%
Mexican 6,569 0.49% 4.93%
Puerto Rican 23,540 1.76% 17.66%
Cuban 4,458 0.33% 3.34%
Dominican 10,132 0.76% 7.60%
Central American 33,826 2.53% 25.38%
Costa Rican 675 0.05% 0.51%
Guatemalan 2,991 0.22% 2.24%
Honduran 3,687 0.28% 2.77%
Nicaraguan 284 0.02% 0.21%
Panamanian 709 0.05% 0.53%
Salvadorian 23,987 1.80% 18.00%
Other Central American 1,493 0.11% 1.12%
South American 20,342 1.52% 15.26%
Argentinian 1,507 0.11% 1.13%
Bolivian 361 0.03% 0.27%
Chilean 1,986 0.15% 1.49%
Columbian 7,230 0.54% 5.42%
Ecuadorian 3,790 0.28% 2.84%
Paraguayan 159 0.01% 0.12%
Peruvian 3,648 0.27% 2.74%
Uruguayan 309 0.02% 0.23%
Venezuelan 428 0.03% 0.32%
Other South American 924 0.07% 0.69%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 34,415 2.58% 25.82%
Spaniard 1,145 0.09% 0.86%
Spanish 4,514 0.34% 3.39%
Spanish American 527 0.04% 0.40%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 28,229 2.12% 21.18%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 379 43.07% 0.03%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 160 18.18% 0.01%
3. Cherokee 151 17.16% 0.01%
4. Iroquois 45 5.11% 0.00%
5. Sioux 31 3.52% 0.00%
6. Apache 18 2.05% 0.00%
7. Lumbee 16 1.82% 0.00%
8. Pueblo 10 1.14% 0.00%
9. Blackfeet 9 1.02% 0.00%
10. Creek 9 1.02% 0.00%
11. Navajo 8 0.91% 0.00%
12. Chippewa 7 0.80% 0.00%
13. Cheyenne 5 0.57% 0.00%
14. Delaware 4 0.45% 0.00%
15. Choctaw 3 0.34% 0.00%
16. Cree 3 0.34% 0.00%
17. Osage 3 0.34% 0.00%
18. Menominee 2 0.23% 0.00%
19. Potawatomi 2 0.23% 0.00%
20. Yaqui 2 0.23% 0.00%
21. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.23% 0.00%
22. Tlingit-Haida 2 0.23% 0.00%
23. Chickasaw 1 0.11% 0.00%
24. Comanche 1 0.11% 0.00%
25. Crow 1 0.11% 0.00%
26. Ottawa 1 0.11% 0.00%
27. Paiute 1 0.11% 0.00%
28. Seminole 1 0.11% 0.00%
29. Ute 1 0.11% 0.00%
30. Aleut 1 0.11% 0.00%
31. All Other Alaskan Tribes 1 0.11% 0.00%

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

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