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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 336,152 98.47% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 5,215 1.53% 100.00%
Total Asian 5,094 1.49% 97.68%
Southern Asian 1,773 0.52% 34.00%
Asian Indian 1,565 0.46% 30.01%
Bangladeshi 39 0.01% 0.75%
Pakistani 156 0.05% 2.99%
Sri Lankan 13 0.00% 0.25%
Southeastern Asian 1,081 0.32% 20.73%
Cambodian 33 0.01% 0.63%
Filipino 797 0.23% 15.28%
Indonesian 16 0.00% 0.31%
Laotian 8 0.00% 0.15%
Malaysian 3 0.00% 0.06%
Thai 50 0.01% 0.96%
Vietnamese 174 0.05% 3.34%
Eastern Asian 2,134 0.63% 40.92%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 1,197 0.35% 22.95%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 207 0.06% 3.97%
Korean 711 0.21% 13.63%
Taiwanese 19 0.01% 0.36%
Other Asian or Not Specified 106 0.03% 2.03%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 121 0.04% 2.32%
Polynesian 45 0.01% 0.86%
Native Hawaiian 22 0.01% 0.42%
Samoan 23 0.01% 0.44%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 44 0.01% 0.84%
Guamanian or Chamorro 34 0.01% 0.65%
Other Micronesian 10 0.00% 0.19%
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 31 0.01% 0.59%

* 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) 301,629 88.36% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 39,738 11.64% 100.00%
Mexican 8,933 2.62% 22.48%
Puerto Rican 19,153 5.61% 48.20%
Cuban 902 0.26% 2.27%
Dominican 951 0.28% 2.39%
Central American 2,079 0.61% 5.23%
Costa Rican 100 0.03% 0.25%
Guatemalan 220 0.06% 0.55%
Honduran 1,090 0.32% 2.74%
Nicaraguan 57 0.02% 0.14%
Panamanian 185 0.05% 0.47%
Salvadorian 346 0.10% 0.87%
Other Central American 81 0.02% 0.20%
South American 2,402 0.70% 6.04%
Argentinian 273 0.08% 0.69%
Bolivian 29 0.01% 0.07%
Chilean 142 0.04% 0.36%
Columbian 757 0.22% 1.90%
Ecuadorian 322 0.09% 0.81%
Paraguayan 10 0.00% 0.03%
Peruvian 671 0.20% 1.69%
Uruguayan 42 0.01% 0.11%
Venezuelan 57 0.02% 0.14%
Other South American 99 0.03% 0.25%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,318 1.56% 13.38%
Spaniard 201 0.06% 0.51%
Spanish 729 0.21% 1.83%
Spanish American 74 0.02% 0.19%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,314 1.26% 10.86%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Delaware 148 26.15% 0.04%
2. Latin American Indians 145 25.62% 0.04%
3. Cherokee 80 14.13% 0.02%
4. Iroquois 58 10.25% 0.02%
5. All Other Native American Tribes 36 6.36% 0.01%
6. Blackfeet 19 3.36% 0.01%
7. Navajo 13 2.30% 0.00%
8. Chippewa 11 1.94% 0.00%
9. Sioux 10 1.77% 0.00%
10. Eskimo 10 1.77% 0.00%
11. Lumbee 7 1.24% 0.00%
12. Apache 6 1.06% 0.00%
13. Choctaw 5 0.88% 0.00%
14. Seminole 4 0.71% 0.00%
15. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.53% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 2 0.35% 0.00%
17. Aleut 2 0.35% 0.00%
18. Comanche 1 0.18% 0.00%
19. Menominee 1 0.18% 0.00%
20. Potawatomi 1 0.18% 0.00%
21. Shoshone 1 0.18% 0.00%
22. Tohono O'Odham 1 0.18% 0.00%
23. Yuman 1 0.18% 0.00%
24. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.18% 0.00%

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

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