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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 270,976 94.50% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 15,777 5.50% 100.00%
Total Asian 15,572 5.43% 98.70%
Southern Asian 6,261 2.18% 39.68%
Asian Indian 5,778 2.01% 36.62%
Bangladeshi 61 0.02% 0.39%
Pakistani 373 0.13% 2.36%
Sri Lankan 49 0.02% 0.31%
Southeastern Asian 4,618 1.61% 29.27%
Cambodian 108 0.04% 0.68%
Filipino 3,973 1.39% 25.18%
Indonesian 23 0.01% 0.15%
Laotian 10 0.00% 0.06%
Malaysian 3 0.00% 0.02%
Thai 170 0.06% 1.08%
Vietnamese 331 0.12% 2.10%
Eastern Asian 4,506 1.57% 28.56%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,291 0.80% 14.52%
Hmong 1 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 268 0.09% 1.70%
Korean 1,879 0.66% 11.91%
Taiwanese 67 0.02% 0.42%
Other Asian or Not Specified 187 0.07% 1.19%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 205 0.07% 1.30%
Polynesian 55 0.02% 0.35%
Native Hawaiian 33 0.01% 0.21%
Samoan 21 0.01% 0.13%
Tongan 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 90 0.03% 0.57%
Guamanian or Chamorro 90 0.03% 0.57%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 1 0.00% 0.01%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 59 0.02% 0.37%

* 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) 257,571 89.82% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 29,182 10.18% 100.00%
Mexican 2,659 0.93% 9.11%
Puerto Rican 10,681 3.72% 36.60%
Cuban 850 0.30% 2.91%
Dominican 4,768 1.66% 16.34%
Central American 2,783 0.97% 9.54%
Costa Rican 155 0.05% 0.53%
Guatemalan 1,439 0.50% 4.93%
Honduran 107 0.04% 0.37%
Nicaraguan 46 0.02% 0.16%
Panamanian 86 0.03% 0.29%
Salvadorian 835 0.29% 2.86%
Other Central American 115 0.04% 0.39%
South American 2,419 0.84% 8.29%
Argentinian 146 0.05% 0.50%
Bolivian 19 0.01% 0.07%
Chilean 96 0.03% 0.33%
Columbian 562 0.20% 1.93%
Ecuadorian 1,116 0.39% 3.82%
Paraguayan 8 0.00% 0.03%
Peruvian 257 0.09% 0.88%
Uruguayan 11 0.00% 0.04%
Venezuelan 72 0.03% 0.25%
Other South American 132 0.05% 0.45%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 5,022 1.75% 17.21%
Spaniard 201 0.07% 0.69%
Spanish 614 0.21% 2.10%
Spanish American 75 0.03% 0.26%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 4,132 1.44% 14.16%


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 111 38.95% 0.04%
2. Latin American Indians 67 23.51% 0.02%
3. Cherokee 37 12.98% 0.01%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 19 6.67% 0.01%
5. Iroquois 14 4.91% 0.00%
6. Apache 7 2.46% 0.00%
7. Comanche 6 2.11% 0.00%
8. Sioux 5 1.75% 0.00%
9. Tohono O'Odham 4 1.40% 0.00%
10. Blackfeet 2 0.70% 0.00%
11. Chippewa 2 0.70% 0.00%
12. Lumbee 2 0.70% 0.00%
13. Aleut 2 0.70% 0.00%
14. Choctaw 1 0.35% 0.00%
15. Cree 1 0.35% 0.00%
16. Creek 1 0.35% 0.00%
17. Seminole 1 0.35% 0.00%
18. Yaqui 1 0.35% 0.00%
19. Eskimo 1 0.35% 0.00%
20. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.35% 0.00%

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

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