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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 23,485 98.71% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 306 1.29% 100.00%
Total Asian 187 0.79% 61.11%
Southern Asian 27 0.11% 8.82%
Asian Indian 24 0.10% 7.84%
Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pakistani 0 0.00% 0.00%
Sri Lankan 3 0.01% 0.98%
Southeastern Asian 43 0.18% 14.05%
Cambodian 1 0.00% 0.33%
Filipino 20 0.08% 6.54%
Indonesian 2 0.01% 0.65%
Laotian 1 0.00% 0.33%
Malaysian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Thai 2 0.01% 0.65%
Vietnamese 17 0.07% 5.56%
Eastern Asian 114 0.48% 37.25%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 33 0.14% 10.78%
Hmong 0 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 43 0.18% 14.05%
Korean 37 0.16% 12.09%
Taiwanese 1 0.00% 0.33%
Other Asian or Not Specified 3 0.01% 0.98%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 119 0.50% 38.89%
Polynesian 106 0.45% 34.64%
Native Hawaiian 6 0.03% 1.96%
Samoan 100 0.42% 32.68%
Tongan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 7 0.03% 2.29%
Guamanian or Chamorro 7 0.03% 2.29%
Other Micronesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Melanesian 3 0.01% 0.98%
Fijian 3 0.01% 0.98%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 3 0.01% 0.98%

* 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) 21,577 90.69% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 2,214 9.31% 100.00%
Mexican 1,926 8.10% 86.99%
Puerto Rican 12 0.05% 0.54%
Cuban 8 0.03% 0.36%
Dominican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Central American 18 0.08% 0.81%
Costa Rican 0 0.00% 0.00%
Guatemalan 4 0.02% 0.18%
Honduran 2 0.01% 0.09%
Nicaraguan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Panamanian 6 0.03% 0.27%
Salvadorian 6 0.03% 0.27%
Other Central American 0 0.00% 0.00%
South American 8 0.03% 0.36%
Argentinian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Bolivian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Chilean 3 0.01% 0.14%
Columbian 1 0.00% 0.05%
Ecuadorian 1 0.00% 0.05%
Paraguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Peruvian 3 0.01% 0.14%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other South American 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 242 1.02% 10.93%
Spaniard 3 0.01% 0.14%
Spanish 40 0.17% 1.81%
Spanish American 1 0.00% 0.05%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 198 0.83% 8.94%


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 535 70.30% 2.25%
2. Yakama 97 12.75% 0.41%
3. Cherokee 18 2.37% 0.08%
4. Sioux 18 2.37% 0.08%
5. Navajo 13 1.71% 0.05%
6. Blackfeet 11 1.45% 0.05%
7. Apache 10 1.31% 0.04%
8. Chippewa 9 1.18% 0.04%
9. Paiute 9 1.18% 0.04%
10. Pima 7 0.92% 0.03%
11. Choctaw 6 0.79% 0.03%
12. Aleut 6 0.79% 0.03%
13. Latin American Indians 4 0.53% 0.02%
14. Shoshone 4 0.53% 0.02%
15. Eskimo 4 0.53% 0.02%
16. Iroquois 3 0.39% 0.01%
17. Potawatomi 2 0.26% 0.01%
18. Chickasaw 1 0.13% 0.00%
19. Creek 1 0.13% 0.00%
20. Osage 1 0.13% 0.00%
21. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.13% 0.00%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 1 0.13% 0.00%

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

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