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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 3,314,748 96.88% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 106,651 3.12% 100.00%
Total Asian 98,830 2.89% 92.67%
Southern Asian 10,258 0.30% 9.62%
Asian Indian 9,575 0.28% 8.98%
Bangladeshi 107 0.00% 0.10%
Pakistani 362 0.01% 0.34%
Sri Lankan 214 0.01% 0.20%
Southeastern Asian 38,858 1.14% 36.43%
Cambodian 2,569 0.08% 2.41%
Filipino 10,627 0.31% 9.96%
Indonesian 788 0.02% 0.74%
Laotian 4,391 0.13% 4.12%
Malaysian 152 0.00% 0.14%
Thai 1,441 0.04% 1.35%
Vietnamese 18,890 0.55% 17.71%
Eastern Asian 47,549 1.39% 44.58%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 20,225 0.59% 18.96%
Hmong 2,101 0.06% 1.97%
Japanese 12,131 0.35% 11.37%
Korean 12,387 0.36% 11.61%
Taiwanese 705 0.02% 0.66%
Other Asian or Not Specified 2,165 0.06% 2.03%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 7,821 0.23% 7.33%
Polynesian 3,946 0.12% 3.70%
Native Hawaiian 2,244 0.07% 2.10%
Samoan 1,124 0.03% 1.05%
Tongan 457 0.01% 0.43%
Other Polynesian 121 0.00% 0.11%
Micronesian 2,570 0.08% 2.41%
Guamanian or Chamorro 1,015 0.03% 0.95%
Other Micronesian 1,555 0.05% 1.46%
Melanesian 324 0.01% 0.30%
Fijian 320 0.01% 0.30%
Other Melanesian 4 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 981 0.03% 0.92%

* 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) 3,146,085 91.95% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 275,314 8.05% 100.00%
Mexican 214,662 6.27% 77.97%
Puerto Rican 5,092 0.15% 1.85%
Cuban 3,091 0.09% 1.12%
Dominican 178 0.01% 0.06%
Central American 7,955 0.23% 2.89%
Costa Rican 488 0.01% 0.18%
Guatemalan 3,512 0.10% 1.28%
Honduran 654 0.02% 0.24%
Nicaraguan 393 0.01% 0.14%
Panamanian 365 0.01% 0.13%
Salvadorian 2,178 0.06% 0.79%
Other Central American 365 0.01% 0.13%
South American 3,975 0.12% 1.44%
Argentinian 459 0.01% 0.17%
Bolivian 142 0.00% 0.05%
Chilean 607 0.02% 0.22%
Columbian 881 0.03% 0.32%
Ecuadorian 319 0.01% 0.12%
Paraguayan 41 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 933 0.03% 0.34%
Uruguayan 52 0.00% 0.02%
Venezuelan 296 0.01% 0.11%
Other South American 245 0.01% 0.09%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 40,361 1.18% 14.66%
Spaniard 898 0.03% 0.33%
Spanish 6,871 0.20% 2.50%
Spanish American 418 0.01% 0.15%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 32,174 0.94% 11.69%


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 15,584 47.00% 0.46%
2. Cherokee 4,221 12.73% 0.12%
3. Sioux 1,571 4.74% 0.05%
4. Latin American Indians 1,478 4.46% 0.04%
5. Chippewa 1,405 4.24% 0.04%
6. Choctaw 1,120 3.38% 0.03%
7. Blackfeet 734 2.21% 0.02%
8. Navajo 686 2.07% 0.02%
9. Yakama 632 1.91% 0.02%
10. Tlingit-Haida 557 1.68% 0.02%
11. Apache 547 1.65% 0.02%
12. Paiute 419 1.26% 0.01%
13. Iroquois 365 1.10% 0.01%
14. Eskimo 333 1.00% 0.01%
15. Creek 318 0.96% 0.01%
16. Puget Sound Salish 283 0.85% 0.01%
17. Aleut 277 0.84% 0.01%
18. Chickasaw 240 0.72% 0.01%
19. Pueblo 237 0.71% 0.01%
20. Alaskan Athabascan 217 0.65% 0.01%
21. Potawatomi 206 0.62% 0.01%
22. Colville 188 0.57% 0.01%
23. Cheyenne 182 0.55% 0.01%
24. Osage 167 0.50% 0.00%
25. Shoshone 134 0.40% 0.00%
26. Delaware 112 0.34% 0.00%
27. Comanche 93 0.28% 0.00%
28. Seminole 92 0.28% 0.00%
29. Yaqui 84 0.25% 0.00%
30. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 76 0.23% 0.00%
31. Ottawa 74 0.22% 0.00%
32. Cree 73 0.22% 0.00%
33. Kiowa 72 0.22% 0.00%
34. Pima 69 0.21% 0.00%
35. Ute 68 0.21% 0.00%
36. Crow 65 0.20% 0.00%
37. Lumbee 56 0.17% 0.00%
38. Tohono O'Odham 47 0.14% 0.00%
39. Menominee 36 0.11% 0.00%
40. Yuman 20 0.06% 0.00%
41. Houma 16 0.05% 0.00%

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

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