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.

* 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)	1,270,500	99.13%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	11,166	0.87%	100.00%
Mexican	3,568	0.28%	31.95%
Puerto Rican	2,216	0.17%	19.85%
Cuban	622	0.05%	5.57%
Dominican	131	0.01%	1.17%
Central American	434	0.03%	3.89%
Costa Rican	39	0.00%	0.35%
Guatemalan	99	0.01%	0.89%
Honduran	67	0.01%	0.60%
Nicaraguan	45	0.00%	0.40%
Panamanian	100	0.01%	0.90%
Salvadorian	61	0.00%	0.55%
Other Central American	23	0.00%	0.21%
South American	1,249	0.10%	11.19%
Argentinian	224	0.02%	2.01%
Bolivian	29	0.00%	0.26%
Chilean	139	0.01%	1.24%
Columbian	244	0.02%	2.19%
Ecuadorian	87	0.01%	0.78%
Paraguayan	8	0.00%	0.07%
Peruvian	217	0.02%	1.94%
Uruguayan	27	0.00%	0.24%
Venezuelan	227	0.02%	2.03%
Other South American	47	0.00%	0.42%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	2,946	0.23%	26.38%
Spaniard	121	0.01%	1.08%
Spanish	595	0.05%	5.33%
Spanish American	36	0.00%	0.32%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	2,194	0.17%	19.65%

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

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