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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 12,061,611 98.21% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 219,443 1.79% 100.00%
Total Asian 216,051 1.76% 98.45%
Southern Asian 61,515 0.50% 28.03%
Asian Indian 57,241 0.47% 26.08%
Bangladeshi 806 0.01% 0.37%
Pakistani 3,041 0.02% 1.39%
Sri Lankan 427 0.00% 0.19%
Southeastern Asian 58,050 0.47% 26.45%
Cambodian 8,531 0.07% 3.89%
Filipino 14,506 0.12% 6.61%
Indonesian 858 0.01% 0.39%
Laotian 2,204 0.02% 1.00%
Malaysian 230 0.00% 0.10%
Thai 1,684 0.01% 0.77%
Vietnamese 30,037 0.24% 13.69%
Eastern Asian 90,004 0.73% 41.01%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 48,700 0.40% 22.19%
Hmong 758 0.01% 0.35%
Japanese 6,984 0.06% 3.18%
Korean 31,612 0.26% 14.41%
Taiwanese 1,950 0.02% 0.89%
Other Asian or Not Specified 6,482 0.05% 2.95%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 3,392 0.03% 1.55%
Polynesian 1,723 0.01% 0.79%
Native Hawaiian 897 0.01% 0.41%
Samoan 734 0.01% 0.33%
Tongan 46 0.00% 0.02%
Other Polynesian 46 0.00% 0.02%
Micronesian 723 0.01% 0.33%
Guamanian or Chamorro 646 0.01% 0.29%
Other Micronesian 77 0.00% 0.04%
Melanesian 21 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 8 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 13 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 925 0.01% 0.42%

* 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) 11,886,966 96.79% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 394,088 3.21% 100.00%
Mexican 55,178 0.45% 14.00%
Puerto Rican 228,557 1.86% 58.00%
Cuban 10,363 0.08% 2.63%
Dominican 12,186 0.10% 3.09%
Central American 9,845 0.08% 2.50%
Costa Rican 1,116 0.01% 0.28%
Guatemalan 2,322 0.02% 0.59%
Honduran 1,736 0.01% 0.44%
Nicaraguan 972 0.01% 0.25%
Panamanian 1,397 0.01% 0.35%
Salvadorian 1,872 0.02% 0.48%
Other Central American 430 0.00% 0.11%
South American 18,268 0.15% 4.64%
Argentinian 1,885 0.02% 0.48%
Bolivian 327 0.00% 0.08%
Chilean 1,152 0.01% 0.29%
Columbian 7,166 0.06% 1.82%
Ecuadorian 2,459 0.02% 0.62%
Paraguayan 207 0.00% 0.05%
Peruvian 2,593 0.02% 0.66%
Uruguayan 257 0.00% 0.07%
Venezuelan 1,410 0.01% 0.36%
Other South American 812 0.01% 0.21%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 59,691 0.49% 15.15%
Spaniard 1,420 0.01% 0.36%
Spanish 8,322 0.07% 2.11%
Spanish American 849 0.01% 0.22%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 49,100 0.40% 12.46%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Cherokee 2,709 29.18% 0.02%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 1,281 13.80% 0.01%
3. Iroquois 991 10.67% 0.01%
4. Latin American Indians 900 9.69% 0.01%
5. Sioux 483 5.20% 0.00%
6. Delaware 464 5.00% 0.00%
7. Blackfeet 453 4.88% 0.00%
8. Chippewa 309 3.33% 0.00%
9. Apache 216 2.33% 0.00%
10. Navajo 211 2.27% 0.00%
11. Lumbee 185 1.99% 0.00%
12. Choctaw 143 1.54% 0.00%
13. Creek 126 1.36% 0.00%
14. Seminole 101 1.09% 0.00%
15. Pueblo 98 1.06% 0.00%
16. Potawatomi 53 0.57% 0.00%
17. Cheyenne 49 0.53% 0.00%
18. Aleut 47 0.51% 0.00%
19. Chickasaw 45 0.48% 0.00%
20. Cree 36 0.39% 0.00%
21. Shoshone 36 0.39% 0.00%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 34 0.37% 0.00%
23. Eskimo 34 0.37% 0.00%
24. Comanche 33 0.36% 0.00%
25. Crow 29 0.31% 0.00%
26. Puget Sound Salish 29 0.31% 0.00%
27. Osage 26 0.28% 0.00%
28. Tohono O'Odham 22 0.24% 0.00%
29. Ute 19 0.20% 0.00%
30. Yaqui 19 0.20% 0.00%
31. Tlingit-Haida 19 0.20% 0.00%
32. Kiowa 17 0.18% 0.00%
33. Paiute 14 0.15% 0.00%
34. Houma 10 0.11% 0.00%
35. Ottawa 10 0.11% 0.00%
36. Yuman 9 0.10% 0.00%
37. Menominee 8 0.09% 0.00%
38. Yakama 7 0.08% 0.00%
39. Pima 6 0.06% 0.00%
40. Colville 2 0.02% 0.00%
41. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 2 0.02% 0.00%

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

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