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)	957,499	91.34%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	90,820	8.66%	100.00%
Mexican	5,881	0.56%	6.48%
Puerto Rican	25,422	2.43%	27.99%
Cuban	1,128	0.11%	1.24%
Dominican	17,894	1.71%	19.70%
Central American	11,320	1.08%	12.46%
Costa Rican	108	0.01%	0.12%
Guatemalan	8,949	0.85%	9.85%
Honduran	491	0.05%	0.54%
Nicaraguan	110	0.01%	0.12%
Panamanian	218	0.02%	0.24%
Salvadorian	1,206	0.12%	1.33%
Other Central American	238	0.02%	0.26%
South American	8,666	0.83%	9.54%
Argentinian	247	0.02%	0.27%
Bolivian	961	0.09%	1.06%
Chilean	117	0.01%	0.13%
Columbian	5,706	0.54%	6.28%
Ecuadorian	544	0.05%	0.60%
Paraguayan	13	0.00%	0.01%
Peruvian	498	0.05%	0.55%
Uruguayan	45	0.00%	0.05%
Venezuelan	357	0.03%	0.39%
Other South American	178	0.02%	0.20%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	20,509	1.96%	22.58%
Spaniard	180	0.02%	0.20%
Spanish	2,481	0.24%	2.73%
Spanish American	290	0.03%	0.32%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	17,558	1.67%	19.33%

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

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