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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 178,539 98.09% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 3,484 1.91% 100.00%
Total Asian 3,411 1.87% 97.90%
Southern Asian 436 0.24% 12.51%
Asian Indian 423 0.23% 12.14%
Bangladeshi 5 0.00% 0.14%
Pakistani 4 0.00% 0.11%
Sri Lankan 4 0.00% 0.11%
Southeastern Asian 2,054 1.13% 58.96%
Cambodian 11 0.01% 0.32%
Filipino 147 0.08% 4.22%
Indonesian 10 0.01% 0.29%
Laotian 1,702 0.94% 48.85%
Malaysian 4 0.00% 0.11%
Thai 86 0.05% 2.47%
Vietnamese 94 0.05% 2.70%
Eastern Asian 703 0.39% 20.18%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 192 0.11% 5.51%
Hmong 25 0.01% 0.72%
Japanese 273 0.15% 7.84%
Korean 210 0.12% 6.03%
Taiwanese 3 0.00% 0.09%
Other Asian or Not Specified 218 0.12% 6.26%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 73 0.04% 2.10%
Polynesian 39 0.02% 1.12%
Native Hawaiian 25 0.01% 0.72%
Samoan 11 0.01% 0.32%
Tongan 3 0.00% 0.09%
Other Polynesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Micronesian 23 0.01% 0.66%
Guamanian or Chamorro 21 0.01% 0.60%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.06%
Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 11 0.01% 0.32%

* 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) 176,958 97.22% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 5,065 2.78% 100.00%
Mexican 3,306 1.82% 65.27%
Puerto Rican 421 0.23% 8.31%
Cuban 115 0.06% 2.27%
Dominican 11 0.01% 0.22%
Central American 351 0.19% 6.93%
Costa Rican 13 0.01% 0.26%
Guatemalan 119 0.07% 2.35%
Honduran 21 0.01% 0.41%
Nicaraguan 25 0.01% 0.49%
Panamanian 20 0.01% 0.39%
Salvadorian 132 0.07% 2.61%
Other Central American 21 0.01% 0.41%
South American 127 0.07% 2.51%
Argentinian 6 0.00% 0.12%
Bolivian 4 0.00% 0.08%
Chilean 9 0.00% 0.18%
Columbian 44 0.02% 0.87%
Ecuadorian 8 0.00% 0.16%
Paraguayan 1 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 26 0.01% 0.51%
Uruguayan 0 0.00% 0.00%
Venezuelan 23 0.01% 0.45%
Other South American 6 0.00% 0.12%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 734 0.40% 14.49%
Spaniard 16 0.01% 0.32%
Spanish 123 0.07% 2.43%
Spanish American 2 0.00% 0.04%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 593 0.33% 11.71%


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 160 45.71% 0.09%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 34 9.71% 0.02%
3. Choctaw 20 5.71% 0.01%
4. Apache 15 4.29% 0.01%
5. Chippewa 14 4.00% 0.01%
6. Iroquois 13 3.71% 0.01%
7. Navajo 11 3.14% 0.01%
8. Potawatomi 11 3.14% 0.01%
9. Sioux 10 2.86% 0.01%
10. Blackfeet 8 2.29% 0.00%
11. Latin American Indians 7 2.00% 0.00%
12. Creek 6 1.71% 0.00%
13. Pueblo 6 1.71% 0.00%
14. Aleut 6 1.71% 0.00%
15. Seminole 5 1.43% 0.00%
16. Kiowa 4 1.14% 0.00%
17. Lumbee 4 1.14% 0.00%
18. Crow 3 0.86% 0.00%
19. Houma 3 0.86% 0.00%
20. Osage 3 0.86% 0.00%
21. Tlingit-Haida 3 0.86% 0.00%
22. Comanche 2 0.57% 0.00%
23. Ottawa 1 0.29% 0.00%
24. Eskimo 1 0.29% 0.00%

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

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