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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 882,630 98.35% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 14,842 1.65% 100.00%
Total Asian 14,511 1.62% 97.77%
Southern Asian 3,657 0.41% 24.64%
Asian Indian 3,354 0.37% 22.60%
Bangladeshi 47 0.01% 0.32%
Pakistani 241 0.03% 1.62%
Sri Lankan 15 0.00% 0.10%
Southeastern Asian 5,450 0.61% 36.72%
Cambodian 482 0.05% 3.25%
Filipino 1,348 0.15% 9.08%
Indonesian 21 0.00% 0.14%
Laotian 345 0.04% 2.32%
Malaysian 27 0.00% 0.18%
Thai 163 0.02% 1.10%
Vietnamese 3,064 0.34% 20.64%
Eastern Asian 5,101 0.57% 34.37%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,924 0.33% 19.70%
Hmong 49 0.01% 0.33%
Japanese 631 0.07% 4.25%
Korean 1,420 0.16% 9.57%
Taiwanese 77 0.01% 0.52%
Other Asian or Not Specified 303 0.03% 2.04%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 331 0.04% 2.23%
Polynesian 154 0.02% 1.04%
Native Hawaiian 73 0.01% 0.49%
Samoan 72 0.01% 0.49%
Tongan 5 0.00% 0.03%
Other Polynesian 4 0.00% 0.03%
Micronesian 114 0.01% 0.77%
Guamanian or Chamorro 112 0.01% 0.75%
Other Micronesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Fijian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 61 0.01% 0.41%

* 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) 874,108 97.40% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 23,364 2.60% 100.00%
Mexican 16,191 1.80% 69.30%
Puerto Rican 1,215 0.14% 5.20%
Cuban 733 0.08% 3.14%
Dominican 78 0.01% 0.33%
Central American 1,047 0.12% 4.48%
Costa Rican 57 0.01% 0.24%
Guatemalan 179 0.02% 0.77%
Honduran 370 0.04% 1.58%
Nicaraguan 58 0.01% 0.25%
Panamanian 119 0.01% 0.51%
Salvadorian 211 0.02% 0.90%
Other Central American 53 0.01% 0.23%
South American 664 0.07% 2.84%
Argentinian 54 0.01% 0.23%
Bolivian 37 0.00% 0.16%
Chilean 96 0.01% 0.41%
Columbian 211 0.02% 0.90%
Ecuadorian 33 0.00% 0.14%
Paraguayan 6 0.00% 0.03%
Peruvian 44 0.00% 0.19%
Uruguayan 16 0.00% 0.07%
Venezuelan 129 0.01% 0.55%
Other South American 38 0.00% 0.16%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 3,436 0.38% 14.71%
Spaniard 117 0.01% 0.50%
Spanish 418 0.05% 1.79%
Spanish American 37 0.00% 0.16%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 2,864 0.32% 12.26%


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 510 50.90% 0.06%
2. Choctaw 100 9.98% 0.01%
3. Latin American Indians 92 9.18% 0.01%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 57 5.69% 0.01%
5. Sioux 41 4.09% 0.00%
6. Apache 30 2.99% 0.00%
7. Iroquois 28 2.79% 0.00%
8. Creek 22 2.20% 0.00%
9. Chippewa 20 2.00% 0.00%
10. Blackfeet 16 1.60% 0.00%
11. Navajo 13 1.30% 0.00%
12. Chickasaw 12 1.20% 0.00%
13. Shoshone 9 0.90% 0.00%
14. Lumbee 7 0.70% 0.00%
15. Potawatomi 5 0.50% 0.00%
16. Pueblo 5 0.50% 0.00%
17. Seminole 5 0.50% 0.00%
18. Delaware 4 0.40% 0.00%
19. Kiowa 4 0.40% 0.00%
20. Yaqui 4 0.40% 0.00%
21. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.20% 0.00%
22. Alaskan Athabascan 2 0.20% 0.00%
23. Eskimo 2 0.20% 0.00%
24. Cheyenne 1 0.10% 0.00%
25. Colville 1 0.10% 0.00%
26. Comanche 1 0.10% 0.00%
27. Cree 1 0.10% 0.00%
28. Menominee 1 0.10% 0.00%
29. Osage 1 0.10% 0.00%
30. Ottawa 1 0.10% 0.00%
31. Paiute 1 0.10% 0.00%
32. Ute 1 0.10% 0.00%
33. Yuman 1 0.10% 0.00%
34. Aleut 1 0.10% 0.00%
35. Tlingit-Haida 1 0.10% 0.00%

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

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