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)	147,968	21.77%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	531,654	78.23%	100.00%
Mexican	447,065	65.78%	84.09%
Puerto Rican	4,286	0.63%	0.81%
Cuban	534	0.08%	0.10%
Dominican	151	0.02%	0.03%
Central American	1,449	0.21%	0.27%
Costa Rican	69	0.01%	0.01%
Guatemalan	293	0.04%	0.06%
Honduran	189	0.03%	0.04%
Nicaraguan	126	0.02%	0.02%
Panamanian	395	0.06%	0.07%
Salvadorian	316	0.05%	0.06%
Other Central American	61	0.01%	0.01%
South American	822	0.12%	0.15%
Argentinian	139	0.02%	0.03%
Bolivian	38	0.01%	0.01%
Chilean	72	0.01%	0.01%
Columbian	254	0.04%	0.05%
Ecuadorian	71	0.01%	0.01%
Paraguayan	6	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	119	0.02%	0.02%
Uruguayan	5	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	70	0.01%	0.01%
Other South American	48	0.01%	0.01%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	77,347	11.38%	14.55%
Spaniard	267	0.04%	0.05%
Spanish	2,394	0.35%	0.45%
Spanish American	284	0.04%	0.05%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	74,402	10.95%	13.99%

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

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