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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 3,227,099 94.90% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 173,479 5.10% 100.00%
Total Asian 171,404 5.04% 98.80%
Southern Asian 44,803 1.32% 25.83%
Asian Indian 35,971 1.06% 20.74%
Bangladeshi 645 0.02% 0.37%
Pakistani 7,832 0.23% 4.51%
Sri Lankan 355 0.01% 0.20%
Southeastern Asian 76,665 2.25% 44.19%
Cambodian 2,029 0.06% 1.17%
Filipino 15,576 0.46% 8.98%
Indonesian 701 0.02% 0.40%
Laotian 1,289 0.04% 0.74%
Malaysian 222 0.01% 0.13%
Thai 1,359 0.04% 0.78%
Vietnamese 55,489 1.63% 31.99%
Eastern Asian 47,016 1.38% 27.10%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 32,434 0.95% 18.70%
Hmong 5 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 3,574 0.11% 2.06%
Korean 8,764 0.26% 5.05%
Taiwanese 2,239 0.07% 1.29%
Other Asian or Not Specified 2,920 0.09% 1.68%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 2,075 0.06% 1.20%
Polynesian 896 0.03% 0.52%
Native Hawaiian 472 0.01% 0.27%
Samoan 359 0.01% 0.21%
Tongan 53 0.00% 0.03%
Other Polynesian 12 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 608 0.02% 0.35%
Guamanian or Chamorro 578 0.02% 0.33%
Other Micronesian 30 0.00% 0.02%
Melanesian 41 0.00% 0.02%
Fijian 41 0.00% 0.02%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 530 0.02% 0.31%

* 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) 2,280,827 67.07% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1,119,751 32.93% 100.00%
Mexican 814,693 23.96% 72.76%
Puerto Rican 12,390 0.36% 1.11%
Cuban 8,206 0.24% 0.73%
Dominican 1,456 0.04% 0.13%
Central American 78,452 2.31% 7.01%
Costa Rican 1,059 0.03% 0.09%
Guatemalan 9,077 0.27% 0.81%
Honduran 12,942 0.38% 1.16%
Nicaraguan 3,120 0.09% 0.28%
Panamanian 1,269 0.04% 0.11%
Salvadorian 47,282 1.39% 4.22%
Other Central American 3,703 0.11% 0.33%
South American 22,974 0.68% 2.05%
Argentinian 2,023 0.06% 0.18%
Bolivian 821 0.02% 0.07%
Chilean 1,046 0.03% 0.09%
Columbian 10,343 0.30% 0.92%
Ecuadorian 1,551 0.05% 0.14%
Paraguayan 72 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 2,736 0.08% 0.24%
Uruguayan 381 0.01% 0.03%
Venezuelan 2,866 0.08% 0.26%
Other South American 1,135 0.03% 0.10%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 181,580 5.34% 16.22%
Spaniard 1,638 0.05% 0.15%
Spanish 10,271 0.30% 0.92%
Spanish American 602 0.02% 0.05%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 169,069 4.97% 15.10%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 2,338 32.32% 0.07%
2. Cherokee 1,644 22.73% 0.05%
3. Choctaw 688 9.51% 0.02%
4. All Other Native American Tribes 605 8.36% 0.02%
5. Apache 274 3.79% 0.01%
6. Creek 192 2.65% 0.01%
7. Chickasaw 175 2.42% 0.01%
8. Sioux 151 2.09% 0.00%
9. Chippewa 129 1.78% 0.00%
10. Comanche 121 1.67% 0.00%
11. Iroquois 117 1.62% 0.00%
12. Navajo 106 1.47% 0.00%
13. Blackfeet 81 1.12% 0.00%
14. Osage 79 1.09% 0.00%
15. Potawatomi 68 0.94% 0.00%
16. Pueblo 64 0.88% 0.00%
17. Delaware 55 0.76% 0.00%
18. Ottawa 46 0.64% 0.00%
19. Seminole 41 0.57% 0.00%
20. Lumbee 37 0.51% 0.00%
21. Kiowa 36 0.50% 0.00%
22. Yaqui 23 0.32% 0.00%
23. Eskimo 21 0.29% 0.00%
24. Shoshone 16 0.22% 0.00%
25. Cheyenne 13 0.18% 0.00%
26. Cree 13 0.18% 0.00%
27. Alaskan Athabascan 13 0.18% 0.00%
28. Aleut 13 0.18% 0.00%
29. Tlingit-Haida 12 0.17% 0.00%
30. Houma 10 0.14% 0.00%
31. Ute 10 0.14% 0.00%
32. Paiute 9 0.12% 0.00%
33. Yuman 9 0.12% 0.00%
34. Tohono O'Odham 8 0.11% 0.00%
35. Crow 7 0.10% 0.00%
36. Pima 5 0.07% 0.00%
37. Puget Sound Salish 2 0.03% 0.00%
38. Yakama 2 0.03% 0.00%
39. Colville 1 0.01% 0.00%

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

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