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)	155,185	88.83%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	19,521	11.17%	100.00%
Mexican	16,749	9.59%	85.80%
Puerto Rican	194	0.11%	0.99%
Cuban	37	0.02%	0.19%
Dominican	10	0.01%	0.05%
Central American	258	0.15%	1.32%
Costa Rican	3	0.00%	0.02%
Guatemalan	22	0.01%	0.11%
Honduran	42	0.02%	0.22%
Nicaraguan	32	0.02%	0.16%
Panamanian	24	0.01%	0.12%
Salvadorian	118	0.07%	0.60%
Other Central American	17	0.01%	0.09%
South American	86	0.05%	0.44%
Argentinian	1	0.00%	0.01%
Bolivian	4	0.00%	0.02%
Chilean	1	0.00%	0.01%
Columbian	42	0.02%	0.22%
Ecuadorian	8	0.00%	0.04%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	20	0.01%	0.10%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	8	0.00%	0.04%
Other South American	2	0.00%	0.01%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	2,187	1.25%	11.20%
Spaniard	20	0.01%	0.10%
Spanish	183	0.10%	0.94%
Spanish American	14	0.01%	0.07%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,970	1.13%	10.09%

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

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