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)	11,047	5.72%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	182,070	94.28%	100.00%
Mexican	145,669	75.43%	80.01%
Puerto Rican	312	0.16%	0.17%
Cuban	115	0.06%	0.06%
Dominican	13	0.01%	0.01%
Central American	392	0.20%	0.22%
Costa Rican	11	0.01%	0.01%
Guatemalan	62	0.03%	0.03%
Honduran	128	0.07%	0.07%
Nicaraguan	29	0.02%	0.02%
Panamanian	13	0.01%	0.01%
Salvadorian	114	0.06%	0.06%
Other Central American	35	0.02%	0.02%
South American	130	0.07%	0.07%
Argentinian	11	0.01%	0.01%
Bolivian	5	0.00%	0.00%
Chilean	8	0.00%	0.00%
Columbian	53	0.03%	0.03%
Ecuadorian	5	0.00%	0.00%
Paraguayan	1	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	30	0.02%	0.02%
Uruguayan	1	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	10	0.01%	0.01%
Other South American	6	0.00%	0.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	35,439	18.35%	19.46%
Spaniard	86	0.04%	0.05%
Spanish	627	0.32%	0.34%
Spanish American	52	0.03%	0.03%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	34,674	17.95%	19.04%

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

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