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)	206,977	82.80%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	42,990	17.20%	100.00%
Mexican	31,906	12.76%	74.22%
Puerto Rican	1,017	0.41%	2.37%
Cuban	255	0.10%	0.59%
Dominican	32	0.01%	0.07%
Central American	551	0.22%	1.28%
Costa Rican	20	0.01%	0.05%
Guatemalan	73	0.03%	0.17%
Honduran	91	0.04%	0.21%
Nicaraguan	70	0.03%	0.16%
Panamanian	100	0.04%	0.23%
Salvadorian	172	0.07%	0.40%
Other Central American	25	0.01%	0.06%
South American	443	0.18%	1.03%
Argentinian	40	0.02%	0.09%
Bolivian	17	0.01%	0.04%
Chilean	48	0.02%	0.11%
Columbian	162	0.06%	0.38%
Ecuadorian	22	0.01%	0.05%
Paraguayan	1	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	43	0.02%	0.10%
Uruguayan	4	0.00%	0.01%
Venezuelan	76	0.03%	0.18%
Other South American	30	0.01%	0.07%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	8,786	3.51%	20.44%
Spaniard	132	0.05%	0.31%
Spanish	792	0.32%	1.84%
Spanish American	38	0.02%	0.09%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	7,824	3.13%	18.20%

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

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