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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 2,182,729 97.74% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 50,440 2.26% 100.00%
Total Asian 36,102 1.62% 71.57%
Southern Asian 3,521 0.16% 6.98%
Asian Indian 3,065 0.14% 6.08%
Bangladeshi 35 0.00% 0.07%
Pakistani 379 0.02% 0.75%
Sri Lankan 42 0.00% 0.08%
Southeastern Asian 13,588 0.61% 26.94%
Cambodian 1,332 0.06% 2.64%
Filipino 3,106 0.14% 6.16%
Indonesian 122 0.01% 0.24%
Laotian 2,195 0.10% 4.35%
Malaysian 42 0.00% 0.08%
Thai 823 0.04% 1.63%
Vietnamese 5,968 0.27% 11.83%
Eastern Asian 17,861 0.80% 35.41%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 7,643 0.34% 15.15%
Hmong 157 0.01% 0.31%
Japanese 6,186 0.28% 12.26%
Korean 3,473 0.16% 6.89%
Taiwanese 402 0.02% 0.80%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,132 0.05% 2.24%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 14,338 0.64% 28.43%
Polynesian 12,901 0.58% 25.58%
Native Hawaiian 1,251 0.06% 2.48%
Samoan 4,523 0.20% 8.97%
Tongan 6,587 0.29% 13.06%
Other Polynesian 540 0.02% 1.07%
Micronesian 520 0.02% 1.03%
Guamanian or Chamorro 202 0.01% 0.40%
Other Micronesian 318 0.01% 0.63%
Melanesian 82 0.00% 0.16%
Fijian 80 0.00% 0.16%
Other Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 835 0.04% 1.66%

* 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) 2,031,610 90.97% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 201,559 9.03% 100.00%
Mexican 136,416 6.11% 67.68%
Puerto Rican 3,977 0.18% 1.97%
Cuban 940 0.04% 0.47%
Dominican 352 0.02% 0.17%
Central American 6,645 0.30% 3.30%
Costa Rican 406 0.02% 0.20%
Guatemalan 2,137 0.10% 1.06%
Honduran 613 0.03% 0.30%
Nicaraguan 330 0.01% 0.16%
Panamanian 232 0.01% 0.12%
Salvadorian 2,670 0.12% 1.32%
Other Central American 257 0.01% 0.13%
South American 9,620 0.43% 4.77%
Argentinian 1,626 0.07% 0.81%
Bolivian 385 0.02% 0.19%
Chilean 1,504 0.07% 0.75%
Columbian 1,304 0.06% 0.65%
Ecuadorian 637 0.03% 0.32%
Paraguayan 34 0.00% 0.02%
Peruvian 2,276 0.10% 1.13%
Uruguayan 261 0.01% 0.13%
Venezuelan 1,224 0.05% 0.61%
Other South American 369 0.02% 0.18%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 43,609 1.95% 21.64%
Spaniard 859 0.04% 0.43%
Spanish 8,450 0.38% 4.19%
Spanish American 1,258 0.06% 0.62%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 33,042 1.48% 16.39%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Navajo 14,634 60.80% 0.66%
2. Ute 2,940 12.22% 0.13%
3. All Other Native American Tribes 1,126 4.68% 0.05%
4. Cherokee 736 3.06% 0.03%
5. Paiute 668 2.78% 0.03%
6. Sioux 655 2.72% 0.03%
7. Latin American Indians 599 2.49% 0.03%
8. Shoshone 589 2.45% 0.03%
9. Pueblo 327 1.36% 0.01%
10. Apache 318 1.32% 0.01%
11. Chippewa 222 0.92% 0.01%
12. Choctaw 166 0.69% 0.01%
13. Blackfeet 138 0.57% 0.01%
14. Iroquois 136 0.57% 0.01%
15. Cheyenne 84 0.35% 0.00%
16. Eskimo 75 0.31% 0.00%
17. Creek 68 0.28% 0.00%
18. Potawatomi 63 0.26% 0.00%
19. Chickasaw 47 0.20% 0.00%
20. Comanche 40 0.17% 0.00%
21. Crow 39 0.16% 0.00%
22. Delaware 35 0.15% 0.00%
23. Cree 34 0.14% 0.00%
24. Pima 32 0.13% 0.00%
25. Seminole 30 0.12% 0.00%
26. Tlingit-Haida 29 0.12% 0.00%
27. Osage 24 0.10% 0.00%
28. Puget Sound Salish 24 0.10% 0.00%
29. Tohono O'Odham 24 0.10% 0.00%
30. Alaskan Athabascan 24 0.10% 0.00%
31. Colville 21 0.09% 0.00%
32. Yuman 18 0.07% 0.00%
33. Aleut 18 0.07% 0.00%
34. Kiowa 17 0.07% 0.00%
35. Lumbee 15 0.06% 0.00%
36. Yakama 13 0.05% 0.00%
37. Yaqui 12 0.05% 0.00%
38. Menominee 10 0.04% 0.00%
39. Ottawa 10 0.04% 0.00%
40. All Other Alaskan Native Tribes 7 0.03% 0.00%
41. Houma 1 0.00% 0.00%

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

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