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)	54,788	97.32%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	1,509	2.68%	100.00%
Mexican	463	0.82%	30.68%
Puerto Rican	423	0.75%	28.03%
Cuban	60	0.11%	3.98%
Dominican	15	0.03%	0.99%
Central American	107	0.19%	7.09%
Costa Rican	10	0.02%	0.66%
Guatemalan	5	0.01%	0.33%
Honduran	2	0.00%	0.13%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Panamanian	66	0.12%	4.37%
Salvadorian	19	0.03%	1.26%
Other Central American	5	0.01%	0.33%
South American	76	0.13%	5.04%
Argentinian	11	0.02%	0.73%
Bolivian	6	0.01%	0.40%
Chilean	10	0.02%	0.66%
Columbian	30	0.05%	1.99%
Ecuadorian	7	0.01%	0.46%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Peruvian	3	0.01%	0.20%
Uruguayan	1	0.00%	0.07%
Venezuelan	2	0.00%	0.13%
Other South American	6	0.01%	0.40%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	365	0.65%	24.19%
Spaniard	9	0.02%	0.60%
Spanish	83	0.15%	5.50%
Spanish American	13	0.02%	0.86%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	260	0.46%	17.23%

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

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