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)	351,264	97.37%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	9,503	2.63%	100.00%
Mexican	6,495	1.80%	68.35%
Puerto Rican	1,146	0.32%	12.06%
Cuban	162	0.04%	1.70%
Dominican	18	0.00%	0.19%
Central American	219	0.06%	2.30%
Costa Rican	16	0.00%	0.17%
Guatemalan	69	0.02%	0.73%
Honduran	27	0.01%	0.28%
Nicaraguan	62	0.02%	0.65%
Panamanian	23	0.01%	0.24%
Salvadorian	13	0.00%	0.14%
Other Central American	9	0.00%	0.09%
South American	287	0.08%	3.02%
Argentinian	30	0.01%	0.32%
Bolivian	13	0.00%	0.14%
Chilean	36	0.01%	0.38%
Columbian	117	0.03%	1.23%
Ecuadorian	12	0.00%	0.13%
Paraguayan	15	0.00%	0.16%
Peruvian	34	0.01%	0.36%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	18	0.00%	0.19%
Other South American	12	0.00%	0.13%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,176	0.33%	12.38%
Spaniard	28	0.01%	0.29%
Spanish	232	0.06%	2.44%
Spanish American	6	0.00%	0.06%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	910	0.25%	9.58%

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

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