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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 712,049 94.54% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 41,148 5.46% 100.00%
Total Asian 39,517 5.25% 96.04%
Southern Asian 4,518 0.60% 10.98%
Asian Indian 4,123 0.55% 10.02%
Bangladeshi 49 0.01% 0.12%
Pakistani 231 0.03% 0.56%
Sri Lankan 115 0.02% 0.28%
Southeastern Asian 20,029 2.66% 48.68%
Cambodian 218 0.03% 0.53%
Filipino 15,548 2.06% 37.79%
Indonesian 268 0.04% 0.65%
Laotian 196 0.03% 0.48%
Malaysian 33 0.00% 0.08%
Thai 458 0.06% 1.11%
Vietnamese 3,308 0.44% 8.04%
Eastern Asian 14,496 1.92% 35.23%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 5,706 0.76% 13.87%
Hmong 4 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 4,840 0.64% 11.76%
Korean 3,309 0.44% 8.04%
Taiwanese 637 0.08% 1.55%
Other Asian or Not Specified 474 0.06% 1.15%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1,631 0.22% 3.96%
Polynesian 1,031 0.14% 2.51%
Native Hawaiian 394 0.05% 0.96%
Samoan 559 0.07% 1.36%
Tongan 46 0.01% 0.11%
Other Polynesian 32 0.00% 0.08%
Micronesian 355 0.05% 0.86%
Guamanian or Chamorro 327 0.04% 0.79%
Other Micronesian 28 0.00% 0.07%
Melanesian 15 0.00% 0.04%
Fijian 15 0.00% 0.04%
Other Melanesian 0 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 230 0.03% 0.56%

* 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) 501,463 66.58% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 251,734 33.42% 100.00%
Mexican 211,925 28.14% 84.19%
Puerto Rican 2,286 0.30% 0.91%
Cuban 1,043 0.14% 0.41%
Dominican 107 0.01% 0.04%
Central American 4,687 0.62% 1.86%
Costa Rican 254 0.03% 0.10%
Guatemalan 1,460 0.19% 0.58%
Honduran 325 0.04% 0.13%
Nicaraguan 399 0.05% 0.16%
Panamanian 173 0.02% 0.07%
Salvadorian 1,689 0.22% 0.67%
Other Central American 387 0.05% 0.15%
South American 3,108 0.41% 1.23%
Argentinian 578 0.08% 0.23%
Bolivian 86 0.01% 0.03%
Chilean 258 0.03% 0.10%
Columbian 707 0.09% 0.28%
Ecuadorian 309 0.04% 0.12%
Paraguayan 17 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 751 0.10% 0.30%
Uruguayan 52 0.01% 0.02%
Venezuelan 102 0.01% 0.04%
Other South American 248 0.03% 0.10%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 28,578 3.79% 11.35%
Spaniard 447 0.06% 0.18%
Spanish 3,136 0.42% 1.25%
Spanish American 177 0.02% 0.07%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 24,818 3.30% 9.86%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. Latin American Indians 1,112 26.45% 0.15%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 979 23.29% 0.13%
3. Cherokee 662 15.75% 0.09%
4. Apache 234 5.57% 0.03%
5. Choctaw 175 4.16% 0.02%
6. Yaqui 132 3.14% 0.02%
7. Navajo 122 2.90% 0.02%
8. Sioux 121 2.88% 0.02%
9. Pueblo 101 2.40% 0.01%
10. Chippewa 83 1.97% 0.01%
11. Blackfeet 49 1.17% 0.01%
12. Comanche 41 0.98% 0.01%
13. Chickasaw 39 0.93% 0.01%
14. Creek 39 0.93% 0.01%
15. Iroquois 36 0.86% 0.00%
16. Potawatomi 36 0.86% 0.00%
17. Tohono O'Odham 35 0.83% 0.00%
18. Paiute 30 0.71% 0.00%
19. Osage 24 0.57% 0.00%
20. Delaware 19 0.45% 0.00%
21. Aleut 15 0.36% 0.00%
22. Pima 14 0.33% 0.00%
23. Eskimo 13 0.31% 0.00%
24. Yuman 11 0.26% 0.00%
25. Tlingit-Haida 11 0.26% 0.00%
26. Cheyenne 10 0.24% 0.00%
27. Ute 10 0.24% 0.00%
28. Cree 9 0.21% 0.00%
29. Kiowa 9 0.21% 0.00%
30. Shoshone 9 0.21% 0.00%
31. Puget Sound Salish 7 0.17% 0.00%
32. Seminole 5 0.12% 0.00%
33. Crow 4 0.10% 0.00%
34. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.07% 0.00%
35. Houma 2 0.05% 0.00%
36. Lumbee 1 0.02% 0.00%
37. Ottawa 1 0.02% 0.00%
38. Yakama 1 0.02% 0.00%

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

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