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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 8,387,140 88.11% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 1,132,198 11.89% 100.00%
Total Asian 1,105,752 11.62% 97.66%
Southern Asian 69,917 0.73% 6.18%
Asian Indian 60,268 0.63% 5.32%
Bangladeshi 1,689 0.02% 0.15%
Pakistani 4,981 0.05% 0.44%
Sri Lankan 2,979 0.03% 0.26%
Southeastern Asian 396,597 4.17% 35.03%
Cambodian 28,226 0.30% 2.49%
Filipino 260,158 2.73% 22.98%
Indonesian 6,648 0.07% 0.59%
Laotian 2,763 0.03% 0.24%
Malaysian 660 0.01% 0.06%
Thai 20,040 0.21% 1.77%
Vietnamese 78,102 0.82% 6.90%
Eastern Asian 627,702 6.59% 55.44%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 294,178 3.09% 25.98%
Hmong 651 0.01% 0.06%
Japanese 111,349 1.17% 9.83%
Korean 186,350 1.96% 16.46%
Taiwanese 35,174 0.37% 3.11%
Other Asian or Not Specified 11,536 0.12% 1.02%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 26,446 0.28% 2.34%
Polynesian 19,642 0.21% 1.73%
Native Hawaiian 4,347 0.05% 0.38%
Samoan 12,836 0.13% 1.13%
Tongan 2,058 0.02% 0.18%
Other Polynesian 401 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 3,418 0.04% 0.30%
Guamanian or Chamorro 3,277 0.03% 0.29%
Other Micronesian 141 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 573 0.01% 0.05%
Fijian 565 0.01% 0.05%
Other Melanesian 8 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 2,813 0.03% 0.25%

* 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) 5,277,125 55.44% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 4,242,213 44.56% 100.00%
Mexican 3,041,974 31.96% 71.71%
Puerto Rican 37,862 0.40% 0.89%
Cuban 38,664 0.41% 0.91%
Dominican 1,735 0.02% 0.04%
Central American 372,777 3.92% 8.79%
Costa Rican 6,232 0.07% 0.15%
Guatemalan 100,341 1.05% 2.37%
Honduran 20,029 0.21% 0.47%
Nicaraguan 20,775 0.22% 0.49%
Panamanian 3,453 0.04% 0.08%
Salvadorian 187,193 1.97% 4.41%
Other Central American 34,754 0.37% 0.82%
South American 74,750 0.79% 1.76%
Argentinian 11,696 0.12% 0.28%
Bolivian 2,423 0.03% 0.06%
Chilean 5,508 0.06% 0.13%
Columbian 15,250 0.16% 0.36%
Ecuadorian 11,437 0.12% 0.27%
Paraguayan 215 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 18,704 0.20% 0.44%
Uruguayan 717 0.01% 0.02%
Venezuelan 1,806 0.02% 0.04%
Other South American 6,994 0.07% 0.16%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 674,451 7.09% 15.90%
Spaniard 6,622 0.07% 0.16%
Spanish 42,885 0.45% 1.01%
Spanish American 3,442 0.04% 0.08%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 621,502 6.53% 14.65%


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 15,458 41.73% 0.16%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 4,180 11.28% 0.04%
3. Cherokee 3,445 9.30% 0.04%
4. Apache 2,381 6.43% 0.03%
5. Navajo 2,274 6.14% 0.02%
6. Pueblo 1,247 3.37% 0.01%
7. Sioux 1,093 2.95% 0.01%
8. Choctaw 904 2.44% 0.01%
9. Yaqui 820 2.21% 0.01%
10. Chippewa 609 1.64% 0.01%
11. Blackfeet 525 1.42% 0.01%
12. Iroquois 414 1.12% 0.00%
13. Tohono O'Odham 407 1.10% 0.00%
14. Creek 374 1.01% 0.00%
15. Pima 272 0.73% 0.00%
16. Comanche 243 0.66% 0.00%
17. Yuman 243 0.66% 0.00%
18. Paiute 231 0.62% 0.00%
19. Chickasaw 184 0.50% 0.00%
20. Shoshone 181 0.49% 0.00%
21. Seminole 169 0.46% 0.00%
22. Potawatomi 147 0.40% 0.00%
23. Cheyenne 146 0.39% 0.00%
24. Osage 121 0.33% 0.00%
25. Tlingit-Haida 104 0.28% 0.00%
26. Delaware 92 0.25% 0.00%
27. Kiowa 87 0.23% 0.00%
28. Ute 85 0.23% 0.00%
29. Lumbee 82 0.22% 0.00%
30. Eskimo 80 0.22% 0.00%
31. Cree 64 0.17% 0.00%
32. Alaskan Athabascan 63 0.17% 0.00%
33. Ottawa 58 0.16% 0.00%
34. Colville 55 0.15% 0.00%
35. Aleut 51 0.14% 0.00%
36. Crow 45 0.12% 0.00%
37. Yakama 41 0.11% 0.00%
38. Puget Sound Salish 29 0.08% 0.00%
39. Menominee 28 0.08% 0.00%
40. Houma 8 0.02% 0.00%
41. All Other Alaskan Tribes 6 0.02% 0.00%

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

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