San Francisco County

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 538,268 69.30% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 238,465 30.70% 100.00%
Total Asian 234,669 30.21% 98.41%
Southern Asian 6,078 0.78% 2.55%
Asian Indian 5,524 0.71% 2.32%
Bangladeshi 45 0.01% 0.02%
Pakistani 436 0.06% 0.18%
Sri Lankan 73 0.01% 0.03%
Southeastern Asian 54,610 7.03% 22.90%
Cambodian 1,023 0.13% 0.43%
Filipino 40,083 5.16% 16.81%
Indonesian 778 0.10% 0.33%
Laotian 564 0.07% 0.24%
Malaysian 111 0.01% 0.05%
Thai 1,329 0.17% 0.56%
Vietnamese 10,722 1.38% 4.50%
Eastern Asian 171,739 22.11% 72.02%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 151,965 19.56% 63.73%
Hmong 30 0.00% 0.01%
Japanese 11,410 1.47% 4.78%
Korean 7,679 0.99% 3.22%
Taiwanese 655 0.08% 0.27%
Other Asian or Not Specified 2,242 0.29% 0.94%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 3,796 0.49% 1.59%
Polynesian 2,954 0.38% 1.24%
Native Hawaiian 473 0.06% 0.20%
Samoan 2,311 0.30% 0.97%
Tongan 143 0.02% 0.06%
Other Polynesian 27 0.00% 0.01%
Micronesian 335 0.04% 0.14%
Guamanian or Chamorro 305 0.04% 0.13%
Other Micronesian 30 0.00% 0.01%
Melanesian 161 0.02% 0.07%
Fijian 160 0.02% 0.07%
Other Melanesian 1 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 346 0.04% 0.15%

* 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) 667,229 85.90% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 109,504 14.10% 100.00%
Mexican 48,935 6.30% 44.69%
Puerto Rican 3,758 0.48% 3.43%
Cuban 1,632 0.21% 1.49%
Dominican 148 0.02% 0.14%
Central American 23,367 3.01% 21.34%
Costa Rican 326 0.04% 0.30%
Guatemalan 3,196 0.41% 2.92%
Honduran 934 0.12% 0.85%
Nicaraguan 5,459 0.70% 4.99%
Panamanian 261 0.03% 0.24%
Salvadorian 10,655 1.37% 9.73%
Other Central American 2,536 0.33% 2.32%
South American 5,007 0.64% 4.57%
Argentinian 540 0.07% 0.49%
Bolivian 258 0.03% 0.24%
Chilean 405 0.05% 0.37%
Columbian 817 0.11% 0.75%
Ecuadorian 329 0.04% 0.30%
Paraguayan 16 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 1,769 0.23% 1.62%
Uruguayan 38 0.00% 0.03%
Venezuelan 234 0.03% 0.21%
Other South American 601 0.08% 0.55%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 26,657 3.43% 24.34%
Spaniard 703 0.09% 0.64%
Spanish 3,640 0.47% 3.32%
Spanish American 239 0.03% 0.22%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 22,075 2.84% 20.16%


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 570 29.25% 0.07%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 284 14.57% 0.04%
3. Cherokee 243 12.47% 0.03%
4. Navajo 129 6.62% 0.02%
5. Sioux 98 5.03% 0.01%
6. Apache 97 4.98% 0.01%
7. Pueblo 61 3.13% 0.01%
8. Chippewa 60 3.08% 0.01%
9. Iroquois 51 2.62% 0.01%
10. Choctaw 45 2.31% 0.01%
11. Blackfeet 44 2.26% 0.01%
12. Yaqui 33 1.69% 0.00%
13. Tlingit-Haida 23 1.18% 0.00%
14. Creek 22 1.13% 0.00%
15. Tohono O'Odham 20 1.03% 0.00%
16. Chickasaw 15 0.77% 0.00%
17. Pima 15 0.77% 0.00%
18. Aleut 15 0.77% 0.00%
19. Cheyenne 13 0.67% 0.00%
20. Yuman 12 0.62% 0.00%
21. Paiute 11 0.56% 0.00%
22. Potawatomi 11 0.56% 0.00%
23. Eskimo 11 0.56% 0.00%
24. Lumbee 10 0.51% 0.00%
25. Comanche 9 0.46% 0.00%
26. Kiowa 9 0.46% 0.00%
27. Alaskan Athabascan 6 0.31% 0.00%
28. Osage 5 0.26% 0.00%
29. Ute 5 0.26% 0.00%
30. Seminole 4 0.21% 0.00%
31. Shoshone 4 0.21% 0.00%
32. Cree 3 0.15% 0.00%
33. Delaware 3 0.15% 0.00%
34. Yakama 2 0.10% 0.00%
35. All Other Alaskan Tribes 2 0.10% 0.00%
36. Colville 1 0.05% 0.00%
37. Crow 1 0.05% 0.00%
38. Ottawa 1 0.05% 0.00%
39. Puget Sound Salish 1 0.05% 0.00%

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

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