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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 559,431 79.11% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 147,730 20.89% 100.00%
Total Asian 138,619 19.60% 93.83%
Southern Asian 10,968 1.55% 7.42%
Asian Indian 10,535 1.49% 7.13%
Bangladeshi 25 0.00% 0.02%
Pakistani 332 0.05% 0.22%
Sri Lankan 76 0.01% 0.05%
Southeastern Asian 63,048 8.92% 42.68%
Cambodian 123 0.02% 0.08%
Filipino 59,047 8.35% 39.97%
Indonesian 624 0.09% 0.42%
Laotian 168 0.02% 0.11%
Malaysian 63 0.01% 0.04%
Thai 715 0.10% 0.48%
Vietnamese 2,308 0.33% 1.56%
Eastern Asian 63,278 8.95% 42.83%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 48,217 6.82% 32.64%
Hmong 6 0.00% 0.00%
Japanese 9,703 1.37% 6.57%
Korean 4,573 0.65% 3.10%
Taiwanese 779 0.11% 0.53%
Other Asian or Not Specified 1,325 0.19% 0.90%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 9,111 1.29% 6.17%
Polynesian 6,785 0.96% 4.59%
Native Hawaiian 644 0.09% 0.44%
Samoan 2,072 0.29% 1.40%
Tongan 3,921 0.55% 2.65%
Other Polynesian 148 0.02% 0.10%
Micronesian 411 0.06% 0.28%
Guamanian or Chamorro 356 0.05% 0.24%
Other Micronesian 55 0.01% 0.04%
Melanesian 1,186 0.17% 0.80%
Fijian 1,184 0.17% 0.80%
Other Melanesian 2 0.00% 0.00%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 729 0.10% 0.49%

* 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) 552,453 78.12% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 154,708 21.88% 100.00%
Mexican 92,939 13.14% 60.07%
Puerto Rican 3,236 0.46% 2.09%
Cuban 953 0.13% 0.62%
Dominican 106 0.01% 0.07%
Central American 21,830 3.09% 14.11%
Costa Rican 284 0.04% 0.18%
Guatemalan 3,212 0.45% 2.08%
Honduran 422 0.06% 0.27%
Nicaraguan 5,181 0.73% 3.35%
Panamanian 230 0.03% 0.15%
Salvadorian 10,249 1.45% 6.62%
Other Central American 2,252 0.32% 1.46%
South American 5,836 0.83% 3.77%
Argentinian 511 0.07% 0.33%
Bolivian 314 0.04% 0.20%
Chilean 574 0.08% 0.37%
Columbian 766 0.11% 0.50%
Ecuadorian 229 0.03% 0.15%
Paraguayan 11 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 2,585 0.37% 1.67%
Uruguayan 47 0.01% 0.03%
Venezuelan 157 0.02% 0.10%
Other South American 642 0.09% 0.41%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 29,808 4.22% 19.27%
Spaniard 670 0.09% 0.43%
Spanish 4,744 0.67% 3.07%
Spanish American 283 0.04% 0.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 24,111 3.41% 15.58%


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 478 27.92% 0.07%
2. All Other Native American Tribes 286 16.71% 0.04%
3. Cherokee 241 14.08% 0.03%
4. Navajo 119 6.95% 0.02%
5. Apache 106 6.19% 0.01%
6. Choctaw 65 3.80% 0.01%
7. Chippewa 52 3.04% 0.01%
8. Pueblo 46 2.69% 0.01%
9. Sioux 44 2.57% 0.01%
10. Creek 30 1.75% 0.00%
11. Blackfeet 29 1.69% 0.00%
12. Iroquois 25 1.46% 0.00%
13. Yaqui 19 1.11% 0.00%
14. Tlingit-Haida 18 1.05% 0.00%
15. Chickasaw 17 0.99% 0.00%
16. Aleut 14 0.82% 0.00%
17. Seminole 11 0.64% 0.00%
18. Comanche 9 0.53% 0.00%
19. Shoshone 9 0.53% 0.00%
20. Eskimo 9 0.53% 0.00%
21. Yuman 8 0.47% 0.00%
22. Cheyenne 7 0.41% 0.00%
23. Potawatomi 7 0.41% 0.00%
24. Ute 7 0.41% 0.00%
25. Paiute 6 0.35% 0.00%
26. Delaware 5 0.29% 0.00%
27. Menominee 5 0.29% 0.00%
28. Osage 5 0.29% 0.00%
29. Cree 4 0.23% 0.00%
30. Lumbee 4 0.23% 0.00%
31. Ottawa 4 0.23% 0.00%
32. Puget Sound Salish 4 0.23% 0.00%
33. Yakama 4 0.23% 0.00%
34. Alaskan Athabascan 4 0.23% 0.00%
35. Pima 3 0.18% 0.00%
36. Colville 2 0.12% 0.00%
37. Crow 2 0.12% 0.00%
38. Kiowa 2 0.12% 0.00%
39. All Other Alaskan Tribes 2 0.12% 0.00%

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

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