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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 382,694 95.83% n/a
Total Asian and NHPI 16,653 4.17% 100.00%
Total Asian 15,966 4.00% 95.87%
Southern Asian 1,283 0.32% 7.70%
Asian Indian 1,146 0.29% 6.88%
Bangladeshi 2 0.00% 0.01%
Pakistani 43 0.01% 0.26%
Sri Lankan 92 0.02% 0.55%
Southeastern Asian 6,969 1.75% 41.85%
Cambodian 86 0.02% 0.52%
Filipino 5,339 1.34% 32.06%
Indonesian 67 0.02% 0.40%
Laotian 241 0.06% 1.45%
Malaysian 11 0.00% 0.07%
Thai 209 0.05% 1.26%
Vietnamese 1,016 0.25% 6.10%
Eastern Asian 7,377 1.85% 44.30%
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,707 0.68% 16.26%
Hmong 552 0.14% 3.31%
Japanese 2,384 0.60% 14.32%
Korean 1,580 0.40% 9.49%
Taiwanese 154 0.04% 0.92%
Other Asian or Not Specified 337 0.08% 2.02%
Total Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 687 0.17% 4.13%
Polynesian 404 0.10% 2.43%
Native Hawaiian 239 0.06% 1.44%
Samoan 95 0.02% 0.57%
Tongan 63 0.02% 0.38%
Other Polynesian 7 0.00% 0.04%
Micronesian 192 0.05% 1.15%
Guamanian or Chamorro 183 0.05% 1.10%
Other Micronesian 9 0.00% 0.05%
Melanesian 13 0.00% 0.08%
Fijian 10 0.00% 0.06%
Other Melanesian 3 0.00% 0.02%
Other Pacific Islander or Not Specified 78 0.02% 0.47%

* 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) 262,679 65.78% n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races) 136,668 34.22% 100.00%
Mexican 117,326 29.38% 85.85%
Puerto Rican 1,070 0.27% 0.78%
Cuban 366 0.09% 0.27%
Dominican 24 0.01% 0.02%
Central American 1,941 0.49% 1.42%
Costa Rican 102 0.03% 0.07%
Guatemalan 787 0.20% 0.58%
Honduran 136 0.03% 0.10%
Nicaraguan 70 0.02% 0.05%
Panamanian 87 0.02% 0.06%
Salvadorian 597 0.15% 0.44%
Other Central American 162 0.04% 0.12%
South American 1,118 0.28% 0.82%
Argentinian 199 0.05% 0.15%
Bolivian 34 0.01% 0.02%
Chilean 184 0.05% 0.13%
Columbian 252 0.06% 0.18%
Ecuadorian 57 0.01% 0.04%
Paraguayan 10 0.00% 0.01%
Peruvian 245 0.06% 0.18%
Uruguayan 9 0.00% 0.01%
Venezuelan 49 0.01% 0.04%
Other South American 79 0.02% 0.06%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 14,823 3.71% 10.85%
Spaniard 237 0.06% 0.17%
Spanish 2,016 0.50% 1.48%
Spanish American 144 0.04% 0.11%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry 12,426 3.11% 9.09%


Reported American Indian or Alaskan Tribes by Frequency
Native American or Alaskan Tribe Number Reported Percent of Tribes Reported Percent of Total Population
1. All Other Native American Tribes 1,154 38.24% 0.29%
2. Latin American Indians 773 25.61% 0.19%
3. Cherokee 302 10.01% 0.08%
4. Apache 136 4.51% 0.03%
5. Choctaw 105 3.48% 0.03%
6. Yaqui 91 3.02% 0.02%
7. Navajo 71 2.35% 0.02%
8. Sioux 48 1.59% 0.01%
9. Creek 37 1.23% 0.01%
10. Chippewa 34 1.13% 0.01%
11. Pueblo 33 1.09% 0.01%
12. Blackfeet 30 0.99% 0.01%
13. Chickasaw 23 0.76% 0.01%
14. Iroquois 20 0.66% 0.01%
15. Osage 20 0.66% 0.01%
16. Eskimo 16 0.53% 0.00%
17. Potawatomi 14 0.46% 0.00%
18. Comanche 13 0.43% 0.00%
19. Tlingit-Haida 13 0.43% 0.00%
20. Tohono O'Odham 10 0.33% 0.00%
21. Pima 9 0.30% 0.00%
22. Shoshone 9 0.30% 0.00%
23. Paiute 8 0.27% 0.00%
24. Yuman 7 0.23% 0.00%
25. Cheyenne 6 0.20% 0.00%
26. Lumbee 6 0.20% 0.00%
27. Seminole 6 0.20% 0.00%
28. Puget Sound Salish 5 0.17% 0.00%
29. Ute 5 0.17% 0.00%
30. Cree 3 0.10% 0.00%
31. Delaware 3 0.10% 0.00%
32. Alaskan Athabascan 3 0.10% 0.00%
33. Colville 1 0.03% 0.00%
34. Crow 1 0.03% 0.00%
35. Kiowa 1 0.03% 0.00%
36. Yakama 1 0.03% 0.00%
37. Aleut 1 0.03% 0.00%

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

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