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Detailed Race and Ancestry of Nassau County 2000


P9: Race (Total Races Tallied)
Universe: Total races tallied alone or in combination with one or more other races
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data

[NOTE: Hispanic or Latino people are categorized under one of the races below. See also table for Hispanic or Latino]

  USA NY State Nassau County Glen Cove Hempstead Long Beach North Hempstead Oyster Bay
Total races tallied: 288,764,438 19,601,091 1,364,461 27,496 774,619 36,335 228,287 297,724
White 216,930,975 13,275,834 1,078,153 22,068 575,620 30,461 180,100 269,904
Black or African American 36,419,434 3,234,165 143,711 1,871 118,490 2,406 15,454 5,490
American Indian and Alaska Native 4,119,301 171,581 5,710 165 3,874 179 817 675
Asian 11,898,828 1,169,200 70,209 1,265 30,555 1,010 21,920 15,459
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 874,414 28,612 1,255 46 786 67 209 147
Some other race 18,521,486 1,721,699 65,423 2,081 45,294 2,212 9,787 6,049


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, prepared with American FactFinder, Census 2000



PCT18: Ancestry
Universe: Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data
NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4.

See also tables for: Hispanic or Latino, Asian, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

  USA NY State Nassau County Glen Cove Hempstead Long Beach North Hempstead Oyster Bay
Total ancestries tallied: 287,304,886 20,381,381 1,525,119 29,023 865,289 39,068 239,580 352,159
Acadian/Cajun 85,414 759 38 0 36 0 2 0
Afghan 53,709 7,760 699 33 223 0 69 374
Albanian 113,661 32,428 885 8 488 31 247 111
Alsatian 15,601 1,469 125 0 87 0 22 16
Arab: 1,202,871 121,925 6,397 69 3,264 79 1,768 1,217
    Egyptian 142,832 23,661 1,857 44 965 44 431 373
    Iraqi 37,714 2,244 537 12 127 8 334 56
    Jordanian 39,734 3,839 266 0 191 0 24 51
    Lebanese 440,279 31,083 1,060 9 498 21 226 306
    Moroccan 38,923 6,462 509 0 258 0 183 68
    Palestinian 72,112 5,222 202 0 133 0 24 45
    Syrian 142,897 17,685 696 4 424 0 105 163
    Arab/Arabic 205,822 22,001 688 0 460 0 140 88
    Other Arab 82,558 9,728 582 0 208 6 301 67
Armenian 385,488 24,460 2,933 11 1,270 58 717 877
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 82,355 1,043 22 0 17 0 0 5
Australian 78,673 5,857 268 7 85 0 61 115
Austrian 735,128 93,083 13,635 197 6,437 404 2,795 3,802
Basque 57,793 1,252 145 0 91 7 34 13
Belgian 360,642 12,034 764 13 321 39 132 259
Brazilian 181,076 19,636 1,280 81 581 49 316 253
British 1,085,720 53,562 3,041 63 1,552 67 542 817
Bulgarian 55,489 5,937 219 7 102 0 29 81
Canadian 647,376 44,276 2,246 20 1,319 44 280 583
Carpatho Rusyn 6,683 548 15 0 0 0 8 7
Celtic 65,638 3,427 161 4 78 11 11 57
Croatian 374,241 23,650 2,892 74 1,092 8 667 1,051
Cypriot 7,663 2,587 481 37 203 0 76 165
Czech 1,262,527 44,942 3,986 76 1,842 102 679 1,287
Czechoslovakian 441,403 31,878 3,102 74 1,549 139 517 823
Danish 1,430,897 38,587 2,542 21 1,279 37 423 782
Dutch 4,542,494 272,904 6,773 147 3,964 120 803 1,739
Eastern European 253,228 58,756 8,495 40 3,765 283 2,251 2,156
English 24,515,138 1,140,036 45,699 988 23,832 1,032 6,629 13,218
Estonian 25,034 2,892 336 14 203 14 49 56
European 1,968,696 86,444 7,159 54 3,388 393 1,399 1,925
Finnish 623,573 16,833 1,074 15 574 56 117 312
French (except Basque) 8,309,908 477,730 15,271 288 8,604 353 2,285 3,741
French Canadian 2,349,684 151,080 3,553 79 1,971 60 465 978
German 42,885,162 2,122,620 154,919 1,961 87,201 3,315 19,739 42,703
German Russian 10,535 285 18 0 18 0 0 0
Greek 1,153,307 159,763 20,864 358 10,576 469 3,529 5,932
Guyanese 162,456 109,104 4,218 12 3,420 202 346 238
Hungarian 1,398,724 137,029 13,767 232 7,004 608 2,470 3,453
Icelander 42,716 1,552 174 0 97 19 2 56
Iranian 338,266 22,856 9,532 179 954 26 7,622 751
Irish 30,528,492 2,451,042 233,329 3,420 133,307 7,409 28,740 60,453
Israeli 106,839 30,164 4,233 76 1,877 111 1,348 821
Italian 15,723,555 2,737,146 319,602 7,103 179,140 5,764 39,788 87,807
Latvian 87,564 9,937 1,101 26 490 76 234 275
Lithuanian 659,992 49,083 5,228 67 2,517 127 1,128 1,389
Luxemburger 45,139 844 19 0 9 0 4 6
Macedonian 38,051 4,740 28 0 6 0 0 22
Maltese 40,159 7,370 1,297 0 730 19 158 390
New Zealander 16,628 1,083 110 0 86 0 19 5
Northern European 163,657 6,166 223 0 156 11 40 16
Norwegian 4,477,725 90,524 7,795 167 4,339 191 787 2,311
Pennsylvania German 255,807 8,175 116 0 90 0 13 13
Polish 8,977,444 986,141 74,782 1,661 38,256 1,983 13,130 19,752
Portuguese 1,177,112 43,839 6,217 36 2,111 101 3,259 710
Romanian 367,310 51,380 6,201 132 3,220 151 1,317 1,381
Russian 2,652,214 460,261 60,507 738 30,246 2,379 12,446 14,698
Scandinavian 425,099 9,578 642 7 317 0 142 176
Scotch-Irish 4,319,232 138,844 8,224 170 4,687 350 1,098 1,919
Scottish 4,890,581 212,275 9,976 347 5,207 299 1,513 2,610
Serbian 140,337 4,997 171 0 114 0 22 35
Slavic 127,137 8,427 475 17 263 9 47 139
Slovak 797,764 37,863 1,808 24 908 50 345 481
Slovene 176,691 4,387 255 0 176 7 24 48
Soviet Union 2,265 707 62 0 51 0 5 6
Subsaharan African: 1,781,877 166,508 6,485 110 5,025 88 1,005 257
    Cape Verdean 77,103 1,514 148 0 90 0 58 0
    Ethiopian 86,918 3,309 57 0 28 5 0 24
    Ghanian 49,944 11,472 252 0 193 0 30 29
    Kenyan 17,336 639 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Liberian 25,575 3,300 248 0 218 0 30 0
    Nigerian 165,481 22,169 1,334 0 1,196 0 127 11
    Senegalese 6,124 2,199 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Sierra Leonean 12,410 1,024 42 0 39 0 0 3
    Somalian 36,313 989 0 0 0 0 0 0
    South African 45,569 2,861 250 0 67 0 145 38
    Sudanese 14,936 1,465 14 0 14 0 0 0
    Ugandan 4,707 278 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Zairian 1,602 34 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Zimbabwean 4,521 266 27 0 27 0 0 0
    African 1,183,316 106,919 3,926 110 3,042 83 598 93
    Other Subsaharan African 50,022 8,070 187 0 111 0 17 59
Swedish 3,998,310 133,788 8,575 141 4,688 193 1,038 2,515
Swiss 911,502 38,721 2,343 22 1,191 61 439 630
Turkish 117,575 23,674 2,922 45 1,424 203 612 638
Ukrainian 892,922 148,700 7,464 53 4,023 275 1,196 1,917
United States or American 20,625,093 717,234 59,006 821 31,416 1,887 11,272 13,610
Welsh 1,753,794 85,356 2,165 36 1,013 24 420 672
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,869,504 685,874 43,739 158 36,824 209 4,524 2,024
    Bahamian 31,984 2,220 76 0 54 0 0 22
    Barbadian 54,509 31,058 1,344 0 1,180 0 103 61
    Belizean 37,688 7,507 293 0 209 0 69 15
    Bermudan 6,054 919 69 0 26 0 12 31
    British West Indian 84,671 51,508 1,387 13 1,135 0 170 69
    Dutch West Indian 37,681 1,359 58 0 53 0 5 0
    Haitian 548,199 160,319 16,434 58 13,599 49 2,007 721
    Jamaican 736,513 275,744 17,783 78 15,339 101 1,534 731
    Trinidadian and Tobagonian 164,778 84,218 3,306 9 2,770 24 367 136
    U.S. Virgin Islander 15,014 3,227 90 0 83 0 7 0
    West Indian 147,222 66,170 2,790 0 2,280 35 250 225
    Other West Indian 5,191 1,625 109 0 96 0 0 13
Yugoslavian 328,547 30,519 1,638 31 765 76 248 518
Other groups 81,519,999 5,665,050 310,653 8,453 193,130 8,990 56,118 43,962


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, prepared with American FactFinder, Census 2000



PCT11: Hispanic or Latino by Specific Origin
Universe: Total population
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data

  USA NY State Nassau County Glen Cove Hempstead Long Beach North Hempstead Oyster Bay
Total: 281,421,906 18,976,457 1,334,544 26,622 755,924 35,462 222,611 293,925
Not Hispanic or Latino 246,116,088 16,108,874 1,201,262 21,286 669,267 30,922 200,739 279,048
Hispanic or Latino: 35,305,818 2,867,583 133,282 5,336 86,657 4,540 21,872 14,877
    Mexican 20,640,711 260,889 6,569 224 2,971 128 2,403 843
    Puerto Rican 3,406,178 1,050,293 23,540 975 15,779 1,071 2,209 3,506
    Cuban 1,241,685 62,590 4,458 82 2,934 169 526 747
    Dominican Republic 764,945 455,061 10,132 148 8,433 195 864 492
    Central American: 1,686,937 181,875 33,826 1,434 22,455 758 6,571 2,608
        Costa Rican 68,588 7,845 675 42 445 29 99 60
        Guatemalan 372,487 29,074 2,991 73 2,094 142 550 132
        Honduran 217,569 35,135 3,687 140 2,452 183 594 318
        Nicaraguan 177,684 8,033 284 5 187 25 32 35
        Panamanian 91,723 20,055 709 6 597 9 51 46
        Salvadoran 655,165 72,713 23,987 1,131 15,659 306 4,993 1,898
        Other Central American 103,721 9,020 1,493 37 1,021 64 252 119
    South American: 1,353,562 318,387 20,342 1,208 11,430 945 3,707 3,052
        Argentinean 100,864 14,407 1,507 42 859 67 297 242
        Bolivian 42,068 4,221 361 9 228 29 36 59
        Chilean 68,849 9,937 1,986 132 893 31 521 409
        Colombian 470,684 104,179 7,230 221 4,403 321 1,219 1,066
        Ecuadorian 260,559 123,472 3,790 63 2,343 128 815 441
        Paraguayan 8,769 2,668 159 6 62 1 48 42
        Peruvian 233,926 37,340 3,648 659 1,724 270 457 538
        Uruguayan 18,804 3,366 309 8 185 27 47 42
        Venezuelan 91,507 8,826 428 34 235 24 81 54
        Other South American 57,532 9,971 924 34 498 47 186 159
    Other Hispanic or Latino: 6,211,800 538,488 34,415 1,265 22,655 1,274 5,592 3,629
        Spaniard 100,135 13,017 1,145 24 646 59 226 190
        Spanish 686,004 51,578 4,514 165 2,953 161 657 578
        Spanish American 75,772 6,092 527 19 345 12 87 64
        All other Hispanic or Latino 5,349,889 467,801 28,229 1,057 18,711 1,042 4,622 2,797


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, prepared with American FactFinder, Census 2000



PCT7: Asian
Asian alone or in combination with one or more other races, and with one or more Asian categories for selected groups
Universe: Total Asian categories tallied and people with no specific Asian category reported
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data

  USA NY State Nassau County Glen Cove Hempstead Long Beach North Hempstead Oyster Bay
Total Asian categories tallied: 12,275,972 1,191,050 71,194 1,282 31,057 1,029 22,196 15,630
Asian Indian 1,899,599 296,056 26,032 366 11,966 334 7,951 5,415
Bangladeshi 57,412 29,675 400 2 150 7 159 82
Cambodian 206,052 3,740 67 0 35 1 1 30
Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,734,841 442,975 17,330 281 6,607 153 6,003 4,286
Filipino 2,364,815 95,144 8,095 178 4,712 354 1,479 1,372
Hmong 186,310 281 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 63,073 4,032 136 0 60 2 25 49
Japanese 1,148,932 45,237 2,378 116 647 38 1,130 447
Korean 1,228,427 127,068 8,769 229 2,559 51 3,425 2,505
Laotian 198,203 3,715 23 0 9 0 0 14
Malaysian 18,566 2,730 46 4 14 2 20 6
Pakistani 204,309 45,592 3,109 11 2,039 19 462 578
Sri Lankan 24,587 3,480 96 0 64 2 11 19
Taiwanese 144,795 8,884 859 32 248 0 418 161
Thai 150,283 8,158 432 12 255 13 93 59
Vietnamese 1,223,736 27,105 849 10 499 12 140 188
Other Asian 52,602 5,228 181 1 102 6 42 30
Other Asian, not specified 369,430 41,950 2,392 40 1,091 35 837 389


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, prepared with American FactFinder, Census 2000



PCT10: Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander alone or in combination with one or more other races, and with one or more Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander categories for selected groups
Universe: Total Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories tallied and people with no specific Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander category reported
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data

  USA NY State Nassau County Glen Cove Hempstead Long Beach North Hempstead Oyster Bay
Total Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories tallied: 900,711 28,862 1,269 46 792 67 216 148
Polynesian: 583,889 6,216 280 9 163 20 48 40
    Native Hawaiian 401,162 3,758 151 6 93 10 20 22
    Samoan 133,281 2,218 106 1 53 9 26 17
    Tongan 36,840 56 2 2 0 0 0 0
    Other Polynesian 12,606 184 21 0 17 1 2 1
Micronesian: 115,247 2,974 120 1 82 11 11 15
    Guamanian or Chamorro 92,611 2,746 113 1 76 10 11 15
    Other Micronesian 22,636 228 7 0 6 1 0 0
Melanesian: 14,156 393 13 0 5 1 5 2
    Fijian 13,581 340 10 0 2 1 5 2
    Other Melanesian 575 53 3 0 3 0 0 0
Other Pacific Islander 12,507 987 45 1 33 4 3 4
Other Pacific Islander, not specified 174,912 18,292 811 35 509 31 149 87


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, prepared with American FactFinder, Census 2000



PCT3: American Indian and Alaska Native
Universe: People who are American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination with one or more other races - total tribes tallied for people with one or more tribes, and people with no tribe reported
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data

  USA NY State Nassau County Glen Cove Hempstead Long Beach North Hempstead Oyster Bay
Total tribes tallied: 4,230,356 174,212 5,847 173 3,975 180 829 690
American Indian tribes, specified: 2,852,380 88,950 2,812 102 1,917 89 373 331
    Apache 96,833 1,005 58 1 38 4 10 5
    Blackfeet 85,750 3,779 138 9 112 3 6 8
    Cherokee 729,533 15,122 823 18 627 23 73 82
    Cheyenne 18,204 229 13 0 8 1 3 1
    Chickasaw 38,351 177 7 1 4 0 0 2
    Chippewa 149,669 996 36 4 21 1 5 5
    Choctaw 158,774 747 40 0 29 0 9 2
    Colville 9,393 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Comanche 19,376 183 9 1 5 1 0 2
    Cree 7,734 266 7 1 3 2 0 1
    Creek 71,310 473 30 0 21 3 4 2
    Crow 13,394 158 8 0 7 0 1 0
    Delaware 16,341 1,007 19 1 10 0 1 7
    Houma 8,713 35 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Iroquois 80,822 25,625 178 3 105 4 24 42
    Kiowa 12,242 50 3 0 0 0 1 2
    Latin American Indians 180,940 26,139 739 49 449 38 128 75
    Lumbee 57,868 250 20 1 19 0 0 0
    Menominee 9,840 33 3 0 3 0 0 0
    Navajo 298,197 550 40 0 27 0 6 7
    Osage 15,897 92 5 0 4 0 0 1
    Ottawa 10,677 46 1 0 1 0 0 0
    Paiute 13,532 36 2 0 2 0 0 0
    Pima 11,493 37 1 0 1 0 0 0
    Potawatomi 25,595 122 8 0 3 0 1 4
    Pueblo 74,085 1,433 30 2 23 1 2 2
    Puget Sound Salish 14,631 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Seminole 27,431 806 43 0 37 0 5 1
    Shoshone 12,026 89 5 0 5 0 0 0
    Sioux 153,360 1,619 98 2 61 5 11 19
    Tohono O'Odham 20,087 83 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Ute 10,385 45 1 0 1 0 0 0
    Yakama 10,851 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Yaqui 22,412 71 3 0 1 0 1 1
    Yuman 8,976 32 1 0 0 0 1 0
    All other tribes 357,658 7,574 443 9 290 3 81 60
American Indian tribes, not specified 195,902 12,288 504 8 360 20 62 54
Alaska Native tribes, specified: 116,915 563 26 0 17 0 3 6
    Alaskan Athabascan 18,838 122 6 0 3 0 1 2
    Aleut 16,978 81 1 0 0 0 0 1
    Eskimo 54,761 181 1 0 1 0 0 0
    Tlingit-Haida 22,365 150 17 0 12 0 2 3
    All other tribes 3,973 29 1 0 1 0 0 0
Alaska Native tribes, not specified 8,702 98 0 0 0 0 0 0
American Indian or Alaska Native tribes, not specified 1,056,457 72,313 2,505 63 1,681 71 391 299


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, prepared with American FactFinder, Census 2000


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