Demographic Changes 2000-2010: SEA, PDX, HNL, ANC, etc

[Urbanguy]

Here are some of the population changes for the Pacific Northwest, Alaska & Hawaii that we have information for so far:

States

1. Washington: 6,724,540 (+830,419)
2. Oregon: 3,831,074 (+409,675)
3. Idaho: 1,567,582 (+273,629)
4. Hawaii: 1,360,301 (+148,764)
5. Alaska: 710,231 (+83,299)

Metro Areas

1. Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA: 4,199,312 (+492,168)
2. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA: 2,226,009 (+298,128)
3. Honolulu, HI MSA: 953,207 (+77,051)
4. Spokane, WA MSA: 471,221 (+53,282)
5. Salem, OR MSA: 390,738 (+43,524)
6. Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA: 351,715 (+28,756)

*I'll include Boise & Anchorage when they become available. Also, the population changes for Seattle's CSA & Portland's MSA are based on the counties that make up each metro as they are defined currently & not from the 2000 Census CMSA definitions which aren't as comparable.

City, Municipality or Census Designated Place (CDP)

1. Seattle city, WA: 608,660 (+45,286)
2. Portland city, OR: 583,776 (+54,655)
3. Honolulu CDP (incl. East Honolulu), HI: 387,170 (+15,513)
4. Spokane city, WA: 208,916 (+13,287)
5. Tacoma city, WA: 198,397 (+4,841)
6. Vancouver city, WA: 161,791 (+18,231)
7. Eugene city, OR: 156,185 (+18,292)
8. Salem city, OR: 154,637 (+17,713)
9. Bellevue city, WA: 122,363 (+12,794)
10. Gresham city, OR: 105,594 (+15,389)
11. Everett city, WA: 103,019 (+11,531)

Source: US Census 2010

I may add Bend, Medford, etc metro area's. You can add more if you'd like!

More to come but for now....discuss!

[seaskyfan]

Thanks for pulling the info together!

[Urbanguy]

^Thanks!

Here's an update including Boise! I'll add Anchorage data as soon as they are released.

States

1. Washington: 6,724,540 (+830,419)
2. Oregon: 3,831,074 (+409,675)
3. Idaho: 1,567,582 (+273,629)
4. Hawaii: 1,360,301 (+148,764)
5. Alaska: 710,231 (+83,299)

Metro Areas

1. Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA: 4,199,312 (+492,168)
2. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA: 2,226,009 (+298,128)
3. Honolulu, HI MSA: 953,207 (+77,051)
4. Boise City-Nampa, ID MSA: 616,561 (+151,721)
5. Spokane, WA MSA: 471,221 (+53,282)
6. Salem, OR MSA: 390,738 (+43,524)
7. Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA: 351,715 (+28,756)

City, Municipality or Census Designated Place (CDP)

1. Seattle city, WA: 608,660 (+45,286)
2. Portland city, OR: 583,776 (+54,655)
3. Honolulu CDP (incl. East Honolulu), HI: 387,170 (+15,513)
4. Spokane city, WA: 208,916 (+13,287)
5. Boise City city, ID: 205,671 (+19,884)
6. Tacoma city, WA: 198,397 (+4,841)
7. Vancouver city, WA: 161,791 (+18,231)
8. Eugene city, OR: 156,185 (+18,292)
9. Salem city, OR: 154,637 (+17,713)
10. Bellevue city, WA: 122,363 (+12,794)
11. Gresham city, OR: 105,594 (+15,389)
12. Everett city, WA: 103,019 (+11,531)

[Urbanguy]

Here are more updates:

1. Washington: 6,724,540 (+830,419)
2. Oregon: 3,831,074 (+409,675)
3. Idaho: 1,567,582 (+273,629)
4. Hawaii: 1,360,301 (+148,764)
5. Alaska: 710,231 (+83,299)

1. Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA: 4,199,312 (+492,168)
2. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA: 2,226,009 (+298,128)
3. Honolulu, HI MSA: 953,207 (+77,051)
4. Spokane, WA MSA: 471,221 (+53,282)
5. Salem, OR MSA: 390,738 (+43,524)
6. Anchorage-Matanuska-Susitna, AK MSA: 380,821 (+61,216)
7. Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA: 351,715 (+28,756)

1. Seattle city, WA: 608,660 (+45,286)
2. Portland city, OR: 583,776 (+54,655)
3. Honolulu CDP (incl. East Honolulu), HI: 387,170 (+15,513)
4. Anchorage Municipality, AK: 291,826 (+31,543)
5. Spokane city, WA: 208,916 (+13,287)
6. Tacoma city, WA: 198,397 (+4,841)
7. Vancouver city, WA: 161,791 (+18,231)
8. Eugene city, OR: 156,185 (+18,292)
9. Salem city, OR: 154,637 (+17,713)
10 .Bellevue city, WA: 122,363 (+12,794)
11. Gresham city, OR: 105,594 (+15,389)
12. Everett city, WA: 103,019 (+11,531)

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Alaska 2010 |-| 2000
Asian Indian alone: 1,218 <:: 723
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 2,061 <:: 1,464
Filipino alone: 19,394 <:: 12,712
Japanese alone: 1,476 <:: 1,414
Korean alone: 4,684 <:: 4,573
Vietnamese alone: 960 <:: 814
Native Hawaiian alone: 949 <:: 695
Guamanian or Chamorro alone: 380 <:: 227
Samoan alone: 4,663 <:: 1,670
Mexican: 21,642 <:: 13,334
Puerto Rican: 4,502 <:: 2,649
Cuban: 927 <:: 553
Total population: 710,231 <:: 626,932
*The Filipino, Mexican & Samoan population has grown a lot over the last ten years in AK!

Idaho 2010 |-| 2000
Asian Indian alone: 2,152 <:: 1,289
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 4,039 <:: 2,224
Filipino alone: 3,022 <:: 1,614
Japanese alone: 2,620 <:: 2,642
Korean alone: 1,670 <:: 1,250
Vietnamese alone: 1,707 <:: 1,323
Native Hawaiian alone: 637 <:: 391
Guamanian or Chamorro alone: 543 <:: 254
Samoan alone: 387 <:: 249
Mexican: 148,923 <:: 79,324
Puerto Rican: 2,910 <:: 1,509
Cuban: 825 <:: 408
Total population: 1,567,582 <:: 1,293,953

Will add more as they are released.

[Urbanguy]

More updates:

Hawaii 2010 |-| 2000 ( Change )
Asian Indian alone: 2,201 <:: 1,441 ( 760 )
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 54,955 <:: 56,600 ( -1,645 )
Filipino alone: 197,497 <:: 170,635 ( 26,862 )
Japanese alone: 185,502 <:: 201,764 ( -16,262 )
Korean alone: 24,203 <:: 23,537 ( 666 )
Vietnamese alone: 9,779 <:: 7,867 ( 1,912 )
Native Hawaiian alone: 80,337 <:: 80,137 ( 200 )
Guamanian or Chamorro alone: 2,700 <:: 1,663 ( 1,037 )
Samoan alone: 18,287 <:: 16,166 ( 2,121 )
Mexican: 35,415 <:: 19,820 ( 15,595 )
Puerto Rican: 44,116 <:: 30,005 ( 14,111 )
Cuban: 1,544 <:: 711 ( 833 )
Total population: 1,360,301 <:: 1,211,537 ( 148,764 )

Washington 2010 |-| 2000 ( Change )
Asian Indian alone: 61,124 <:: 23,992 ( 37,132 )
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 94,198 <:: 59,914 ( 34,284 )
Filipino alone: 91,367 <:: 65,373 ( 25,994 )
Japanese alone: 35,008 <:: 35,985 ( -977 )
Korean alone: 62,374 <:: 46,880 ( 15,494 )
Vietnamese alone: 66,575 <:: 46,149 ( 20,426 )
Native Hawaiian alone: 5,861 <:: 4,883 ( 978 )
Guamanian or Chamorro alone: 9,746 <:: 5,823 ( 3,923 )
Samoan alone: 13,110 <:: 8,049 ( 5,061 )
Mexican: 601,768 <:: 329,934 ( 271,834 )
Puerto Rican: 25,838 <:: 16,140 ( 9,698 )
Cuban: 6,744 <:: 4,501 ( 2,243 )
Total population: 6,724,540 <:: 5,894,121 ( 830,419 )

Seattle, WA CSA 2010 |-| 2000 ( Change )
Asian Indian alone: 54,320 <:: 20,467 ( 33,853 )
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 83,411 <:: 53,222 ( 30,189 )
Filipino alone: 81,537 <:: 59,362 ( 22,175 )
Japanese alone: 29,908 <:: 30,207 ( -299 )
Korean alone: 56,160 <:: 41,467 ( 14,693 )
Vietnamese alone: 58,452 <:: 40,083 ( 18,369 )
Native Hawaiian alone: 4,263 <:: 3,798 ( 465 )
Guamanian or Chamorro alone: 8,132 <:: 4,989 ( 3,143 )
Samoan alone: 12,139 <:: 7,282 ( 4,857 )
Mexican: 266,124 <:: 129,675 ( 136,449 )
Puerto Rican: 20,364 <:: 12,855 ( 7,509 )
Cuban: 4,804 <:: 3,331 ( 1,473 )
Total population: 4,199,312 <:: 3,707,144 ( 492,168 )

Spokane, WA MSA 2010 |-| 2000 ( Change )
Asian Indian alone: 837 <:: 403 ( 434 )
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 1,524 <:: 1,102 ( 422 )
Filipino alone: 1,592 <:: 1,042 ( 550 )
Japanese alone: 1,110 <:: 1,686 ( -576 )
Korean alone: 1,128 <:: 946 ( 182 )
Vietnamese alone: 1,805 <:: 1,500 ( 305 )
Native Hawaiian alone: 366 <:: 221 ( 145 )
Guamanian or Chamorro alone: 326 <:: 154 ( 172 )
Samoan alone: 153 <:: 72 ( 81 )
Mexican: 14,613 <:: 7,026 ( 7,587 )
Puerto Rican: 1,322 <:: 832 ( 490 )
Cuban: 504 <:: 232 ( 272 )
Total population: 471,221 <:: 417,939 ( 53,282 )

Honolulu, HI MSA 2010 |-| 2000 ( Change )
Asian Indian alone: 1,734 <:: 1,191 ( 543 )
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 51,743 <:: 53,322 ( -1,579 )
Filipino alone: 142,238 <:: 124,072 ( 18,166 )
Japanese alone: 149,701 <:: 161,224 ( -11,523 )
Korean alone: 22,179 <:: 21,681 ( 498 )
Vietnamese alone: 8,887 <:: 7,392 ( 1,495 )
Native Hawaiian alone: 47,951 <:: 49,267 ( -1,316 )
Guamanian or Chamorro alone: 2,355 <:: 1,484 ( 871 )
Samoan alone: 17,154 <:: 15,464 ( 1,690 )
Mexican: 21,580 <:: 13,362 ( 8,218 )
Puerto Rican: 27,221 <:: 18,933 ( 8,288 )
Cuban: 1,078 <:: 525 ( 553 )
Total population: 953,207 <:: 876,156 ( 77,051 )

Anchorage, AK MSA 2010 |-| 2000 ( Change )
Asian Indian alone: 783 <:: 480 ( 303 )
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 1,285 <:: 930 ( 355 )
Filipino alone: 10,128 <:: 5,943 ( 4,185 )
Japanese alone: 893 <:: 939 ( -46 )
Korean alone: 3,721 <:: 3,518 ( 203 )
Vietnamese alone: 535 <:: 402 ( 133 )
Native Hawaiian alone: 646 <:: 442 ( 204 )
Guamanian or Chamorro alone: 191 <:: 111 ( 80 )
Samoan alone: 4,255 <:: 1,450 ( 2,805 )
Mexican: 13,398 <:: 8,076 ( 5,322 )
Puerto Rican: 3,014 <:: 1,761 ( 1,253 )
Cuban: 622 <:: 376 ( 246 )
Total population: 380,821 <:: 319,605 ( 61,216 )

*Data for Oregon will be released at the end of next week!

[Urbanguy]

Oregon 2010 |-| 2000 ( Change )
Asian Indian alone: 16,740 <:: 9,575 ( 7,165 )
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 30,919 <:: 20,930 ( 9,989 )
Filipino alone: 15,861 <:: 10,627 ( 5,234 )
Japanese alone: 12,085 <:: 12,131 ( -46 )
Korean alone: 15,212 <:: 12,387 ( 2,825 )
Vietnamese alone: 26,195 <:: 18,890 ( 7,305 )
Native Hawaiian alone: 3,060 <:: 2,244 ( 816 )
Guamanian or Chamorro alone: 1,755 <:: 1,015 ( 740 )
Samoan alone: 1,559 <:: 1,124 ( 435 )
Mexican: 369,817 <:: 214,662 ( 155,155 )
Puerto Rican: 8,845 <:: 5,092 ( 3,753 )
Cuban: 4,923 <:: 3,091 ( 1,832 )
Total population: 3,831,074 <:: 3,421,399 ( 409,675 )

Portland, OR-WA MSA 2010 |-| 2000 ( Change )
Asian Indian alone: 15,117 <:: 8,226 ( 6,891 )
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 26,555 <:: 17,701 ( 8,854 )
Filipino alone: 13,881 <:: 9,149 ( 4,732 )
Japanese alone: 9,358 <:: 8,543 ( 815 )
Korean alone: 12,771 <:: 10,238 ( 2,533 )
Vietnamese alone: 26,501 <:: 19,003 ( 7,498 )
Native Hawaiian alone: 2,036 <:: 1,469 ( 567 )
Guamanian or Chamorro alone: 1,865 <:: 985 ( 880 )
Samoan alone: 1,149 <:: 790 ( 359 )
Mexican: 189,974 <:: 106,923 ( 83,051 )
Puerto Rican: 5,939 <:: 3,240 ( 2,699 )
Cuban: 4,199 <:: 2,497 ( 1,702 )
Total population: 2,226,009 <:: 1,927,881 ( 298,128 )

*The Indian population outgrew the Filipino, Korean & Japanese populations.

Salem, OR MSA 2010 |-| 2000 ( Change )
Asian Indian alone: 815 <:: 420 ( 395 )
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 1,466 <:: 966 ( 500 )
Filipino alone: 1,199 <:: 803 ( 396 )
Japanese alone: 687 <:: 833 ( -146 )
Korean alone: 697 <:: 689 ( 8 )
Vietnamese alone: 1,123 <:: 924 ( 199 )
Native Hawaiian alone: 351 <:: 201 ( 150 )
Guamanian or Chamorro alone: 312 <:: 110 ( 202 )
Samoan alone: 104 <:: 129 ( -25 )
Mexican: 76,544 <:: 45,821 ( 30,723 )
Puerto Rican: 782 <:: 503 ( 279 )
Cuban: 237 <:: 192 ( 45 )
Total population: 390,738 <:: 347,214 ( 43,524 )

Eugene, OR MSA 2010 |-| 2000 ( Change )
Asian Indian alone: 795 <:: 552 ( 243 )
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 2,505 <:: 1,633 ( 872 )
Filipino alone: 945 <:: 602 ( 343 )
Japanese alone: 1,076 <:: 1,306 ( -230 )
Korean alone: 1,529 <:: 1,281 ( 248 )
Vietnamese alone: 526 <:: 290 ( 236 )
Native Hawaiian alone: 260 <:: 180 ( 80 )
Guamanian or Chamorro alone: 95 <:: 90 ( 5 )
Samoan alone: 114 <:: 97 ( 17 )
Mexican: 19,702 <:: 10,542 ( 9,160 )
Puerto Rican: 863 <:: 543 ( 320 )
Cuban: 265 <:: 157 ( 108 )
Total population: 351,715 <:: 322,959 ( 28,756 )

[mSeattle]

Thanks for compiling all these! I wonder how those ethnic numbers look in more detail in the metro areas? Also, I wish Tacoma and Seattle were separate.

[Urbanguy]

^You're welcome. You can view data for Seattle & Tacoma by city but not as separate metros because they are so close.

Top 3 largest increases by ethnicity or hispanic/latino origin that we have data for (so far)

By State

Alaska Change
1 Mexican: 8,308
2 Filipino alone: 6,682
3 Samoan alone: 2,993
Total increase: 83,299

Hawaii Change
1 Filipino alone: 26,862
2 Mexican: 15,595
3 Puerto Rican: 14,111
Total increase: 148,764

Idaho Change
1 Mexican: 69,599
2 Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 1,815
3 Filipino alone: 1,408
Total increase: 273,629

Oregon Change
1 Mexican: 155,155
2 Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 9,989
3 Vietnamese alone: 7,305
Total increase: 409,675

Washington Change
1 Mexican: 271,834
2 Asian Indian alone: 37,132
3 Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 34,284
Total increase: 830,419

By metros

Anchorage, AK MSA Change
1 Mexican: 5,322
2 Filipino alone: 4,185
3 Samoan alone: 2,805
Total increase: 61,216

Boise City, ID MSA Change
1 Mexican: 36,206
2 Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 1,064
3 Puerto Rican: 806
Total increase: 184,216

Eugene, OR MSA Change
1 Mexican: 9,160
2 Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 872
3 Filipino alone: 343
Total increase: 28,756

Honolulu, HI MSA Change
1 Filipino alone: 18,166
2 Puerto Rican: 8,288
3 Mexican: 8,218
Total increase: 77,051

Portland, OR-WA MSA Change
1 Mexican: 83,051
2 Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 8,854
3 Vietnamese alone: 7,498
Total increase: 298,128

Salem, OR MSA Change
1 Mexican: 30,723
2 Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 500
3 Filipino alone: 396
Total increase: 43,524

Seattle, WA CSA Change
1 Mexican: 136,449
2 Asian Indian alone: 33,853
3 Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) alone: 30,189
Total increase: 492,168

Spokane, WA MSA Change
1 Mexican: 7,587
2 Filipino alone: 550
3 Puerto Rican: 490
Total increase: 53,282

[Urbanguy]

The US Census 2010 has just started to roll out data from Summary File 1 which includes more detailed Asian, Native American, Hispanic or Latino & Pacific Islander groups than the recently released Demographic Profile did. The first two states released are Alabama & Hawaii. I will add data for Oregon, Washington, Alaska (June 30, 2011) & Idaho as soon as they become available.

NOTE: There's no data for Arab/Middle Eastern, European, West Indian or Subsaharan African groups with this release.

Here are some of the largest ethnic, racial, tribal alone (not mixed) and Hispanic or Latino groups for Hawaii, Honolulu MSA, Hawaii, Maui & Kauai Counties that have been released or are available so far.

Hawaii
1 Filipino alone: 197,497
2 Japanese alone: 185,502
3 Native Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli) alone: 80,337
4 Chinese (except Taiwanese) alone: 53,963
5 Puerto Rican: 44,116
6 Mexican: 35,415
7 Korean alone: 24,203
8 Spaniard or Spanish: 23,660
9 Black or African American alone: 21,424
10 Samoan alone: 18,287
11 Vietnamese alone: 9,779
Total Population: 1,360,301

Honolulu, HI MSA
1 Japanese alone: 149,701
2 Filipino alone: 142,238
3 Chinese (except Taiwanese) alone: 50,833
4 Native Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli) alone: 47,951
5 Puerto Rican: 27,221
6 Korean alone: 22,179
7 Mexican alone: 21,580
8 Black or African American alone: 19,256
9 Samoan alone: 17,154
10 Spaniard or Spanish: 16,481
11 Vietnamese alone: 8,887
Total Population: 953,207

Hawaii County
1 Japanese: 18,086
2 Filipino: 15,834
3 Native Hawaiian (Kānaka Maoli): 15,812
4 Puerto Rican: 9,520
5 Mexican: 5,868
6 Spaniard or Spanish: 3,523
7 Marshallese: 1,998
8 Chinese (except Taiwanese): 1,609
9 Black or African American alone: 1,020
10 Korean: 1,005
Total Population: 185,079

Maui County
1 Filipino: 27,314
2 Japanese: 11,449
3 Native Hawaiian (Kānaka Maoli): 11,440
4 Mexican: 6,129
5 Puerto Rican: 5,179
6 Spaniard or Spanish: 2,242
7 Tongan: 1,211
8 Chinese (except Taiwanese): 1,040
Total Population: 154,834

Kauai County
1 Filipino: 12,108
2 Japanese: 6,264
3 Native Hawaiian (Kānaka Maoli): 5,097
4 Puerto Rican: 2,196
5 Mexican: 1,837
6 Spaniard or Spanish: 1,414
Total Population: 67,091

The following are by Multiple (or total) Responses (alone or in combination/mixed). These are the largest groups that have been released or available so far. This is definitely where Hawaii really stands out when compared to most other states mainly because it has such a high multi-ethnic, multi-racial population (highest by percentage & 5th highest in raw numbers).

NOTE: I could not find any data for multiple responses for individual Hispanic or Latino groups (e.g., Puerto Rican, Mexican, etc) so I just included the total.

Hawaii
1 Filipino: 342,095
2 Japanese: 312,292
3 Native Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli): 289,970
4 Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 209,485
5 Chinese (except Taiwanese): 198,711
6 Korean: 48,699
7 Black or African American: 38,820
8 Samoan: 37,463
9 Vietnamese: 13,266
10 Tongan: 8,085
11 Cherokee (Tsalagi): 8,024
12 Marshallese: 7,412
13 Guamanian or Chamorro (Chamoru): 6,647
14 Asian Indian or East Indian: 4,737
Total races tallied: 1,807,596

Honolulu, HI MSA
1 Japanese: 241,290
2 Filipino: 234,894
3 Native Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli): 182,120
4 Chinese (except Taiwanese): 155,687
5 Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 134,282
6 Korean: 41,689
7 Samoan: 33,272
8 Black or African American: 32,780
9 Vietnamese: 11,985
10 Guamanian or Chamorro (Chamoru): 5,455
11 Tongan: 5,263
12 Cherokee (Tsalagi): 5,067
13 Marshallese: 4,173
Total races tallied: 1,250,430

Hawaii County
1 Native Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli): 54,919
2 Filipino: 40,878
3 Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 38,823
4 Japanese: 35,586
5 Chinese (except Taiwanese): 22,578
6 Korean: 3,511
7 Black or African American: 2,975
8 Samoan: 2,253
9 Marshallese: 2,193
10 Cherokee (Tsalagi): 1,777
Total races tallied: 262,410

Maui County
1 Filipino: 44,892
2 Native Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli): 36,758
3 Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 25,541
4 Japanese: 22,802
5 Chinese (except Taiwanese): 14,286
6 Korean: 2,788
7 Black or African American: 2,276
8 Tongan: 1,750
9 Samoan: 1,479
Total races tallied: 204,601

Kauai County
1 Filipino: 21,423
2 Native Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli): 16,127
3 Japanese: 12,607
4 Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 10,838
5 Chinese (except Taiwanese): 6,154
Total races tallied: 90,049

*Alaska will be the next to be released for the Pacific West & that will be on June 30, 2011.

Source: US Census

[Urbanguy]

*Over 1,900 for AK

Alaska
1 Yup'ik alone: 27,329
2 Black or African American alone: 23,263
3 Mexican: 21,642
4 Inupiat (Eskimo) alone: 20,941
5 Filipino alone: 19,394
6 Alaskan Athabascan alone: 12,318
7 Tlingit-Haida alone: 8,547
8 Aleut alone: 7,696
9 Korean alone: 4,684
10 Samoan alone: 4,663
11 Puerto Rican: 4,502
12 Hmong (Mong) alone: 3,427
13 Spaniard or Spanish: 2,632
14 Chinese (except Taiwanese) alone: 1,998
15 Dominican (Dominican Republic): 1,909
Total Population: 710,231

*The biggest surprise for me was just how fast the Hmong population has grown in Alaska. I've known for a while now that many have been relocating there from California, Minnesota & to a lesser extent straight from Laos & Thailand but I was guessing the population was going to be around 1,500-1,800 not over 3,400! Up 3,143 from the 2000 Census!

*Over 1,000 for ANC

Anchorage, AK MSA
1 Black or African American alone: 17,082
2 Mexican: 13,398
3 Filipino alone: 10,128
4 Inupiat (Eskimo) alone: 4,729
5 Samoan alone: 4,255
6 Yup'ik alone: 3,787
7 Korean alone: 3,721
8 Hmong (Mong) alone: 3,391
9 Alaskan Athabascan alone: 3,287
10 Puerto Rican: 3,014
11 Aleut alone: 3,001
12 Dominican (Dominican Republic): 1,679
13 Spaniard or Spanish: 1,669
14 Laotian alone: 1,599
15 Tlingit-Haida alone: 1,520
16 Chinese (except Taiwanese) alone: 1,240
Total Population: 380,821

[Contrarian]

The census bureau has announced that Spokane County, WA and Kootenai County, Idaho, will be combined into a CSA (combined statistical area) to be designated "Spokane-Coeur d'Alene WA-ID." Population will be:

Spokane Co. 471,221

Kootenai Co. 138,494

Total: 609,715

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/201...ne-metro-area/