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Data Dictionary: Census 2000 on 2010 Geographies
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Data Source: Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau
Universe: Total Asian categories tallied for people with one Asian category only and people with no specific Asian category reported
Variable Details
T17. Asian by Specific Origin (Asian with One Asian Category for Selected Groups)
Universe: Total Asian categories tallied for people with one Asian category only and people with no specific Asian category reported
T017_001Total Asian with One Asian Category Only
Percent base:
None - percentages not computed (variable is table universe)
Aggregation method:
Addition
Formula used to compute this variable:
Return_Value = RC2000SF1:RC2000SF1_015_PCT005001
Variables used in the formula:
RC2000SF1:RC2000SF1_015_PCT005001
Total Asian Categories Tallied for People with One Asian Category Only and People with No Specific Asian Category Reported
Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 1: Technical Documentation, 2001.
  Summary File 1 Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Definitons of Subject Characteristics -> Population Characteristics -> Race -> Asian
Asian
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. It includes "Asian Indian," "Chinese," "Filipino," "Korean," "Japanese," "Vietnamese," and "Other Asian."

Asian Indian
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Includes people who indicated their race as "Asian Indian" or identified themselves as Bengalese, Bharat, Dravidian, East Indian, or Goanese.

Chinese
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Includes people who indicate their race as "Chinese" or who identify themselves as Cantonese, or Chinese American. In some census tabulations, written entries of Taiwanese are included with Chinese while in others they are shown separately.

Filipino
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Includes people who indicate their race as "Filipino" or who report entries such as Philipino, Philipine, or Filipino American.

Japanese
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Includes people who indicate their race as "Japanese" or who report entries such as Nipponese or Japanese American.

Korean
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Includes people who indicate their race as "Korean" or who provide a response of Korean American.

Vietnamese
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Includes people who indicate their race as "Vietnamese" or who provide a response of Vietnamese American.

Cambodian
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Includes people who provide a response such as Cambodian or Cambodia.

Hmong
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Includes people who provide a response such as Hmong, Laohmong, or Mong.

Laotian
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Includes people who provide a response such as Laotian, Laos, or Lao.

Thai
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Includes people who provide a response such as Thai, Thailand, or Siamese.

Other Asian
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Includes people who provide a response of Bangladeshi; Bhutanese; Burmese; Indochinese; Indonesian; Iwo Jiman; Madagascar; Malaysian; Maldivian; Nepalese; Okinawan; Pakistani; Singaporean; Sri Lankan; or Other Asian, specified and Other Asian, not specified.