Blacks/African Americans total 35,283 and represent 5.4% of the county's total population. South County which represents 27.9% of the county's total population, has the largest concentration of Blacks living in San Mateo County. Overall 47.6% of San Mateo County's Black population reside in South County, primarily within the city of East Palo Alto.

C.   Native Americans

San Mateo County has an American Indian population of 2,729 or only 0.4% of the total population. Most of the Native American population live in the North County area.

D.   Asians and Pacific Islanders

In 1990, Asians and Pacific Islanders totaled 109,281 and represented 16.8% of the county's total population. Asians and Pacific Islanders are the second largest ethnic population in San Mateo County. Included within the Asian category are Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, Asian Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Laotian, Cambodian and Hmong. Included within the Pacific Islander category are Samoan, Tongan, Hawaiian, Other Polynesians, Guamanian, Other Micronesian and Melanesian.

Text Table 8 shows the number and percentage of the three largest population categories within the Asian and Pacific Islander ethnic group distributed by county subareas.

Filipinos comprise the largest ethnic population within the Asian/Pacific Islander category with a population of 44,732 or 40.9% of the Asian/Pacific Islander population and 6.9% of San Mateo County's total population. Over 80 percent of the Filipinos reside in the North County subarea of San Mateo.

Chinese and Japanese are the second and third largest ethnic group within the Asian/Pacific Islander population with 29.7% and 9.1% respectively, of the total Asian/Pacific Islander population. Over 50 percent of the Chinese live in the North county subarea. The majority (53.2%) of the Japanese reside in the Central County subarea.

E.   Hispanics

Hispanics comprise the largest ethnic population in San Mateo County. The 114,627 Hispanics who live in San Mateo County comprise 17.6% of the county's total population. The North county subarea has the largest concentration of Hispanics with 49,092 or 42.8% of the Hispanic population. Of these 49,092 Hispanics residing in the North subarea, 20,634 or 42% live in Daly City. The South County subarea has the next largest concentration of Hispanics with 38,300 or 33.4% of the Hispanic population.

Mexicans comprise the largest cultural group within the Hispanic population, 63,312 or 55.2% of all San Mateo County's Hispanics.