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Native Hawaiian and Other U.S. Pacific Islander Population, Census 2000

National originPopulation1 Percent
Total2874,414100.0%
Polynesian  
 Native Hawaiian401,16245.9
 Samoan133,28115.2
 Tongan36,8404.2
 Tahitian3,3130.4
 Tokelauan5740.1
 Polynesian, not specified8,7961.0
Micronesian  
 Guamanian or Chamorro92,61110.6
 Mariana Islander141(3)
 Saipanese4750.1
 Palauan3,4690.4
 Carolinian173(3)
 Kosraean226(3)
 Pohnpeian7000.1%
 Chuukese6540.1
 Yapese368(3)
 Marshallese6,6500.8
 I-Kiribati175(3)
 Micronesian, not specified9,9401.1
Melanesian  
 Fijian13,5811.6
 Papua New Guinean224(3)
 Solomon Islander25(3)
 Ni-Vanuatu18(3)
 Melanesian, not specified315(3)
Other Pacific Islander174,91220.0
1. The numbers by national origin do not add up to the total population figure because respondents may have put down more than one country. Respondents reporting several countries are counted several times.
2. Total includes Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders alone or in combination with other races or groups. Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander population alone in 2000 was 398,835.
3. Less than 0.1%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.

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