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

National origin	Population¹	Percent
Total²	874,414	100.0%
Polynesian
Native Hawaiian	401,162	45.9
Samoan	133,281	15.2
Tongan	36,840	4.2
Tahitian	3,313	0.4
Tokelauan	574	0.1
Polynesian, not specified	8,796	1.0
Micronesian
Guamanian or Chamorro	92,611	10.6
Mariana Islander	141	(³)
Saipanese	475	0.1
Palauan	3,469	0.4
Carolinian	173	(³)
Kosraean	226	(³)
Pohnpeian	700	0.1%
Chuukese	654	0.1
Yapese	368	(³)
Marshallese	6,650	0.8
I-Kiribati	175	(³)
Micronesian, not specified	9,940	1.1
Melanesian
Fijian	13,581	1.6
Papua New Guinean	224	(³)
Solomon Islander	25	(³)
Ni-Vanuatu	18	(³)
Melanesian, not specified	315	(³)
Other Pacific Islander	174,912	20.0

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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