Pacific Islander Americans
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Alone (one race) 689,966 (2020 census) 0.21% of the total US population In combination (multiracial) 896,497 (2020 census) 0.27% of the total US population Alone or in combination 1,586,463 (2020 census) 0.48% of the total US population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Predominantly in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands | |
| Hawaii | 157,445 |
| California | 157,263 |
| Washington | 64,933 |
| Utah | 36,930 |
| Texas | 33,611 |
| Languages | |
| American English, Oceanic languages | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Polytheism, Baháʼí, Judaism, Mormonism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Sikhism, Jainism, Confucianism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Pasifika New Zealanders, other Pacific Islanders | |
Pacific Islander Americans (also colloquially referred to as Islander Americans) are Americans who are of Pacific Islander ancestry (or are descendants of the Indigenous peoples of Oceania). For its purposes, the United States census also counts Aboriginal Australians as part of this group.
Pacific Islander Americans make up 0.5% of the US population including those with partial Pacific Islander ancestry, enumerating about 1.4 million people. The largest ethnic subgroups of Pacific Islander Americans are Native Hawaiians, Samoans, and Chamorros. Much of the Pacific Islander population resides in Hawaii, Alaska, California, Utah, and Texas.
Pacific Islanders may be considered Oceanian Americans, but this group may include Australians and New Zealander-origin people, who can be of non-Pacific Islander ethnicity. Many Pacific Islander Americans are mixed with other races, especially Europeans and Asians, due to Pacific Islanders being a small population in several communities across the mainland US.
American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands are insular areas (US territories), while Hawaii is a state.