Tongan Americans
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 48,536 alone, 0.01% of US population 78,871 including partial ancestry, 0.02% (2020 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| American Samoa, Alaska (Anchorage), California (Oakland, Sacramento County, San Mateo County, Los Angeles County, Seaside), Hawaii (O'ahu), Nevada (Reno), Texas (Euless), Utah (Salt Lake County, Utah County) | |
| Languages | |
| American English, Tongan | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Polytheism, Mormonism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Polynesians and Samoan Americans. |
Tongan Americans are Americans who can trace their ancestry to Tonga, officially known as the Kingdom of Tonga. There are approximately 57,000 Tongan Americans living in the United States, as of 2012. Tongans are considered to be Pacific Islanders in the United States census, and are the country's fourth largest Pacific Islander American group in terms of population, after Native Hawaiians, Samoan Americans, and Guamanian/Chamorro Americans.
There are 78,871 people of Tongan descent living in the US, including those of partial ancestry, as per the 2020 US census.
People of Tongan descent are often found in clusters in the metropolitan areas of Dallas, Texas, California's San Francisco Bay Area, Hawaii, and the Salt Lake Valley of Utah.