Oceanian Americans

Oceanian Americans or Oceanic Americans are Americans whose ancestors came from Oceania, a region which is compose of the Australian continent and the Pacific Islands.

Oceanian Americans
Total population
1,338,219
0.4% of the total U.S. population (2010)
Regions with significant populations
California, Hawaii, New York, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, and Washington
Languages
American English, Carolinian, Chamorro, Fijian, Hawaiian, Marshallese, Samoan, Tongan, Polynesian languages, others
Religion
Predominantly Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Australians, New Zealanders, Pacific Islanders

There are basically two Oceanian American groups, that well represent the racial and cultural population of Oceania: Euro-Oceanian Americans (Australian Americans and New Zealand Americans) and the indigenous peoples of Oceania in the United States or Pacific Islander Americans (Chamorro Americans, Samoan Americans, etc.) Most of the Euro-Oceanians are descended from the European settlers in Oceania; while Pacific Islanders are of indigenous Oceanian descent.[1]

Oceanian Americans in the United States Censuses, 2000 and 2010

Oceanian Americans in the 2000[2] - 2010 U.S. Census:[3]

Ancestry20002000 % of Oceanian American population20102010 % of Oceanian American population
Pacific Islander American 874,414 90.18% 1,225,195 91.55%
Australian American 78,544 8.10% 93,063 6.95%
New Zealand American 16,628 1.71% 19,961 1.49%
TOTAL 969,586 100.0% 1,338,219 100.0%
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