Chuukese and Papua New Guinean Populations Fastest Growing Pacific Islander Groups in 2020

Newly released results from the 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A show that the populations of nearly all the 31 detailed Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (NHPI) groups grew over the past decade.

The Chuukese alone population was the fastest growing NHPI alone group, increasing 296.2% to 10,500 people from 2010 to 2020, according to the 2020 Census data released today.

Nearly all detailed NHPI groups grew over the decade. Detailed NHPI alone or in any combination groups with smaller populations in 2010 (less than 50,000) tended to grow faster over the decade.

The fastest growing NHPI alone or in any combination group was the Papua New Guinean alone or in any combination population, which increased by 249.3%, to 1,453 people during the same period.

In this article, we discuss data from the race question on detailed race alone and race alone or in any combination populations.

The race alone population represents the minimum number of people who identified as that detailed group, and includes respondents who reported one response, such as Native Hawaiian.

The race alone or in any combination population includes respondents who reported one response, such as Native Hawaiian, and those who reported more than one, such as Native Hawaiian and Samoan or Native Hawaiian and Asian. The race alone or in any combination population represents the maximum number of people who identified as that detailed group.

This information is important to frame the discussion of racial and ethnic composition and help us understand our country’s changing demographics as it becomes much more multiracial.

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