Table 2-5a
| NHOPI Groups | Numberb (in 000s) |
Percent of U.S. NHOPI | Percent of U.S. Population | Native Born (%) | Speak a Language Other Than English at Home and Speak English Less Than "Very Well" (%) | Less Than High School Graduationc (%) | Poverty Rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian | 400 | 36.8 | 0.14 | 97.8 | 04.3 | 16.8 | 15.6 |
| Samoan | 128 | 22.5 | 0.05 | 79.1 | 19.5 | 24.2 | 20.2 |
| Guamanian | 91 | 14.6 | 0.03 | 87.6 | 15.4 | 22.2 | 13.7 |
| Tongan | 37 | 7.3 | 0.01 | 48.6 | 32.7 | 34.7 | 19.5 |
| Fijian | 14 | 2.7 | 0.01 | 22.4 | 25.2 | 33.2 | 10.5 |
| Marshallese | 7 | 1.5 | 23.9 | 41.4 | 32.3 | 38.3 | |
| Other Pacific Islander | 209 | 14.6 | 0.07 | 61.7 | 19.4 | 23.3 | 21.4 |
| Tahitiand | (3.3) | ||||||
| Tokelauan | (0.6) | ||||||
| Mariana Islander | (0.1) | ||||||
| Saipanese | (0.5) | ||||||
| Palauan | (3.4) | ||||||
| Carolinian | (0.2) | ||||||
| Kosraean | (0.2) | ||||||
| Pohnpeian | (0.7) | ||||||
| Chuukese | (0.7) | ||||||
| Yapese | (0.4) | ||||||
| I-Kiribati | (0.2) | ||||||
| Papua New Guinea | (0.2) | ||||||
| Solomon Islander | (0.03) | ||||||
| Ni-Vanuatu | (0.2) | ||||||
| Unspecified | (193.6) | ||||||
| Total NHOPI | 860 | 100 | NA | 80.1 | 14.5 | 21.7 | 17.7 |
| Total U.S. Population | 281,412 | NA | 0.31 | 88.9 | 08.1 | 19.6 | 12.4 |
a Data for Pacific Islanders living in the U.S. Island Areas of Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are not included in the count.
b NHOPI alone and in combination.
c Population 25 and older.
d Ethnicities of Other Pacific Islanders from Grieco, 2001a.
Source: Harris and Jones, 2005.
