Fijian Americans

Fijian Americans
Total population
  • 24,629 alone,
  • 32,304 including partial ancestry, 0.01%
    (2010 Census: ancestry or ethnic origin)
  • 47,000 (Fijian-born, 2019)[1]
Regions with significant populations
California (especially around Sacramento, followed by the San Francisco Bay Area as well as other places in the Central Valley and Los Angeles,) Smaller populations in the Everett, Washington area and the New York City metropolitan area, as well as the Des Moines, Iowa area.
Languages
American English, Fiji Hindi, and iTaukei
Religion
Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam
Related ethnic groups
Pacific Islanders, Indian Americans, Fijians

Fijian Americans refers to Americans citizens who are native to or descendants of people from the Fiji Islands. Most of Fijian Americans are of ethnic iTaukei or Indian descent. Fijian Americans are considered Pacific Islanders in the United States Census. There are 32,304 Fijian Americans living in the U.S. as of 2010, with 75% of them living in the state of California alone, especially in Sacramento County.[2][3] The American Community Survey 2015-2019 counted a Fijian immigrant population of 47,000.

  1. ^ "PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Universe: Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea, 2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 16 July 2013.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Census AmericanFactfinder". United States Census. Retrieved 2012-04-04.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Immigrant population by state and county 2015-2019". Migration Policy Institute.

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