Since the 1920 Census, when Guam was officially included in the census of the U.S., the Census Bureau has not sufficiently categorized the Chamorro population to consistently compare population trends over the years. (Punzalan, 2013)
While running queries on the Census Bureau’s website, there were at least three race/ethnicity datasets that could be tied directly to the Chamorro population:
- Guamanian or Chamorro
- Mariana Islander
- Saipanese
The latter two datasets were likely Census “write-ins,” but well below one percent of the total sampled 2010 census data. In addition, they were not counted in the Bureau’s 2012 Chamorro profile report.
During the 2000 Census, there were approximately 92,611 Chamorro people that were recorded in the U.S. mainland. (Secretariat of the Pacific, undated)
In 2010, approximately 147,798 Chamorro were residing in the U.S. That’s nearly a whopping 60% increase of Chamorro people residing in the mainland U.S. between census periods!
Chamorro Population in the U.S.
|
State |
2000 |
2010 |
State |
2000 |
2010 |
|
|
Alabama |
804 |
2,325 |
Montana |
141 |
228 |
|
|
Alaska |
387 |
667 |
Nebraska |
439 |
729 |
|
|
Arizona |
2,101 |
4,276 |
Nevada |
2,090 |
5,512 |
|
|
Arkansas |
370 |
719 |
New Hampshire |
118 |
195 |
|
|
California |
33,849 |
44,425 |
New Jersey |
1,135 |
1,447 |
|
|
Colorado |
1,867 |
3,056 |
New Mexico |
534 |
805 |
|
|
Connecticut |
412 |
770 |
New York |
2,746 |
3,407 |
|
|
Delaware |
132 |
319 |
North Carolina |
1,828 |
3,682 |
|
|
District of Columbia |
104 |
187 |
North Dakota |
69 |
126 |
|
|
Florida |
3,549 |
5,904 |
Ohio |
1,117 |
1,977 |
|
|
Georgia |
2,173 |
3,856 |
Oklahoma |
966 |
1,470 |
|
|
Hawaii |
4,221 |
6,647 |
Oregon |
1,668 |
3,014 |
|
|
Idaho |
386 |
860 |
Pennsylvania |
1,037 |
1,605 |
|
|
Illinois |
1,496 |
1,928 |
Rhode Island |
314 |
360 |
|
|
Indiana |
732 |
1,113 |
South Carolina |
745 |
1,568 |
|
|
Iowa |
293 |
572 |
South Dakota |
104 |
216 |
|
|
Kansas |
565 |
1,002 |
Tennessee |
962 |
2,124 |
|
|
Kentucky |
616 |
1,287 |
Texas |
5,410 |
10,167 |
|
|
Louisiana |
584 |
1,189 |
Utah |
348 |
880 |
|
|
Maine |
123 |
152 |
Vermont |
53 |
81 |
|
|
Maryland |
1,108 |
2,100 |
Virginia |
2,045 |
3,592 |
|
|
Massachusetts |
812 |
1,179 |
Washington |
8,597 |
14,829 |
|
|
Michigan |
1,007 |
1,072 |
West Virginia |
156 |
194 |
|
|
Minnesota |
483 |
727 |
Wisconsin |
573 |
716 |
|
|
Mississippi |
381 |
817 |
Wyoming |
100 |
174 |
|
|
Missouri |
761 |
1,551 |
References
Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Table POP08. Chamorros in the United States: 2000. Retrieved January 21, 2015 from: http://www.spc.int/prism/country/gu/stats/census/chamorros_in_us.htm
Guam State Data Center. 2012. Profile of the Chamorros in the United States. Government of Guam, Bureau of Statistics and Plans.
Bernard Punzalan. 2013. Is “Guamanian” an Ethnic Race? Chamorro Roots Genealogy Project. Retrieved from https://www.chamorroroots.com/x4/index.php/land-records-online/34-taotao-tano/history/175-is-qguamanianq-an-ethnic-race
U.S. Census Bureau. 2010 Census. Retrieved January 21, 2015 from: http://factfinder.census.gov
