Total population | |
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112,845 alone, 0.04% of U.S. population 204,640 including partial ancestry, 0.06% (2019 Census estimates) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
American Samoa Alaska (Anchorage), California (Los Angeles County, Sacramento, San Diego County, San Francisco Bay Area), Missouri (Independence), Nevada (Las Vegas), Hawaii, Utah (Salt Lake County, Utah County), Washington (Seattle, Tacoma) | |
Languages | |
American English, Samoan | |
Religion | |
Various (Mainly Christianity, including Mormonism) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Polynesians |
Samoan Americans are Americans that are from Samoa. They are also people who emigrated from the Independent State of Samoa or American Samoa to the United States. Samoan Americans are Pacific Islanders in the United States Census. They are the second biggest Pacific Islander group in the U.S., after Native Hawaiians.