Oceanian Americans

Oceanian Americans
Total population
	1,338,219; 0.4% of the total U.S. population (2010)
Regions with significant populations
	California, Hawaii, New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, Guam, American Samoa, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Florida and Washington
Languages
	American English, Carolinian, Chamorro, Fijian, Hawaiian, Marshallese, Samoan, Tongan, Polynesian languages, other Oceanic languages
Religion
	Predominantly Christianity
Related ethnic groups
	Australians, New Zealanders, Pacific Islanders

Oceanian Americans or Oceanic Americans are Americans whose ancestors came from Oceania, a region which is composed of the Australian continent and the Pacific Islands.

There are basically two Oceanian American groups, that well represent the racial and cultural population of Oceania: Euro-Oceanian Americans (Australian Americans and New Zealand Americans) and the indigenous peoples of Oceania in the United States or Pacific Islander Americans (Chamorro Americans, Samoan Americans, etc.) Most of the Euro-Oceanians are descended from the European settlers in Oceania; while Pacific Islanders are of indigenous Oceanian descent.^[1]

Oceanian Americans in the 2000 and 2010 United States censuses

Oceanian Americans in the 2000^[2] and 2010 U.S. censuses:^[3]

Ancestry	2000	2000 % of Oceanian American population	2010	2010 % of Oceanian American population
Pacific Islander American (except Australia and New Zealand)	874,414	90.18%	1,225,195	91.55%
Australian American	78,544	8.10%	93,063	6.95%
New Zealand American	16,628	1.71%	19,961	1.49%
TOTAL	969,586	100.0%	1,338,219	100.0%

References

^ Geographica; VIII, p. 283. Ed: Plaza Editores
^ The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Population, Census 2000
^ "Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[1] Geographica; VIII, p. 283. Ed: Plaza Editores

[ancestry2000-2] The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Population, Census 2000

[3] "Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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[note_n0-5] Not in communion with the rest of the Catholic Church

[note_n6-6] Those are traditions and denominations that trace their history back to the Protestant Reformation or otherwise heavily borrow from the practices and beliefs of the Protestant Reformers.

[note_n3-7] This denomination is the result of a merger between Lutheran, German Reformed, Congregational and Restorationist churches.

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[note_n4-9] This refers to the denomination's heritage and not necessarily to the language in which the services are conducted in.

[note_n5-10] This is a reformed synod within the United Church of Christ that is distinct in heritage, doctrine and practice from the rest of the denomination.

[note_n2-11] Outside the Anglican Communion

[note_n8-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f This is more of a movement then an institutionalized denomination.

[note_n10-13] Denominations that don't fit in the subsets mentioned above.

[note_n7-14] Those are traditions and denominations that trace their origin back to the Great Awakenings and/or are joined together by a common belief that Christianity should be restored along the lines of what is known about the apostolic early church.

[note_n9-15] The Holiness movement is an interdenominational movement that spreads over multiple traditions (Methodist, Quakers, Anabaptist, Baptist, etc.). However, here are mentioned only those denominations that are part of Restorationism as well as the Holiness movement, but are not part of any other Protestant tradition.

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v t e Oceanian Americans
Melanesians	Fijian
Micronesians	Chamorros Marshallese Micronesian Palauan
Polynesians	French Polynesian Māori Native Hawaiians Samoan Tongan
Euro-Oceanians	Australian New Zealander

v t e Pacific Islander Americans
Melanesians	Fijian
Micronesians	Chamorros Marshallese Micronesian Palauan
Polynesians	French Polynesian Māori Native Hawaiians Samoan Tongan
Related ethnic groups	Australian New Zealander
Related topics	Oceanian Americans Pacific Islanders Asian Pacific Americans

Total population
1,338,219 0.4% of the total U.S. population (2010)
Regions with significant populations
California, Hawaii, New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, Guam, American Samoa, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Florida and Washington
Languages
American English, Carolinian, Chamorro, Fijian, Hawaiian, Marshallese, Samoan, Tongan, Polynesian languages, other Oceanic languages
Religion
Predominantly Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Australians, New Zealanders, Pacific Islanders