Oceanian Americans

Not to be confused with Pacific Islander Americans.

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.

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

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%