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Data Dictionary: ACS 2015 (1-Year Estimates)
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Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Universe: Universe: Total Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone population
Variable Details
C02016. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone by Selected Groups
Universe: Universe: Total Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone population
C02016004 Guamanian or Chamorro
Percent base:
Total Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone Population (ACS15:C02016001)
Aggregation method:
Addition
Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; 2015 ACS 1-year and 2011-2015 ACS 5-year Data Releases: Technical Documentation.
  2015 ACS 1-year and 2011-2015 ACS 5-year Data Releases: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A: Supplemental Documentation -> 2014 Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Race -> Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. It includes people who indicate their race as "Native Hawaiian," "Guamanian or Chamorro," "Samoan," and "Other Pacific Islander" or provide other detailed Pacific Islander responses.

Native Hawaiian
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Includes respondents who indicate their race as "Native Hawaiian" or report entries such as Part Hawaiian or Hawaiian.

Samoan
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Includes respondents who indicate their race as "Samoan" or report entries such as American Samoan or Western Samoan.

Tongan
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Includes respondents who report entries such as Tongan or Tonga.

Other Polynesian
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Includes respondents who provide a response of another Polynesian group, such as Tahitian, Tokelauan, or wrote in a generic term such as "Polynesian."

Guamanian or Chamorro
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Includes respondents who indicate their race as "Guamanian or Chamorro" or report entries such as Chamorro or Guam.

Marshallese
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Includes respondents who report entries such as Marshallese or Marshall Island.

Other Micronesian
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Includes respondents who provide a response of another Micronesian group, such as Carolinian, Chuukese, I-Kiribati, Kosraean, Mariana Islander, Palauan, Pohnpeian, Saipanese, Yapese, or wrote in a generic term such as "Micronesian."

Fijian
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Includes respondents who report entries such as Fijian or Fiji.

Other Melanesian
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Includes respondents who provide a response of another Melanesian group, such as Papua New Guinean, Ni-Vanuatu (New Hebrides Islander), Solomon Islander, or wrote in a generic term such as "Melanesian."

Other Pacific Islander, not specified
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Includes respondents who checked the Other Pacific Islander response category on the ACS questionnaire and did not write in a specific group or wrote in a generic term such as "Pacific Islander."

Two or more Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
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Includes respondents who provide multiple Pacific Islander responses such as Native Hawaiian and Guamanian or Chamorro; or Tokelauan and Tongan.