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Pacific Islander American

Pacific Islander American
Ethnic group
GroupPacific Islander American
Oceanian American
Population793,162
0.3% of the US population (2000)
Main regionHawaii and the West Coast

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Pacific Islander Americans, also known as Oceanian Americans, are residents of the United States with original ancestry from Oceania. They represent the smallest racial group counted in the United States census of 2000. They numbered 874,000 people or 0.3 percent of the United States population. They are most concentrated in Hawaii, Alaska and the West Coast, specifically California, although they are to be found in other US States as well.

Pacific Islander American Video

After signing an Executive Order restoring the White House Advisory Commission and Interagency Working Group to address issues concerning the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, the President observed Diwali, or the Festival of Lights, a holiday celebrated across faiths. October 14, 2009. (Public Domain)
15.28 min. | 4.32 user rating		 Barack's half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, and grassroots supporters discuss why Barack connects with the AAPI community.
2.63 min. | 4.45 user rating		 This is a video my group made during our Pacific Islander class at Arizona State University during the Fall 2009 semester.
7.43 min. | 4.72 user rating		 Leaders in the Asian-American/Pacific Islander community voice their support for Senator Obama and his campaign for President.
3.48 min. | 4.83 user rating		 Call to all the YouTube-Happy-Tongans out there!!! Who's got this?! Use your CrEaTiViTy and JOIN the PSA CONTEST to create PSAs like this to get the Census message to the Tongan Community! PSA Contest Submissions due March 26th! Separate Cash Prizes for Pacific Islander PSAs $500 to $3000 all for a 30-60 sec spot!! Register on: www.apicount.org/contest Great work and a BIG MALO! to PSA Production Partners for this Tongan US Census 2010 PSA: Tongan Lennox United Methodist Church! Tongan Community Service Center! APALC Multinesia Productions Inc.! Asian Pacific Islander API Count 2010 Census Network!
1.13 min. | 4.75 user rating
This is adapted from a lecture I gave in May 2010 at Union County College in Cranford, New Jersey last year as part of their annual Diversity Day. Happy (belated) Asian-Pacific Islander American Heritage Month! Please forgive my lack of a teleprompter and/or desire to memorize my notes. I'm really quite lazy; a very bad Asian, when it comes right down to it. To all the Asian YouTube superstars whom I forgot to mention or whose pictures I failed to include, such as TimothydelaGhetto, or that other Asian person, I apologize for the oversight - you all sort of look alike.
8.63 min. | 4.98 user rating		 President Obama hosts a reception at the White House to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. May 24, 2010.
11.05 min. | 4.42 user rating		 Teaser trailer for an upcoming documentary project to include the US Territory of American Samoa among other Pacific Island, Alaskan Native, and Native American peoples. Copyright 2010. Wide Angle Studios Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA Video Production. Note: this video was shot in and around Pago Pago, AS, and produced before the tsunami of September 30, 2009. ----------------- Wide Angle Studios provides professional video production for Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. Based in the Pacific Northwest we are a video production company, consultation resource, and your personal film studio. We create videos to tell stories, engage the senses, inspire action, promote business, and raise funds. Working locally and around the world, providing professional video production and personal service to business, government, educational and non-profit organizations is what we do! We will work with you every step of the way, helping to turn concepts into reality, and ideas into images. Together, we will distribute your media, so that you will inspire action, stand out and get results. Copyright 2010. Wide Angle Studios Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA Video Production.
1.43 min. | 4.91 user rating		 www.yellowgurl.com http www.twitter.com for booking inquiries, booking@yellowgurl.com Produced and Directed by Jonathan Yi Executive Produced by Chrissie Hines Co-Produced by Cliff Song Co-Produced by Louis Tancredi Associate Produced by Yuki Yoshiike May 2010 New York, NY Originally broadcast on HBO On Demand as a part of the documentary "East of Main Street: Asians Aloud," a special in honor of Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
3.63 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Teaser trailer for an upcoming documentary project to include the US Territory of American Samoa among other Pacific Island, Alaska Native, and Native American peoples. ----------------- Wide Angle Studios provides professional video production for Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. Based in the Pacific Northwest we are a video production company, consultation resource, and your personal film studio. We create videos to tell stories, engage the senses, inspire action, promote business, and raise funds. Working locally and around the world, providing professional video production and personal service to business, government, educational and non-profit organizations is what we do! We will work with you every step of the way, helping to turn concepts into reality, and ideas into images. Together, we will distribute your media, so that you will inspire action, stand out and get results. Copyright 2010. Wide Angle Studios Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA Video Production.
1.52 min. | 5.0 user rating

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Utah to study minority infant mortality, obesity rates - Deseret News Tweet this news
Deseret News--While the majority of Utah adults are overweight, the Black/African--American- rate is 72.4 percent, -Pacific Islander- 78.4 percent and Hispanic 67.3 percent, ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:11:28 GMT+00:00
Saipan native member of US President's advisory commission - Radio Australia Tweet this news
Radio Australia--CABRERA: Each one of us on the commission of course have that background, Asian--American- or -Pacific Islander- background or both. ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:27:46 GMT+00:00
Utah to study infant mortality of minorities - Daily Herald Tweet this news
Daily Herald---American- Indians follow at 30.2 percent, -Pacific Islanders- at 20 percent and blacks at 19.9 percent. About 11 percent of whites in the United States are ... - Date : Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:06:15 GMT+00:00
CAPAC Leaders Vow to Continue Addressing Unemployment - PoliticalNews.me (press release) Tweet this news
PoliticalNews.me (press release)--This important report sheds light as to why so many Asian -American- and -Pacific Islander- families struggle with unemployment. CAPAC has met with cabinet ... - Date : Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:41:02 GMT+00:00

Pacific Islander American Ancestries in the 2000 US Census
Sports :
Ancestry 1990 1990% of US population 2000 2000% of US population Percent change from 1990 to 2000
Chamorro negligible (no data) negligible (no data) 177,000 0.06% negligible (no data)
Polynesian negligible (no data) negligible (no data) 616,162 0.2% negligible (no data)
TOTAL negligible (no data) negligible (no data) 793,162 0.3% negligible (no data)

Polynesian American Ancestries in the 2000 US Census
Sports :
Ancestry 1990 1990% of US population 2000 2000% of US population Percent change from 1990 to 2000
Native Hawaiian negligible (no data) negligible (no data) 401,162 0.13% negligible (no data)
Samoan negligible (no data) negligible (no data) 215,000 0.07% negligible (no data)
TOTAL negligible (no data) negligible (no data) 616,162 0.2% negligible (no data)

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