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Native Hawaiian & Other
Pacific Islander Ethnic Origin
By City in Los Angeles County

2000 Census

Most recent Census numbers

POLYNESIAN - Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongan, Other Polynesian
MICRONESIAN - Guamanian or Chamorro, Other Micronesian

Relative percentages for each group in each city are listed in the row following that city's population numbers.

City Total Polynesian Micronesian
Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian
Agoura Hills 21 10 2 0 0 0 0
47.62% 9.52% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Alhambra 86 26 8 0 0 27 0
30.23% 9.30% 0.00% 0.00% 31.40% 0.00%
Arcadia 42 11 14 0 0 2 0
26.19% 33.33% 0.00% 0.00% 4.76% 0.00%
Artesia 89 22 32 4 1 23 1
24.72% 35.96% 4.49% 1.12% 25.84% 1.12%
Avalon 7 7 0 0 0 0 0
100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Azusa 77 17 22 1 0 2 4
22.08% 28.57% 1.30% 0.00% 2.60% 5.19%
Baldwin Park 114 24 57 7 0 10 1
21.05% 50.00% 6.14% 0.00% 8.77% 0.88%
City Total Polynesian Micronesian
Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian
Bell 22 9 3 0 0 4 0
40.91% 13.64% 0.00% 0.00% 18.18% 0.00%
Bellflower 519 58 319 31 2 48 2
11.18% 61.46% 5.97% 0.39% 9.25% 0.39%
Bell Gardens 45 7 26 0 0 1 0
15.56% 57.78% 0.00% 0.00% 2.22% 0.00%
Beverly Hills 10 1 5 1 0 0 0
10.00% 50.00% 10.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Bradbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Burbank 142 67 25 0 3 17 1
47.18% 17.61% 0.00% 2.11% 11.97% 0.70%
Calabasas 9 2 0 0 0 0 0
22.22% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
City Total Polynesian Micronesian
Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian
Carson 2,777 161 2,284 8 42 197 4
5.80% 82.25% 0.29% 1.51% 7.09% 0.14%
Cerritos 97 36 14 0 1 36 2
37.11% 14.43% 0.00% 1.03% 37.11% 2.06%
Claremont 46 9 12 4 1 7 1
19.57% 26.09% 8.70% 2.17% 15.22% 2.17%
Commerce 10 4 0 0 0 1 0
40.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 10.00% 0.00%
Compton 999 15 873 37 7 14 0
1.50% 87.39% 3.70% 0.70% 1.40% 0.00%
Covina 100 36 30 0 2 15 0
36.00% 30.00% 0.00% 2.00% 15.00% 0.00%
Cudahy 43 11 16 0 0 2 0
25.58% 37.21% 0.00% 0.00% 4.65% 0.00%
City Total Polynesian Micronesian
Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian
Culver City 82 17 15 6 1 11 0
20.73% 18.29% 7.32% 1.22% 13.41% 0.00%
Diamond Bar 67 17 10 7 3 14 0
25.37% 14.93% 10.45% 4.48% 20.90% 0.00%
Downey 243 45 80 8 12 44 0
18.52% 32.92% 3.29% 4.94% 18.11% 0.00%
Duarte 24 6 3 0 2 4 0
25.00% 12.50% 0.00% 8.33% 16.67% 0.00%
El Monte 140 50 38 2 0 17 0
35.71% 27.14% 1.43% 0.00% 12.14% 0.00%
El Segundo 47 24 12 2 0 5 0
51.06% 25.53% 4.26% 0.00% 10.64% 0.00%
Gardena 446 154 223 9 4 31 3
34.53% 50.00% 2.02% 0.90% 6.95% 0.67%
City Total Polynesian Micronesian
Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian
Glendale 164 69 18 1 1 25 0
42.07% 10.98% 0.61% 0.61% 15.24% 0.00%
Glendora 39 17 7 1 0 6 0
43.59% 17.95% 2.56% 0.00% 15.38% 0.00%
Hawaiian Gardens 111 14 63 16 0 4 0
12.61% 56.76% 14.41% 0.00% 3.60% 0.00%
Hawthorne 751 53 108 422 57 41 2
7.06% 14.38% 56.19% 7.59% 5.46% 0.27%
Hermosa Beach 42 19 6 0 0 5 0
45.24% 14.29% 0.00% 0.00% 11.90% 0.00%
Hidden Hills 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Huntington Park 38 5 6 0 0 8 0
13.16% 15.79% 0.00% 0.00% 21.05% 0.00%
City Total Polynesian Micronesian
Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian
Industry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Inglewood 417 26 51 221 15 32 2
6.24% 12.23% 53.00% 3.60% 7.67% 0.48%
Irwindale 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
La Cañada Flintridge 9 3 1 0 0 5 0
33.33% 11.11% 0.00% 0.00% 55.56% 0.00%
La Habra Heights 6 1 2 0 0 0 0
16.67% 33.33% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Lakewood 497 101 214 14 7 130 5
20.32% 43.06% 2.82% 1.41% 26.16% 1.01%
La Mirada 127 31 36 0 7 20 0
24.41% 28.35% 0.00% 5.51% 15.75% 0.00%
City Total Polynesian Micronesian
Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian
Lancaster 283 91 62 6 3 71 0
32.16% 21.91% 2.12% 1.06% 25.09% 0.00%
La Puente 68 9 25 0 0 19 0
13.24% 36.76% 0.00% 0.00% 27.94% 0.00%
La Verne 56 17 4 0 4 14 0
30.36% 7.14% 0.00% 7.14% 25.00% 0.00%
Lawndale 301 44 116 78 4 22 0
14.62% 38.54% 25.91% 1.33% 7.31% 0.00%
Lomita 111 27 64 0 0 18 2
24.32% 57.66% 0.00% 0.00% 16.22% 1.80%
Long Beach 5,714 342 4,041 338 122 594 20
5.99% 70.72% 5.92% 2.14% 10.40% 0.35%
Los Angeles 6,032 1,420 1,710 452 151 966 25
23.54% 28.35% 7.49% 2.50% 16.01% 0.41%
Lynwood 273 4 225 5 2 17 0
1.47% 82.42% 1.83% 0.73% 6.23% 0.00%
City Total Polynesian Micronesian
Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian
Malibu 12 6 2 0 1 2 0
50.00% 16.67% 0.00% 8.33% 16.67% 0.00%
Manhattan Beach 45 22 4 1 3 12 0
48.89% 8.89% 2.22% 6.67% 26.67% 0.00%
Maywood 38 6 22 4 0 1 0
15.79% 57.89% 10.53% 0.00% 2.63% 0.00%
Monrovia 49 10 15 2 1 10 2
20.41% 30.61% 4.08% 2.04% 20.41% 4.08%
Montebello 51 10 24 0 0 11 0
19.61% 47.06% 0.00% 0.00% 21.57% 0.00%
Monterey Park 37 17 4 0 0 3 0
45.95% 10.81% 0.00% 0.00% 8.11% 0.00%
Norwalk 416 80 149 48 8 81 6
19.23% 35.82% 11.54% 1.92% 19.47% 1.44%
City Total Polynesian Micronesian
Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian
Palmdale 226 60 54 0 2 49 2
26.55% 23.89% 0.00% 0.88% 21.68% 0.88%
Palos Verdes Estates 17 0 7 0 2 6 0
0.00% 41.18% 0.00% 11.76% 35.29% 0.00%
Paramount 473 19 362 26 6 28 0
4.02% 76.53% 5.50% 1.27% 5.92% 0.00%
Pasadena 137 47 28 1 0 12 12
34.31% 20.44% 0.73% 0.00% 8.76% 8.76%
Pico Rivera 79 16 34 0 0 10 0
20.25% 43.04% 0.00% 0.00% 12.66% 0.00%
Pomona 316 61 141 6 7 51 6
19.30% 44.62% 1.90% 2.22% 16.14% 1.90%
Rancho Palos Verdes 43 19 10 0 0 7 0
44.19% 23.26% 0.00% 0.00% 16.28% 0.00%
City Total Polynesian Micronesian
Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian
Redondo Beach 234 82 53 24 11 31 1
35.04% 22.65% 10.26% 4.70% 13.25% 0.43%
Rolling Hills 9 0 8 0 0 1 0
0.00% 88.89% 0.00% 0.00% 11.11% 0.00%
Rolling Hills Estates 6 4 0 0 0 0 0
66.67% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Rosemead 36 16 5 0 0 7 0
44.44% 13.89% 0.00% 0.00% 19.44% 0.00%
San Dimas 74 38 21 1 0 11 0
51.35% 28.38% 1.35% 0.00% 14.86% 0.00%
San Fernando 26 3 4 0 0 13 0
11.54% 15.38% 0.00% 0.00% 50.00% 0.00%
San Gabriel 39 5 11 0 2 8 0
12.82% 28.21% 0.00% 5.13% 20.51% 0.00%
City Total Polynesian Micronesian
Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian
San Marino 10 4 2 0 0 3 0
40.00% 20.00% 0.00% 0.00% 30.00% 0.00%
Santa Clarita 222 89 51 9 4 34 5
40.09% 22.97% 4.05% 1.80% 15.32% 2.25%
Santa Fe Springs 35 10 10 0 5 5 0
28.57% 28.57% 0.00% 14.29% 14.29% 0.00%
Santa Monica 86 30 8 3 6 9 2
34.88% 9.30% 3.49% 6.98% 10.47% 2.33%
Sierra Madre 11 1 1 0 0 0 0
9.09% 9.09% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Signal Hill 195 14 138 10 19 12 0
7.18% 70.77% 5.13% 9.74% 6.15% 0.00%
South El Monte 39 15 19 0 0 2 0
City Total Polynesian Micronesian
Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian
38.46% 48.72% 0.00% 0.00% 5.13% 0.00%
South Gate 114 31 51 0 0 18 0
27.19% 44.74% 0.00% 0.00% 15.79% 0.00%
South Pasadena 20 10 2 1 0 4 0
50.00% 10.00% 5.00% 0.00% 20.00% 0.00%
Temple City 19 4 4 0 0 10 0
21.05% 21.05% 0.00% 0.00% 52.63% 0.00%
Torrance 496 172 206 24 5 44 1
34.68% 41.53% 4.84% 1.01% 8.87% 0.20%
Vernon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Walnut 24 6 9 0 1 3 0
25.00% 37.50% 0.00% 4.17% 12.50% 0.00%
West Covina 233 63 61 6 3 39 5
27.04% 26.18% 2.58% 1.29% 16.74% 2.15%
City Total Polynesian Micronesian
Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian
West Hollywood 42 19 11 0 1 5 0
45.24% 26.19% 0.00% 2.38% 11.90% 0.00%
Westlake Village 6 0 1 0 0 3 0
0.00% 16.67% 0.00% 0.00% 50.00% 0.00%
Whittier 126 43 44 1 0 18 0
34.13% 34.92% 0.79% 0.00% 14.29% 0.00%

MELANESIAN - Fijian, Other Melanesian, OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDERS

Relative percentages for each group in each city are listed in the row following that city's population numbers.

City Total Melanesian Other Pacific Islander Other Pacific Islander, not specified
Fijian Other Melanesian
Agoura Hills 21 0 0 0 9
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 42.86%
Alhambra 86 0 0 0 25
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 29.07%
Arcadia 42 0 0 0 15
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 35.71%
Artesia 89 0 0 0 6
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 6.74%
Avalon 7 0 0 0 0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Azusa 77 5 0 0 26
6.49% 0.00% 0.00% 33.77%
Baldwin Park 114 0 0 0 15
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 13.16%
City Total Melanesian Other Pacific Islander Other Pacific Islander, not specified
Fijian Other Melanesian
Bell 22 0 0 0 6
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 27.27%
Bellflower 519 24 0 0 35
4.62% 0.00% 0.00% 6.74%
Bell Gardens 45 0 0 0 11
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 24.44%
Beverly Hills 10 2 0 0 1
20.00% 0.00% 0.00% 10.00%
Bradbury 0 0 0 0 0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Burbank 142 0 0 0 29
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 20.42%
Calabasas 9 0 0 0 7
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 77.78%
City Total Melanesian Other Pacific Islander Other Pacific Islander, not specified
Fijian Other Melanesian
Carson 2,777 12 0 0 69
0.43% 0.00% 0.00% 2.48%
Cerritos 97 2 0 0 6
2.06% 0.00% 0.00% 6.19%
Claremont 46 6 0 0 6
13.04% 0.00% 0.00% 13.04%
Commerce 10 0 0 0 5
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 50.00%
Compton 999 0 0 0 53
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 5.31%
Covina 100 0 0 0 17
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 17.00%
Cudahy 43 0 0 0 14
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 32.56%
City Total Melanesian Other Pacific Islander Other Pacific Islander, not specified
Fijian Other Melanesian
Culver City 82 28 0 0 4
34.15% 0.00% 0.00% 4.88%
Diamond Bar 67 1 0 0 15
1.49% 0.00% 0.00% 22.39%
Downey 243 12 0 0 42
4.94% 0.00% 0.00% 17.28%
Duarte 24 0 0 0 9
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 37.50%
El Monte 140 4 0 0 29
2.86% 0.00% 0.00% 20.71%
El Segundo 47 0 0 0 4
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 8.51%
Gardena 446 12 0 0 10
2.69% 0.00% 0.00% 2.24%
City Total Melanesian Other Pacific Islander Other Pacific Islander, not specified
Fijian Other Melanesian
Glendale 164 1 0 0 49
0.61% 0.00% 0.00% 29.88%
Glendora 39 0 0 0 8
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 20.51%
Hawaiian Gardens 111 0 0 0 14
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 12.61%
Hawthorne 751 36 0 0 32
4.79% 0.00% 0.00% 4.26%
Hermosa Beach 42 1 0 0 11
2.38% 0.00% 0.00% 26.19%
Hidden Hills 0 0 0 0 0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Huntington Park 38 0 0 0 19
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 50.00%
City Total Melanesian Other Pacific Islander Other Pacific Islander, not specified
Fijian Other Melanesian
Industry 0 0 0 0 0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Inglewood 417 33 0 0 37
7.91% 0.00% 0.00% 8.87%
Irwindale 2 0 0 0 0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
La Cañada Flintridge 9 0 0 0 0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
La Habra Heights 6 0 3 0 0
0.00% 50.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Lakewood 497 1 0 0 25
0.20% 0.00% 0.00% 5.03%
La Mirada 127 0 0 0 33
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 25.98%
City Total Melanesian Other Pacific Islander Other Pacific Islander, not specified
Fijian Other Melanesian
Lancaster 283 8 0 0 42
2.83% 0.00% 0.00% 14.84%
La Puente 68 0 0 0 15
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 22.06%
La Verne 56 0 0 0 17
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 30.36%
Lawndale 301 2 0 0 35
0.66% 0.00% 0.00% 11.63%
Lomita 111 0 0 0 0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Long Beach 5,714 11 0 0 246
0.19% 0.00% 0.00% 4.31%
Los Angeles 6,032 237 4 0 1,067
3.93% 0.07% 0.00% 17.69%
Lynwood 273 0 0 0 20
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 7.33%
City Total Melanesian Other Pacific Islander Other Pacific Islander, not specified
Fijian Other Melanesian
Malibu 12 0 0 0 1
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 8.33%
Manhattan Beach 45 0 0 0 3
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 6.67%
Maywood 38 4 0 0 1
10.53% 0.00% 0.00% 2.63%
Monrovia 49 0 0 0 9
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 18.37%
Montebello 51 1 0 0 5
1.96% 0.00% 0.00% 9.80%
Monterey Park 37 0 0 0 13
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 35.14%
Norwalk 416 8 0 0 36
1.92% 0.00% 0.00% 8.65%
City Total Melanesian Other Pacific Islander Other Pacific Islander, not specified
Fijian Other Melanesian
Palmdale 226 3 0 0 56
1.33% 0.00% 0.00% 24.78%
Palos Verdes Estates 17 1 0 0 1
5.88% 0.00% 0.00% 5.88%
Paramount 473 0 0 0 32
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 6.77%
Pasadena 137 8 1 0 28
5.84% 0.73% 0.00% 20.44%
Pico Rivera 79 0 0 0 19
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 24.05%
Pomona 316 1 0 0 43
0.32% 0.00% 0.00% 13.61%
Rancho Palos Verdes 43 1 0 0 6
2.33% 0.00% 0.00% 13.95%
City Total Melanesian Other Pacific Islander Other Pacific Islander, not specified
Fijian Other Melanesian
Redondo Beach 234 3 0 0 29
1.28% 0.00% 0.00% 12.39%
Rolling Hills 9 0 0 0 0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Rolling Hills Estates 6 0 0 0 2
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 33.33%
Rosemead 36 0 0 0 8
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 22.22%
San Dimas 74 0 0 0 3
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 4.05%
San Fernando 26 4 0 0 2
15.38% 0.00% 0.00% 7.69%
San Gabriel 39 0 0 0 13
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 33.33%
City Total Melanesian Other Pacific Islander Other Pacific Islander, not specified
Fijian Other Melanesian
San Marino 10 0 0 0 1
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 10.00%
Santa Clarita 222 12 0 0 18
5.41% 0.00% 0.00% 8.11%
Santa Fe Springs 35 0 0 0 5
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 14.29%
Santa Monica 86 17 0 0 11
19.77% 0.00% 0.00% 12.79%
Sierra Madre 11 0 0 0 9
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 81.82%
Signal Hill 195 0 0 0 2
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.03%
South El Monte 39 0 0 0 3
City Total Melanesian Other Pacific Islander Other Pacific Islander, not specified
Fijian Other Melanesian
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 7.69%
South Gate 114 1 0 0 13
0.88% 0.00% 0.00% 11.40%
South Pasadena 20 0 0 0 3
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 15.00%
Temple City 19 0 0 0 1
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 5.26%
Torrance 496 1 0 0 43
0.20% 0.00% 0.00% 8.67%
Vernon 0 0 0 0 0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Walnut 24 1 0 0 4
4.17% 0.00% 0.00% 16.67%
West Covina 233 21 0 0 35
9.01% 0.00% 0.00% 15.02%
City Total Melanesian Other Pacific Islander Other Pacific Islander, not specified
Fijian Other Melanesian
West Hollywood 42 1 0 0 5
2.38% 0.00% 0.00% 11.90%
Westlake Village 6 0 0 0 2
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 33.33%
Whittier 126 1 0 0 19
0.79% 0.00% 0.00% 15.08%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau