Distribution of Polynesian: Tongan People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Polynesian: Tongan

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Garfield County, Utah	0.94%
2	Salt Lake County, Utah	0.93%
3	Maui County, Hawaii	0.75%
4	San Mateo County, California	0.74%
5	Briscoe County, Texas	0.71%
6	Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska	0.67%
7	Valley County, Montana	0.66%
8	Oneida County, Idaho	0.65%
9	Honolulu County, Hawaii	0.53%
10	Lincoln County, Colorado	0.45%
11	McCook County, South Dakota	0.44%
12	Utah County, Utah	0.43%
13	North Slope Borough, Alaska	0.41%
14	Kauai County, Hawaii	0.4%
15	Tooele County, Utah	0.35%
16	Alamosa County, Colorado	0.35%
17	Duchesne County, Utah	0.34%
18	Davis County, Utah	0.33%
19	Anchorage Municipality, Alaska	0.28%
20	Colusa County, California	0.27%

Top Counties by Population of Polynesian: Tongan

#	County	Population
1	Salt Lake County, Utah	10,438
2	San Mateo County, California	5,675
3	Honolulu County, Hawaii	5,222
4	Los Angeles County, California	3,749
5	Alameda County, California	3,137
6	Utah County, Utah	2,548
7	Sacramento County, California	1,668
8	Maricopa County, Arizona	1,657
9	Contra Costa County, California	1,491
10	Tarrant County, Texas	1,304
11	Santa Clara County, California	1,297
12	Maui County, Hawaii	1,244
13	Riverside County, California	1,225
14	Davis County, Utah	1,116
15	Orange County, California	1,069
16	King County, Washington	1,064
17	Anchorage Municipality, Alaska	823
18	Multnomah County, Oregon	732
19	San Bernardino County, California	715
20	Washoe County, Nevada	589

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Utah	0.51%	15,436
2	Hawaii	0.5%	7,133
3	Alaska	0.12%	905
4	California	0.06%	23,758
5	Nevada	0.04%	1,242
6	Arizona	0.03%	2,224
7	Washington	0.03%	2,123
8	Oregon	0.03%	1,137
9	Idaho	0.01%	220
10	South Dakota	0.01%	79
11	Montana	0.01%	81
12	Texas	0.01%	1,998
13	Iowa	0%	140
14	Maryland	0%	243
15	Colorado	0%	202
16	Nebraska	0%	70
17	Florida	0%	716
18	Kentucky	0%	148
19	Missouri	0%	157
20	Pennsylvania	0%	315
21	Indiana	0%	157
22	Virginia	0%	182
23	Connecticut	0%	66
24	North Carolina	0%	129
25	Minnesota	0%	74
26	Louisiana	0%	53
27	Wisconsin	0%	64
28	Georgia	0%	92
29	Massachusetts	0%	63
30	Illinois	0%	99
31	South Carolina	0%	35
32	New York	0%	130
33	Ohio	0%	69
34	North Dakota	0%	4
35	Mississippi	0%	13
36	Oklahoma	0%	13
37	Kansas	0%	9
38	Michigan	0%	32
39	Delaware	0%	2
40	West Virginia	0%	4
41	Tennessee	0%	7
42	Vermont	0%	0
43	Wyoming	0%	0
44	Arkansas	0%	0
45	Rhode Island	0%	0
46	Puerto Rico	0%	0
47	New Mexico	0%	0
48	New Jersey	0%	3
49	New Hampshire	0%	0
50	District of Columbia	0%	0
51	Alabama	0%	0
52	Maine	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of Polynesian: Tongan

#	State	Population
1	California	23,758
2	Utah	15,436
3	Hawaii	7,133
4	Arizona	2,224
5	Washington	2,123
6	Texas	1,998
7	Nevada	1,242
8	Oregon	1,137
9	Alaska	905
10	Florida	716
11	Pennsylvania	315
12	Maryland	243
13	Idaho	220
14	Colorado	202
15	Virginia	182
16	Indiana	157
17	Missouri	157
18	Kentucky	148
19	Iowa	140
20	New York	130
21	North Carolina	129
22	Illinois	99
23	Georgia	92
24	Montana	81
25	South Dakota	79
26	Minnesota	74
27	Nebraska	70
28	Ohio	69
29	Connecticut	66
30	Wisconsin	64
31	Massachusetts	63
32	Louisiana	53
33	South Carolina	35
34	Michigan	32
35	Mississippi	13
36	Oklahoma	13
37	Kansas	9
38	Tennessee	7
39	North Dakota	4
40	West Virginia	4
41	New Jersey	3
42	Delaware	2
43	Maine	0
44	Puerto Rico	0
45	Rhode Island	0
46	New Mexico	0
47	District of Columbia	0
48	Vermont	0
49	New Hampshire	0
50	Arkansas	0
51	Alabama	0
52	Wyoming	0

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.