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  1. Pacific Islander. Pacific Islanders originate from countries within the Oceanian regions of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the Pacific Islands. [1] As an ethnic / racial term, it is used to describe the original peoples—inhabitants and diasporas ...

  2. Sep 20, 2021 · The 2010 Census counted 1.2 million Pacific Islanders all throughout the United States with half that number identifying as Native Hawaiian, alone and in combination. Samoan and Chamorro populations are the next largest groups. The 2020 Census update on Pacific Islander populations in the United States is pending.

  3. Apr 11, 2024 · Pacific Islands, geographic region of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises three ethnogeographic groupings—Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia—but conventionally excludes Australia, the Indonesian, Philippine, and Japanese archipelagoes, and the Ryukyu, Bonin, Volcano, and Kuril island arcs beyond Japan.

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