Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Data for Hayward
Retrieved May 28, 2024 at 11:44 a.m.
Mayor Salinas and City Council:
Attached is a summary of data on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) population based on data from the 2020 Census.
Table 1 shows total population for the seven largest NHPI groups in the United States, and summarized for the nation, California statewide, the San Francisco Bay Area, Alameda County, and the City of Hayward.
The largest seven NHPI groups are Native Hawaiian (680 thousand); Samoan (257 thousand); Chamorro (Northern Marianas, 144 thousand); Tongan (79 thousand); Fijian (54 thousand); Marshallese (53 thousand); and Guamanian (24 thousand).
Table 2 shows the population shares for each of the NHPI groups. The last row of Table 2 shows the ratio of the Hayward population share to the United State population share. This shows that the Hayward population share of Fijian-Americans (2.21 percent) is 136 times larger than the US population share (0.02%). Notably, the Hayward share of all NHPI groups is higher than the US average, except for Marshall Islanders.
These data are for each of the racial groups “alone, or in combination with other races” such that a person who reported Hawaiian and Samoan race would be included in both categories.
Table 3 shows the top 25 places in the United States ranked by the number of Fijian-Americans. Hayward has the second largest concentration of Fijians, after Sacramento.
Table 4 shows the top 25 places in the United Stated ranked by the number of Tongan-Americans. Hayward has the tenth largest concentration of Tongans in the USA.
I hope that this is of interest, and I want to thank you for your service to Hayward!