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ACS 2016 (5-Year Estimates) Comparability Data

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Survey: ACS 2016 (5-Year Estimates) Comparability Data

Data Source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Data set: American Community Survey Tables: 2012 -- 2016 (5-Year Estimates) (ACS16_5yr)

Table:

B02016. Native Hawaiian And Other Pacific Islander Alone by Selected Groups [12]

Universe: Universe: Total Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone population

Variable Details

B02016.	Native Hawaiian And Other Pacific Islander Alone by Selected Groups
	Universe: Universe: Total Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone population
	B02016001Universe: Total Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone population Percent base: None - percentages not computed (variable is table universe) Aggregation method: Addition

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; 2016 ACS 1-year and 2012-2016 ACS 5-year Data Releases: Technical Documentation.
	2016 ACS 1-year and 2012-2016 ACS 5-year Data Releases: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A: Supplemental Documentation -> 2014 Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Race -> Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. It includes people who indicate their race as "Native Hawaiian," "Guamanian or Chamorro," "Samoan," and "Other Pacific Islander" or provide other detailed Pacific Islander responses.

Native Hawaiian

Includes respondents who indicate their race as "Native Hawaiian" or report entries such as Part Hawaiian or Hawaiian.

Samoan

Includes respondents who indicate their race as "Samoan" or report entries such as American Samoan or Western Samoan.

Tongan

Includes respondents who report entries such as Tongan or Tonga.

Other Polynesian

Includes respondents who provide a response of another Polynesian group, such as Tahitian, Tokelauan, or wrote in a generic term such as "Polynesian."

Guamanian or Chamorro

Includes respondents who indicate their race as "Guamanian or Chamorro" or report entries such as Chamorro or Guam.

Marshallese

Includes respondents who report entries such as Marshallese or Marshall Island.

Other Micronesian

Includes respondents who provide a response of another Micronesian group, such as Carolinian, Chuukese, I-Kiribati, Kosraean, Mariana Islander, Palauan, Pohnpeian, Saipanese, Yapese, or wrote in a generic term such as "Micronesian."

Fijian

Includes respondents who report entries such as Fijian or Fiji.

Other Melanesian

Includes respondents who provide a response of another Melanesian group, such as Papua New Guinean, Ni-Vanuatu (New Hebrides Islander), Solomon Islander, or wrote in a generic term such as "Melanesian."

Other Pacific Islander, not specified

Includes respondents who checked the Other Pacific Islander response category on the ACS questionnaire and did not write in a specific group or wrote in a generic term such as "Pacific Islander."

Two or more Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander

Includes respondents who provide multiple Pacific Islander responses such as Native Hawaiian and Guamanian or Chamorro; or Tokelauan and Tongan.