Hawaii Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Hawaii, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Hawaii for the past 6 years. These start from the latest figures from the Census Bureau for , back to -5.
To make the surfacing of this data easier, we've listed it in descending order based on the most recent year of data available, which means that past years may not be in the correct descending order.
All ancestry labels below are the grouping terms used by the U.S. Census Bureau and are not labels that Name Census has provided.
Hawaii Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Asian |
530,551 |
537,363 |
540,556 |
536,842 |
537,355 |
534,519 |
White |
357,164 |
353,643 |
357,308 |
355,612 |
354,847 |
342,923 |
Filipino |
202,501 |
209,323 |
211,189 |
214,895 |
215,294 |
209,243 |
Japanese |
182,295 |
181,998 |
178,444 |
171,478 |
170,915 |
173,572 |
Hispanic or Latino |
139,251 |
141,827 |
145,381 |
147,962 |
149,118 |
152,566 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
138,901 |
143,973 |
142,600 |
143,274 |
142,997 |
147,698 |
Chinese |
56,402 |
54,645 |
56,523 |
56,255 |
55,035 |
53,958 |
Puerto Rican |
47,911 |
48,697 |
47,572 |
46,237 |
46,650 |
51,188 |
Two or more Asian |
44,494 |
45,745 |
47,070 |
47,048 |
48,115 |
47,881 |
Mexican |
41,588 |
42,186 |
44,728 |
45,832 |
46,989 |
47,164 |
African American |
28,688 |
25,871 |
25,884 |
26,266 |
26,025 |
26,717 |
Korean |
23,017 |
22,924 |
23,925 |
24,659 |
24,945 |
25,304 |
Spanish |
21,854 |
21,569 |
22,369 |
23,973 |
24,018 |
22,672 |
German |
20,909 |
19,985 |
19,732 |
18,084 |
16,768 |
15,792 |
Some Other Race |
14,864 |
13,479 |
14,056 |
15,292 |
17,433 |
19,791 |
Irish |
13,627 |
12,898 |
12,493 |
12,054 |
11,135 |
10,966 |
English |
13,414 |
12,727 |
12,134 |
11,618 |
10,441 |
11,623 |
Portuguese |
13,250 |
12,295 |
11,244 |
10,326 |
9,656 |
8,823 |
Spaniard |
12,821 |
12,572 |
12,625 |
12,132 |
10,916 |
11,295 |
American |
12,377 |
11,804 |
10,886 |
10,438 |
10,200 |
9,944 |
Italian |
8,481 |
8,347 |
8,082 |
7,990 |
7,971 |
6,795 |
European |
7,587 |
8,536 |
8,688 |
9,152 |
10,131 |
9,943 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
4,439 |
5,211 |
5,539 |
6,428 |
6,573 |
7,120 |
Scottish |
4,042 |
3,690 |
3,848 |
3,870 |
3,329 |
3,042 |
Polish |
3,474 |
3,391 |
3,353 |
3,238 |
3,110 |
3,136 |
French |
3,034 |
2,947 |
2,722 |
2,563 |
2,468 |
2,411 |
Norwegian |
2,938 |
3,023 |
2,920 |
2,840 |
3,013 |
2,597 |
Laotian |
2,440 |
2,059 |
1,855 |
1,730 |
1,975 |
1,694 |
Asian Indian |
2,338 |
2,507 |
2,750 |
2,899 |
2,825 |
2,534 |
American Indian |
2,125 |
1,986 |
1,949 |
2,119 |
2,656 |
2,639 |
Swedish |
2,117 |
1,870 |
1,998 |
1,957 |
2,160 |
1,836 |
Scotch-Irish |
2,094 |
2,118 |
2,182 |
2,063 |
1,978 |
1,846 |
Okinawan |
2,069 |
2,131 |
2,138 |
2,154 |
2,060 |
2,428 |
Cuban |
2,055 |
2,204 |
2,239 |
2,438 |
2,281 |
2,045 |
Thai |
1,939 |
1,928 |
2,067 |
2,026 |
2,641 |
2,900 |
British |
1,824 |
1,775 |
1,683 |
1,912 |
1,772 |
1,704 |
Dutch |
1,815 |
1,638 |
1,446 |
1,308 |
1,329 |
1,316 |
Russian |
1,667 |
1,634 |
1,767 |
1,572 |
1,733 |
1,565 |
Subsaharan African |
1,528 |
1,631 |
1,536 |
1,424 |
1,482 |
1,698 |
Colombian |
1,453 |
1,592 |
1,620 |
1,668 |
1,825 |
1,512 |
Northern European |
1,131 |
974 |
901 |
1,191 |
1,238 |
1,330 |
Salvadoran |
1,098 |
874 |
866 |
765 |
786 |
996 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
1,076 |
976 |
1,042 |
1,309 |
1,273 |
1,548 |
African |
1,046 |
1,118 |
1,111 |
983 |
763 |
981 |
Dominican |
1,003 |
980 |
1,088 |
988 |
1,113 |
1,030 |
French Canadian |
948 |
898 |
903 |
716 |
804 |
679 |
Czech |
897 |
755 |
763 |
593 |
522 |
415 |
Total Arab |
849 |
912 |
1,107 |
1,336 |
1,102 |
931 |
Danish |
815 |
767 |
716 |
774 |
678 |
586 |
Hungarian |
780 |
777 |
697 |
574 |
643 |
504 |
Scandinavian |
769 |
743 |
800 |
762 |
795 |
1,009 |
Canadian |
756 |
791 |
767 |
869 |
839 |
898 |
Taiwanese |
732 |
721 |
658 |
804 |
780 |
1,015 |
Guatemalan |
692 |
791 |
1,155 |
1,690 |
1,752 |
1,928 |
Peruvian |
688 |
689 |
796 |
923 |
948 |
962 |
Indonesian |
666 |
507 |
537 |
335 |
295 |
484 |
Honduran |
642 |
741 |
595 |
454 |
517 |
452 |
Eastern European |
621 |
919 |
981 |
1,028 |
1,218 |
1,055 |
Brazilian |
564 |
511 |
464 |
539 |
554 |
454 |
Finnish |
560 |
466 |
491 |
344 |
435 |
371 |
Greek |
559 |
594 |
648 |
782 |
728 |
820 |
Nicaraguan |
553 |
461 |
525 |
504 |
350 |
344 |
Argentinean |
547 |
712 |
753 |
766 |
835 |
794 |
Jamaican |
546 |
474 |
464 |
516 |
528 |
745 |
Ukrainian |
506 |
515 |
562 |
521 |
493 |
512 |
Cambodian |
504 |
486 |
401 |
388 |
430 |
480 |
Austrian |
499 |
596 |
560 |
527 |
522 |
428 |
Welsh |
470 |
443 |
411 |
417 |
435 |
462 |
Swiss |
448 |
508 |
487 |
446 |
455 |
434 |
Venezuelan |
416 |
497 |
659 |
737 |
899 |
755 |
Other Asian, not specified |
411 |
481 |
548 |
562 |
550 |
946 |
Chilean |
387 |
377 |
501 |
519 |
515 |
444 |
Panamanian |
350 |
571 |
603 |
682 |
915 |
717 |
Lithuanian |
348 |
306 |
290 |
230 |
208 |
217 |
Iranian |
324 |
288 |
294 |
392 |
433 |
450 |
Australian |
316 |
287 |
251 |
189 |
212 |
244 |
Ecuadorian |
298 |
472 |
491 |
493 |
478 |
487 |
Haitian |
236 |
219 |
275 |
368 |
362 |
284 |
Armenian |
234 |
252 |
312 |
250 |
277 |
210 |
Romanian |
230 |
288 |
241 |
174 |
211 |
214 |
Israeli |
221 |
183 |
267 |
305 |
288 |
100 |
Lebanese |
220 |
208 |
279 |
280 |
263 |
193 |
Nepalese |
218 |
290 |
336 |
336 |
281 |
326 |
Yugoslavian |
196 |
181 |
178 |
171 |
246 |
140 |
Serbian |
189 |
174 |
98 |
152 |
295 |
189 |
Costa Rican |
188 |
406 |
464 |
430 |
501 |
445 |
Egyptian |
186 |
202 |
235 |
262 |
245 |
265 |
Alaska Native tribes |
181 |
109 |
173 |
185 |
198 |
142 |
Czechoslovakian |
177 |
187 |
172 |
143 |
138 |
183 |
Croatian |
173 |
221 |
201 |
196 |
234 |
279 |
Sri Lankan |
158 |
203 |
198 |
212 |
225 |
87 |
South African |
158 |
139 |
102 |
77 |
151 |
246 |
Bulgarian |
148 |
123 |
194 |
141 |
175 |
324 |
Slovak |
148 |
131 |
184 |
207 |
144 |
123 |
New Zealander |
147 |
95 |
120 |
112 |
141 |
106 |
Mongolian |
138 |
171 |
110 |
121 |
118 |
169 |
Other Arab |
132 |
101 |
128 |
171 |
84 |
51 |
Palestinian |
130 |
182 |
182 |
188 |
130 |
86 |
Burmese |
126 |
178 |
162 |
174 |
161 |
152 |
Latvian |
116 |
146 |
143 |
118 |
83 |
103 |
Syrian |
112 |
154 |
124 |
160 |
86 |
74 |
Pakistani |
111 |
118 |
68 |
75 |
19 |
18 |
Slovene |
102 |
96 |
100 |
27 |
57 |
68 |
Slavic |
95 |
104 |
116 |
79 |
75 |
83 |
Estonian |
93 |
92 |
95 |
105 |
70 |
37 |
Turkish |
89 |
68 |
70 |
115 |
120 |
132 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
85 |
56 |
87 |
93 |
73 |
145 |
Other Subsaharan African |
83 |
114 |
55 |
84 |
94 |
80 |
Bolivian |
82 |
86 |
57 |
144 |
129 |
93 |
British West Indian |
74 |
87 |
64 |
126 |
94 |
54 |
Belgian |
72 |
107 |
60 |
64 |
70 |
115 |
Belizean |
72 |
76 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Hmong |
70 |
58 |
47 |
49 |
43 |
42 |
German Russian |
66 |
110 |
77 |
96 |
125 |
115 |
Uruguayan |
64 |
40 |
51 |
49 |
9 |
38 |
Nigerian |
61 |
81 |
98 |
87 |
87 |
146 |
Arab |
55 |
50 |
118 |
205 |
204 |
212 |
Cape Verdean |
51 |
56 |
57 |
89 |
84 |
9 |
Other Asian, specified |
50 |
46 |
19 |
29 |
16 |
87 |
West Indian |
50 |
42 |
76 |
189 |
187 |
234 |
Bangladeshi |
49 |
56 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
77 |
Other Central American |
44 |
47 |
58 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
Other South American |
43 |
37 |
17 |
66 |
67 |
56 |
Basque |
40 |
40 |
191 |
165 |
171 |
179 |
Ethiopian |
40 |
36 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
38 |
60 |
23 |
29 |
24 |
20 |
Cajun |
37 |
30 |
51 |
24 |
19 |
20 |
Celtic |
36 |
61 |
75 |
54 |
59 |
64 |
Guyanese |
31 |
12 |
26 |
39 |
55 |
49 |
Malaysian |
28 |
22 |
31 |
31 |
43 |
71 |
Albanian |
28 |
26 |
25 |
25 |
30 |
21 |
Pennsylvania German |
28 |
29 |
40 |
7 |
34 |
30 |
Icelander |
26 |
8 |
30 |
34 |
51 |
48 |
Somali |
26 |
26 |
40 |
40 |
42 |
19 |
Sudanese |
22 |
13 |
26 |
25 |
31 |
22 |
Alsatian |
19 |
13 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Spanish American |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Paraguayan |
17 |
15 |
10 |
44 |
48 |
17 |
Ghanaian |
15 |
26 |
23 |
27 |
216 |
190 |
Kenyan |
13 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Ugandan |
13 |
12 |
13 |
9 |
8 |
0 |
Bermudan |
13 |
13 |
23 |
10 |
11 |
46 |
Iraqi |
12 |
11 |
14 |
35 |
34 |
13 |
Luxembourger |
12 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
8 |
8 |
Macedonian |
5 |
6 |
5 |
25 |
30 |
39 |
Maltese |
4 |
20 |
24 |
21 |
34 |
34 |
Moroccan |
2 |
4 |
27 |
35 |
56 |
31 |
Data Source(s)
All of the data on this page is sourced from the latest American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, from the United States Census Bureau. The latest year for the ACS is currently .
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