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Many Tongans have emigrated to [[Australia Genealogy|Australia]], [[New Zealand Genealogy|New Zealand]], [[Hawaii Genealogy|Hawaii]], [[Alaska, United States Genealogy|Alaska]], and the mainland of the [[United States Genealogy|United States]]. | Many Tongans have emigrated to [[Australia Genealogy|Australia]], [[New Zealand Genealogy|New Zealand]], [[Hawaii Genealogy|Hawaii]], [[Alaska, United States Genealogy|Alaska]], and the mainland of the [[United States Genealogy|United States]]. | ||
==Tongan Americans== | |||
*There are approximately 57,000 Tongans and Tongan Americans living in the United States, as of 2012. Tongans are considered to be Pacific Islanders in the United States Census, and are the country's fourth largest Pacific Islander American group in terms of population, after Native Hawaiians, Samoan Americans, and Guamanian/Chamorro Americans. | |||
*If the Tongan American population includes people living in America Samoa, there would be up to an additional 16,000 (some America Samoan residents are U.S. residents), there would be about 85,000 Tongan Americans, as of 2019. | |||
*The Tongans have emigrated to the United States or its territories since 1916, when some people of this island immigrated to Laie, a census-designated place in Hawaii, which was then an American territory but not yet a state. | |||
*It was not until the end of World War II when many more Tongans immigrated to the United States. Most of them were '''missionaries''', who emigrated to the United States to work in several religious and cultural centers. | |||
*Many other Tongans emigrated to the United States in the 50s. Since then, the number of Tongans to emigrate to the USA increased each decade: In the 60s more than 110 Tongans emigrated to the USA and in the 1970s more than 940 Tongans emigrated. | |||
*The number was especially notable in the 80's and 90's. In this last decade over 1,900 Tongans emigrated to the USA. | |||
*By 1980, 6,200 people of this origin were living in the US, and by in 1990 that number had increased to 17,600. By 2000, there were 31,891 people of Tongan origin living in the United States.<ref>"Tongan Americans," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongan_Americans, accessed 13 June 2021.</ref> | |||
==Tongan Australians== | |||
According to the 2011 Australian census 10,560 Australians were born in Tonga, while 25,096 claimed Tongan ancestry. In 2006, 18,426 claimed Tongan ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.<ref>"Tongan Australians", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongan_Australians, accessed 13 June 2021.</ref> | |||
==Records of Tongan Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Tongan Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||
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*[[Hawaii Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Hawaii Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[Alaska Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Alaska Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Tonga]] | [[Category:Tonga]] | ||