Samoan Americans
About 245,200 US residents are of Samoan, 0.1% of the population · up 15.7% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.
Largest Samoan populations
Highest Samoan share
How the group compares
From the Census Bureau's Selected Population Profile (S0201), which publishes socioeconomic data for detailed groups at the national level. US-overall figures shown for comparison.
Where Samoan Americans earn the most
| Maryland | $107,804 | 36.2% | 6.2% | 30.9% | 922 |
| Wisconsin | $91,261 | 23.9% | 22.3% | 31.3% | 704 |
| New York | $86,184 | 33.5% | 16.3% | 54.7% | 2,733 |
| California | $85,926 | 20.0% | 15.5% | 35.7% | 61,378 |
| Hawaii | $84,049 | 14.8% | 13.8% | 28.5% | 37,223 |
| Missouri | $82,984 | 9.0% | 24.7% | 38.0% | 3,551 |
| Virginia | $80,407 | 38.6% | 17.0% | 45.3% | 2,582 |
| Arizona | $78,305 | 20.3% | 15.8% | 25.7% | 4,387 |
| Michigan | $76,538 | 36.9% | 17.6% | 58.4% | 1,520 |
| Massachusetts | $75,298 | 49.3% | 19.7% | 40.0% | 876 |
| Alaska | $73,879 | 13.1% | 15.3% | 14.4% | 8,333 |
| Pennsylvania | $72,537 | 32.6% | 18.0% | 49.3% | 1,420 |
| Utah | $71,670 | 21.1% | 8.4% | 44.5% | 17,990 |
| Florida | $68,443 | 16.3% | 13.3% | 59.1% | 3,928 |
| Washington | $67,704 | 14.9% | 11.2% | 24.7% | 25,446 |
| Indiana | $63,056 | 15.9% | 6.9% | 48.3% | 826 |
| Texas | $59,578 | 26.4% | 13.2% | 44.4% | 8,826 |
| Colorado | $58,297 | 24.6% | 16.1% | 47.9% | 2,877 |
| Oregon | $57,702 | 29.7% | 23.2% | 42.6% | 3,686 |
| Minnesota | $53,628 | 22.6% | 22.0% | 43.0% | 862 |
| Nevada | $52,500 | 9.7% | 18.8% | 26.8% | 8,076 |
| Illinois | $51,250 | 37.9% | 14.3% | 70.2% | 1,930 |
| Georgia | $50,361 | 47.3% | 29.1% | 31.8% | 2,550 |
| Kentucky | $49,500 | 18.0% | 9.9% | 34.7% | 876 |
| North Carolina | $48,333 | 23.7% | 18.4% | 23.4% | 2,433 |
| Tennessee | $43,867 | 14.3% | 24.0% | 22.8% | 2,077 |
| Ohio | $26,204 | 16.8% | 40.0% | 23.6% | 1,644 |
| New Jersey | – | 40.1% | 8.4% | 49.6% | 1,162 |
| Idaho | – | 14.4% | 33.0% | 20.2% | 1,017 |
| Kansas | – | 7.0% | 26.8% | 56.5% | 646 |
| Oklahoma | – | 21.3% | 17.6% | 50.5% | 888 |
Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a state only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller states are absent by design.
Samoan Americans across metro areas
| Stockton, CA | $129,071 | 13.6% | 17.8% | 40.4% | 1,929 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | $115,475 | 30.6% | 3.0% | 46.8% | 2,026 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | $113,547 | 45.7% | 15.6% | 51.4% | 1,176 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | $112,000 | 18.3% | 13.5% | 36.4% | 13,123 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $107,575 | 3.8% | 27.0% | 38.8% | 2,358 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $102,938 | 9.4% | 8.9% | 19.7% | 754 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $102,517 | 19.8% | 18.5% | 47.4% | 6,563 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $98,537 | 43.1% | 4.2% | 42.9% | 1,309 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $88,125 | 26.3% | 9.3% | 39.1% | 6,458 |
| Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI | $85,978 | 12.4% | 13.4% | 25.6% | 2,409 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $84,371 | 15.2% | 14.1% | 29.5% | 31,618 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | $83,750 | 33.6% | 12.6% | 52.3% | 2,511 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $79,754 | 19.6% | 17.5% | 30.0% | 17,171 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $79,313 | 24.0% | 12.6% | 22.7% | 3,356 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | $76,516 | 39.6% | 20.4% | 55.7% | 1,075 |
| Bakersfield, CA | $75,978 | 17.6% | 7.2% | 47.4% | 676 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $75,121 | 14.9% | 11.0% | 22.4% | 19,563 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $74,191 | 22.0% | 10.6% | 16.2% | 3,410 |
| Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $73,563 | 22.7% | 22.8% | 34.5% | 1,397 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $71,610 | 11.9% | 6.7% | 42.6% | 9,520 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $69,926 | 7.6% | 28.2% | 36.1% | 580 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | $69,347 | 42.4% | 16.4% | 49.9% | 4,192 |
| Anchorage, AK | $69,252 | 14.6% | 15.9% | 16.6% | 7,250 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | $64,063 | 43.6% | 9.5% | 74.3% | 1,340 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $59,728 | 26.6% | 12.7% | 40.5% | 2,220 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $58,889 | 2.8% | 3.0% | 55.2% | 724 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | $57,165 | 11.3% | 6.6% | 53.8% | 1,420 |
| Hilo, HI | $54,828 | 8.9% | 11.9% | 16.2% | 3,014 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | $51,755 | 10.6% | 20.5% | 26.1% | 6,716 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $51,389 | 14.3% | 11.6% | 34.6% | 3,477 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $50,259 | 23.6% | 18.8% | 37.4% | 3,352 |
| Fresno, CA | $43,173 | 15.2% | 43.4% | 27.5% | 1,105 |
| Reno, NV | $42,481 | 5.9% | 11.7% | 18.2% | 1,202 |
| St. George, UT | – | 15.5% | 4.9% | 15.7% | 1,673 |
| Salinas, CA | – | 16.5% | 13.1% | 88.4% | 956 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | – | 41.4% | 11.8% | 48.2% | 988 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | – | 15.5% | 11.9% | 43.8% | 1,151 |
| Vallejo, CA | – | 35.3% | 0.6% | 41.1% | 1,301 |
Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a metro area only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller metro areas are absent by design.
Samoan Americans across cities
| Oceanside | $173,569 | 36.4% | 12.3% | 23.4% | 1,113 |
| Laie | $140,989 | 32.7% | 0.9% | 60.9% | 1,521 |
| Kahuku | $130,417 | 27.2% | 11.4% | 57.7% | 398 |
| Kapolei | $128,177 | 22.3% | 5.0% | 48.3% | 1,756 |
| Nanakuli | $117,738 | 3.2% | 6.2% | 57.4% | 1,212 |
| Kent | $112,646 | 9.0% | 14.7% | 21.1% | 1,608 |
| Carson | $107,127 | 19.8% | 10.7% | 49.5% | 1,073 |
| Hayward | $106,375 | 7.1% | 3.3% | 37.2% | 793 |
| Waianae | $104,784 | 21.1% | 5.8% | 77.2% | 762 |
| West Valley City | $93,780 | 14.5% | 0.5% | 45.7% | 2,454 |
| Oakland | $93,625 | 25.8% | 10.4% | 28.0% | 612 |
| New York | $82,204 | 35.0% | 20.0% | 43.9% | 1,454 |
| Pearl City | $79,676 | 20.4% | 6.1% | 24.2% | 1,026 |
| Waipahu | $76,369 | 4.9% | 6.9% | 21.6% | 2,196 |
| Tacoma | $75,871 | 12.6% | 12.3% | 24.4% | 1,820 |
| Long Beach | $75,565 | 10.6% | 18.7% | 29.9% | 1,139 |
| San Jose | $73,051 | 28.1% | 10.5% | 19.7% | 2,261 |
| San Diego | $72,602 | 24.7% | 1.6% | 53.1% | 2,097 |
| Orem | $70,000 | 26.7% | 8.9% | 48.9% | 729 |
| Anchorage | $69,353 | 14.6% | 16.3% | 15.5% | 7,087 |
| Halawa | $59,489 | 11.6% | 10.9% | 3.6% | 1,094 |
| Salt Lake City | $57,837 | 8.0% | 0.0% | 9.5% | 2,125 |
| Urban Honolulu | $57,361 | 16.8% | 19.8% | 8.5% | 7,813 |
| Provo | $55,144 | 39.5% | 50.8% | 18.2% | 1,105 |
| Sacramento | $55,063 | 9.9% | 4.0% | 20.1% | 1,336 |
| Seattle | $54,800 | 13.8% | 20.2% | 23.6% | 1,383 |
| Los Angeles | $53,951 | 20.2% | 23.3% | 23.6% | 2,820 |
| Las Vegas | $46,923 | 6.4% | 35.7% | 28.6% | 2,277 |
| Lakewood | $46,582 | 0.0% | 12.4% | 12.2% | 1,510 |
| San Francisco | $42,353 | 25.6% | 22.0% | 15.1% | 1,801 |
| Auburn | – | 10.4% | 4.3% | 3.9% | 926 |
| Kaneohe | – | 20.5% | 5.4% | 26.5% | 669 |
| Waimanalo Beach | – | 11.5% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 192 |
| Federal Way | – | 15.3% | 14.5% | 3.8% | 1,718 |
Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a citie only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller cities are absent by design.
Frequently asked
About 245,200 US residents are of Samoan, roughly 0.1% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.
Anchorage, AK has the largest Samoan population of any US city, with about 7,901 residents of Samoan.
California leads all states with about 63,447 residents of Samoan.
Samoan Americans have a median household income of about $83,777, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.
Other pacific islander origin groups
DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR DETAILED-ORIGIN TABLES (B03001 / B02015 / B02019 / B04006) · PROFILE: ACS 1-YEAR S0201 · UPDATED 2024