Tongan Americans
About 78,846 US residents are of Tongan, 0.0% of the population · up 21.2% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.
Largest Tongan populations
Highest Tongan 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 Tongan Americans earn the most
| California | $109,933 | 18.5% | 12.0% | 33.8% | 24,133 |
| Washington | $90,385 | 29.4% | 9.2% | 30.0% | 2,217 |
| Nevada | $71,533 | 15.1% | 4.1% | 22.2% | 1,963 |
| Hawaii | $69,934 | 16.8% | 17.1% | 28.8% | 10,457 |
| Utah | $59,503 | 17.0% | 12.5% | 52.9% | 17,459 |
| Texas | $42,724 | 19.0% | 33.1% | 17.7% | 2,809 |
| Arizona | – | 27.9% | 11.0% | 23.2% | 1,481 |
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.
Tongan Americans across metro areas
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $126,597 | 15.3% | 5.7% | 36.4% | 4,400 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $125,404 | 18.3% | 1.6% | 17.7% | 1,843 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | $108,125 | 21.4% | 12.5% | 29.4% | 9,443 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $92,361 | 19.0% | 14.8% | 49.5% | 2,932 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $90,865 | 32.6% | 9.7% | 29.7% | 1,859 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $77,639 | 15.6% | 8.9% | 61.3% | 11,743 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | $72,878 | 12.8% | 8.9% | 72.3% | 1,611 |
| Reno, NV | $71,398 | 14.5% | 3.2% | 25.2% | 1,403 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $66,136 | 17.9% | 18.8% | 26.1% | 7,722 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $55,496 | 9.8% | 24.1% | 48.1% | 1,673 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | $42,541 | 22.5% | 25.8% | 27.9% | 3,294 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $39,139 | 14.1% | 40.8% | 21.3% | 2,064 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | – | 28.4% | 11.1% | 21.6% | 1,374 |
| Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI | – | 10.5% | 12.1% | 38.9% | 1,823 |
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.
Tongan Americans across cities
| Kahuku | $153,304 | 14.4% | 35.3% | 100.0% | 351 |
| Los Angeles | $117,143 | 15.4% | 6.5% | 57.3% | 1,004 |
| Laie | $101,534 | 14.3% | 15.3% | 20.4% | 824 |
| Salt Lake City | $84,750 | 10.6% | 3.1% | 51.7% | 2,985 |
| West Valley City | $82,583 | 20.4% | 7.3% | 81.9% | 2,968 |
| Reno | $64,619 | 19.0% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 839 |
| Urban Honolulu | $46,818 | 23.5% | 19.4% | 16.7% | 1,960 |
| West Jordan | – | 11.5% | 29.4% | 63.3% | 1,403 |
| Kearns metro township | – | 19.6% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 1,005 |
| San Mateo | – | 12.7% | 15.3% | 30.9% | 1,584 |
| East Palo Alto | – | 37.6% | 23.4% | 53.1% | 1,520 |
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 78,846 US residents are of Tongan, roughly 0.0% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.
West Valley City, UT has the largest Tongan population of any US city, with about 3,480 residents of Tongan.
California leads all states with about 27,779 residents of Tongan.
Tongan Americans have a median household income of about $94,051, 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