New Zealand Americans

New Zealand Americans
Total population
19,961 (2010 American Community Survey)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Illinois, Wisconsin, California, and Washington
Languages
American English, New Zealand English, Māori, Spanish
Related ethnic groups
Australian Americans · Oceanian Americans
Lists of Americans
By US state
By ethnicity

New Zealand Americans are Americans who have New Zealand ancestry. According to the 2010 surveys, there are 19,961 New Zealand Americans.[1] Most of them are of European descent, but some hundreds are of indigenous New Zealand descent. Some 925 of those New Zealand-Americans declared they were of Tokelauan origin.[2] The 2000 Census indicated also the existence of 1,994 people of Māori descent in US.[3]

Taking flight to North American Harvard at Onerahi Aerodrome, New Zealand 1961.
  1. ^ a b "Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  2. ^ The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Population: 2010 Census, 2010 Census Briefs, United States Bureau of the Census, May 2012
  3. ^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-05-15.