Tongan Americans: Difference between revisions

The Tongans have emigrated to the United States or its territories since 1916, when some people of this island immigrated to [[Laie, Hawaii|Laie]], a census-designated place in [[Hawaii]], which was then an American territory but not yet a state. However, 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. Since the 50's the number of immigrants of Tongan origin has grown every decade. The number of Tongan immigrants has been specially notable since the 1970's and, above all, the 80's, when thousants of Tongans emigrated to the United States. This is because most Tongans are farmers{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} but number of lands are limited on their country and not everyone has been able to get one. By 1980, 6,200 people of this origin were living in the US, and by in 1990 that number had increased to 17,600. <ref name='everycultonganam'> Cooper, Amy. [http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Sr-Z/Tongan-Americans.html#ixzz3eyAFD0VV Everyculture: Tongan Americans]</ref> By 2000, there were 31,891 Tongan people living in the United States.<ref name=ancestry2000>{{cite web|format=XLS|url=https://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/ancestry/ancestry_q_by_DAC_2000.xls|title=Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000|work=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=May 16, 2016}}</ref>