page_title: Native Hawaiians
hierarchical_section_title: Native Hawaiians
caption_attribution_description: English: Native Hawaiian schoolchildren, Photograph by Henry Wetherbee Henshaw.
context_page_description: Native Hawaiians are the Aboriginal Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands or their descendants. Native Hawaiians trace their ancestry back to the original Polynesian settlers of Hawaiʻi. In the most recent US census, 527,000 people identified as Native Hawaiian.
  According to the 2010 U.S. Census, there were 371,000 people who identified themselves as being "Native Hawaiian" in combination with one or more other races or Pacific Islander groups. 156,000 people identified themselves as being "Native Hawaiian" alone.
  The majority of Native Hawaiians reside in the state of Hawaii and the rest are scattered among other states, especially in the American Southwest and with a high concentration in California.
context_section_description: Native Hawaiians (Hawaiian: kānaka ʻōiwi, kānaka maoli and
  Hawaiʻi maoli) are the Aboriginal Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands or their descendants. Native Hawaiians trace their ancestry back to the original Polynesian settlers of Hawaiʻi. In the most recent US census, 527,000 people identified as Native Hawaiian.
  According to the 2010 U.S. Census, there were 371,000 people who identified themselves as being "Native Hawaiian" in combination with one or more other races or Pacific Islander groups. 156,000 people identified themselves as being "Native Hawaiian" alone.
  The majority of Native Hawaiians reside in the state of Hawaii (two-thirds) and the rest are scattered among other states, especially in the American Southwest and with a high concentration in California.
caption: Native Hawaiian schoolchildren, circa 1900
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