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People of Filipino descent make up a large and growing part of the State of Hawaii's population. In 2000 they were the third largest ethnic group and represented 22.8% of the population, [3] but more recently, according to the 2010 United States Census data indicates they have become the second largest ethnicity in Hawaii (25.1% in 2010), after Whites.
Filipinos, like most other Southeast Asian immigrants to Hawaii, worked on the sugar plantations. In 2010, Filipinos surpassed Japanese as the largest ethnic group. At the time of the 2000 census, they were the third largest ethnic group in the islands. 85% of Filipinos in Hawaii trace their ancestry to the Ilocos Region of northern Luzon.
Hawaii was the first of four states to send an Asian American to the Senate (1959) and Illinois is the most recent state to elect a senator of similar descent for the first time (2016). With respect to the House of Representatives, California was the first of 13 states to elect an Asian American to the House (1956), and Oklahoma is the most ...
Oct. 28—A Filipino labor leader made Honolulu his final stop on a cross-country trip to walk U.S. picket lines and urge unions to condemn the killings of Filipino organizers and union members. A ...
Filipinos make up about 25% of the population in Hawaii as the second-largest racial group in the state, according to the 2020 census. They make up an even larger share in Lahaina, the town most ...
First Chinese American (and Native Hawaiian) male (Chief Justice; Supreme Court of Hawaii): William S. Richardson in 1966 [17] First Filipino American male (circuit court): Ben Menor in 1968 [13] [18] [19] First Filipino American male (Supreme Court of Hawaii): Ben Menor in 1974 [13] [18] [19] First Samoan American male (family court): Bode ...
Rose Martinez – Filipino American State Legislator, Hawaii, 2022. [55] Benjamin Menor – Filipino American State Legislator, Hawaii, 1962 [56] Jeff Moneda – City Manager of Foster City, California. [57] Mona Pasquil – in November 2009, became the first woman to serve as acting lieutenant governor of California [58] [59]
Native Hawaiian people of Filipino descent (7 P) Pages in category "Hawaii people of Filipino descent" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total