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2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateChapter 1. IntroductionTable 1.12. TTPI-born by Home Area and Region of Residence: 1973Home Area -- PercentSame Mun- Elsewhere ElsewhereRegion of Residence Number Total icipality in Chuuk in TTPITotal 31,218 ... 25,992 5,023 201Percent ... 100.0 83.3 16.1 0.6Northern Namoneas 9,290 100.0 58.1 40.0 1.9Southern Namoneas 7,347 100.0 94.3 5.5 0.2Faichuk 7,252 100.0 95.8 4.1 0.1Mortlocks 4,672 100.0 91.6 8.3 0.1Oksoritod 2,657 100.0 91.8 8.2 0.1Source: TTPI Census, 1975.The age distribution for 1980 did not differ very much from the age distribution in 1973 (Table 1.13). The percentageof those less than 15 in Oksoritod decreased to less than half, but increased significantly on Weno, probably because ofattendance at Chuuk High School. The percentage of persons 15 to 24 years old in Northern Namoneas decreasedconsiderably, possibly as a result of out migration for schooling in Guam, Hawaii, and the mainland United States.Table 1.13. Population of Chuuk by Age and Region: 1980Age groupLess than 15-24 25-59 60 yearsRegion Number Total 15 years years years or moreTotal 37,488 100.0 46.4 19.5 28.6 5.5Northern Namoneas 10,351 100.0 44.2 19.7 31.7 4.4Southern Namoneas 9,146 100.0 47.5 19.2 27.8 5.5Faichuk 8,831 100.0 49.5 18.6 26.6 5.3Mortlocks 5,941 100.0 44.7 19.9 28.5 6.9Oksoritod 3,219 100.0 45.7 21.7 26.2 6.5Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1982; 2000 FSM Census.The 1980 Census did not have a question on home area similar to that in the 1973 Census. However, the 1980 Censuscontained a question on residence 5 years before the census, an item used in United States censuses to obtaininformation on short term migration. These data show return migration to the Mortlocks at the time of the 1980 census(Table 1.14). That is, about 16 percent of the Mortlocks' population in 1980 reported living elsewhere in Chuuk in1975. The Mortlocks was the only region to show this type of migration. More than 96 percent of those living inOksoritod and more than 97 percent of those in Faichuk lived in the same municipality in 1975 and 1980.Table 1.14. Residence in 1975 by Current Region of Residence, Chuuk: 1980Residence in 1975 - PercentRegion of residence Number Total Same Municipality Elsewhere in Chuuk ElsewhereTotal, 5+ yr. 28,914 100.0 92.2 6.8 1.0Northern Namoneas 8,103 100.0 91.6 6.6 1.8Southern Namoneas 7,245 100.0 92.5 6.9 0.6Faichuk 6,841 100.0 97.3 2.4 0.4Mortlocks 4,450 100.0 82.7 15.6 1.6Oksoritod 2,275 100.0 96.3 3.3 0.3Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1982 (from Gorenflo and Levin, in press.Then the 1989 Census of Chuuk State and the 1994 FSM Census of Chuuk - the last in the series of State Censusesheld in the FSM, followed the censuses of Pohnpei in 1985, Kosrae in 1986 and Yap in 1987. This series was the firstthe FSM Government conducted after signing the Compact of Free Association between the FSM and the United Statesof America.The 1994 FSM Census of Chuuk was part of a simultaneous state-wide census conducted by the FSM NationalGovernment.The results of these two censuses, especially 1994 census, were used in developing population estimates and for trendanalysis along with the 2000 FSM census in this report.Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs 13