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Chapter 7. Religion, Ethnicity, and Language2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateEthnicityEthnicity refers to a person’s ethnic background or race, including an individual's heritage or the place of birth of anindividual's ancestors. Tables 7.4 and 7.5 show the ethnic origin of Chuuk’s residents and their places of birth.Table 7.4 presents ethnic origins of Chuuk residents by region during the 1994 and 2000 Censuses. The largest ethnicgroup for both years was Chuukese/Mortlockese, followed by ‘Others’, which include countries that were not listed andalso multiple-ethnic persons. In 1994 the third largest ethnic group was Asians, who were mostly workers in thefishing and construction industries. The significantly decline of the Asian group between the census years was due tothe dissolution of the foreign fishing ventures (i.e., Ting Hong Company) in the interim period.Table 7.4: Ethnic Origin of Chuuk Residents by Region: 1994 and 20001994 2000Usual residenceUsual residencePer- N.Nam- S. Nam- Fai- Mort- Namon- Per- N.Nam- S.Nam- Fai- Mort- Namon-Ethnicity Total cent oneas oneas chuk locks Pattiw weito Halls Total cent oneas neas chuk locks Pattiw weito HallsTotal 53,319 100.0 32.1 22.3 23.8 12.1 4.1 1.9 3.8 53,595 100.0 27.5 21.8 26.2 12.9 5.1 2.5 4.0Chuukese/Mortlockese 50,802 100.0 31.9 23.2 24.0 11.4 4.2 1.9 3.4 50,307 100.0 28.2 23.1 27.8 10.2 5.0 1.4 4.2Yapese 31 100.0 71.0 12.9 - - 12.9 - 3.2 25 100.0 80.0 12.0 8.0 - - - -Yap Outer Islander 40 100.0 72.5 - - 12.5 7.5 7.5 - 6 100.0 50.0 33.3 - - 16.7 - -Pohnpeian 68 100.0 85.3 4.4 8.8 1.5 - - - 64 100.0 96.9 1.6 - - 1.6 - -Polynesian 8 100.0 50.0 12.5 - 37.5 - - - 8 100.0 62.5 25.0 - - - 12.5 -Kosraean 16 100.0 100.0 - - - - - - 12 100.0 83.3 8.3 - - - - 8.3Asian 515 100.0 95.5 1.0 3.3 - 0.2 - - 55 100.0 90.9 9.1 - - - - -White 46 100.0 67.4 2.2 15.2 4.3 4.3 6.5 - 52 100.0 71.2 5.8 23.1 - - - -Others 1 1,793 100.0 12.1 6.7 26.3 38.6 0.6 0.3 15.4 3,066 100.0 11.0 1.4 0.8 58.5 7.7 20.2 0.4Source: 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses, Table B09Note: 1 Include multiple-ethnic persons.Table 7.5 shows the distribution of reported ethnic groups by place of birth for 1994 and 2000. In most cases thereported ethnicity corresponded to the place of birth. Over 99 percent of the Chuuk population was born in Chuuk for1994 and 2000 Censuses. Results of the 2000 Census show that of the 64 Pohnpeians present, about 13 percent wereborn in Chuuk. Similarly, 20 percent of the Yapese, 8 percent of the Kosraeans, and 11 percent of the Asians wereborn in Chuuk.Table 7.5: Ethnicity by Place of Birth, Chuuk State: 1994 and 2000Place of birth1994 2000USAUSAPer- Yap Pohn- Kos- Guam Per- Yap Pohn- Kos- GuamEthnicity Total cent Yap O.Is. Chuuk pei rae CNMI Asia Other Total cent Yap O.Is. Chuuk pei rae CNMI Asia OtherTotal 53,319 100.0 0.0 0.0 98.2 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.9 0.1 53,595 100.0 0.1 0.0 99.1 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.1Chuukese/Mortlockese 50,802 100.0 0.0 0.0 99.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 50,307 100.0 0.0 0.0 99.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 - 0.0Yapese 31 100.0 45.2 19.4 35.5 - - - - - 25 100.0 44.0 12.0 20.0 12.0 - 12.0 - -Yap Outer Islands 40 100.0 - 12.5 85.0 2.5 - - - - 6 100.0 33.3 33.3 33.3 - - - - -Pohnpeian 68 100.0 1.5 - 27.9 70.6 - - - - 64 100.0 10.9 - 12.5 73.4 - 1.6 - 1.6Polynesian 8 100.0 - - 50.0 25.0 - 25.0 - - 8 100.0 - - 25.0 37.5 12.5 12.5 - 12.5Kosraean 16 100.0 - - 25.0 - 68.8 - - 6.3 12 100.0 25.0 - 8.3 - 58.3 - - 8.3Asian 515 100.0 - - 4.3 - - 1.6 94.0 0.2 55 100.0 - - 10.9 - - - 89.1 -White 46 100.0 - - 17.4 - - 78.3 - 4.3 52 100.0 3.8 - - - - 71.2 1.9 23.1Others 1,793 100.0 0.2 0.2 95.0 0.8 0.1 1.5 0.1 2.1 3,066 100.0 0.1 0.1 96.6 0.9 0.1 0.8 0.1 1.2Source: 1994 FSM Census, P72; 2000 FSM, Table P5-8Others in 94 includes countries not listed, in 2000 includes both countries not listed and multiple ethnicity.LanguageData on language are used to identify communities with a large number of persons who speak a language other than orin addition to English to assess access to schools and social services. Tables 7.6 to 7.9 present information on languageuse and other languages spoken in Chuuk either at homes or in schools.Of the 46,248 persons (5 years and over) in 2000 Census, about 94 percent were speaking Chuukese in their homescompared to 92 percent of the 44,879 persons in 1994 (see Table 7.6 below). Although English has been used as asecond language and the medium of communication at the government offices and the private sectors, the percentage ofChuukese who speak English dropped from 36 percent in 1994 to 20 percent in the year 2000. The percentage drop ofChuukese English speakers could be a result of out-migration of Chuukese to the other FSM states or to other countriesabroad.60 Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs