there are significant pacific islander populations living in three pacific u.s. territories (american samoa, guam, and the northern mariana islands). as of 2010, american samoa's population was 92.6% pacific islander (mostly samoan), guam's population was 49.3% pacific islander (mostly chamorro), and the population of the northern mariana islands was 34.9% pacific islander. out of all u.s. states/territories, american samoa has the highest percentage of pacific islanders.