The
Chamorro people are the
indigenous peoples of Guam; politically divided between the
United States territory of
Guam and the
United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in
Micronesia. Today, significant Chamorro populations also exist in several U.S. states including
Hawaii,
California,
Washington,
Texas,
Tennessee,
Oregon, and
Nevada. According to the 2000 Census, approximately 65,000 people of Chamorro ancestry live on
Guam and another 19,000 live in the
Northern Marianas. Another 93,000 live outside the Marianas in
Hawaii and the West/Pacific coast of the United States. The Chamorros are primarily
Austronesian.