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While there are no large cities in Guam, the populace resides in villages. [2] The most populated village in Guam is Dededo, with a population of 44,943 in 2010. [1] The Indigenous people of Guam are known as the Chamorro people, and are the largest ethnic group in Guam.
Guam (/ ˈ ɡ w ɑː m / ⓘ GWAHM ... this buildup would increase Guam's population by a total of 79,000, a 49% increase over its 2010 population of 160,000. In a ...
The states and territories included in the United States Census Bureau's statistics for the United States population, ethnicity, and most other categories include the 50 states and Washington, D.C. Separate statistics are maintained for the five permanently inhabited territories of the United States: Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands ...
Census 2000 map of Guam Guam population density map, 2000. This is a list of census-designated places in Guam. Population data is from the 2010 Census. [1]
The United States territory of Guam is divided into nineteen municipalities, called villages. [1] Each village is governed by an elected mayor. Village populations range in size from under 1,000 to over 40,000. In the 2020 census, the total population of Guam was 153,836. [2]
The Chamorro population gradually recovered, and Chamorro, Filipino, and Refaluwasch languages and other ethnic groups remain in the Marianas. During the 17th century, Spanish colonists forcibly moved the Chamorros to Guam, to encourage assimilation and conversion to Roman Catholicism.
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2011): [1] Age Group Male Female Total % Total 22 153 23 897 46 050 100 0–4 2 495 2 357 4 852 10.54 5–9
A population density map of Guam, 2000. A 1668 description reported that there were approximately 180 Chamoru villages on Guam with a total island population between 35,000 and 50,000. [12] The Spanish strategy of villagization, called reducción, which began in the Spanish-Chamorro Wars, transferred the population to seven towns.