Editing Guam (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910=11806
|1920=13275
|1930=18509
|1940=22290
|1950=59498
|1960=67044
|1970=84996
|1980=105979
|1990=133152
|2000=154805
|2010=159358
|2020=168485}}
{{Main|Demographics of Guam}}
In the [[2020 United States census]], the largest ethnic group were the native [[Chamorro people|Chamorros]], accounting for 32.8% of the population. [[Asian Americans|Asians]], including Filipinos, Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese, accounted for 35.5% of the population. Other ethnic groups of [[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia]], including those of [[Chuukese people|Chuukese]], [[Palauans|Palauan]], and [[Pohnpeians]], accounted for 13.2%. 10% of the population were [[multiracial people|multiracial]], (two or more races). [[European Americans]] made up 6.8% of the population; 1% are [[African Americans]], and 3% are [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]; there are 1,740 [[Mexicans]] in Guam, and there are other Hispanic ethnicities on the island. The estimated interracial marriage rate is over 40%.<ref name="CIA Factbook"/>

The official languages of the island are English and [[Chamorro language|Chamorro]]. Unlike most of its neighboring languages, Chamorro is not classified as [[Micronesian languages|Micronesian]] or [[Polynesian languages|Polynesian]]. Rather, like [[Palauan language|Palauan]], it possibly constitutes an independent branch of the [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian language family]].<ref name="Blust 2000 83–122"/><ref name="Smith 2017 435–490"/> [[Filipino language|Filipino]] is also commonly spoken across the island. Other Pacific and Asian languages are spoken in Guam as well. [[Spanish language|Spanish]], which was the language of administration for 300 years, influenced the [[Chamorro language]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dewittguam.com/what-languages-are-spoken-guam/|title=What Languages Are Spoken on Guam?|website=DeWitt Guam|date=November 2021|access-date=December 24, 2022|archive-date=December 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224010952/https://www.dewittguam.com/what-languages-are-spoken-guam/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{anchor|Religion}}The predominant religion of Guam is [[Christianity]]. Three-quarters of the population adheres to [[Catholic Church in Guam|Catholicism]], while most of the remainder belong to [[Protestant]] churches. According to the [[Pew Research Center]], the religious demography of Guam in 2010 was as follows:<ref>{{cite web |title=Guam - Religious Demography: Affiliation |url=http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/guam#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701045401/http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/guam#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 |archive-date=July 1, 2020 |access-date=March 25, 2021 |website=Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project}}</ref>
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* [[Catholicism]]: 75%
* [[Protestantism]]: 17.7%
* Other religions: 1.6%
* Folk religions: 1.5%
* Other Christianity: 1.4%
* [[Buddhism]]: 1.1%
* [[Eastern Orthodoxy]]: <1%
* [[Hinduism]]: <1%
* [[Islam in Guam|Islam]]: <1%
* [[Judaism]]: <1%
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In 2020, the Vatican claimed that 87.72% of the population was Catholic, with 54 priests and 64 nuns across 27 parishes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/guam|title=Guam &#124; Catholics & Cultures|website=www.catholicsandcultures.org}}</ref>