Survey of Federated States of Micronesia Migrants in the United States Including Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (cnmi)

Hezel, Francis X.; Levin, Michael J (July 2012). [www.micsem.org Survey of Federated States of Micronesia Migrants in the United States Including Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (cnmi)] (Report). Kolonia, Pohnpei: Micronesian Seminar.

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Abstract: This survey of FSM migrants was conducted from March through July 2012 by Francis X. Hezel, SJ, and Michael J. Levin at the request of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) National Government.

The size of the FSM population living abroad, as counted in this survey, was 49,840. This total included those who moved from FSM and children born to them in their new homes. The distribution of the migrant population among the sites surveyed was: Guam 13,558, CNMI 4,286, Hawaii 7,948, and US mainland 24,048. Although no attempt was made to distinguish post-Compact and pre-Compact migrants, the survey found that 16,790, or one-third of the FSM population abroad, were born on US soil.

The migrant population growth over the past five-year period (2007-2012) in each of the sites is this:Guam has been getting 375 new migrants a year, in addition to 355 births each year to FSM families. The FSM population on Guam is growing by 730 a year; CNMI has been receiving nearly 80 new migrants a year, in addition to 80 births yearly; The total FSM population increase comes to 160 a year; Hawaii has registered 450 migrants a year and has 140 new births yearly. There are 590 additions in all, minus whoever is leaving and dying; US Mainland has been getting 1,200 new migrants a year, with one-third of them coming from Guam and Hawaii, along with 555 births to FSM families each year. The total yearly increase has been 1,755

The total number of those migrating from FSM, as measured in this survey, is about 2,100 a year, with migration to the US mainland accounting for a little over half the migrant total. There is also clear evidence of step-migration–that is, movement from an early destination (usually Guam or Hawaii) to another one later (often mainland US). Each year, new births increase the FSM population abroad by 1,130. Hence, one-third of the new FSM population abroad comes from births to FSM migrants after they have settled in the US and its territories. The education background of the migrant populations revealed a significant change from what was found in past surveys. Among the FSM migrants in Hawaii 5 percent held a bachelor’s degree, while in mainland US 6 percent had a full college degree–both higher than 4.3 percent rate among the resident population in FSM. Thus, the first signs of the long-awaited “brain drain” have at last appeared.

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