Where FSM’ers May Be Found
Hawaii (9,000 FSM citizens as of 2008)
- Oahu
- Big Island (Chuukese in Hilo, some in Kona)
- Maui (Pohnpeians working on pineapple plantation)
Washington (perhaps several hundred, as many as 800)
- Seattle & Tacoma
- Vancouver (Chuukese)
Oregon (perhaps 1,500-2,000)
- Portland
- Salem and through Willamete Valley
California
- San Diego (30-40 Chuukese)
- Pasadena (50 or so Chuukese and some Pohnpeians)
- north of LA (Kosraeans)
- San Francisco Bay Area (mainland Yapese)
- three military bases in state: small base in San Diego, Pendleton near Camarillo, and another one (modest Chuukese and Yapese presence on these bases)
- Sacramento (Kosraeans)
Arizona? (200 or so)
- Phoenix (Chuukese)
- Mesa (Chuukese)
- Tempe
Texas
- Corsicana and Dallas (100 OI Yapese and Chuukese)
- Fort Worth
- Fort Hood military base (some FSM people there)
Oklahoma (sprinkling of Chuukese)
- Enid
- Miami (Chuukese working in mushroom factory)
- Oklahoma City
Colorado
- Denver (Chuukese, most of them working for airlines food services or as baggage handlers at airport)
Missouri
- Kansas City (as many as 2,000 in the area, including many Chuukese and Pohnpeians; also Kosraeans attending Park University)
- Marshall (Pohnpeians)
- St. Joseph (Chuukese)
- Neosho (100 Mokilese and Pohnpeians)
- Joplin
Wisconsin
- Park Falls (60-80 Chuukese and Pohnpeians)
- Eau Claire (maybe 20 or so, two households in 09)
Minnesota
- Savage (60 Kosraeans)
- Austin (40-50 Mokilese)
Iowa
- Storm Lake (200 Pohnpeians)
- Altoona (25-30 Pohnpeians)
- Dubuque (Chuukese)
Kansas
- Junction City (handful of Pohnpeians, but other Micronesians at Fort Riley, the nearby military base)
Ohio
- Cincinnati (perhaps 200 Pohnpeians)
- Cleveland (few Chuukese or Pohnpeians)
Tennessee (some Pohnpeians)
- Nashville
- Knoxville
Alabama
- Mobile (Pohnpeians)
Florida (Pohnpeians, Chuukese and OI Yapese)
- Orlando (perhaps 100 Pohnpeians)
- Clearwater
- Tampa
Georgia (Pohnpeians)
- Savannah
- Augusta
- Atlanta
South Carolina (Pohnpeians)
- Myrtle Beach
- Charleston
North Carolina (perhaps 100-300 in state)
- Greenfield (Chuukese and OI Yapese)
- Raleigh
- Fayetteville (Fort Bragg is in the vicinity, and there are FSM military there)
Virginia
- Virginia Beach (Kosraeans and Pohnpeians)
- Falls Church (Chuukese)
Pennsylvania
- Hanover (few OI Yapese and some Pohnpeians)
New York
- Albany (few Chuukese, especially from Fefan)
- Binghamton (few Yapese)
Connecticut (few Pohnpeians and Chuukese)
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Here?s our list. If you have any places to add, let us know. We?re always happy to update our information.
