Leloaloa, American Samoa

Leloaloa LA
Village
Nickname:  LA
Leloaloa
Coordinates: 14°16′06″S170°40′35″W / 14.2682°S 170.6764°W / -14.2682; -170.6764
Country	United States
Territory	American Samoa
County	Maoputasi
Population  (2020)
• Total	365

Leloaloa is a village on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located in Maoputasi County. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the village had a population of 365. ^[1]

The name of the village, Leloaloa, is derived from the Samoan language and translates into English as “The Long". ^[2]

Demographics

Year	Population [3] [1]
2020	365
2010	448
2000	534
1990	412
1980	414

Notable people

• Uti Petelo, politician
• Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence
• Tapai Alailepule Benjamin Vaivao, politician
• Taeao Samuelu Tauanuu, first American Samoan chairman of the Methodist Church of Samoa. ^[4]

References

1. "2020 Island Areas Censuses: American Samoa". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved August 14, 2025.
2. Churchill, W. (1913). "Geographical Nomenclature of American Samoa". Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, 45(3), page 192. Retrieved on December 6, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.2307/199273.
3. "American Samoa Statistical Yearbook 2016" (PDF). American Samoa Department of Commerce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
4. Sunia, Fofō Iosefa Fiti (2001). Puputoa: Host of Heroes - A record of the history makers in the First Century of American Samoa, 1900-2000. Suva, Fiji: Oceania Printers. Page 155. ISBN 9829036022.