Asian American

An Asian American can be generally defined as a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States.

Demographics

The 2000 census recorded 10.2 million people who reported themselves as only Asian and 11.9 million people who reported themselves as Asian and at least one other race, 3.6% to 4.2% of the U.S. population. The largest ethnic subgroups were Chinese (2.4 million), Filipinos (1.9M), Asian Indians (1.6M), Vietnamese (1.1M), Koreans (1.1M), and Japanese (0.8M). Other sizable groups are Cambodians (172,000), Hmong (169,000), Laotians (169,000), Pakistanis (153,000), and Thais (112,000). The Asian American population is heavily urbanized, with nearly three-quarters of Asian Americans living in metropolitan areas with population greater than 2.5 million. Asian Americans are concentrated in the largest U.S. cities, with 40% of all Asian Americans living in the metropolitan areas around Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City. Half of all Asian Americans (5.4M) live in Hawaii or the West Coast, mostly in California (4.2M). However, recently, strong populations of Asians have emerged elsewhere, with high Asian populations in the New York City, Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Chicago, Seattle, and Houston metropolitan areas.

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