Filipino American

Filipino Americans (Fil-Am for short), the second-largest Asian American community http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/c2kbr01-16.pdf, are Americans who trace their ancestry back to the Philippines, an archipelagic nation found in Southeast Asia south of Taiwan and east of the South China Sea, and have attained United States residency and/or citizenship. There are over 2 million Americans who identified their ancestry as Filipino. Most Filipino Americans reside in California and Hawai'i. In addition to California, Filipinos form the largest group of Asians in Alaska, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming. And in addition to Hawai'i, they are the second largest group of Asians in Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, Maine, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia.

External links

• Filipino American Centennial Commemoration from Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program

Civic

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• Filipino American Historical Societies
• Filipino American National Historical Society
• Filipino American Library
• Filipino Community Center
• National Federation of Filipino American Associations

Diplomatic

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• Philippines Consulate General in Chicago, IL
• Philippines Consulate General in San Francisco, CA
• Philippines Consulate General in Honolulu, HI
• Philippines Consulate General in Los Angeles, CA
• Philippines Consulate General in New York, NY
• Philippines Consulate General in Saipan
• Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs
• Philippines Embassy in Washington, D.C.
• Philippines United Nations Mission in New York, NY

Web communities

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• Filipino American Community Website Directory
• Filipino American Network
• Asians in America Project - Filipino American Organizations Directory