California
Given its relative proximity to East Asia and Southeast Asia, California has the largest number of past and present Chinatowns among the American states, including the well-known Chinatown in San Francisco, an all-Chinese town of Locke built by Chinese immigrants, and Chinatowns in various cities throughout the state.
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