Demographics
As of the 2010 Census there are 3.4 million Filipino Americans, with the United States Department of State in 2011 estimating the population at 4 million. Filipino Americans are the second largest population of Asian Americans, and the largest population of Overseas Filipinos. First recorded presence of Filipinos in what is now the United States date to October 1587, with the first permanent settlement of Filipinos in what is now the United States being established in Louisiana in 1763. Since then significant populations of Filipino Americans can be found in California, Hawaii, the Greater New York area, Illinois, and Texas. There are smaller populations of Filipino Americans elsewhere.
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