Distribution
See also: List of U.S. communities with Asian American majority populations|
The Asian American population is greatly urbanized, with nearly three-quarters of them living in metropolitan areas with population greater than 2.5 million. The three metropolitan areas with the highest Asian American populations are the Greater Los Angeles Area (1.868 million in 2007), the New York metropolitan area (1.782 million in 2007), and the San Francisco Bay Area (979,000 in 2007). New York City proper, according to the United States 2010 Census, is home to more than one million Asian Americans, greater than the combined totals of San Francisco and Los Angeles. Among the ten largest US cities, San Diego has the greatest proportion of Asian Americans. A large proportion of all Asian Americans live in California (5.6 million in 2010), New York (1.6 million in 2010), and Texas (915,000 in 2007). Other states with significant Asian American populations during the 2010 census include New Jersey, Illinois, Hawaii, Washington, Florida, Virginia, and Massachusetts. Hawaii had the largest proportion of Asian Americans, with 57% of the state population identifying as Asian or multiracial with at least one part Asian. In Vermont, Asian Americans are the largest minority. Asian American populations have grown significantly since 1970s. However, they are underrepresented in several large urban areas, such as Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, and Dallas, although in some cases, Asian Americans are concentrated in specific urban neighborhoods or suburbs of these cities. In regions with large numbers of Asian Americans, communities have developed that are heavily or predominantly Asian. Schools in these areas may offer instruction in languages such as Mandarin. These communities are often given unofficial names to reflect their populations, such as Chinatown, Little Manila, Little India, Little Pakistans, Koreatown, Little Saigons, and Cambodia Town. |
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