List of U.S. cities with significant Chinese-American populations
U.S. cities with significant Chinese-American populations | |
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Queens are thriving as traditionally urban enclaves, as large-scale Chinese immigration continues into New York,[2][3][4][5] with the largest metropolitan Chinese population outside Asia.[6] |
Cities considered to have significant
According to the 2012 Census estimates,
Metropolitan areas with more than 20,000 Chinese-Americans
The list of metropolitan areas with a
Rank | MSA | Region | Chinese-Americans | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New York-Newark-Jersey City | Mid-Atlantic
|
739,144 | 3.7 |
2 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
|
Pacific
|
528,248 | 4.0 |
3 | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward
|
Pacific
|
460,252 | 10.2 |
4 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
|
Pacific
|
169,026 | 8.8 |
5 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | New England | 133,241 | 2.8 |
6 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin | East North Central
|
109,046 | 1.1 |
7 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria | South Atlantic
|
105,462 | 1.8 |
8 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | Pacific
|
98,949 | 2.7 |
9 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land | West South Central
|
86,246 | 1.4 |
10 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington | Mid-Atlantic
|
82,487 | 1.4 |
11 | Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade | Pacific
|
61,203 | 2.8 |
12 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
|
West South Central
|
57,325 | 0.8 |
13 | San Diego-Carlsbad | Pacific
|
56,751 | 1.8 |
14 | Urban Honolulu | Pacific
|
53,119 | 5.4 |
15 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | Pacific
|
51,628 | 1.2 |
16 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell
|
South Atlantic
|
46,859 | 0.8 |
17 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach | South Atlantic
|
34,210 | 0.6 |
18 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro
|
Pacific
|
31,533 | 1.4 |
19 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise
|
Pacific
|
30,329 | 1.5 |
20 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale | Mountain
|
28,550 | 0.6 |
21 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington | West North Central
|
24,721 | 0.7 |
22 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn | East North Central
|
24,524 | 0.6 |
23 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson | South Atlantic
|
24,092 | 0.9 |
24 | Austin-Round Rock | West South Central
|
20,182 | 1.1 |
Large-sized cities
The list of large cities (population greater than 250,000) with a
New York City boroughs
As the city proper with the nation's largest Chinese-American population by a wide margin, with an estimated 562,205 in 2016 by the 2010-2016 American Community Survey, and as the primary destination for
After the City of New York itself, the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn encompass the largest Chinese populations, respectively, of all municipalities in the United States.Rank | Borough | County | Chinese-Americans | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Queens (Chinatowns) | Queens | 232,317 | 10.1 |
2 | Brooklyn (Chinatowns) | Kings | 204,225 | 7.8 |
3 | Manhattan (Chinatown) | New York | 104,176 | 6.4 |
4 | Staten Island | Richmond | 14,416 | 3.0 |
5 | The Bronx | Bronx | 7,071 | 0.5 |
Medium-sized cities
List of medium-sized cities (population between 100,000 and 250,000) with a Chinese-American population of at least one percent of the total population, according to the American Community Survey.
Small-sized cities
The following is a list of places in the United States with a population fewer than 100,000 in which at least three percent (five percent in Los Angeles or San Francisco Bay areas) of the total population is Chinese, according to the 2010-2015 American Community Survey, and the
American Samoa
Rank | City [17] | Percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | Atu'u
|
6.7 |
California
City | County | Chinese-Americans | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Davis | Yolo | 6,448 | 9.7 |
Isla Vista | Santa Barbara | 2,298 | 8.7 |
Florin | Sacramento | 2,803 | 5.5 |
- Greater Los Angeles Area
The majority of the Chinese-American population of more than 400,000 in
- San Francisco Bay Area
Traditionally centered in San Francisco and Chinatown Oakland, the suburbanization of the
Delaware
Rank | City | Percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | Hockessin | 5.0 |
Georgia
Rank | City | Percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | Berkeley Lake, Georgia | 6.0 |
2 | Duluth, Georgia | 5.4 |
3 | Doraville, Georgia | 4.0 |
Guam
Rank | City [18] | Percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | Tumon )
|
5.0 |
2 | Hagåtña | 4.0 |
Hawaii
Rank | City | County | Chinese-Americans | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | East Honolulu | Honolulu | 5,190 | 10.8 |
2 | Kalaheo | Kauai | 297 | 6.8 |
3 | Waimea | Kauai | 92 | 5.4 |
4 | Volcano | Hawaii | 128 | 5.3 |
5 | Aiea | Honolulu | 428 | 4.6 |
6 | Halawa | Honolulu | 656 | 4.4 |
7 | Laie
|
Honolulu | 225 | 4.0 |
8 | He'eia
|
Honolulu | 173 | 3.9 |
9 | Ko Olina
|
Honolulu | 71 | 3.8 |
10 | Pearl City | Honolulu | 1,700 | 3.6 |
11 | Kaneohe | Honolulu | 1,222 | 3.6 |
12 | Waikele | Honolulu | 282 | 3.6 |
13 | Punaluu | Honolulu | 38 | 3.6 |
14 | Wailuā Homesteads | Kauai | 197 | 3.5 |
15 | Discovery Harbour | Hawaii | 38 | 3.4 |
16 | Maunawili | Honolulu | 64 | 3.0 |
17 | Wailuku | Maui | 428 | 2.7 |
18 | Kailua
|
Honolulu | 966 | 2.5 |
19 | Waimalu | Honolulu | 386 | 2.9 |
Indiana
Rank | City | Percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | West Lafayette
|
11.1 |
2 | Carmel | 3.5 |
New Jersey
Rank | City | Percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | Kingston | 16.0 |
2 | Holmdel Township | 12.1 |
3 | West Windsor Township
|
11.6 |
4 | Montgomery Township | 11.4 |
5 | Plainsboro Township | 9.7 |
6 | Englewood Cliffs | 9.7 |
7 | Fort Lee | 8.7 |
8 | Harrison | 8.4 |
9 | Bernards Township | 8.0 |
10 | East Brunswick | 7.1 |
11 | Warren Township | 7.1 |
12 | Livingston | 6.9 |
13 | Montville | 6.9 |
14 | Bridgewater Township | 6.7 |
15 | Alpine | 6.5 |
16 | Marlboro Township | 6.4 |
17 | New Providence | 6.2 |
18 | Edison | 6.1 |
19 | Parsippany-Troy Hills
|
6.1 |
20 | Cranbury Township
|
6.0 |
21 | Piscataway Township
|
5.8 |
22 | Kendall Park | 5.5 |
23 | East Hanover
|
5.4 |
24 | South Brunswick Township
|
4.9 |
25 | Closter | 4.6 |
26 | Princeton Township | 4.5 |
27 | Highland Park | 4.3 |
28 | Berkeley Heights | 4.1 |
29 | Princeton Junction | 4.1 |
30 | Dayton | 3.9 |
31 | Millburn | 3.9 |
32 | Cresskill | 3.9 |
33 | Paramus | 3.1 |
34 | Edgewater | 3.0 |
Northern Mariana Islands
Rank | City [19] | Percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | Tinian | 7.6 |
2 | Saipan | 7.1 |
Within Saipan, villages with significant Chinese populations include Garapan (19.7% Chinese), Chalan Piao (18.1% Chinese), Chalan Kanoa IV (15.1% Chinese), and San Antonio (19.8% Chinese).[19]
Ohio
Rank | City | Percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | Glenwillow | 7.0 |
2 | Solon | 5.3 |
3 | Oxford | 4.7 |
4 | Athens | 4.2 |
5 | Dublin | 3.9 |
Texas
Rank | City | Percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | Sugar Land | 12.8 |
2 | New Territory
|
5.0 |
3 | Bellaire | 8.7 |
4 | Richardson | 4.0 |
5 | Jollyville | 3.2 |
Washington
The overwhelming majority of these cities are in King County, while three others (Edmonds, Lynnwood, and Mill Creek) are in Snohomish County. Pullman is in Whitman County.
Rank | City | Percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | Newcastle | 11.5 |
2 | Redmond | 8.6 |
3 | Sammamish | 7.9 |
4 | Mercer Island | 7.4 |
5 | Clyde Hill | 7.4 |
6 | Pullman | 5.5 |
7 | West Lake
|
4.0 |
8 | Bryn Mawr-Skyway | 3.7 |
9 | Shoreline | 3.4 |
See also
- Chinatown
- List of U.S. cities with Asian American majority populations
- List of U.S. cities with large Japanese-American populations
- List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations
- List of U.S. cities with large Vietnamese-American populations
- Lists of U.S. cities with large ethnic identity populations
- Palmdale, California
Notes
- ^ San Francisco is a consolidated city-county.
- boroughs which are also countiesof its own rights.
- ^ Honolulu is a consolidated city-county.
- ^ Officially, a County under Urban County Executive Form of Government. (Essentially, a highly urbanized county-city.)
- ^ Philadelphia is a consolidated city-county.
- ^ Lexington is a consolidated city-county.
- ^ Washington is a federal district.
- ^ Officially, a County under County Manager Plan of government. (Essentially, a highly urbanized county with a population density of at least 500 people per square mile.)
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- ^ U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder - 2010 summary file [Geography set to "Atu'u village, American Samoa".] URL unavailable.
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder. 2010 summary file [Geography set to "Tamuning village, Guam" / "Hagatna village, Guam"]. URL unavailable.
- ^ a b U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder. 2010 summary file [Geography set to "Tinian municipality, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands" / "Saipan municipality, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands"]. URL unavailable.
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Further reading
- Wei Li. "Building Ethnoburbia: The Emergence and Manifestation of the Chinese Ethnoburb in Los Angeles' San Gabriel Valley." Journal of Asian American Studies 2(1): 1-28 (1999).