List of U.S. cities with significant Korean American populations
U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations | |
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Cities with significant Korean American populations represent
municipalities with critical masses of Korean Americans in their total urban or suburban populations. Information is based on the 2005-2009 American Community Survey or as specified in each table. The list includes those who have emigrated from South Korea as well as Korean Americans of multiple generations. There are numbers of North Koreans
living in the United States, despite North Korean citizens being unable to freely emigrate out of their country. As of 2009, Americans of Korean descent made up about 0.4% of the population, or 1,307,000 people.
The four
Northern New Jersey) was home to 153,000 Korean-born Korean Americans; and metropolitan Washington, 60,000.[5]
By percentage, the Korean American population of
2010 United States Census,[6] the highest of any county in the United States. In 2010, Bergen County, host to the county's highly ranked Academies magnet public high school[7][8][9] as well as to the North American headquarters operations of South Korean chaebols including Samsung,[10] LG Corp,[11] and Hanjin Shipping,[12] was home to all of the nation's top ten municipalities by percentage of Korean population[13] and an absolute total of 56,773 Korean Americans.[6] The concentration of Korean Americans in Palisades Park, New Jersey, within Bergen County, was the highest of any municipality in the United States in 2010,[14] at 52% of the population.[6] The city of Los Angeles contained the highest Korean American population of any city proper in 2010, approximately 108,282.[15]
Large cities
The list of large cities (population greater than 250,000) with a Korean-American population of at least 1% of the total population.
Rank | City | State | Korean-Americans 2010 | Percentage 2010 | Korean-Americans 2015 | Percentage 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Los Angeles | California | 108,282 | 2.9% | 110,679 | 2.8% |
2 | Honolulu | Hawaii | 22,179 | 2.3%[16] | 20,729 | 2.1% |
3 | Anaheim
|
California | 6,575 | 2.0% | 6,696 | 1.9% |
4 | San Jose | California | 12,409 | 1.3% | 12,939 | 1.3% |
5 | New York City | New York | 96,741 | 1.2%[3] | 91,729 | 1.1% |
6 | Aurora | Colorado | 3,646 | 1.2% | 3,379 | 1.0% |
7 | Anchorage
|
Alaska | 3,251 | 1.2% | 3,799 | 1.3% |
8 | San Francisco | California | 8,661 | 1.1% | 9,601 | 1.1% |
9 | Seattle | Washington | 5,801 | 1.0% | 7,203 | 1.1% |
10 | Plano | Texas | 2,521 | 1.0% | 3,116 | 1.1% |
Medium-sized cities
List of medium-sized cities (population between 100,000 and 250,000) with a Korean-American population of at least 1% of the total population.
Rank | City | State | Korean-Americans | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fullerton | California | 15,544 | 11.5% |
2 | Torrance | California | 10,857 | 7.8% |
3 | Irvine | California | 13,130 | 6.6% |
4 | Glendale | California | 10,723 | 5.5% |
5 | Santa Clara | California | 3,494 | 3.0% |
6 | Bellevue | Washington | 3,459 | 2.9% |
7 | Ann Arbor
|
Michigan | 2,885 | 2.5% |
8 | Schaumburg | Illinois | 2,576 | 2.1% |
9 | Killeen | Texas | 1,869 | 2.15% |
10 | Berkeley | California | 2,036 | 2.0% |
11 | Cambridge | Massachusetts | 1,699 | 1.6% |
12 | Fremont | California | 2,968 | 1.5% |
13 | Tacoma | Washington | 2,416 | 1.4% |
14 | Carrollton | Texas | 2,524 | 1.3% |
15 | Santa Clarita | California | 1,854 | 1.1% |
Municipalities with density of at least 500 Korean Americans per square mile in 2010
Main articles: Koreatown, Fort Lee (포트리 코리아타운)
(Note that
boroughs of New York City
.)
Rank | Municipality | County or city | State | Korean Americans | Density of Korean Americans per square mile | Percentage of municipality's population |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Palisades Park[17] | Bergen County | New Jersey | 10,115 | 8,085.5 | 51.5% |
2 | Fort Lee
|
Bergen County | New Jersey | 8,318 | 3,273.5 | 23.5% |
3 | Edgewater | Bergen County | New Jersey | 2,258 | 2,415.0 | 19.6% |
4 | Cliffside Park | Bergen County | New Jersey | 1,797 | 1,866.0 | 7.6% |
5 | Leonia | Bergen County | New Jersey | 2,369 | 1,542.3 | 26.5% |
6 | La Palma | Orange County | California | 2,587 | 1,430.9 | 16.6% |
7 | Ridgefield | Bergen County | New Jersey | 2,835 | 1,111.3 | 25.7% |
8 | Manhattan | New York City | New York | 19,683 | 857.3 | 1.2% |
9 | Cerritos | Los Angeles County
|
California | 7,240 | 829.8 | 14.8% |
10 | Cresskill | Bergen County | New Jersey | 1,522 | 737.4 | 17.8% |
11 | Great Neck Plaza
|
Nassau County | New York | 220 | 733.3 | 3.3% |
12 | Fullerton | Orange County | California | 15,544 | 695.4 | 11.5% |
13 | River Edge | Bergen County | New Jersey | 1,264 | 681.8 | 11.1% |
14 | Torrance | Los Angeles County
|
California | 12,092 | 590.5 | 8.3% |
15 | Queens
|
New York City | New York | 64,107 | 586.8 | 2.9% |
16 | Northvale | Bergen County | New Jersey | 757 | 584.6 | 16.3% |
17 | Closter | Bergen County | New Jersey | 1,771 | 559.7 | 21.2% |
18 | Englewood Cliffs | Bergen County | New Jersey | 1,072 | 513.2 | 20.3% |
Top ten municipalities as ranked by Korean-American percentage of total population in 2010
Rank | Municipality | County | State | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Palisades Park[17] | Bergen County | New Jersey | 51.5% |
2 | Leonia | Bergen County | New Jersey | 26.5% |
3 | Ridgefield | Bergen County | New Jersey | 25.7% |
4 | Fort Lee
|
Bergen County | New Jersey | 23.5% |
5 | Closter | Bergen County | New Jersey | 21.2% |
6 | Englewood Cliffs | Bergen County | New Jersey | 20.3% |
7 | Norwood | Bergen County | New Jersey | 20.1% |
8 | Edgewater | Bergen County | New Jersey | 19.6% |
9 | Cresskill | Bergen County | New Jersey | 17.8% |
10 | Demarest | Bergen County | New Jersey | 17.3% |
See also
- Koreatown
- Koreatown, Manhattan
- Koreatown, Long Island
- Koreatown, Los Angeles, California
- Koreatown, Palisades Park
- Koreatown, Fort Lee
- List of U.S. cities with Asian American majority populations
- List of U.S. cities with significant Chinese American populations
- History of the Korean Americans in Los Angeles
- Korean Americans in New York City
- Koreans in Chicago
- Korean diaspora
- Tech companies in the New York metropolitan area
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