Asian Americans in California
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Asian Californians are residents of the state of California who are of Asian ancestry. California has the largest Asian American population in the U.S., and second highest proportion of Asian American residents, after Hawaii. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, there were over 6 million Asian-Americans in California; 15.5% of the state's population.[3] If including those with partial Asian ancestry, this figure is around 17%. This is a jump from 13.8% recorded in 2010.[4]
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Total population | |
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7,045,163, 20% (Alone and in combination, 2024) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
San Francisco Bay Area | Fremont, San Mateo County, San Francisco, San Jose/Santa Clara County areas |
Los Angeles County/Southern California | Irvine and Westminster, Orange County; San Gabriel Valley, West Los Angeles |
Languages | |
English, Spanish[1] Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Hindustani, Korean, Japanese, Khmer, Hmong, Thai, Lao, other Languages of Asia | |
Religion | |
Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Irreligion, Others[2] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Asian Americans |
The largest Asian American ethnic subgroups in California are Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Indian Americans, and Vietnamese Americans. Asian Americans in California are concentrated in the San Francisco-San José and Los Angeles metropolitan areas.