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4,888,040[1] 1.5% of the U.S. population (2016) | |
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New York City Area, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Northern New Jersey, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles Area, San Diego, Sacramento, Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Austin, Tampa, Orlando, Seattle, Atlanta, Metro Detroit, Honolulu, Portland, Oregon, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Columbus, Chicago, Phoenix | |
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Predominantly English, varieties of Chinese: Mandarin Chinese (Standard Chinese), Yue Chinese (Cantonese, Taishanese), Min Chinese (Eastern,[2] Southern), Hakka, Wu Chinese[3] (Taihu Wu, Oujiang Wu) | |
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Unaffiliated, Buddhism, Protestantism, Catholicism[4] and Taoism | |
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Asian Americans, Hong Kong Americans, Overseas Chinese, Chinese Canadians, Taiwanese Americans |
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Traditional Chinese | 華裔美國人 | ||||||||||||
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Chinese American describes citizens of the United States who have come from China or whose family came from China. They are the largest group of Asian Americans. Famous Chinese Americans include Yo Yo Ma, Bruce Lee and George Li. As of 2010 there are nearly 4 million Chinese Americans, just over 1% of the total population of the U.S.
Unaffiliated 52%, Protestant 22%, Buddhist 15%, Catholic 8%
Media related to Chinese Americans at Wikimedia Commons
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Notes 1 The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. [1][2] 2 The United States Government classified Kalmyks as Asian until 1951, when Kalmyk Americans were reclassified as White Americans.[3] 3 The U.S. Census Bureau considers Afghanistan a South Asian country, but does not classify Afghan Americans as Asian,[4] but as Middle Eastern American.[5] 4 The U.S. Census Bureau considers Mongolians and Uzbeks as Central Asians,[6] but a specific Central Asian American group similar to Middle Eastern American does not yet exist.[7] 5 The U.S. Census Bureau reclassifies anyone identifying as "Tibetan American" as "Chinese American".[8] 6 Bengali Americans may be classified as Bangladeshi or Indian.[9] Punjabi Americans may be classified as Indian or Pakistani.[10] Tamil Americans may be classified as Indian or Sri Lankan. |
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1 An overseas department of France in the western Indian Ocean. See also: Hong Kong Diaspora * Guyana and Suriname are physically in South America but are culturally a part of the Caribbean. |