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Top 10 U.S. metropolitan areas by Chinese population, 2019


Note: Chinese also includes those identifying as Taiwanese. Based on mixed-race and mixed-group populations, regardless of Hispanic origin. See methodology for more detail.
Source: Pew Research Center analysis of 2017-2019 American Community Survey (IPUMS).
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City Chinese population
New York 865,000
Los Angeles 678,000
San Francisco 582,000
San Jose, CA 239,000
Boston 174,000
Seattle 166,000
Washington 135,000
Chicago 135,000
Honolulu 117,000
Houston 111,000

Note: Chinese also includes those identifying as Taiwanese. Based on mixed-race and mixed-group populations, regardless of Hispanic origin. See methodology for more detail.
Source: Pew Research Center analysis of 2017-2019 American Community Survey (IPUMS).
PEW RESEARCH CENTER

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