{"id":224933,"date":"2025-04-28T16:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T20:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/sri-lankan-population-in-the-u-s-2000-2023\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T13:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:21:33","slug":"sri-lankan-population-in-the-u-s-2000-2023","status":"publish","type":"chart","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/sri-lankan-population-in-the-u-s-2000-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan population in the U.S., 2000-2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-chart-builder\">\t\t<div style=\"max-width:640px\" class=\"wp-chart-builder-wrapper alignnone wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller\" id=\"f3c9696e-144b-4d8d-b086-6b7307def2c2\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/controller\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;f3c9696e-144b-4d8d-b086-6b7307def2c2&quot;,&quot;postId&quot;:224933,&quot;postUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/sri-lankan-population-in-the-u-s-2000-2023\\\/&quot;,&quot;chartPostUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/sri-lankan-population-in-the-u-s-2000-2023\\\/&quot;,&quot;postPubDate&quot;:&quot;2025-04-28&quot;,&quot;rootUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org&quot;,&quot;featuredImageId&quot;:null,&quot;featuredImageUrl&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sri Lankan population in the U.S., 2000-2023&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;U.S. Sri Lankan (alone) population, by nativity &quot;,&quot;note&quot;:&quot;Note: The population shown includes only those who identify as Sri Lankan alone and no other race or Asian origin. 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All figures are rounded according to rules shown in the methodology. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__note cb__note--source\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of the 2000 decennial census (5%) and the 2008-10, 2017-19 and 2021-23 American Community Surveys (IPUMS). <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__tag\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"cb__hr\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 0; max-width:640px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<!-- register a callback on this div to see if the native share is supported -->\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"share-modal__overlay\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"share-modal__overlay-f3c9696e-144b-4d8d-b086-6b7307def2c2\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--web-share-supported=\"state.webShareSupported\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.hideModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.hideModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-chart-view=\"share\"\n\t\t\t><\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- TODO: I would like to be able to use the social share block here. 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