List of U.S. cities with significant Chinese-American populations

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Cities considered to have significant Chinese-American populations are large U.S. cities or municipalities with a critical mass of at least 1% of the total urban population; medium-sized cities with a critical mass of at least 1% of their total population; and small cities with a critical mass of at least 10% of the total population.

According to the 2012 Census estimates,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the three metropolitan areas with the largest Chinese-American populations were the Greater New York Combined Statistical Area at 735,019 people, the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area at 629,243 people, and the Greater Los Angeles Combined Statistical Area at about 566,968 people. In the post-1965 era, first- and second-generation immigrants include those from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Also included in the Chinese-American population enumeration are ethnic Chinese from Malaysia and Vietnam who might identify themselves as Chinese, thus skewing the census reporting.

New York City is home to by far the highest Chinese-American population of any city proper, with an estimated 573,388 Chinese-Americans in New York City,<ref name=NYCChinese/> significantly higher than the total of the next five cities combined; multiple large Chinatowns in Manhattan, Brooklyn (three), and Queens (three) are thriving as traditionally urban enclaves, as large-scale Chinese immigration continues into New York,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> with the largest metropolitan Chinese population outside Asia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Los Angeles County city of Monterey Park has the highest percentage of Chinese-Americans of any municipality, at 43.7% of its population, or 24,758 people. The San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County is the single largest concentration of combined Chinese and Taiwanese Americans in the country,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> having a collections of U.S. suburbs with large foreign-born Chinese-speaking populations, ranging from working-class individuals residing in Rosemead and El Monte to wealthier immigrants living in Arcadia, San Marino, and Diamond Bar. A similar demographic shift has also taken place in the southern half of the San Francisco Bay Area. Conversely, the suburbs of New York City within the state of New Jersey are notable for their widespread and increasing prevalence of Chinese-Americans (see list below), reflecting their general affluence and propensity for professional occupation.

Metropolitan areas with more than 20,000 Chinese-Americans

The list of metropolitan areas with a Chinese-American population of 20,000 or more Template:As of.

Rank	MSA	Region	Chinese-Americans	Percentage
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City	Mid-Atlantic	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim	Pacific	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward	Pacific	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara	Pacific	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
5	Boston-Cambridge-Newton	New England	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
6	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin	East North Central	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria	South Atlantic	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue	Pacific	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
9	Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land	West South Central	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
10	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington	Mid-Atlantic	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
11	Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade	Pacific	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
12	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington	West South Central	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
13	San Diego-Carlsbad	Pacific	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
14	Urban Honolulu	Pacific	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
15	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario	Pacific	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
16	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell	South Atlantic	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
17	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach	South Atlantic	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
18	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro	Pacific	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
19	Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise	Pacific	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
20	Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale	Mountain	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
21	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington	West North Central	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
22	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn	East North Central	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
23	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson	South Atlantic	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
24	Austin-Round Rock	West South Central	Template:Nts	Template:Nts

Large-sized cities

The list of large cities (population greater than 250,000) with a Chinese-American population of at least 1% of the total population, Template:As of.

Rank	City	State	Chinese-Americans	Percentage
1	San Francisco<ref name="sanfrancisco" group="n">San Francisco is a consolidated city-county.</ref>	California	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2	Irvine	California	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
3	Oakland	California	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
4	San Jose	California	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
5	New York<ref name="newyork" group="n">Further subdivided into 5 boroughs which are also counties of its own rights.</ref>	New York	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
6	Plano	Texas	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
7	Honolulu<ref name="honolulu" group="n">Honolulu is a consolidated city-county.</ref>	Hawaii	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
8	Boston	Massachusetts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
9	Seattle	Washington	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
10	Sacramento	California	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
11	Jersey City	New Jersey	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
12	San Diego	California	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
13	Fairfax<ref name="fairfax" group="n">Officially, a County under Urban County Executive Form of Government. (Essentially, a highly urbanized county-city.)</ref>	Virginia	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
14	Philadelphia<ref name="philadelphia" group="n">Philadelphia is a consolidated city-county.</ref>	Pennsylvania	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
15	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
16	Stockton	California	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
17	Portland	Oregon	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
18	Los Angeles	California	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
19	Chicago	Illinois	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
20	Austin	Texas	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
21	Durham	North Carolina	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
22	Houston	Texas	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
23	Riverside	California	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
24	Anaheim	California	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
25	Columbus	Ohio	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
26	Henderson	Nevada	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
27	Raleigh	North Carolina	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
28	Lexington<ref name="lexington" group="n">Lexington is a consolidated city-county.</ref>	Kentucky	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
29	Washington<ref name="washington" group="n">Washington is a federal district.</ref>	District of Columbia	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
30	Long Beach	California	Template:Nts	Template:Nts

New York City boroughs

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Rank	Borough	County	Chinese-Americans	Percentage
1	Queens Template:Small	Queens	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2	Brooklyn Template:Small	Kings	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
3	Manhattan Template:Small	New York	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
4	Staten Island	Richmond	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
5	The Bronx	Bronx	Template:Nts	Template:Nts

Medium-sized cities

List of medium-sized cities (population between 100,000 and 250,000) with a Chinese-American population of at least one percent of the total population, according to the American Community Survey.

Small-sized cities

The following is a list of places in the United States with a population fewer than 100,000 in which at least three percent (five percent in Los Angeles or San Francisco Bay areas) of the total population is Chinese, according to the 2010-2015 American Community Survey, and the 2010 U.S. Census for the U.S. territories.

American Samoa

Rank	City <ref>U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder - 2010 summary file [Geography set to "Atu'u village, American Samoa".] URL unavailable.</ref>	Percentage
1	Atu'u	Template:Nts

California

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City	County	Chinese-Americans	Percentage
Davis	Yolo	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Isla Vista	Santa Barbara	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Florin	Sacramento	Template:Nts	Template:Nts

Greater Los Angeles Area

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The majority of the Chinese-American population of more than 400,000 in Los Angeles County lives within the San Gabriel Valley, which is particularly noted for cities that have a large Chinese-American ethnic plurality. The following cities have the highest percentage of Chinese-Americans in Greater Los Angeles.

San Francisco Bay Area

Traditionally centered in San Francisco and Chinatown Oakland, the suburbanization of the Bay Area's Chinese-American population has resulted in significant concentrations in the southwestern East Bay, eastern Peninsula, and northern Santa Clara County. Chinese enclaves have also formed in many of these cities, in a similar manner to that of Southern California's San Gabriel Valley.

Delaware

Rank	City	Percentage
1	Hockessin	Template:Nts

Georgia

Rank	City	Percentage
1	Berkeley Lake, Georgia	Template:Nts
2	Duluth, Georgia	Template:Nts
3	Doraville, Georgia	Template:Nts

Guam

Rank	City <ref>U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder. 2010 summary file [Geography set to "Tamuning village, Guam" / "Hagatna village, Guam"]. URL unavailable.</ref>	Percentage
1	Tamuning (including Tumon)	Template:Nts
2	Hagåtña	Template:Nts

Hawaii

Rank	City	County	Chinese-Americans	Percentage
1	East Honolulu	Honolulu	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2	Kalaheo	Kauai	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
3	Waimea	Kauai	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
4	Volcano	Hawaii	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
5	Aiea	Honolulu	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
6	Halawa	Honolulu	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
7	Laie	Honolulu	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
8	Heʻeia	Honolulu	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
9	Ko Olina	Honolulu	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
10	Pearl City	Honolulu	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
11	Kaneohe	Honolulu	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
12	Waikele	Honolulu	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
13	Punaluu	Honolulu	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
14	Wailuā Homesteads	Kauai	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
15	Discovery Harbour	Hawaii	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
16	Maunawili	Honolulu	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
17	Wailuku	Maui	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
18	Kailua	Honolulu	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
19	Waimalu	Honolulu	Template:Nts	Template:Nts

Indiana

Rank	City	Percentage
1	West Lafayette	Template:Nts
2	Carmel	Template:Nts

New Jersey

Rank	City	Percentage
1	Kingston	Template:Nts
2	Holmdel Township	Template:Nts
3	West Windsor Township	Template:Nts
4	Montgomery Township	Template:Nts
5	Plainsboro Township	Template:Nts
6	Englewood Cliffs	Template:Nts
7	Fort Lee	Template:Nts
8	Harrison	Template:Nts
9	Bernards Township	Template:Nts
10	East Brunswick	Template:Nts
11	Warren Township	Template:Nts
12	Livingston	Template:Nts
13	Montville	Template:Nts
14	Bridgewater Township	Template:Nts
15	Alpine	Template:Nts
16	Marlboro Township	Template:Nts
17	New Providence	Template:Nts
18	Edison	Template:Nts
19	Parsippany-Troy Hills	Template:Nts
20	Cranbury Township	Template:Nts
21	Piscataway Township	Template:Nts
22	Kendall Park	Template:Nts
23	East Hanover	Template:Nts
24	South Brunswick Township	Template:Nts
25	Closter	Template:Nts
26	Princeton Township	Template:Nts
27	Highland Park	Template:Nts
28	Berkeley Heights	Template:Nts
29	Princeton Junction	Template:Nts
30	Dayton	Template:Nts
31	Millburn	Template:Nts
32	Cresskill	Template:Nts
33	Paramus	Template:Nts
34	Edgewater	Template:Nts

Northern Mariana Islands

Rank	City <ref name="CNMI">U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder. 2010 summary file [Geography set to "Tinian municipality, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands" / "Saipan municipality, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands"]. URL unavailable.</ref>	Percentage
1	Tinian	Template:Nts
2	Saipan	Template:Nts

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Ohio

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Rank	City	Percentage
1	Glenwillow	Template:Nts
2	Solon	Template:Nts
3	Oxford	Template:Nts
4	Athens	Template:Nts
5	Dublin	Template:Nts

Texas

Rank	City	Percentage
1	Sugar Land	Template:Nts
2	New Territory	Template:Nts
3	Bellaire	Template:Nts
4	Richardson	Template:Nts
5	Jollyville	Template:Nts

Washington

The overwhelming majority of these cities are in King County, while three others (Edmonds, Lynnwood, and Mill Creek) are in Snohomish County. Pullman is in Whitman County.

Rank	City	Percentage
1	Newcastle	Template:Nts
2	Redmond	Template:Nts
3	Sammamish	Template:Nts
4	Mercer Island	Template:Nts
5	Clyde Hill	Template:Nts
6	Pullman	Template:Nts
7	West Lake	Template:Nts
8	Bryn Mawr-Skyway	Template:Nts
9	Shoreline	Template:Nts

See also

• Chinatown
• List of U.S. cities with Asian American majority populations
• List of U.S. cities with large Japanese-American populations
• List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations
• List of U.S. cities with large Vietnamese-American populations
• Lists of U.S. cities with large ethnic identity populations

References

Further reading

• Wei Li. "Building Ethnoburbia: The Emergence and Manifestation of the Chinese Ethnoburb in Los Angeles' San Gabriel Valley." Journal of Asian American Studies 2(1): 1-28 (1999).