Chinese Americans
ethnic group; Americans of Chinese ancestry
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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.
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| Total population | |
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| 4,888,040[1] 1.5% of the U.S. population (2016) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| 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 | |
| Languages | |
| 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) | |
| Religion | |
| Unaffiliated, Buddhism, Protestantism, Catholicism[4] and Taoism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| 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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| Simplified Chinese | 华裔美国人 | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 美國華人 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 美国华人 | ||||||||||||
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- ↑ "ASIAN ALONE OR IN ANY COMBINATION BY SELECTED GROUPS: 2016". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Ethnologue report for language code: cdo". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ↑ "Ethnologue report for language code: wuu". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ↑ "Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths". The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Pew Research Center. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
Unaffiliated 52%, Protestant 22%, Buddhist 15%, Catholic 8%
Other websites change
Media related to Chinese Americans at Wikimedia Commons
- Stanford page Archived 2013-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Factfinder Chinese Americans 2005 American Community Survey Archived 2020-02-12 at Archive.today
- The Rocky Road to Liberty: A Documented History of Chinese American Immigration and Exclusion Archived 2009-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Famous Chinese Americans Comprehensive list of famous Chinese Americans organized by professions. Includes short biographical notes and Chinese names.
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