Japanese Americans
日系アメリカ人 Nikkeiamerikajin | |
|---|---|
Japanese Ancestry by state | |
| Total population | |
| 1,646,953 (2023) (ancestry or ethnic origin, including part-Japanese people)[1] 337,877 (2023)[2] (born in Japan) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Hawaii, San Francisco Bay Area, Greater Seattle, Greater Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City[3]
Other places with notable populations include: New York metropolitan area, Texas, Ohio, Chicago metropolitan area, and Portland metropolitan area | |
| Languages | |
| American English, Japanese | |
| Religion | |
| 47% Unaffiliated 23% Christianity 19% Buddhism 5% Other religions (Shintoism, Islam, Hinduism, etc.) 5% No answer[4] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Japanese people, Ryukyuan Americans |
Japanese Americans (Japanese: 日系アメリカ人) are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in ranking to constitute the sixth largest Asian American group at around 1,469,637, including those of partial ancestry.[5] The United States has the second largest Japanese population outside of Japan, second to only Brazil. However, in terms of Japanese citizens, The United States has the most Japanese-born citizens outside Japan, due to Brazil's Japanese population being multigenerational.
According to the 2010 census, the largest Japanese American communities were found in California with 272,528, Hawaii with 185,502, New York with 37,780, Washington with 35,008, Illinois with 17,542 and Ohio with 16,995.[6] Southern California has the largest Japanese American population in North America and the city of Gardena holds the densest Japanese American population in the 48 contiguous states.[7]
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- ^ "ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 26, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
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- ^ "Cities with the Highest Percentage of Japanese in the United States". ZipAtlas. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020.