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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 |
Chinese Americans | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 華裔美國人 | ||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 华裔美国人 | ||||||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 美國華人 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 美国华人 | ||||||||||||
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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.
Unaffiliated 52%, Protestant 22%, Buddhist 15%, Catholic 8%
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