Cities with the largest Japanese population (state, rates, America, Los Angeles)

[SEAandATL]

What cities have the largest Japanese population? My guesses would be Honolulu, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and maybe New York.

[Billiam]

Id say defienetly Honolulu, followed by west coast cities

[OneMetropolis]

Originally Posted by SEAandATL

What cities have the largest Japanese population? My guesses would be Honolulu, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and maybe New York.

just what you said. You probaly answered your own question.

[minibrings]

2000 US Census Bureau Statistics:

Honolulu 86,612
LA 36,992
NYC 22,636
SJose 11,484
SF 11.410
SD 9.485
Seattle 8,979
Chicago 5,467

[SEAandATL]

Originally Posted by OneMetropolis

just what you said. You probaly answered your own question.

Just thought there might be others. I may be surprised.

[oilpainter]

Southern California is the home of the largest Japanese American community in the United States , boasting, among other things, 42 prefectural associations, a federation of prefectural associations, Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California, Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Japanese American National Museum , and Keiro Senior Health Care facilities.
(Population)
According to the 2000 census, there are 796,000 people of pure Japanese heritage in the U.S. (288,854 in Southern California) and 1,148,932 Japanese Americans of mixed heritage (394,896), giving California the largest Japanese American population in the country.
The table below illustrates the population distribution of Japanese Americans in the U.S. (Census 2000)
[RIGHT]Nikkei only
Mixed Race [/RIGHT]
[CENTER][/CENTER]
California
( Southern California )
[RIGHT]288,854
177,980
394,896
238,611 [/RIGHT]
[CENTER][/CENTER]
Hawaii
[RIGHT]201,764
296,674 [/RIGHT]
[CENTER][/CENTER]
New York
[RIGHT]37,279
45,237[/RIGHT]

Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles

[18Montclair]

Heres the MSAs by Japanese Population in 2000
1 Honolulu, HI 161,7482
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 148,319
3 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 48,714
4 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 46,469
5 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 32,074
6 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA29,8267Hilo, HI 21,754
8 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 20,260
9 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 19,215
10 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 16,938

[18Montclair]

Here are the Top 5 States by Japanese Ancestry in 2000
1 California 308,923
2 Hawaii 203,253
3 New York 37,552
4 Washington 37,170
5 Illinois 20,918

[oakparkdude]

Tokyo is my guess.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by sukwoo

Tokyo is my guess.

Outside of Japan, Sao Paulo has 1 Million Japanese.


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