Which of these American cities is most likely to become majority Asian in the future? (live, state)
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Seattle will have more and more, but neither will have so many that it'll become majority, or at least likely given their relative locations, as it is in some districts of California or Hawaii
Although Seattle and St. Paul have about the same percentage of Asians(13%&11%)just by virtue of Seattle being on the Westcoast it would more than likely become an Asian majority before St Paul. Like the above person said Asians would never be the majority. Those cities will always be predominately white.
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Oakland (15%) and San Francisco (33%) are far more likely than either Seattle (13%) or Saint Paul to become majority Asian. Seattle area gets the Asian tourists more than the immigrants.
The eastside cities are getting more people from India working in high tech, increasing the Asian percentage to about 17.
San Jose will be an Asian majority in the next 5 years. There are already more asians there than whites, and only 2 points behind hispanic.
Total Population 945,942 - 100.0%
One Race 898,880 - 95.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino 632,306 - 66.8
White alone 271,382 - 28.7%
Black or African American alone 27,508 - 2.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone 2,255 - 0.2%
Asian alone 300,022 - 31.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 3,492 - 0.4%
Some other race alone 1,820 - 0.2%
Two or more races alone 25,827 - 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 313,636 - 33.2%
It's more likely that one of the suburban cities to the east of Seattle will have a Asian majority long before Seattle's population ever grew to that point. Bellevue is now close to 28 percent Asian and still growing fast--along with large Asian populations in Redmond, Renton, and other suburbs to the east.
Seattle itself is probably too expensive and more focused on attracting those who want a trendy urbanlifestyle to really attract larger numbers of Asians in most neighborhoods. Real estate is getting too expensive for many more recent working class Asian immigrants to establish footholds in much of the city and wealthier tech professionals are more inclined to live where they can be closer to the big tech jobs and afford to live in comfortable upper middle class suburban neighborhoods with larger family homes. Seattle will see it's Asian population increase however--probably the traditional areas south of downtown and Beacon Hill will continue to be predominantly Asian--it will just be on a slower level that it's suburbs. It's similar to Portland and Vancouver BC--where while there are Asian neighborhoods in the main city, the largest growth and the most Asian districts tend to be in the suburbs these days.
Although Seattle and St. Paul have about the same percentage of Asians(13%&11%)just by virtue of Seattle being on the Westcoast it would more than likely become an Asian majority before St Paul. Like the above person said Asians would never be the majority. Those cities will always be predominately white.
Even if Asians make more kids than Whites? Wouldn't over time that would have an effect?
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