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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]
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California
( Southern California )
[RIGHT]288,854
177,980
394,896
238,611 [/RIGHT]
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Hawaii
[RIGHT]201,764
296,674 [/RIGHT]
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New York
[RIGHT]37,279
45,237[/RIGHT]
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
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