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IMO they're equal..and this is coming from someone who grew up in LA and went to university in the Bay Area. LA has it on population, but the Bay Area has a wider regional representation than LA does. Keep in mind that LA really doesn't have very many South Asians, and NYC doesn't have very many Southeast Asians, while the Bay Area has a large number of all 3. Every single one of my Asian friends here in LA see the Bay Area as some shangri la for Asian people for one reason or another simply because you can go to almost any part of the Bay Area and come across Asians to an extent that isn't true for the LA, with the exception of Marin and Sonoma of course.
And for the past few years, the Asian population in NorCal has been growing faster by percentage and raw number simply due to Silicon Valley and biotech.
Really though, it's splitting hairs. Only the biggest homers would argue otherwise.
Actually..I have a distinct feeling it's going to be non Californians who are gonna make this thread 'interesting'...
Last edited by Lifeshadower; 11-06-2011 at 01:48 AM..
I would say they are both pretty representative
the SF bay area has more of a historical edge, as far as it was the main entry port for the chinese inmigrants who came to help build the transcontinental railroads and work during the gold rush.
Nowadays I would say that So.Cal has an edge due to its overall larger asian population as well as a more diverse one, the largest cambodian, vietnamese, korean, phillipines communities in the US are located in So.Cal as are many others.
The Bay Area has a far higher proportion of Asians than the other 2. 1 in 4 Bay Area residents is either Asian or Asian combined with another race.
Asian Alone, 2010
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland 1,676,939 22.5%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside 2,199,186 12.3%
New York-Newark-Bridgeport 2,008,906 9.1%
Asians combined with another race(s), 2010
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland 198,512 2.7%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside 282,026 1.6%
New York-Newark-Bridgeport 201,748 0.9%
Asians Alone & Combined with another race(Multiracial Asians), 2010
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 1,875,451 25.1% of the total CSA population
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside 2,481,212 13.9%
New York-Newark-Bridgeport 2,210,654 10.0%
I hadnt even realized it was that high.
As far as being a hub-that's subjective, but despite being 3rd in Asian population, the Bay Area has the higher number and percentage of high income Asian households:
Asian Households Earning $100,000+ Annually, 2010
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland 237,548 44.9% of all Asian Households
New York-Newark-Bridgeport 234,202 37.3%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside 225,077 32.1%
Median Asian Household Income, 2010
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland $86,993
New York-Newark-Bridgeport $72,127
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside $65,075
Median Asian Family Income, 2010
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland $97,229
New York-Newark-Bridgeport $79,018
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside $73,403
As far as educational attainment, they are all very impressive with NY edging out the Bay Area
Asian Adults with a Bachelor Degree of Higher, 2010
New York-Newark-Bridgeport 740,132 52.7% of all Asian Adults
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland 613,938 51.0%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside 780,650 49.4%
Asian Adults with a Graduate Degree, 2010
New York-Newark-Bridgeport 303,164 21.6% of all Asian Adults
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland 241,244 20.0%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside 232,087 14.7%
SF = Chinese and to a lesser extent, Indian, due to Silicon Valley. The rest = LA
It seems like you and some others have a skewed idea of what the Bay Area's asian population is like. Yes, Chinese people are the largest group (just as they are in LA), but they are definitely not the only large Asian group in the Bay.
Bay Area CSA Asian population (from the 2010 census):
Chinese - 592,865 (35.4% of the Asian population)
Filipino - 382,950 (22.8%)
Indian - 245,685 (14.7%)
Vietnamese - 186,225 (11.1%)
Korean - 73,588 (4.4%)
Japanese - 70,151 (4.2%)
other - 125,475 (7.5%)
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total - 1,676,939 (22.5% of the total CSA population)
Los Angeles CSA Asian population (from the 2010 census):
Chinese - 522,900 (23.8% of the Asian population)
Filipino - 505,578 (23.0%)
Korean - 334,329 (15.2%)
Vietnamese - 302,865 (13.8%)
Indian - 152,595 (6.9%)
Japanese - 148,929 (6.8%)
other - 231,990 (10.5%)
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total - 2,199,186 (12.3% of the total CSA population)
The Bay Area has close to as many Asians as LA, but with a much smaller total population, and as such is clearly the most Asian metro in the US as a percentage, outside of Honolulu. LA's Asian population does appear to be a little bit more balanced/diverse though overall.
IMO SoCal is the Asian Culture Capital... bubble tea, import scene, etc. all got popular in SoCal first then spread across the rest of America and Canada.
It seems like you and some others have a skewed idea of what the Bay Area's asian population is like. Yes, Chinese people are the largest group (just as they are in LA), but they are definitely not the only large Asian group in the Bay.
Bay Area CSA Asian population (from the 2010 census):
Chinese - 592,865 (35.4% of the Asian population)
Filipino - 382,950 (22.8%)
Indian - 245,685 (14.7%)
Vietnamese - 186,225 (11.1%)
Korean - 73,588 (4.4%)
Japanese - 70,151 (4.2%)
other - 125,475 (7.5%)
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total - 1,676,939 (22.5% of the total CSA population)
Los Angeles CSA Asian population (from the 2010 census):
Chinese - 522,900 (23.8% of the
Asian population)
Filipino - 505,578 (23.0%)
Korean - 334,329 (15.2%)
Vietnamese - 302,865 (13.8%)
Indian - 152,595 (6.9%)
Japanese - 148,929 (6.8%)
other - 231,990 (10.5%)
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total - 2,199,186 (12.3% of the total CSA population)
The Bay Area has close to as many Asians as LA, but with a much smaller total population, and as such is clearly the most Asian metro in the US as a percentage, outside of Honolulu. LA's Asian population does appear to be a little bit more balanced/diverse though overall.
You wouldn't happen to gave a breakdown of NY's Asian population, would you? Good info.
This is a tough one. It's clear that Asians are more visible in the Bay area simply because they constitute a far larger share of the total population, and are the largest racial minority in most of the heavily populated parts of the Bay Area. Also, the Bay Area has a far more visible South Asian population than the LA area.
That having been said, the LA area has a much more significant Korean and Japanese populations, two groups that they Bay Area seems to not have in abundance, while having large amounts of most of the East and Southeast Asian groups that are present in the Bay Area.
Why is the OP so obsessed with California? Is Australia really that boring?
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with NY edging out the Bay Area
