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Filipino - VA Beach. Its percentage is on par with cities like Long Beach and one of the highest for a large city in the country, largest concentration outside the West Coast.
Tibetans - Queens. Largest concentration in the world outside of Tibet, aside from Dharamsala, India.
South Brooklyn is more specifically Russian Jews/Jews from former Iron Curtain.
And it seems like there is more Chinese moving in too.
Certain parts. Chinese are mostly in the “southwest” areas. Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and Sunset Park. Midwood, Sheepshead Bay always had a good presence of them especially on east 16th street for some reason and Avenue U which I’m not sure if it’s Chinese or Vietnamese but not taking over in the same sense as the three areas I put up there.
Famous Associations: (this will be very northeast centric as im most familiar with northesst obviously)
Portuguese: Massachusetts, Rhode Island (Fall River, New Bedford, Provincetown)
Italian: Jersey, New York City, Philadelphia, Boston (Brooklyn, North End)
Irish: Boston, New York, Chicago (Southie)
Russian: Brooklyn
Puerto Rican: Orlando, The Bronx, Springfield MA, Chicago
Dominican: The Bronx, Providence, Lawrence MA
Cuban: Miami, Jersey
Brazilian: Framingham MA, SoFlo
Greeks: Boston, Astoria Queens
Jews: Brooklyn, Jersey, Boca Raton, LA
By far the highest concentration of Cambodians (13% Cambodian), the only US city with a Cambodian Mayor, ever. First US city with a Cambodian City Councilor.
2nd in # only to Long Beach CA (4% Cambodian).
The most Camobian states in the US? #1 Rhode Island at .5% Cambodian #2 Massachusetts at .4% Cambodian.
Many Vietnamese immigrants have settled along the Gulf Coast from the LA/MS state line going east to Bayou la Batre, Alabama. They mainly work in the fishing and seafood industry.
Albanians--NYC has the largest number on the country, IIRC, and most of them seem to be living in the Bronx
Portuguese/Brazilians -- The Ironbound section of Newark NJ is still a regional (commercial/entertainment/retail) hub for them, though I think they're ceding ground now to other groups
Filipino - VA Beach. Its percentage is on par with cities like Long Beach and one of the highest for a large city in the country, largest concentration outside the West Coast.
Tibetans - Queens. Largest concentration in the world outside of Tibet, aside from Dharamsala, India.
Berkeley, CA also has a small Tibetan community.
What about for Uighurs and people from Central Asia/Stans ?
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