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If you scroll down to the map, there are a few random counties in Kansas with non-insignificant Vietnamese populations. Refugee resettlement I believe.
Many small and mid-sized towns in the South and Midwest that have a state-run university located in them tend to have a larger than average Asian population. The percentage of Asians seems to increase each year.
West Lafayette, Ind is about 50,000 people and about 17% Asian.
Chapel Hill NC, about 55,000 is about 12% Asian.
Columbia, Missouri, about 125,000 is about 5% Asian.
Bowling Green, Ky is about 5% Asian.
Oxford, MS, about 25,000 and about 5% Asian.
Denton, Texas, about 125,000 and about 5% Asian
West Lafayette, IN is actually 23.5% Asian now.
A few more, surprised these were missed:
Urbana, IL (U of Illinois): 18.9% Asian
Ann Arbor, MI (U of Michigan): 17.2% Asian
Champaign, IL (U of Illinois): 13.3% Asian
East Lansing, MI (Michigan State University): 12.7% Asian
Bentonville, AR (where Wal-Mart is HQ): 11.6% Asian
Ames, IA (Iowa State University): 10.7% Asian
Madison, WI (U of Wisconsin): 9% Asian
Rochester, MN: 7.2% Asian
Ft. Smith, AR: 5.9% Asian
Keep in mind that Asian here means India, China, Afghanistan, Japan, etc. Most of these are East Asian population but in the case of a place like Bentonville, AR it's more Indian. These numbers are only permanent population though. University of Illinois has nearly 6000 students alone from China and most wouldn't be counted in the Census because they aren't permanent residents usually. U of Illinois has over 10,000 foreign students (about the same as USC and UCLA combined IIRC) and I believe it has the highest population of Chinese born students of any university in America. Purdue and Michigan State individually have more China born students than USC.
There is an Asian food delivery startup called Chowbus (based in Chicago) that only delivers authentic Asian food (done by blind taste test). You've got the typical SF, NYC, Chicago, Vancouver, Seattle, Atlanta, and Boston on there (I'm sure LA coming soon) but you also have Champaign, West Lafayette, Ann Arbor, and East Lansing because the amount of foreign born Asian students there is so high.
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Urbana, IL (U of Illinois): 18.9% Asian
Ann Arbor, MI (U of Michigan): 17.2% Asian
Champaign, IL (U of Illinois): 13.3% Asian
East Lansing, MI (Michigan State University): 12.7% Asian
Bentonville, AR (where Wal-Mart is HQ): 11.6% Asian
Ames, IA (Iowa State University): 10.7% Asian
Madison, WI (U of Wisconsin): 9% Asian
Rochester, MN: 7.2% Asian
Ft. Smith, AR: 5.9% Asian
Keep in mind that Asian here means India, China, Afghanistan, Japan, etc. Most of these are East Asian population but in the case of a place like Bentonville, AR it's more Indian. These numbers are only permanent population though. University of Illinois has nearly 6000 students alone from China and most wouldn't be counted in the Census because they aren't permanent residents usually. U of Illinois has over 10,000 foreign students (about the same as USC and UCLA combined IIRC) and I believe it has the highest population of Chinese born students of any university in America. Purdue and Michigan State individually have more China born students than USC.
There is an Asian food delivery startup called Chowbus (based in Chicago) that only delivers authentic Asian food (done by blind taste test). You've got the typical SF, NYC, Chicago, Vancouver, Seattle, Atlanta, and Boston on there (I'm sure LA coming soon) but you also have Champaign, West Lafayette, Ann Arbor, and East Lansing because the amount of foreign born Asian students there is so high.
Which in lies the problem. You cant have a large population of anything while being truly rural. All of these places are small cities ranging from 45k people to 125k people.
Which in lies the problem. You cant have a large population of anything while being truly rural. All of these places are small cities ranging from 45k people to 125k people.
OK, but the OP’s question wanted to know if there were any substantial percentages of Asians in rural areas, not cities. Your list is not of rural areas.
Walnut Grove is a town with approximately 1000 people in southwestern Minnesota, and is roughly 30% Asian. There may be other small towns sprinkled throughout the state with high Asian populations as well (lots of Hmong). Plenty of Mexicans and Somalians can be found in these small towns.
Another example would be Storm Lake, IA. It's a town of about 10K people whose dominant employer is Tyson Foods. About 15% of the community is Asian (and another 40% is Hispanic).
The Gulf Coast has a higher than expected Asian population, don't know if you could classify it as large though. I'm sure Alaska and Hawaii would be dominant in this list.
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