Asian Americans in California

Asian Americans in California
Total population
	7,045,163, 20% (Alone and in combination, 2024)
Regions with significant populations
San Francisco Bay Area	Fremont, San Mateo County, San Francisco, San Jose/Santa Clara County areas
Los Angeles County/Southern California	Irvine and Westminster, Orange County; San Gabriel Valley, West Los Angeles
Languages
	English, Spanish Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Hindustani, Korean, Japanese, Khmer, Hmong, Thai, Lao, other Languages of Asia
Religion
	Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Irreligion, Others
Related ethnic groups
	Asian Americans

Asian Californians are residents of the state of California who are of Asian ancestry. California has the largest Asian American population in the U.S., and second highest proportion of Asian American residents, after Hawaii. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, there were over 6 million Asian-Americans in California; 15.5% of the state's population.^[3] If including those with partial Asian ancestry, this figure is around 17%. This is a jump from 13.8% recorded in 2010.^[4]

The largest Asian American ethnic subgroups in California are Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Indian Americans, and Vietnamese Americans. Asian Americans in California are concentrated in the San Francisco-San José and Los Angeles metropolitan areas.

^ Jonathan H. X. Lee; Kathleen M. Nadeau (2011). Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife. ABC-CLIO. pp. 333–334. ISBN 978-0-313-35066-5. Since the Philippines was colonized by Spain, Filipino Americans in general can speak and understand Spanish too.
^ Adults in California who identify as Asian - Religion in America
^ "QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau.
^ "California QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau". Quickfacts.census.gov. 2011. Archived from the original on December 28, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2013.

[SpanishChinese-1] Jonathan H. X. Lee; Kathleen M. Nadeau (2011). Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife. ABC-CLIO. pp. 333–334. ISBN 978-0-313-35066-5. Since the Philippines was colonized by Spain, Filipino Americans in general can speak and understand Spanish too.

[2] Adults in California who identify as Asian - Religion in America

[3] "QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau.

[census-4] "California QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau". Quickfacts.census.gov. 2011. Archived from the original on December 28, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2013.

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