Japanese Americans

Japanese Americans

日系アメリカ人 Nikkeiamerikajin
Japanese Ancestry by state
Total population
1,550,875 (0.5% of U.S. population including part-Japanese people)[1] (2020)
Regions with significant populations
Hawaii, San Francisco Bay Area, and Greater Los Angeles[2]
Languages
American English, Japanese
Religion
33% Protestantism 32% Unaffiliated 25% Buddhism 4% Catholicism 4% Shinto[3][4]
Related ethnic groups
Japanese people, Ryukyuan Americans

Japanese Americans (Japanese: 日系アメリカ人) are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in ranking to constitute the sixth largest Asian American group at around 1,469,637, including those of partial ancestry.^[5]

According to the 2010 census, the largest Japanese American communities were found in California with 272,528, Hawaii with 185,502, New York with 37,780, Washington with 35,008, Illinois with 17,542 and Ohio with 16,995.^[6] Southern California has the largest Japanese American population in North America and the city of Gardena holds the densest Japanese American population in the 48 contiguous states.^[7]