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U.S. Asian Population, Census 2000

National originPopulation1Percent
Total211,898,828100.0%
Asian Indian1,899,59916.0
Bangladeshi57,4120.5
Bhutanese212(3)
Burmese16,7200.1
Cambodian206,0521.7
Chinese, except Taiwanese2,734,84123.0
Filipino2,364,81519.9
Hmong186,3101.6
Indo-Chinese199(3)
Indonesian63,0730.5
Iwo Jiman78(3)
Japanese1,148,9329.7
Korean1,228,42710.3%
Laotian198,2031.7
Malaysian18,5660.2
Maldivian51(3)
Nepalese9,3990.1
Okinawan10,5990.1
Pakistani204,3091.7
Singaporean2,394(3)
Sri Lankan24,5870.2
Taiwanese144,7951.2
Thai150,2831.3
Vietnamese1,223,73610.3
Other Asian, not specified369,4303.1
1. The numbers by national origin do not add up to the total population figure because respondents may have put down more than one country. Respondents reporting several countries are counted several times.
2. Total includes Asians alone or in combination with one or more other races or other Asian groups. The Asian population alone in 2000 was 10,242,998.
3. Less than 0.1%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.

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