Southeast Asian American
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| Southeast Asian American |
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| Total population |
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4,047,174 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Alaska, California, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Washington, D.C., West Coast |
| Languages |
| American English, Burmese, Hmong, Ilocano, Indonesian, Iu Mien, Khmer, Lao, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese, Visayan languages, others |
| Religions |
| Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Shamanism |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Asians and Asian American; Malay race, Tai peoples |
Southeast Asian Americans are people who reside in the United States and are of Southeast Asian descent. They are classified as Asian in the 2000 United States Census, along with East Asian Americans and South Asian Americans.
[edit] History
The first documented presence of Southeast Asians in the present-day United States consisted of Filipinos who landed on October 18, 1587 at Morro Bay, California.[1] Filipinos established what they intended as permanent settlements at Saint Malo in southern Louisiana in 1763. The first Thai Americans settled in North Carolina in 1830. Sustained migration of Filipinos started in 1853, in the form of field laborers. Vietnamese Americans started to arrive in the United States in the 1970s, as brides of U.S. servicemen who were stationed in Vietnam; more sustained Vietnamese immigration occurred at the end of the Vietnam War. Cambodian Americans first immigrated to the United States as students sent abroad by their families. Larger groups of Cambodian Americans arrived as refugees after the 1975 takeover of Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge. Hmong Americans also arrived as refugees after 1975.
The most significant immigration of Southeast Asian Americans began in 1960 and continues to present day.
[edit] External links
- Asian Genes This website discusses the genetic distance of different Asian groups.
- Asian Skin This website discusses the skin color of different Asian groups.
- Asian BloodA website that discusses the frequency of ABO and sickle cell blood types in Asians.
- US Census 2000 foreign born population by country
[edit] Population
| Ancestry | 1990 | 1990 % of US population | 2000 | 2000 % of US population | Percent change from 1990 to 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Burmese |
negligible (no data) |
negligible (no data) |
16,720 | 0.006% | negligible (no data) |
 Cambodian |
135,955 | 0.05% | 197,093 | 0.07% | increased 46% |
 Filipino |
1,450,512 | 0.6% | 2,116,476 | 0.8% | increased 46% |
| Hmong | 84,823 | 0.03% | 140,528 | 0.05% | increased 65.7% |
 Indonesian |
negligible (no data) |
negligible (no data) |
72,552 | 0.03% | negligible (no data) |
 Laotian |
146,947 | 0.06% | 204,284 | 0.07% | increased 35% |
| Mien | 60,000 | 0.02% | 100,000 | 0.04% | increased 67% |
 Thai |
112,110 | 0.04% | 169,801 | 0.06% | increased 30.7% |
 Vietnamese |
535,825 | 0.2% | 1,029,420 | 0.4% | increased 92.1% |
| Total | 2,526,172 | 1% | 4,047,174 | 1.5% | increased 63% |
| Asian Americans | ||
|---|---|---|
| East Asian | Chinese · Japanese · Kalmyk · Korean · Mongolian · Taiwanese |   |
| South Asian | Bangladeshi · Indian · Indo-Caribbean · Nepali · Pakistani · Sri Lankan · Tibetan | |
| Southeast Asian | Burmese · Cambodian · Filipino · Hmong · Indonesian · Laotian · Mien · Thai · Vietnamese | |
| Other | Asian Latino · Amerasian · Afro-Asian · Eurasian · Hapa | |
