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{{Short description|Americans of Taiwanese birth or descent}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Taiwanese Americans
| image            = Map of Taiwanese Americans in 2023.png
| image_caption    = Americans with Taiwanese ancestry by PUMA and state
| population       = '''331,224''' (2023){{Refn|U.S. Census estimate based on self-reported ethnicity<ref name="ACS 2023">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2023.B02018 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=2024-09-21 |title=US Census Data}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}<br>(by ancestry or ethnic origin only)<br/>'''392,012''' (2023)<ref name="USCB Census">{{cite web|title=PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Universe: Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea, 2023 American Community Survey Estimates|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2023.B05006?q=B05006:%20Place%20of%20Birth%20for%20the%20Foreign-Born%20Population%20in%20the%20United%20States}}</ref><br>(born in Taiwan only)<br>
<small>Range:</small> '''195,000'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Taiwanese in U.S. insist their identity is not a 'political choice'— but must be a census option |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/taiwanese-us-insist-identity-not-political-choice-must-census-option-rcna2225 |website=NBC News |date=25 September 2021 |access-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009012622/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/taiwanese-us-insist-identity-not-political-choice-must-census-option-rcna2225 |archive-date=9 October 2021}}</ref> – '''900,595'''<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ocac.gov.tw/public/public.asp?selno=9429&no=9429&level=C |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120916092810/http://www.ocac.gov.tw/public/public.asp?selno=9429&no=9429&level=C|archive-date = 2012-09-16|title = 僑委會全球資訊網}}</ref><br>{{small|'''0.06%–0.3%''' of the U.S. population (2017)}}
| popplace         = [[Los Angeles metropolitan area]], [[Taiwanese in New York City|New York City metropolitan area]], [[San Francisco Bay Area]], [[Greater Boston]], [[Delaware Valley|Philadelphia metropolitan area]], [[Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area]], [[Seattle metropolitan area]], [[Chicago metropolitan area]], [[Greater Houston]], [[Miami metropolitan area]], [[Las Vegas Valley]].
| langs            = [[Taiwanese Mandarin]], [[Taiwanese Hokkien]], [[Formosan languages]]
| rels             = [[Christianity]], [[Taiwanese folk beliefs|Taiwanese folk]] ([[Confucianism]], [[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]])
| related          = [[Overseas Taiwanese]], [[Chinese Americans]]{{Sfn|Ng|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1070}}
| native_name      = [[Traditional Chinese]]: 臺灣裔美國人<br />[[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]]: Tâi-Bí-jîn
| native_name_lang = 
| flag             = {{flagicon|Taiwan|size=35px}} {{flagicon|USA|250px|size=42px}}
}}

'''Taiwanese Americans''' ([[traditional Chinese|Chinese]]: 臺灣裔美國人; [[pinyin]]: ''Táiwān yì měiguó rén''; [[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]]: ''Tâi-Bí-jîn'') are [[Americans]] of [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]] ancestry, including American-born descendants of migrants from the [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan).<ref>{{Harvnb|Jones|Riggs|2014|p=343}}; {{Harvnb|Gu|2006|p=67}}.</ref> A 2008 survey by the Taiwanese government placed the Taiwanese American population at approximately 627,000.{{Sfn|Lee|Barkan|p=1334|2013}}

Taiwanese Americans are the [[List of ethnic groups in the United States by household income#By detailed races/ethnicities|highest-earning American ethnic group]] by [[List of ethnic groups in the United States by per capita income#By detailed races|per capita income]] and have the highest [[Educational attainment in the United States|educational attainment]] of any ethnic group in the United States.<ref>{{Harvnb|Rubenfeld|Chua|p=48|2014}}; {{Harvnb|Gu|2018|p=21}}.</ref> After [[World War II]] and the [[Chinese Civil War]], immigrants from Taiwan first began to arrive in the United States, where Taiwanese immigration was shaped by the [[Hart-Celler Act]] (1965) and the [[Taiwan Relations Act]] (1979).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chen |first=Aspen |date=2021-06-15 |title="Going to America": An overview on Taiwanese Migration to the US |url=https://taiwaninsight.org/2021/06/15/going-to-america-an-overview-on-taiwanese-migration-to-the-us/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website= |series=Taiwan Research Hub |publisher=[[University of Nottingham]] |language=en}}</ref> As of the 2010 U.S. Census, 49% of Taiwanese Americans lived in either [[California]], [[New York (state)|New York]], or [[Texas]].<ref name="USCensus2010">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_PCT7&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213039/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_PCT7&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 February 2020 |title=ASIAN ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OR MORE OTHER RACES, AND WITH ONE OR MORE ASIAN CATEGORIES FOR SELECTED GROUPS |year=2011 |work=[[United States Census Bureau]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]] |access-date=18 February 2011}}</ref> 

Notable Taiwanese Americans include billionaire CEOs [[Jensen Huang]] ([[Nvidia]]), [[Lisa Su]] ([[AMD]]), and [[Morris Chang]] ([[TSMC]]); entrepreneurs [[Jerry Yang]] (co-founder of [[Yahoo]]), [[Steve Chen]] (co-founder of [[YouTube]]), [[Tony Hsieh]] ([[Zappos]]); politicians [[Michelle Wu]], [[Andrew Yang]], [[Lanhee Chen]], and [[Elaine Chao]]; jurists [[Goodwin Liu]], [[Florence Y. Pan|Florence Pan]], and [[James C. Ho|James Ho]]; [[HIV/AIDS]] researcher [[David Ho]], chemist [[David R. Liu]], and [[List of Chinese Nobel laureates#Citizens of Republic of China (Taiwan)|Nobel Prize]] laureates [[Samuel C. C. Ting]] and [[Yuan T. Lee]]. Taiwanese American celebrities include [[NBA]] basketball player [[Jeremy Lin]], singer-songwriter [[Wang Leehom]], and actress [[Constance Wu]].

== Terminology ==
Taiwanese Americans are one of the newest [[Asian American]] ethnic groups in the United States.{{Sfn|Gu|2018|p=18}}{{Sfn|Ng|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1067}} They encompass immigrants to the U.S. from the [[Republic of China]] (known as Taiwan), which is primarily located on the island of [[Formosa]], and their American-born descendants.{{Sfn|Jones|Riggs|2014|p=343}} The country consists mostly of Chinese descendants from the provinces of [[Fujian]] and [[Guangdong]] and their [[Fujianese people|Fujianese]] and [[Hakka people|Hakka]] subgroups (''[[benshengren]]'').<ref>{{Harvnb|Jones|Riggs|2014|p=343}}; {{Harvnb|Lee|Barkan|2013|p=1331}}.</ref> As a result, the [[culture of Taiwan]] also shares many commonalities with [[Chinese culture]] which has often led to the categorization of Taiwanese Americans with [[Chinese Americans]].{{Sfn|Ng|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1067–1068}} Taiwanese immigrants, prior to 1982, were listed in the "China-born population" category in the [[United States census]].{{Sfn|Gu|2006|p=64}}  

Together, immigrants from Taiwan, [[Hong Kong]], and China constitute the three largest groups which form the Chinese American population, each with unique socioeconomic, cultural, and historical backgrounds.{{Sfn|Gu|2018|p=20}}{{Refn|People of Chinese descent are referred to as ''huá qiáo'' (华侨) and ''huá rén'' (华人) in Chinese. According to the [[Pew Research Center]], "A person of Taiwanese descent (tái wān rén, or 台湾人) may or may not identify with these Chinese diasporic concepts."<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep63649.16 |title=Appendix: How we defined the survey's Taiwanese sample |last1=Ruiz |first1=Neil G. |last2=Im |first2=Carolyne |date=2023 |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]] |pages=55–61 |jstor=resrep63649.16 |last3=Huang |first3=Christine |last4=Silver |first4=Laura |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}} The term "Taiwanese American" may be considered a subgroup of "Chinese American", though multiple Taiwanese ethnic groups—i.e., [[Taiwanese indigenous peoples]] or Fujianese descendants from [[Zhangzhou]] or [[Quanzhou]]—distinguish themselves from mainland China, and the experience of Taiwanese immigrants differ from that of other Chinese immigrant groups.{{Sfn|Lee|Barkan|2013|p=1331}} 

The identity of being Taiwanese among both immigrants and descendants in the U.S. has multiple dimensions and has changed over time.{{Sfn|Avenarius|Ember|Ember|2004|p=858}} Since the leaders, social elites, and affiliates of the nationalist [[Republic of China (1912–1949)]], under its [[Kuomintang]] government, moved to Taiwan in 1949, Taiwanese Americans also include these [[mainland Chinese]] migrants (known as ''[[waishengren]]''). The group is more closely associated with China and may also identify as Chinese immigrants or Chinese Americans.{{Sfn|Gu|2018|p=19}} However, Taiwanese Americans who consider Taiwan to be [[Taiwan independence movement|independent from China]] favor a separate political and cultural identity and have lobbied to be counted as a distinct population in the [[United States census]].{{Sfn|Ng|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1067}}{{Refn|The 2000 U.S. Census recorded 144,795 self-identified Taiwanese residents in the U.S., a number that multiple Taiwanese groups criticized as inaccurate and underrepresentative. As a result, Taiwanese political organizations and student organizations campaigned in the [[2010 United States census]] for the option to write in "Taiwanese".{{Sfn|Lee|Barkan|2013|p=1336}}|group=lower-alpha}}

== History ==
The first Taiwanese immigrants to the United States arrived in the late 19th century, but significant immigration from the island to the U.S. only began in the mid-20th century, when Taiwanese migrants traveled to the U.S. in search of educational opportunities either on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] or [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]], particularly in scientific fields.{{Sfn|Jones|Riggs|2014|p=343}}{{Sfn|Gu|2018|p=20}} After the end of [[World War II]], the [[Chinese Communist Party|Communist]] victory in the [[Chinese Civil War]] forced the nationalist [[Kuomintang]] government to [[Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan|retreat to Taiwan]] in 1949. American aid to Taiwan in the wake of the [[Korean War]] (1950–1953) supported the Kuomintang government and culminated in the 1954 [[Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China]], which precipitated a small influx of Taiwanese immigrants to come to the United States.{{Sfn|Ng|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1067}}  

From 1949 up until 1979, the United States recognized the [[Kuomintang]]-led ROC as the sole legitimate government of China. As a result, immigration from Taiwan was counted under within the same quota for both mainland China and Taiwan. However, because the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) banned emigration to the United States until 1977, the quota for immigrants from China was almost exclusively filled by immigrants from Taiwan. In 1979, the United States broke diplomatic relations with the ROC, while the [[Taiwan Relations Act]] gave Taiwan a separate immigration quota from that of the PRC.

Before the late 1960s, immigrants from Taiwan to the United States tended to be "[[waishengren|mainland Chinese]]" who had immigrated to Taiwan with the Kuomintang (KMT) after the [[Chinese Civil War]]. Later immigrants tended to increasingly be Taiwanese ''benshengren'', or Han Taiwanese whose ancestors had already lived in Taiwan before 1949. Taiwanese immigration to the United States began to subside in the early-1980s due to improving economic and political conditions in Taiwan.

A wave of Taiwanese investment in the 2020s especially around the [[TSMC Arizona]] megaproject brought with it a surge of Taiwanese moving to the US for temporary or permanent work in support of these projects. In 2024 a record 137,000 Taiwanese went overseas to work in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Strong |first1=Matthew |title=Record number of Taiwanese head to US for work |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6248090 |website=taiwannews.com.tw |publisher=Taiwan News |access-date=22 November 2025}}</ref>

== Socioeconomics <!-- Demographics and culture -->==
{{See also|Model minority}}

=== Education ===
{{Quotebox
| quote = One Taiwanese American mother explained in a recent study, “the child’s personal academic achievement is the value and honor of the whole family....If you do good, you bring honor to the family and [do] not lose face. A lot of value is placed on the child to do well for the family. It starts from kindergarten.”{{Sfn|Rubenfeld|Chua|2014|p=13}}

When asked open-endedly in a recent study what makes children do well in school, almost a third of Taiwanese American mothers—compared with zero white American mothers—brought up family honor.{{Sfn|Rubenfeld|Chua|2014|p=110}}
| source = — Law professors [[Amy Chua]] and [[Jed Rubenfeld]], ''[[The Triple Package]]'' (2014)
| width = 300px
}}
Taiwanese Americans are the most educated ethnic group in the United States.{{Sfn|Gu|2018|p=21}} Both Taiwanese immigrant men and women in the U.S. consist primarily of professionals with high income and high [[educational attainment]].{{Sfn|Gu|2018|p=21–22}} Largely influenced by [[Traditional Confucian ethics|traditional Confucian beliefs]] widespread in Taiwan,{{Refn|According to sociology professor Chien-Juh Gu of [[Western Michigan University]]:<br /> "Confucian teaching prioritizes education. Taiwanese children are expected to devote themselves to study from a young age, and parents are usually involved in their children’s education. Students must pass rigid entrance exams in order to attend high school, college, and graduate school, and the intense academic competition brings a great deal of pressure on the youth. Many teenagers spend most of their leisure time in private after-school programs that prepare them for exams."{{Sfn|Gu|2006|p=122}}|group=lower-alpha}} Taiwanese American culture places the greatest emphasis on education.<ref>{{harvnb|Ng|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1068}}; {{Harvnb|Gu|2006|p=173, 181}}; {{harvnb|Avenarius|Ember|Ember|2004|p=861}}.</ref> According to a 2000 survey, children's education was considered by Taiwanese couples as a family's most important decision.{{Sfn|Gu|2006|p=180–181}}

The main focus of the Taiwanese American family is the achievement of the highest level of education for children, who "are encouraged to study hard and attempt to attend outstanding universities and graduate schools".<ref name=":0">{{harvnb|Avenarius|Ember|Ember|2004|p=861–862}}: "The main focus of all Taiwanese American families is to ensure the best possible education for their children. Both boys and girls are encouraged to study hard and attempt to attend outstanding universities and graduate schools."{{Br|2}}{{Harvnb|Gu|2006|p=181}}: "Fully aware of the importance of education and having grown up in an educationally competitive society, Taiwanese parents tend to emphasize educational achievements above everything else in their practices of parenting."</ref> In addition to supporting extracurricular activities, Taiwanese American parents "support the development of musical skills over athletic skills [and support] engagement in social causes," with a large portion choosing to enroll their children in Chinese language schools that teach Chinese culture, history, martial arts, and [[Standard Chinese]] as opposed to [[Southern Min]] dialects such as [[Taiwanese Hokkien]].{{Sfn|Avenarius|Ember|Ember|2004|p=861}} Parents devote and invest themselves financially in youth education, especially for boys; a child's academic achievements are considered as collective achievements for the family as a whole.{{Sfn|Gu|2006|p=122}}

In 2010, 73.7 percent of Taiwanese Americans had earned a [[bachelor's degree]] or higher, a percentage significantly higher compared to the American average of 17.6 percent.{{Sfn|Gu|2018|p=21–22}}{{Refn|Estimates indicate that a disproportionate percentage of Taiwanese students attend elite universities despite constituting less than 0.5% of the U.S. population. Taiwanese Americans have the highest education attainment level in the United States, surpassing any other ethnic group in the country, according to U.S Census Bureau data released in 2010. According to the 2010 Labor Statistics from U.S. Census Bureau, 73.6% of all Taiwanese Americans have attained a bachelor's degree or higher.  (Compared to 28.2% nationally and 49.9% for all [[Asian American]] groups). 80.0% of Taiwanese American men attained a bachelor's degree and 68.3% of Taiwanese American women attained a bachelor's degree. 39.1% of all Taiwanese in the United States possess a master's, doctorate or other professional degree, nearly four times the national average.<ref>{{cite web|author=American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_S0201&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213701/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_S0201&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-02-12 |title=United States – Selected Population Profile in the United States (Asian alone) |publisher=Factfinder.census.gov |access-date=2011-12-26}}</ref><ref name="census1">{{cite web|author=American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_S0201&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213701/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_S0201&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-02-12 |title=United States – Selected Population Profile in the United States (Taiwanese alone) |publisher=Factfinder.census.gov |access-date=2011-12-26}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}} In the 2013 [[American Community Survey]], over 94 percent of Taiwanese Americans had at least a high school degree or higher.{{Sfn|Chang|2017|p=6}} As of 2018, in the [[Chicago metropolitan area]], where more than 80 percent of the Taiwanese American population in the [[Midwestern United States]] resides, 97 percent of Taiwanese Americans aged 25 years or older had at least a [[high school diploma]] and 84 percent had gone on to earn a bachelor's degree or higher—the highest educational attainment of all other ethnic groups in the area.{{Sfn|Gu|2018|p=22}} In 1990, 62 percent of immigrants from Taiwan to the U.S. completed at least four years of college, compared to 46 percent of [[Hong Kong Americans]], 31 percent of immigrants from China, and 21 percent of non-Hispanic whites aged 25 to 64.{{Sfn|Hsu|2015|p=241–242}} 
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+Educational Attainment in [[American Community Survey|ACS]] 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=002%20-%20White%20alone%3A012%20-%20Asian%20alone%20%28400-499%29%3A013%20-%20Asian%20Indian%20alone%20%28400-401%29%3A014%20-%20Bangladeshi%20alone%20%28402%29%3A015%20-%20Cambodian%20alone%20%28405-409%29%3A017%20-%20Chinese%20%28except%20Taiwanese%29%20alone%20%28410-411%29%3A018%20-%20Taiwanese%20alone%20%28412-419%29%3A019%20-%20Filipino%20alone%20%28420-421%29%3A020%20-%20Hmong%20alone%20%28422%29%3A021%20-%20Indonesian%20alone%20%28423-429%29%3A022%20-%20Japanese%20alone%20%28430-439%29%3A023%20-%20Korean%20alone%20%28440-441%29%3A024%20-%20Laotian%20alone%20%28442%29%3A026%20-%20Pakistani%20alone%20%28445%29%3A028%20-%20Thai%20alone%20%28447-449%29%3A029%20-%20Vietnamese%20alone%20%28450-459%29%3A073%20-%20Burmese%20alone%20%28404%29%3A076%20-%20Nepalese%20alone%20%28472%29&tid=ACSSPP1Y2019.S0201&moe=false&tp=false&hidePreview=true |title=S0201: Selected Population Profile in the United States |author=American Community Survey |year=2019 |work=American Community Survey 2019 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 31, 2021}}</ref>
!Ethnicity!!Bachelor's degree or higher!!High school graduate or higher
|-
| style="background: #99CCFF" |'''Taiwanese'''||align=right|'''78.8%'''|| align="right" |'''95.7%'''
|-
|[[Indian Americans|Indian]]||align=right|75.7%||align=right|92.7%
|-
|[[Pakistani Americans|Pakistani]]||align=right|59.8%||align=right|89.4%
|-
|[[Korean Americans|Korean]]||align=right|58.9%||align=right|93.3%
|-
|[[Chinese Americans|Chinese]] average ||align=right|56.7%||align=right|84.1%
|-
|[[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]]||align=right|55.8%||align=right|92.3%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] average||align=right|55.6%||align=right|87.8%
|-
|[[Japanese Americans|Japanese]]||align=right|53.7%||align=right|96.1%
|-
|[[Filipino Americans|Filipino]]||align=right|49.8%||align=right|93.5%
|-
|[[White Americans|Non-Hispanic White]]||align=right|34.4%||align=right|90.4%
|-style="background:#ccc;"
| General US Population||align=right|33.1%||align=right|88.6%
|}

=== Employment and income ===
{| class="wikitable" align=right
! rowspan="2" |Ethnicity
!Avg income per capita
|-
!As of 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=S0201.&t=-04 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
|-
| style="background: #99CCFF" | Taiwanese
| style="background: #99CCFF" | '''$83,811'''
|-
|Indian
|$72,389
|-
|Japanese
|$61,568
|-
|Chinese except Taiwanese
|$61,289
|-
|Filipino
|$47,819
|-
|Vietnamese
|$40,037
|-
|Korean
|$58,560
|-
| style="background: silver" | U.S. Population average
| style="background: silver" | $43,313
|}
Taiwanese Americans are the [[List of ethnic groups in the United States by per capita income#By detailed races|highest-earning ethnic group in the United States by per capita income]] and are one of the [[List of ethnic groups in the United States by household income#By detailed races/ethnicities|highest-earning American ethnic groups by household income]].{{Sfn|Rubenfeld|Chua|2014|p=48}} In 2010, approximately two-thirds of the adult employed Taiwanese American population worked as [[white-collar professionals]] and managers who were highly educated.{{Sfn|Gu|2018|p=21–22}}  

Many Taiwanese Americans are highly educated, salaried professionals whose work is largely self-directed in management, professional and related occupations such as engineering, medicine, investment banking, law, and academia. 66.2% of Taiwanese Americans work in many white collar professions compared to 35.9% for the general American population and 48.1% for Asian Americans. 71.3% of Taiwanese men and 60.4% of Taiwanese women work in management, professional, and related occupations. They also hold some of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation with a figure of 4.3% compared to a national rate of 6.9%.<ref name="census1" /> The unemployment rate among Taiwanese Americans is generally low at roughly 5 percent.{{Sfn|Ng|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1068}}

According to the 2009 [[U.S. census]], Taiwanese American men had one of "the highest year-round, full-time median earnings" with a figure of $76,587, while Taiwanese American women had a median income of $51,307. Taiwanese Americans have one of the lowest poverty rates in the US, with a poverty rate of 9.5% compared to 11.3% for the general American population.<ref name="census1" /> Taiwanese immigrant men in 1999 earned an average annual income of $60,367 ({{Inflation|US|60,367|1999|fmt=eq}}), the highest of any foreign-born men in the U.S. at the time, and Taiwanese immigrant women earned $40,276 ({{Inflation|US|40,276|1999|fmt=eq}}) per year, roughly $10,000 more than the average for other foreign-born U.S. women at the time.{{Sfn|Gu|2018|p=21}}

== Settlement ==
The majority of Taiwanese American communities were formed after 1965, following the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]], and they have since experienced rapid growth. From 2000 to 2010, the Taiwanese American population increased 59 percent from 144,795 (2000) to 230,382 (2010). In 2013, 59 percent of Taiwanese Americans were between age 18 and age 64, 19 percent were from ages <1 to 17, and 9 percent were over the age of 65. The overall median age was 35.{{Sfn|Ng|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1067}} 68 percent of Taiwanese Americans in 2013 were born outside of the United States, of which 67 percent became naturalized U.S. citizens.{{Sfn|Ng|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1067}} 

Immigration to the United States from Taiwan has remained substantial. 42,182 immigrant visas were issued to Taiwan from 2001 to 2010, and among those who received legal permanent residency in 2010, 2,090 (40%) were the immediate relatives of U.S. citizens.{{Sfn|Ng|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1067–1068}}

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Taiwanese emigrants were instrumental in the development of [[Monterey Park, California]] in Los Angeles  – resulting in the moniker of "Little Taipei" – as well as [[Chinatown, Flushing|Flushing, Queens]], which generally reflected new investments and capital flowing from Taiwan into newer Taiwanese enclaves instead of traditional Chinatowns. Taiwanese Americans have also brought with them [[Taiwanese cuisine]] to the communities they have settled, which, possibly excluding [[bubble tea]], is not generally well known or served outside these aforementioned Taiwanese immigrant enclaves.

While Monterey Park is no longer the largest Taiwanese community in Los Angeles today, Flushing remains the main Taiwanese cultural, commercial, and political center in New York City. In Los Angeles County, California, newer communities such as [[Rowland Heights, California|Rowland Heights]], [[Hacienda Heights, California|Hacienda Heights]], [[Arcadia, California|Arcadia]], [[San Marino, California|San Marino]], [[Diamond Bar, California|Diamond Bar]], [[Walnut, California|Walnut]], [[San Gabriel, California|San Gabriel]], [[Temple City, California|Temple City]], are similar to "''Little Taipei.''"  However, many annual Taiwanese cultural events (especially during Taiwanese Heritage Week) are still held in Monterey Park.  As an attempt to duplicate the Taiwanese success of Monterey Park in Houston, Texas, Taiwanese immigrant entrepreneurs established what is now widely considered as [[Chinatown, Houston|Houston's new Chinatown]] on Bellaire Boulevard in the mid-1980s.

The prestige and performance of particular school districts, as well as access to careers in high-tech firms, have played a significant part in influencing the settlement patterns of Taiwanese Americans. Areas with high concentrations of Taiwanese immigrants include the [[San Gabriel Valley]] (Greater Los Angeles), [[Santa Clara Valley]] ([[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]], [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]), East Bay ([[Dublin, California|Dublin]], [[Pleasanton, California|Pleasanton]], [[El Cerrito, California|El Cerrito]], [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]), Los Angeles/Orange County border communities ([[Cerritos, California|Cerritos]]/[[Artesia, California|Artesia]]), and [[Irvine, California|Irvine]] in Central [[Orange County, California|Orange County]]. Outside of California, there are also major Taiwanese concentrations in [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]], [[Long Island City]], and [[Forest Hills, Queens|Forest Hills]], all within [[Queens]]; [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] on [[Long Island]]; [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] and [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] in nearby [[New Jersey]]; [[Rockville, Maryland]] (northwest of [[Washington, D.C.]]); [[Sugar Land, Texas]] (near [[Houston]]), [[Plano, Texas]] (near [[Dallas]]); [[Bellevue, Washington]] (and adjacent areas) (part of the Greater [[Seattle]] Area's "Eastside" communities) and [[Chandler, Arizona]]. Additionally, the northeastern suburbs of the [[Atlanta, Georgia]] area has also received a significant influx of Taiwanese immigrant residents.

From the middle of the 1980s to the 1990s, large numbers of affluent Taiwanese Americans began moving out to upscale neighborhoods such as [[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]], [[San Mateo, California|San Mateo]], [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], [[Fremont, California|Fremont]], [[Newark, California|Newark]], and [[Pleasanton, California|Pleasanton]] in the [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]]; [[San Marino, California|San Marino]], [[Arcadia, California|Arcadia]], [[South Pasadena, California|South Pasadena]], and [[Temple City, California|Temple City]] in Western [[San Gabriel Valley]]; [[Hacienda Heights, California|Hacienda Heights]], [[Rowland Heights, California|Rowland Heights]], [[Walnut, California|Walnut]], and [[Diamond Bar, California|Diamond Bar]] in Eastern [[San Gabriel Valley]]; with immigrants from the [[People's Republic of China]] and [[Cantonese people|Cantonese]] and [[Teochew people|Teochew]] (mostly from [[Vietnam]]) taking their place in Monterey Park, as well as [[Alhambra, California|Alhambra]]. Starting in the 2000s, highly educated [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] on [[Long Island]] east of New York City, as well as suburbs in [[North Jersey|northern]] and [[Central Jersey|central New Jersey]], have received a large influx of Taiwanese immigrants.

===U.S. metropolitan areas with large Taiwanese American populations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! Metro Area
! Region
! Taiwanese-Americans<br><small>Alone or in Combination ([[2020 United States Census|2020 Census]])</small>
|-
| align=center | 1
| [[Los Angeles metropolitan area|Los Angeles Metropolitan Area]]
| [[Pacific States|Pacific]]
| align=right | {{Nts|66,531}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSSPP1Y2023.S0201?t=037:3827&g=310XX00US31080,31100|website=US Census Bureau|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 2
| [[San Francisco Bay Area]]
| [[Pacific States|Pacific]]
| align=right | {{Nts|37,281}}<ref>{{cite web|title=San Francisco Bay Area|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01003?t=037:3827&g=310XX00US41860,41940|website=US Census Bureau|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 3
| [[New York metropolitan area|New York Metropolitan Area]]
| [[Mid-Atlantic states|Mid-Atlantic]]
| align=right | {{Nts|25,189}}<ref>{{cite web|title=New York-Newark-Jersey City|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01003?t=037:3827&g=310XX00US35620|website=US Census Bureau|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 4
| [[Seattle metropolitan area|Seattle Metropolitan Area]]
| [[Pacific States|Pacific]]
| align=right | {{Nts|11,509}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01003?t=037:3827&g=310XX00US42660|website=US Census Bureau|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 5
| [[Washington metropolitan area|Washington Metropolitan Area]]
| [[South Atlantic States|South Atlantic]]
| align=right | {{Nts|8,187}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Washington-Arlington-Alexandria|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01003?t=037:3827&g=310XX00US47900|website=US Census Bureau|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 6
| [[Greater Houston]]
| [[West South Central States|West South Central]]
| align=right | {{Nts|8,157}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01003?t=037:3827&g=310XX00US26420|website=US Census Bureau|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 7
| [[Inland Empire|Inland Empire (Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario)]]
| [[Pacific States|Pacific]]
| align=right | {{Nts|6,923}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01003?t=037:3827&g=310XX00US40140|website=US Census Bureau|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 8
| [[Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex]]
| [[West South Central States|West South Central]]
| align=right | {{Nts|6,297}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01003?t=037:3827&g=310XX00US19100|website=US Census Bureau|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 9
| [[Greater Boston]]
| [[New England]]
| align=right | {{Nts|5,950}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Boston-Cambridge-Newton|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01003?t=037:3827&g=310XX00US14460|website=US Census Bureau|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 10
| [[San Diego County, California|San Diego County]]
| [[Pacific States|Pacific]]
| align=right | {{Nts|5,754}}<ref>{{cite web|title=San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01003?t=037:3827&g=310XX00US41740|website=US Census Bureau|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 11
| [[Chicago metropolitan area|Chicago Metropolitan Area]]
| [[East North Central States|East North Central]]
| align=right | {{Nts|5,429}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Chicago-Naperville-Elgin|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01003?t=037:3827&g=310XX00US16980|website=US Census Bureau|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
|}

== Organizations ==
The influx of Taiwanese immigrants during the 20th century contributed towards the establishment of multiple immigrant organizations which sponsored local meetings, cultural events, and conferences. The Taiwanese American Association, founded in the 1970s, was among the first organizations to provide a nationwide network of active local Taiwanese chapters in urban areas.{{Sfn|Lee|Barkan|p=1335|2013}} Multiple early Taiwanese American organizations were dedicated to the [[Taiwan independence movement|Taiwanese independence movement]] and to advocacy of democratic reform, such as the [[Formosan Association for Public Affairs]] (FAPA), which is based in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]], and the Formosa Foundation, both of which were established with the aim of supporting Taiwanese political interests and to support the [[international recognition of Taiwan]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Lee|Barkan|p=1335|2013}}; {{Harvnb|Ng|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1068}}.</ref> 

Other early organizations founded by Taiwanese Americans supported specific economic, cultural, or political interests, including the North American Taiwanese Professors Association (NATPA) founded in 1982, the North American Taiwanese Medical Association (NATMA) founded in 1984, the Taiwanese Americans Citizens' League founded in 1985 (which has lobbied to count Taiwanese Americans as separate from Chinese Americans),{{Sfn|Ng|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1068}} and the North American Taiwanese Women's Association (NATWA) founded in 1988.{{Sfn|Lee|Barkan|p=1335|2013}}

Organizations founded by, and dedicated to, second-generation Taiwanese Americans include Taiwanese American Professionals (TAP), the [[Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association]] (ITASA), and the Junior Taiwanese American Student Association (JTASA), a high school student network.{{Sfn|Lee|Barkan|p=1335–1336|2013}} Universities that all house a  [[student association]] dedicated to Taiwanese Americans include [[Harvard University]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harvard Taiwanese Cultural Society |url=https://worldwide.harvard.edu/harvard-taiwanese-cultural-society |access-date=2025-02-09 |website= |publisher=[[Harvard University]] (Harvard Worldwide)}}</ref> [[Princeton University]], [[Yale University]], [[Cornell University]], [[Brown University]], [[Johns Hopkins University]], [[New York University]], and the [[University of California, Berkeley]].{{Sfn|Lee|Barkan|p=1336|2013}} In addition, cities such as [[San Jose, California]]; [[Rosemead, California]]; [[San Diego, California]]; [[Seattle, Washington]]; [[Flushing, New York]]; and [[Houston, Texas]], have "Taiwan Centers" which host Taiwanese cultural and recreational activities and sponsor programs for youth and seniors.{{Sfn|Ng|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1068–1069}}

In 1986, [[Chaotian Temple]] from Taiwan has also established a [[Fenxiang|branch temple]] known as [[Ma-Tsu Temple (San Francisco, California)|Ma-Tsu Temple]] in [[Chinatown, San Francisco|San Francisco Chinatown]] with the support of Taiwanese American community.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rPGtIVIERA4C&q=mazu+%22Beckett+Street%22&pg=PA171|title=Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana: Politics, Identity, and Faith in New Migrant Communities|last1=Lorentzen|first1=Lois Ann|last2=Gonzalez|first2=Joaquin Jay|last3=Chun|first3=Kevin M.|last4=Do|first4=Hien Duc|date=2010-07-01|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0822391166|access-date=2021-03-12|archive-date=2021-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326131005/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Religion_at_the_Corner_of_Bliss_and_Nirv/rPGtIVIERA4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=mazu+%22Beckett+Street%22&pg=PA171&printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Media ===
Taiwanese Americans also run several of North America's major Chinese-language newspapers, such as the ''[[World Journal]]'' based in Queens; and the Chicago Chinese News. However, these influential and highly circulated newspapers are not geared solely to Taiwanese immigrants, but also serve a broader Chinese-speaking immigrant readership.  ''[[Pacific Journal]]'' is a weekly Taiwanese-run newspaper that is geared more exclusively toward Taiwanese readers.

Due to the significant Taiwanese American community, Taiwanese media dominates the Chinese-language airwaves in the United States.  Cable and satellite television of Taiwan-based media keeps Taiwanese Americans abreast of news developments and programming in Taiwan. For example, satellite stations [[ETTV America]] and [[Chung T'ien Television|CTI]] cater to Mandarin-speaking Taiwanese immigrants.

==Taiwanese nationality and residency==
{{Main|Nationality law of the Republic of China|National without household registration|Taiwan passport}}

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In the 1960s, many Taiwanese Americans chose to make America their permanent home and had children in the U.S. Most sought refuge from the numerous arrests and executions during the [[White Terror (Taiwan)|White Terror]] era of the [[Kuomintang|KMT]], the political party which had [[dictatorship|dictatorially]] ruled the country. By the late 1970s, improving economic conditions in Taiwan slowed the rate of immigration. During the 1990s, political [[liberalism|liberalization]] in Taiwan encouraged many who had left Taiwan to return.

Although the [[Oath of Allegiance (United States)|oath of naturalization]] of the United States contains a statement renouncing "allegiance and fidelity" to other countries, the Republic of China (the formal name of Taiwan) does not recognize this renunciation as sufficient for the termination of ROC nationality, and requires a person who wishes to renounce ROC nationality to take another oath before an ROC consular officer. All renunciations are subject to approval from the [[Ministry of the Interior (Republic of China)|Ministry of the Interior]],<ref>Article 11 of the [[Nationality Law of the Republic of China]].</ref> and the Ministry may deny a person's application under Taiwanese law.<ref>Articles 12 and 13 of the [[Nationality Law of the Republic of China]].</ref> Without formal renunciation, the ROC government considers its emigrants with American citizenship to continue to be nationals of the ROC. Acquiring US citizenship has no effect on the holder's status as a national of ROC, which makes Taiwan-born Americans still eligible to vote in the ROC elections, provided that their household registration is still intact in Taiwan.
[[File:吳欣盈肖像.jpg|thumb|258x258px|[[Cynthia Wu]] was born in the United States and returned to Taiwan to serve as a member of the [[Legislative Yuan]].]]
Unlike their Taiwan-born parents, the American-born second generation do not have [[Household registration in Taiwan|household registration]] in Taiwan at birth, making them [[nationals without household registration]] (NWOHRs), despite the fact that they are also ROC nationals under Taiwanese law. In contrast with those with household registration in Taiwan, NWOHRs cannot receive a [[National Identification Card (Republic of China)|Taiwanese National Identification Card]], do not have right of abode in Taiwan, and are subject to immigration control while in Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?PCode=D0080132|title=Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China|website=law.moj.gov.tw|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-date=10 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710215056/https://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?PCode=D0080132|url-status=live}}</ref> They are, however, eligible for a [[Taiwan passport]]. It is possible for NWOHRs to be registered as nationals with household registration (NWHRs) if they meet the requirements listed under the Immigration Act of Taiwan.

== Connection to politics of Taiwan and cultural ties ==
Many Taiwanese Americans play an active role in the politics and culture of Taiwan, aided in large part by recognition of [[dual citizenship]]. According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', Taiwanese Americans are "some of the most determined voters in the world" and several thousand travel back to Taiwan to vote in Taiwanese elections.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Qin |first=Amy |date=2024-01-12 |title=For Taiwanese Americans, Voting Back Home Takes More Than a Postage Stamp |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/us/taiwanese-american-voters-election.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The identity politics of Taiwan also influences at least first generation Taiwanese Americans. Many government officials, including presidents [[Lai Ching-te]], [[Tsai Ing-wen]], [[Ma Ying-jeou]], and [[Lee Teng-hui]], have received graduate degrees in the United States. The United States was also a major destination for anti-KMT figures such as [[Peng Ming-min]] and [[Chai Trong-rong]], where they were politically exiled. Others, including Nobel Prize laureate [[Yuan T. Lee]] were educated in the United States.

== Cuisine ==
Taiwanese immigrant restaurateurs were largely responsible for the shift of [[American Chinese food]] from Cantonese-focused cuisine to diverse cuisine featuring dishes from many regions in China. The immigration of Taiwanese chefs to the United States began in the 1950s. At the time, cooks in Taiwan were trained in traditional Chinese regional cooking as this fit the chosen identity of the KMT. Taiwanese restaurateurs changed the food landscape of many American cities, including [[New York City]], and pioneered innovations such as picture menus and food delivery. Many of the immigrants to the United States during this period had been born in China and fled to Taiwan with the retreating KMT, particularly former residents of the Dachen Islands who had been evacuated in 1955.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pio Kuo |first1=Chunghao |title=Taiwaneze immigrand spark a golden age fore Chinese food |url=https://www.nyfoodstory.com/articles/taiwanese-immigrants-spark-a-golden-age-for-chinese-food/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921005953/https://www.nyfoodstory.com/articles/taiwanese-immigrants-spark-a-golden-age-for-chinese-food/ |archive-date=21 September 2020 |access-date=29 April 2020 |website=NY Food Story}}</ref>

Traditionally, Taiwanese food has been hard to differentiate from Chinese and Japanese food abroad, since many Taiwanese chefs cooked simplified or westernized versions of traditional Taiwanese, Japanese, or Chinese dishes. In 2018, there was a rapid growth in the number of authentic Taiwanese restaurants in New York City<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wu |first1=Stephenie |date=5 November 2018 |title=Taiwanese food is finally having a moment in New York City's crowded restaurant scene |url=https://www.mic.com/articles/192243/taiwanese-food-is-finally-having-a-moment-in-new-york-citys-crowded-restaurant-scene |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926031951/https://www.mic.com/articles/192243/taiwanese-food-is-finally-having-a-moment-in-new-york-citys-crowded-restaurant-scene |archive-date=26 September 2020 |access-date=27 April 2020 |website=Mic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gross |first1=Matt |date=25 July 2018 |title=New York City's Taiwanese-Food Boom (It's About Time) |url=https://www.tastecooking.com/new-york-citys-taiwanese-food-boom-its-about-damn-time/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603052430/https://www.tastecooking.com/new-york-citys-taiwanese-food-boom-its-about-damn-time/ |archive-date=3 June 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |website=Taste Cooking}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sietsema |first1=Robert |date=22 June 2017 |title=14 Exceptional Taiwanese Restaurants in NYC |url=https://ny.eater.com/maps/best-taiwanese-food-nyc-brooklyn-queens-manhattan |access-date=24 August 2023 |website=Eater New York}}</ref> and across the country, which coincided with an increased interest in regional Chinese food and in Taiwan itself.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moskin |first1=Julia |date=11 June 2019 |title=A New Generation of Chefs Reframes Taiwanese Cuisine in America |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/dining/taiwanese-food.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601134923/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/dining/taiwanese-food.html |archive-date=1 June 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Some object to the [[Political status of Taiwan|politically fraught]] inclusion of Taiwanese cuisine under the banner of regional Chinese food and point out that it is inaccurate.<ref name="KQED 2021">{{cite web |last1=Tsai |first1=Luke |date=19 May 2021 |title=The Bay Area's Taiwanese Food Scene Comes Into Its Own |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13897272/bay-area-taiwanese-food-scene-nostalgia |access-date=22 May 2021 |website=KQED}}</ref>

Taiwanese American cuisine is emerging as a full cuisine in its own right. Myers + Chang in Boston was one of the first restaurants to explicitly describe their food as such. In 2018, James Beard Award-winning chef [[Stephanie Izard]] opened a Taiwanese snack/dessert shop in [[Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erway |first1=Cathy |title=How Today's Taiwanese-American Chefs Rewrote the Rules and Made a New Cuisine |url=https://www.foodandwine.com/lifestyle/taiwanese-american-chefs-food |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603053328/https://www.foodandwine.com/lifestyle/taiwanese-american-chefs-food |archive-date=3 June 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |website=Food and Wine}}</ref> Taiwanese cuisine has a significant presence in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].<ref name= "KQED 2021" /> Most Taiwanese restaurants in the Bay Area are located in the suburbs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tsai |first1=Luke |date=11 May 2023 |title=Taiwanese Food Is Taking Over Union Square — For One Day, Anyway |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13929007/taiwanese-american-culture-festival-union-square-sf |access-date=13 August 2023 |website=KQED}}</ref> Increasing interest in authentic Taiwanese food is coming from ex-pats and second generation Taiwanese Americans.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Addison |first1=Bill |date=3 March 2016 |title=Tradition and Innovation in America's Taiwanese Cooking |url=https://www.eater.com/2016/3/3/11156510/tradition-and-innovation-americas-taiwanese-cooking |access-date=24 August 2023 |website=Eater}}</ref>

[[Kato (restaurant)|Kato]] by Chef Jon Yao is a Michelin-starred restaurant serving Taiwanese food in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chaplin |first1=Cathy |date=2023-07-06 |others=Photography by Wonho Frank Lee |title=Kato Already Has One Michelin Star. Chef Jon Yao Wants More — But Only on His Terms. |url=https://la.eater.com/2023/7/6/23784764/kato-restaurant-los-angeles-jon-yao-fine-dining-taiwanese-chinese-interview-michelin-ambition |access-date=9 February 2024 |website=Eater Los Angeles}}</ref>

=== Cookbooks ===
A Taiwanese American cookbook, ''First Generation'', was published by [[Frankie Gaw]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Choe |first1=Caroline |date=6 December 2022 |title=Frankie Gaw explores Taiwanese American identity through recipes like Cinnamon Toast Crunch mochi |url=https://www.today.com/food/first-generation-frankie-gaw-explores-taiwanese-american-identity-through-food-t274187 |access-date=13 August 2023 |website=Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Varriano |first1=Jackie |date=26 October 2022 |title=This Seattleite's debut cookbook explores what Taiwanese American food looks like |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/what-does-taiwanese-american-food-look-like-this-seattle-cook-explores-with-his-debut-cookbook/ |access-date=13 August 2023 |website=[[Seattle Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ngo |first1=Hope |date=16 October 2022 |title=New Cookbook First Generation Is A Love Story To Taiwanese-American Cuisine |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/1056004/new-cookbook-first-generation-is-a-love-story-to-taiwanese-american-cuisine/ |access-date=13 August 2023 |website=Tasting Table}}</ref> The book contains recipes from Gaw's childhood growing up in the [[American midwest]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zhang |first1=Megan |title=Rice Cake Bolognese and Fried Chicken Gua Bao Star in Frankie Gaw’s Standout Debut Cookbook |url=https://www.saveur.com/culture/frankie-gaw-first-generation/ |website=saveur.com |publisher=Saveur |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Grygiel |first1=JiaYing |title=Taiwanese home cooking meets the Midwest |url=https://seattlemag.com/food-and-culture/when-taiwanese-home-cooking-meets-the-midwest/ |website=seattlemag.com |publisher=Seattle Magazine |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref>

In 2023, [[Cathy Erway]] published ''Win Son Presents: A Taiwanese American Cookbook'' in collaboration with Josh Ku and Trigg Brown.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rega |first1=Konstantin |date=29 July 2023 |title=Embracing Taiwanese Cuisine |url=https://virginialiving.com/food/trigg-brown-cookbook/ |access-date=13 August 2023 |website=Virginia Living}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rosini-Gentile |first1=Jennifer |title=BEHIND THE TOQUE: CHEFS FROM WILLIAMSBURG’S WIN SON ON THEIR NEW COOKBOOK |url=https://greenpointers.com/2023/01/16/behind-the-toque-chefs-from-williamsburgs-win-son-on-their-new-cookbook/ |website=greenpointers.com |publisher=Greenpointers |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref>

== Notable Taiwanese Americans ==
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Table with ref:  <div style=display:inline-table> {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders floatleft" style="border:2px solid #{{CollegeSecondaryHex|Colby College}};"<!-- The college color usage is simply for color purposes. --&gt; |+Politics and government<!-- Please add only the very most significant Taiwanese Americans here --&gt; ! scope="col" style="background:#000095; color: white;" |Name ! scope="col" style="background:#000095; color: white;" data-sort-type="isoDate" |Birthdate ! scope="col" style="background:#000095; color: white;" class="unsortable" |Notability ! scope="col" style="background:#000095; color: white;" class="unsortable" |{{Reference heading}} |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Michelle|Wu}} | style="text-align:center;" |1985 |54th [[Mayor of Boston]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Elaine|Chao||Chen Hansheng}} | style="text-align:center;" |1953<sup>‡</sup> |18th [[U.S. Secretary of Transportation]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Andrew|Yang}} | style="text-align:center;" |1975 |Co-Chair of the [[Forward Party (United States)|Forward Party]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|David|Wu}} | style="text-align:center;" |{{0|<sup>‡</sup>}}1955<sup>‡</sup> |[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Oregon]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lanhee|Chen|dab=}} | style="text-align:center;" | 1978 | Member of [[Amtrak#Current_board_members|Amtrak]] and [[Social Security Advisory Board]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Katherine|Tai}} | style="text-align:center;" |1974 |19th [[United States Trade Representative]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ted|Lieu}} | style="text-align:center;" |1969 |[[U.S. Representative]] from [[California]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|David|Chiu|dab=politician}} | style="text-align:center;" |1970<sup>‡</sup> |[[City Attorney of San Francisco]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Grace|Meng}} | style="text-align:center;" |1975 |[[U.S. Representative]] from [[New York (state)|New York]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Chiang|dab=California politician}} | style="text-align:center;" |1962 |[[California State Treasurer]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chris|Lu}} | style="text-align:center;" |1966 |[[U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor]]  | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Julie|Su}} | style="text-align:center;" |1969 |Acting [[U.S. Secretary of Labor]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Richard|Pan}} | style="text-align:center;" |1965 |[[California State Senate]] Member | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ervin|Yen}} | style="text-align:center;" |1954<sup>‡</sup> |[[Oklahoma Senate]] Member | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Portia|Wu}} | style="text-align:center;" |1970 |[[Maryland Department of Labor]] Secretary | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Yuh-Line|Niou}} | style="text-align:center;" |1983<sup>‡</sup> |[[New York State Assembly]] Member | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Liu}} | style="text-align:center;" |1967<sup>‡</sup> |[[New York State Senate]] Member | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Goodwin|Liu}} | style="text-align:center;" |1970 |[[California Supreme Court]] Justice | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Florence Y.|Pan}} | style="text-align:center;" |1966 |Judge of the [[Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|James C.|Ho}} | style="text-align:center;" |{{0|<sup>‡</sup>}}1973<sup>‡</sup> |Judge of the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jessie|Liu}} | style="text-align:center;" |1973 |[[U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|William|Tong}} | style="text-align:center;" |1973 |[[Attorney General of Connecticut]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Hsiao|Bi-khim}} | style="text-align:center;" |1971{{Refn|Born in [[Japan]] to a Taiwanese father and an American mother, Hsiao graduated from [[Oberlin College]] and [[Columbia University]] and held U.S. citizenship until 2002.|group=lower-alpha}} |13th [[Vice President of the Republic of China]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Cynthia|Wu}} | style="text-align:center;" |1978{{Refn|Born in the United States, Wu graduated from [[Wellesley College]] and the [[Courtauld Institute of Art]] before [[Relinquishment of United States nationality|renouncing her citizenship]] in 2014.|group=lower-alpha}} |[[Member of the Legislative Yuan]] | style="text-align:center;" | |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4" style=""background:#000095; text-align:center;" |<small><sup>‡</sup>&nbsp;Born in Taiwan</small> |} </div>  Trim list size: 02:09, 6 February 2025  -->
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|+Politics and government<!-- Please add only the very most significant Taiwanese Americans here -->
! scope="col" style="{{Background color|#000095}}" |Name
! scope="col" style="{{Background color|#000095}}"isoDate" |Birthdate
! scope="col" style="{{Background color|#000095}}" class="unsortable" |Notability
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Michelle|Wu}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1985
|[[Mayor of Boston]] ({{USpolabbr|D|MA||link=no}})
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Elaine|Chao||Chen Hansheng}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1953<sup>‡</sup>
|18th [[U.S. Secretary of Transportation]] ({{USpolabbr|R|NY||link=no}})
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Andrew|Yang}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1975
|Co-Chair of the [[Forward Party (United States)|Forward Party]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|David|Wu}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{0|<sup>‡</sup>}}1955<sup>‡</sup>
|[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Oregon]] ({{USpolabbr|D|OR||link=no}})
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lanhee|Chen|dab=}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1978
| Member of [[Amtrak#Current_board_members|Amtrak]] and [[Social Security Advisory Board|Social Security Board]] ({{USpolabbr|R|CA||link=no}})
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Katherine|Tai}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1974
|19th [[United States Trade Representative]] ({{USpolabbr|D|CT||link=no}})
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ted|Lieu}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1969
|[[U.S. Representative]] from [[California]] ({{USpolabbr|D|CA||link=no}})
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|David|Chiu|dab=politician}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1970<sup>‡</sup>
|[[City Attorney of San Francisco]] ({{USpolabbr|D|CA||link=no}})
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Grace|Meng}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1975
|[[U.S. Representative]] from [[New York (state)|New York]] ({{USpolabbr|D|NY||link=no}})
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chris|Lu}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1966
|[[U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor]] ({{USpolabbr|D|NJ||link=no}}) 
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Goodwin|Liu}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1970
|Justice of the [[California Supreme Court]] 
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Florence Y.|Pan}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1966
|Judge of the [[Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|James C.|Ho}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{0|<sup>‡</sup>}}1973<sup>‡</sup>
|Judge of the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit|Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Julie|Su}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1969
|Acting [[U.S. Secretary of Labor]] ({{USpolabbr|D|WI||link=no}})
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Portia|Wu}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1970
|Secretary of the [[Maryland Department of Labor]] 
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Hsiao|Bi-khim}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1971{{Refn|Born in [[Japan]] to a Taiwanese father and an American mother, Hsiao graduated from [[Oberlin College]] and [[Columbia University]] and held U.S. citizenship until 2002.|group=lower-alpha}}
|13th [[Vice President of the Republic of China]] 
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Cynthia|Wu}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1978{{Refn|Born in the United States, Wu graduated from [[Wellesley College]] and the [[Courtauld Institute of Art]] before [[Relinquishment of United States nationality|renouncing her citizenship]] in 2014.|group=lower-alpha}}
|[[Member of the Legislative Yuan]]
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="3" style="" background:#000095; text-align:center;" |<small><sup>‡</sup>&nbsp;Born in Taiwan</small>
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders floatleft" style="border:2px solid #{{CollegeSecondaryHex|Colby College}};"<!-- The college color usage is simply for color purposes. -->
|+Academia and science<!-- Please add only the very most significant Taiwanese Americans here -->
! scope="col" style="{{Background color|#000095}}" |Name 
! scope="col" style="{{Background color|#000095}}" data-sort-type="isoDate" |Birthdate
! scope="col" style="{{Background color|#000095}}" class="unsortable" |Notability
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Yuan T.|Lee}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1936{{Refn|After earning his doctorate from the [[University of California, Berkeley]], Lee became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1974, which enabled him to work at the [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]]. In 1994, he renounced his U.S. citizenship in order to become the president of [[Academia Sinica]].|group=lower-alpha}}
|Awarded [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (1986)
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Samuel C. C.|Ting}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1936
|Awarded [[Nobel Prize for Physics]] (1976)
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|David R.|Liu}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1973
|[[Harvard University]], [[Broad Institute]] professor
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Tim|Wu}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1971
|[[Columbia Law School]] professor and scholar
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ed|Lu|dab=}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1963
|Physicist and [[NASA]] astronaut
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kai-Fu|Lee}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1961<sup>‡</sup>
|[[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[Google]], and [[Microsoft]] scientist
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Thomas|Huang}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1936–2020<sup>‡</sup>
|Computer scientist at [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|David|Ho|dab=}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1952<sup>‡</sup>
| [[Virologist]], pioneer of [[HIV/AIDS research]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Fan|Chung}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{0|<sup>‡</sup>}}1949<sup>‡</sup>
|Mathematician at [[UC San Diego]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chang-Lin|Tien}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1935–2002<sup>‡</sup>
|Chancellor of [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Paul Ching Wu|Chu}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{0|<sup>‡</sup>}}1949<sup>‡</sup>
|President of [[Hong Kong University of Science and Technology|HKUST]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Yuan|Chang}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1959<sup>‡</sup>
|[[Pathologist]], discovered [[Merkel cell polyomavirus|MCPyV]] and [[Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus|KSHV]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chenming|Hu|dab=}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1947<sup>‡</sup>
|Engineering professor at [[UC Berkeley]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Andrew|Yao}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1946{{Refn|Born in the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)]], Yao became a naturalized U.S. citizen but renounced his U.S. and Taiwanese citizenship in 2015.|group=lower-alpha}}
|[[Computer scientist]], [[computational theorist]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Henry|Yang}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1940<sup>‡</sup>
|Chancellor of [[UC Santa Barbara]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|James C.|Liao}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1958<sup>‡</sup>
|President of [[Academia Sinica]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lan Samantha|Chang}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1965
|Endowed professor, [[University of Iowa]]
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="3" style="" background:#000095; text-align:center;" |<small><sup>‡</sup>&nbsp;Born in Taiwan or [[Republic of China (1912–1949)]]</small>
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders floatleft" style="border:2px solid #{{CollegeSecondaryHex|Colby College}};"<!-- The college color usage is simply for color purposes. -->
|+Business, entertainment, and arts<!-- Please add only the very most significant Taiwanese Americans here -->
! scope="col" style="{{Background color|#000095}}" |Name 
! scope="col" style="{{Background color|#000095}}" data-sort-type="isoDate" |Birthdate
! scope="col" style="{{Background color|#000095}}" class="unsortable" |Notability
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jensen|Huang}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1963<sup>‡</sup>
|Co-founder, CEO, and president of [[Nvidia]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lisa|Su}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1969<sup>‡</sup>
|CEO, president, and chair of [[AMD]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Morris|Chang}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1931<sup>‡</sup>
|Founder, CEO, and chairman of [[TSMC]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jeremy|Lin}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1988
|Basketball player at [[Harvard Crimson men's basketball|Harvard]], [[New York Knicks]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jerry|Yang}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1968<sup>‡</sup>
|Co-founder and CEO of [[Yahoo! Inc. (1995–2017)|Yahoo]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Steve|Chen}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1978<sup>‡</sup>
|Co-founder of [[YouTube]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Constance|Wu}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1982
|Actress known for ''[[Crazy Rich Asians]] (2018)''
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Wang|Leehom}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1976
|Singer-songwriter, actor, producer
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Janet|Hsieh}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1980
|Model, violinist, television personality
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ted|Chiang}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1967
| [[Science fiction]] writer
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Emily|Chang|dab=journalist}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1980
|Journalist, television host, reporter, author
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Tao|Lin|dab=}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1983
|Novelist, poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Charles|Yu}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1976
|Writer known for ''[[Interior Chinatown]]'' (2020)
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Tony|Hsieh}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1973–2020
|Founder and CEO of [[Zappos]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ellen|Pao}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1970
|CEO of [[Reddit]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Greg|Tseng}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1979<sup>‡</sup>
|Founder and CEO of [[Tagged (website)|Tagged]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Alexander<br />|Massialas|Alexander Massialas|Massialas, Alexander}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1994
|[[Fencing|Fencer]] and [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medalist from [[Stanford]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dan|Lin}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1973<sup>‡</sup>
|TV producer, executive at [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Andy|Fang}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1992
|Co-founder and CTO of [[DoorDash]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Justin|Lin}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1971
| Film and television director, producer, and screenwriter.
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="3" style="" background:#000095; text-align:center;" |<small><sup>‡</sup>&nbsp;Born in Taiwan or [[Republic of China (1912–1949)]]</small>
|}
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== See also ==
{{Portal|Taiwan|United States}}
* [[List of Taiwanese Americans]]
* [[Taiwanese people]]
* [[Han Taiwanese]]
* [[Hoklo Americans]]
* [[Hakka Americans]]
* [[Taiwan-United States relations]]
* [[Taiwanese Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area]]
* [[Taiwanese people in New York City]]
* [[Taiwanese Americans in Los Angeles]]
{{Clear}}

== Notes ==
<references group="lower-alpha" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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==External links==
* [http://www.historyoftaiwaneseamerican.org History of Taiwanese Americans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829160320/http://www.historyoftaiwaneseamerican.org/ |date=2018-08-29 }}
* [http://www.fapa.org/ Formosan Association for Public Affairs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210235851/http://www.fapa.org/ |date=2021-02-10 }}
* [http://www.itasa.org/ ITASA – Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association]
* [https://www.facebook.com/umcptasa UMCP TASA – University of Maryland College Park Taiwanese American Student Association]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050208141701/http://www.tacl.org/index.php Taiwanese American Citizens League]
* [http://www.tafworld.org/ Taiwanese American Foundation]
* [http://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/ TaiwaneseAmerican.org]
* [http://www.taiwancenter.com Taiwan Center of America]
* [http://www.tap.tacl.org Taiwanese American Professionals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202104/http://www.tap.tacl.org/ |date=2016-03-03 }}
* [https://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/stp-159/STP-159-taiwan.pdf U.S. Census 2000 – People Born in Taiwan]
* {{cite web|url=http://www.sjsu.edu/anthropology/docs/projectfolder/Johnston-Robert-thesis.pdf|title=EXPERIENCES OF IMMIGRATION AMONG WOMEN FROM TAIWAN|author=Robert A. Johnston|website=Sjsu.edu|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525135141/http://www.sjsu.edu/anthropology/docs/projectfolder/Johnston-Robert-thesis.pdf|url-status=live}}

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