Greater Washington Area Asian-American demographics
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Fairfax County, Virginia, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Arlington, Virginia are the largest jurisdictions with high concentrations of Asian Americans in the region:
- Fairfax County
- Korean – 3%
- Indian – 3%
- Vietnamese – 3%
- Chinese – 2%
- Filipino – 1%
- Montgomery County
- Chinese – 3%
- Indian – 3%
- Korean – 2%
- Vietnamese – 1%
- Filipino – 1%
- Arlington County
- Indian – 2%
- Chinese – 2%
- Filipino – 2%
- Korean – 1%
- Japanese – 1%
Washington area racial composition
The area has been a destination for international immigration since the late 1960s. It also attracts internal migration from other parts of the U.S.[1]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Racial composition of the Washington, D.C. area:[2]
- 2006
- 1980
- White: 67.8%
- Black: 26.0%
- Asian: 2.5%
- Hispanic: 2.8%
- Mixed and Other: 0.9%
Counties/county equivalents by number of Asian Americans
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
- Fairfax County, Virginia – 126,038
- Prince George's County, Maryland – 31,032
- Arlington County, Virginia – 16,327
- Washington, D.C. – 15,189
- Loudoun County, Virginia – 9,067
- Prince William County, Virginia – 10,701
- Alexandria, Virginia – 7,249
- Fairfax, Virginia – 2,617
- Charles County, Maryland – 2,192
- Stafford County, Virginia – 1,512
- Spotsylvania County, Virginia – 1,243
- Manassas, Virginia – 1,206
- Falls Church, Virginia – 675
- Calvert County, Maryland – 655
- Manassas Park, Virginia – 418
- Fauquier County, Virginia – 324
- Fredericksburg, Virginia – 291
- Jefferson County, West Virginia – 252
- Warren County, Virginia – 136
- Clarke County, Virginia – 62
- Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division
- Montgomery County, Maryland – 98,651
- Frederick County, Maryland – 3,269
Counties/county equivalents by percentage of Asian Americans (Census 2000)
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division (4,000,206)
- Fairfax County, Virginia (969,749) 13.00%
- Fairfax, Virginia (21,498) 12.17%
- Arlington County, Virginia (189,453) 8.62%
- Falls Church, Virginia (10,377) 6.50%
- Alexandria, Virginia (128,283) 5.65%
- Loudoun County, Virginia (169,599) 5.35%
- Manassas Park, Virginia (10,290) 4.06%
- Prince George's County, Maryland (846,123) 3.87%
- Prince William County, Virginia (280,813) 3.81%
- Manassas, Virginia (35,135) 3.43%
- Washington, D.C. (572,059) 3.17%
- Charles County, Maryland (120,546) 1.82%
- Stafford County, Virginia (92,446) 1.64%
- Fredericksburg, Virginia (19,279) 1.51%
- Spotsylvania County, Virginia (90,395) 1.38%
- Calvert County, Maryland (74,563) 0.88%
- Jefferson County, West Virginia (42,190) 0.60%
- Fauquier County, Virginia (55,139) 0.59%
- Clarke County, Virginia (12,652 ) 0.49%
- Warren County, Virginia (31,584) 0.43%
- Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division (1,139,343)
- Montgomery County, Maryland (873,341) 11.30%
- Frederick County, Maryland (195,277) 1.67%
References
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- ↑ http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/pubs/pdf/rr02-496.pdf Template:Webarchive "Metro Magnets for Minorities and Whites: Melting Pots, the New Sunbelt, and the Heartland", Pages 9 and 10
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