Editing Chinese Americans (section)

=== Population centers of Chinese Americans ===
According to the 2012 Census estimates,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_1YR_DP05&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212212412/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_1YR_DP05&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 February 2020|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2012 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=27 October 2013}}</ref> the three [[Metropolitan Statistical Area|metropolitan areas]] with the largest Chinese American populations were the [[New York metropolitan area|Greater New York]] [[Combined Statistical Area]] at 735,019 people, the [[San Francisco Bay Area|San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland]] Combined Statistical Area at 629,243 people, and the [[Greater Los Angeles|Los Angeles Area]] Combined Statistical Area at about 566,968 people. [[New York City]] contains by far the highest ethnic Chinese population of any individual city outside Asia, estimated at 628,763 as of 2017.<ref name=NYCChineseA>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/1600000US3651000/popgroup~016|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Chinese alone – New York City, New York|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214004442/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/1600000US3651000/popgroup~016|archive-date=14 February 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Los Angeles County city of [[Monterey Park, California|Monterey Park]] has the highest percentage of Chinese Americans of any municipality, at 43.7% of its population, or 24,758 people.

The [[New York metropolitan area]], which includes [[New York City]], [[Long Island]], and nearby areas within the states of [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Connecticut]], and [[Pennsylvania]], is home to the largest Chinese American population of any [[Metropolitan statistical area|metropolitan area]] within the United States, enumerating an estimated 893,697 in 2017<ref name=NYCChinese1>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/330M400US408/popgroup~016|title=SELECTED POPULATION PROFILE IN THE UNITED STATES 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA Chinese alone|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214002005/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/330M400US408/popgroup~016|archive-date=14 February 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> and including at least 12 [[Chinatown]]s. Continuing significant [[Chinese emigration|immigration from mainland China]] is fueled by New York's status as an alpha global city, its high population density, its extensive mass transit system, and the New York metropolitan area's enormous economic marketplace. The [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Manhattan Chinatown]] contains the largest concentration of ethnic Chinese in the [[Western hemisphere]];<ref name=fact-sheet>* {{cite web|url=http://www.explorechinatown.com/PDF/FactSheet.pdf|title=Chinatown New York City Fact Sheet|publisher=explorechinatown.com|access-date=2 March 2019|archive-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525014012/http://www.explorechinatown.com/PDF/FactSheet.pdf|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.ny.com/articles/chinatown.html|title=The History of New York's Chinatown|last=Waxman|first=Sarah|publisher=Mediabridge Infosystems, Inc.|access-date=2 March 2019|archive-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525014333/https://www.ny.com/articles/chinatown.html|url-status=live}}
* {{cite book|last=Reimers|first=David M.|title=Still the Golden Door: The Third World Comes to America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NagJFMxtkAcC&pg=PA104|year=1992|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-07681-4|page=104|access-date=2 March 2019|archive-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328061858/https://books.google.com/books?id=NagJFMxtkAcC&pg=PA104|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=http://geographyplanning.buffalostate.edu/MSG%202002/13_McGlinn.pdf|title=Beyond Chinatown: Dual immigration and the Chinese population of metropolitan New York City, 2000, Page 4|last=McGlinn|first=Lawrence A.|publisher=Middle States Geographer, 2002, 35: 110–119, Journal of the Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers|access-date=2 March 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029075400/http://geographyplanning.buffalostate.edu/MSG%202002/13_McGlinn.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2012}}
* {{cite book|last=Reimers|first=David M.|title=Still the Golden Door: The Third World Comes to America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NagJFMxtkAcC&pg=PA104|year=1992|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-07681-4|page=104|access-date=2 March 2019|archive-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328061858/https://books.google.com/books?id=NagJFMxtkAcC&pg=PA104|url-status=live}}</ref> while the [[Flushing Chinatown]] in [[Chinatowns in Queens|Queens]] has become the world's largest Chinatown. As of 2023, [[Chinese emigration|illegal Chinese immigration]] to [[Chinese people in New York City|New York City]], and especially to the Flushing, Queens Chinatown, has accelerated.<ref name=NYCPrimaryChineseDestination/>

Also on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]], [[Greater Boston]] and the [[Delaware Valley|Philadelphia metropolitan area]] are home to significant Chinese American communities, with Chinatowns in [[Chinatown, Boston|Boston]] and [[Chinatown, Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] hosting important and diverse cultural centers. Significant populations can also be found in the [[Washington metropolitan area]], with [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County]], [[Maryland]] and [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]], [[Virginia]], being 3.9% and 2.4% Chinese American, respectively. [[Chinatown, Boston|Boston's Chinatown]] is the only historical Chinese neighborhood within [[New England]]. The Boston suburb of [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]] also has a prominent Chinese American population, especially within the [[North Quincy (Quincy, Massachusetts)|North Quincy]] area.<ref name="American FactFinder">{{cite web |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=12 February 2020|title=American FactFinder|publisher=United States Census Bureau |year=2010 |access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref>

[[San Francisco]], California has the highest [[per capita]] concentration of Chinese Americans of any major city in the United States, at an estimated 21.4%, or 172,181 people, and contains the second-largest total number of Chinese Americans of any U.S. city. San Francisco's [[Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]] was established in the 1840s, making it the oldest Chinatown in [[North America]] and one of the largest neighborhoods of Chinese people outside of Asia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinatownology.com/usa.html|title=USA|website=Chinatownology.com|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-date=21 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221143017/http://chinatownology.com/usa.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.community.ups.com/Community/Community+Internship+Program/San+Francisco |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823095900/http://www.community.ups.com/Community/Community+Internship+Program/San+Francisco |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 August 2010 |title=Intern program|website=community.ups.com}}</ref> composed in large part by immigrants hailing from [[Guangdong province]] and also many from [[Hong Kong]]. The San Francisco neighborhoods of [[Sunset District]] and [[Richmond District, San Francisco|Richmond District]] also contain significant Chinese populations. [[Houston, Texas]] is also another population center for Chinese Americans, as it contains the highest percentage of Chinese Americans in the Southern United States. 

In addition to the big cities, smaller pockets of Chinese Americans are also dispersed in rural towns, often university-college towns, throughout the United States. For example, the number of Chinese Americans, including college professors, doctors, professionals, and students, has increased over 200% from 2005 to 2010 in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], a small city with a large number of colleges.

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! Rank
! City
! State
! Chinese Americans
! Percentage
|-
| align="center" | 1
| [[San Francisco]]
| [[California]]
| align="right" | {{nts|172,181}}
| align="right" | {{nts|21.4}}
|-
| align="center" | 2
| [[Honolulu]]
| [[Hawaii]]
| align="right" | {{nts|38,330}}
| align="right" | {{nts|10.2}}
|-
| align="center" | 3
| [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]
| [[California]]
| align="right" | {{nts|34,083}}
| align="right" | {{nts|8.7}}
|-
| align="center" | 4
| [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]
| [[California]]
| align="right" | {{nts|63,434}}
| align="right" | {{nts|6.7}}
|-
| align="center" | 5
| [[New York City]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| align="right" | {{nts|486,463}}
| align="right" | {{nts|6.0}}
|-
| align="center" | 6
| [[Plano, Texas|Plano]]
| [[Texas]]
| align="right" | {{nts|13,592}}
| align="right" | {{nts|5.2}}
|-
| align="center" | 7
| [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
| [[California]]
| align="right" | {{nts|20,307}}
| align="right" | {{nts|4.4}}
|-
| align="center" | 8
| [[Seattle]]
| [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| align="right" | {{nts|27,216}}
| align="right" | {{nts|4.1}}
|-
| align="center" | 9
| [[Boston]]
| [[Massachusetts]]
| align="right" | {{nts|24,910}}
| align="right" | {{nts|4.0}}
|-
| align="center" | 10
| [[San Diego]]
| [[California]]
| align="right" | {{nts|35,661}}
| align="right" | {{nts|2.7}}
|-
| align="center" | 11
| [[Philadelphia]]
| [[Pennsylvania]]
| align="right" | {{nts|30,069}}
| align="right" | {{nts|2.0}}
|-
| align="center" | 12
| [[Stockton, California|Stockton]]
| [[California]]
| align="right" | {{nts|5,188}}
| align="right" | {{nts|1.8}}
|-
| align="center" | 13
| [[Los Angeles]]
| [[California]]
| align="right" | {{nts|66,782}}
| align="right" | {{nts|1.8}}
|-
| align="center" | 14
| [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]
| [[Oregon]]
| align="right" | {{nts|9,113}}
| align="right" | {{nts|1.7}}
|-
| align="center" | 15
| [[Chicago]]
| [[Illinois]]
| align="right" | {{nts|43,228}}
| align="right" | {{nts|1.6}}
|-
| align="center" | 16
| [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]]
| [[California]]
| align="right" | {{nts|4,738}}
| align="right" | {{nts|1.4}}
|-
| align="center" | 17
| [[Houston]]
| [[Texas]]
| align="right" | {{nts|29,429}}
| align="right" | {{nts|1.3}}
|-
| align="center" | 18
| [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]
| [[Texas]]
| align="right" | {{nts|8,886}}
| align="right" | {{nts|1.2}}
|-
| align="center" | 19
| [[Pittsburgh]]
| [[Pennsylvania]]
| align="right" | {{nts|3,402}}
| align="right" | {{nts|1.1}}
|-
| align="center" | 20
| [[Riverside, California|Riverside]]
| [[California]]
| align="right" | {{nts|2,985}}
| align="right" | {{nts|1.0}}
|}