Editing Bergen County, New Jersey (section)

====Korean American====
{{Main|Koreatown, Palisades Park|Koreatown, Fort Lee|List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations}}
{{See also|Koreatown, Manhattan|Koreatown, Long Island|Korean Americans in New York City}}
[[File:BroadAveColumbiaKoreatownPalisadesPk.png|thumb|Broad Avenue in [[Koreatown, Palisades Park|Koreatown]], [[Palisades Park, New Jersey|Palisades Park]]<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5PSYZMs8TzEC&q=fort+lee+koreatown+pyong+min&pg=PA237|title=Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues Second Edition, Edited by Pyong Gap Min|publisher=Pine Forge Press – An Imprint of Sage Publications, Inc|year=2006|access-date=January 24, 2013|isbn=9781412905565}}</ref>]]

[[South Korea]]ns constituted the most prevalent [[foreign born|foreign-born]] nationality in Bergen County, which was home to [[List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations#Top ten municipalities as ranked by Korean-American percentage of overall population in 2010|all of the nation's top ten municipalities by percentage of Korean population in 2010]].<ref name=BergenCountyKoreanPercentage>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/mahwah-library-hosts-korean-tea-ceremony-to-celebrate-new-year-1.1275756|title=Mahwah library hosts Korean tea ceremony to celebrate new year|author=James O'Neill|work=northjersey.com|date=February 22, 2015|access-date=May 12, 2015}}</ref>

The top ten municipalities in the United States as ranked by [[Korean Americans|Korean American]] percentage of overall population in 2010 are illustrated in the following table. [[Palisades Park, New Jersey|Palisades Park]] has [[Koreans]] that comprise the majority (53.7%) of the population in 2022:<ref name=PalisadesParkMajorityKorean/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! Municipality
! County
! State
! Percentage
|-
| align=center | 1
| [[Koreatown, Palisades Park|Palisades Park]]<ref name=PalisadesParkMajorityKorean/>
| '''Bergen County'''
| '''New Jersey'''
| align=right | {{Nts|53.7}}%
|-
| align=center | 2
| [[Leonia, New Jersey|Leonia]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|26.5}}%
|-
| align=center | 3
| [[Ridgefield, New Jersey|Ridgefield]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|25.7}}%
|-
| align=center | 4
| [[Koreatown, Fort Lee|Fort Lee]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|23.5}}%
|-
| align=center | 5
| [[Closter, New Jersey|Closter]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|21.2}}%
|-
| align=center | 6
| [[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey|Englewood Cliffs]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|20.3}}%
|-
| align=center | 7
| [[Norwood, New Jersey|Norwood]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|20.1}}%
|-
| align=center | 8
| [[Edgewater, New Jersey|Edgewater]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|19.6}}%
|-
| align=center | 9
| [[Cresskill, New Jersey|Cresskill]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|17.8}}%
|-
| align=center | 10
| [[Demarest, New Jersey|Demarest]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|17.3}}%
|-
|}

One of the fastest-growing immigrant groups in Bergen County<ref name = BergenCountyComfortWomen1>Sullivan, S. P. [http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/06/japanese-american_congressman_visits_nj_comfort_women_memorial.html "http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/06/japanese-american_congressman_visits_nj_comfort_women_memorial.html"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], June 8, 2013. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> is the Korean American community, which is concentrated along the [[Hudson River]] – especially in the area near the George Washington Bridge – and represented more than half of the state's entire Korean population as of 2000.<ref name=QTP13for2000>[https://archive.today/20200212095335/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF3/QTP13/0500000US34003 QT-P13 – Ancestry: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) – Sample Data for Bergen County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 9, 2012.</ref> As of the 2022 [[American Community Survey]], persons of Korean ancestry made up 6.5% of Bergen County's population,<ref name=BergenKoreanPopulation>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=DP05:%20ACS%20Demographic%20and%20Housing%20Estimates&g=050XX00US34003|title=ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates Bergen County, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 18, 2024}}</ref> the highest percentage for any county in the United States;<ref name=BergenHighestKoreanPopulation>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/167951555_Korean_company_to_buy_Fort_Lee_bank_buying_local_lender.html |title=Korean company to buy Fort Lee bank |author=Richard Newman |work=northjersey.com |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=August 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003045735/http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/167951555_Korean_company_to_buy_Fort_Lee_bank_buying_local_lender.html |archive-date=October 3, 2013  }}</ref> while the concentration of Koreans in [[Koreatown, Palisades Park|Palisades Park]], within Bergen County, is the [[List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations#Municipalities with density of at least 500 Korean Americans per square mile in 2010|highest density and percentage]] of any municipality in the United States,<ref name=NYTimesPalPark>[[Richard Pérez-Peña|Pérez-Peña, Richard]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/nyregion/16palisades.html "Palisades Park Journal – As Koreans Pour In, a Town Is Remade"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 15, 2010. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> at 53.7% of the borough's population.<ref name=PalisadesParkMajorityKorean>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP05?q=DP05:%20ACS%20Demographic%20and%20Housing%20Estimates&g=160XX00US3455770|title=ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates Palisades Park borough, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 18, 2024}}</ref> Per the 2010 Census, Palisades Park was home to the highest total number (10,115)<ref name=PalisadesParkCensusData>[https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3455770 DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Palisades Park borough, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213095459/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3455770 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> of individuals of Korean ancestry among all municipalities in the state,<ref name=Korean>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Korean.html Korean Ancestry by City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206002820/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Korean.html |date=December 6, 2007 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed March 17, 2007.</ref> while neighboring [[Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]] had the second largest cluster (8,318),<ref name=FortLeeQuickFacts>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3424420lk.html|title=Fort Lee borough, New Jersey QuickLinks|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519045050/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3424420lk.html|archive-date=May 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and fourth highest proportion (23.5%, trailing [[Leonia, New Jersey|Leonia]] (26.5%) and [[Ridgefield, New Jersey|Ridgefield]] (25.7%)). All of the nation's top ten municipalities by percentage of Korean population in 2010 were located in Bergen County,<ref name=BergenCountyKoreanPercentage/> including Palisades Park, Leonia, Ridgefield, Fort Lee, [[Closter, New Jersey|Closter]], [[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey|Englewood Cliffs]], [[Norwood, New Jersey|Norwood]], [[Edgewater, New Jersey|Edgewater]], [[Cresskill, New Jersey|Cresskill]], and [[Demarest, New Jersey|Demarest]], closely followed by [[Old Tappan, New Jersey|Old Tappan]]. Virtually all of the municipalities with the highest Korean concentrations are located in the eastern third of the county, near the Hudson River, although [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]] has emerged as a Korean American nexus in western Bergen County,<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3463000 DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Ridgewood village, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213090741/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3463000 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> and [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]]<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3455950 DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Paramus borough, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213061705/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3455950 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> and [[River Edge, New Jersey|River Edge]]<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3463360 DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for River Edge borough, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213063019/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3463360 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> in central Bergen County. Beginning in 2012, county election ballots were printed in the Korean language,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/voting-information-vote-by-mail.html|title=State of New Jersey Department of State|publisher=State of New Jersey|access-date=May 31, 2017}}</ref> in addition to English and Spanish, given the U.S. Census Bureau's directive that Bergen County's Korean population had grown large enough to warrant language assistance during elections.<ref name=KoreanBallots>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/Korean_language_ballots_coming_to_Bergen_County.html|title=Korean language ballots coming to Bergen County|author1=Karen Sudol |author2=Dave Sheingold |name-list-style=amp |work=northjersey.com|date=October 12, 2011|access-date=October 28, 2015}}</ref> Between 2011 and 2017, the Korean population of [[Fair Lawn, New Jersey|Fair Lawn]] was estimated to have more than doubled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/1600000US3422470|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates - Fair Lawn borough, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=October 13, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213114343/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/1600000US3422470|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

South Korean ''[[chaebol]]s'' have established [[North America]]n [[headquarters]] operations in Bergen County, including [[Samsung]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.Samsung_Electronics_America_Inc.8c8cfbc91c0d265a.html|title=Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Company Profile|publisher=Hoover's Inc|access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref> [[LG Corp]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/englewood-cliffs/2017/02/07/lg-breaks-ground-englewood-cliffs-hq/97400212/|title=LG breaks ground on Englewood Cliffs HQ| author=Michael W. Curley Jr. |publisher=NorthJersey.com - part of the USA TODAY network|date=February 7, 2017|access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref> and [[Hanjin Shipping]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/stranded-container-ship-gets-go-ahead-to-dock-in-elizabeth-1.1663365|title=Stranded container ship gets go-ahead to dock in Elizabeth|author=Richard Newman|publisher=NorthJersey.com - part of the USA TODAY network|date=September 20, 2016|access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref> In April 2018, the largest Korean-themed supermarket in Bergen County opened in Paramus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/money/2018/04/27/h-mart-korean-themed-supermarket-opens-paramus/559041002/|title=H Mart: Korean-themed supermarket opens in Paramus|author=Joan Verdon|publisher=NorthJersey.com - part of the USA TODAY network|date=April 28, 2018|access-date=April 28, 2018}}</ref> In January 2019, Christopher Chung was sworn in as the first Korean-American mayor of Palisades Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/palisades-park/2019/01/02/palisades-park-nj-korean-american-mayor-makes-bergen-county-nj-history/2389106002/|title=Palisades Park makes history in Bergen County, swears in first Korean-American mayor|author=Kristie Cattafi|publisher=NorthJersey.com - part of the USA TODAY network|date=January 3, 2019|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref>

The political stature of Koreatown appears to be increasing significantly as well. Bergen County's growing Korean community<ref>{{cite web|author=John C. Ensslin|date=December 20, 2011|title=North Jersey Korean-Americans relieved but worried about transition|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/bergen_news/North_Jersey_Korean-Americans_relieved_but_worried_about_transition.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=June 26, 2011|title=Korean War vets honored at Cresskill church|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/Korean_War_vets_honored__at_Cresskill_church.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref name="© 2012 North Jersey Media Group">{{cite web|date=January 15, 2011|title=Hackensack attorney appointed to court|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime_courts/113719969_Kim_named_Central_Municipal_Court_judge.html|url-status=dead|work=northjersey.com|access-date=March 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120003001/http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime_courts/113719969_Kim_named_Central_Municipal_Court_judge.html|archive-date=January 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name="northjersey.com">{{cite web|author=Monsy Alvarado|date=March 30, 2012|title=North Jersey Korean leaders to form political action committee after Phillip Kwon rejection|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/North_Jersey_Korean_leaders_to_form_political_action_committee_after_Philip_Kwon.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> was cited by county executive Kathleen Donovan in the context of attorney Jae Y. Kim's appointment to Central Municipal Court [[judge]]ship in nearby [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]] in January 2011.<ref name="© 2012 North Jersey Media Group" /> Subsequently, in March 2012, leaders from Bergen County's Korean community announced they would form a grassroots [[political action committee]] to gain an organized voice in politics in the wake of the rejection of attorney Phillip Kwon to the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] by a state legislative body,<ref name="northjersey.com" /> and in July 2012, Kwon was appointed instead as deputy general counsel of the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|author=SHAWN BOBURG AND JOHN REITMEYER|date=July 26, 2012|title=Update: Philip Kwon, rejected N.J. Supreme Court nominee, scores a top Port Authority job|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/Philip_Kwon_hired_at_high-ranking_job_at_Port_Authority.html?c=y&page=1|work=northjersey.com|access-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref> Jacqueline Choi was then sworn in as Bergen County's first female Korean American assistant [[prosecutor]] in September 2012.<ref name="Monsy Alvarado">{{cite web|author=Monsy Alvarado|date=September 4, 2012|title=Bergen County swears in first female Korean-American assistant prosecutor|url=http://www.northjersey.com/leonia/Bergen_County_swears_in_first_female_Korean-American_assistant_prosecutor.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=September 4, 2012}}</ref> According to ''The Record'', the U.S. Census Bureau has determined that the county's Korean American population has grown enough to warrant language assistance during elections,<ref name="Karen Sudol and Dave Sheingold">{{cite web|author1=Karen Sudol|author2=Dave Sheingold|date=October 12, 2011|title=Korean language ballots coming to Bergen County|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/Korean_language_ballots_coming_to_Bergen_County.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=March 28, 2012}}</ref> and Bergen County's Koreans have earned significant political respect.<ref>{{cite web|author=John C. Ensslin|date=August 20, 2012|title=After decades of work, Bergen County Koreans have earned political respect|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/166724576_After_decades_of_work__Bergen_County_Koreans_have_earned_political_respect.html?c=y&page=1|work=northjersey.com|access-date=August 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Rebecca D. O'Brien|date=October 14, 2012|title=New Jersey's Korean community awakens politically|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/174039211.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Monsy Alvarado|date=October 9, 2012|title=Korean-Americans to sponsor three debates|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/173234571_Korean-Americans_to_sponsor_three_debates.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=May 12, 2014}}</ref> As of May 2014, Korean Americans had garnered at least four borough council seats in Bergen County.<ref>{{cite web|author=Monsy Alvarado|date=May 12, 2014|title=South Korean officials, Menendez lead Englewood discussion on improving joint economy|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/south-korean-officials-menendez-lead-englewood-discussion-on-improving-joint-economy-1.1014570|work=northjersey.com|access-date=May 12, 2014}}</ref> In November 2016, Ellen Park was elected to the borough council in nearby [[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey|Englewood Cliffs]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael W. Curley Jr.|date=November 18, 2016|title=Park, Woo to join Englewood Cliffs council after final vote tally|url=http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2016/11/18/results-expected-today-englewood-cliffs-elections/94068226/|publisher=NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY network|access-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref> while namesake Daniel Park was elected to the borough council in nearby [[Tenafly, New Jersey|Tenafly]] in November 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephanie Simone|date=November 14, 2013|title=Daniel Park is seeing green for Tenafly|url=http://archive.northjersey.com/news/daniel-park-is-seeing-green-for-tenafly-1.605968?page=all|publisher=NorthJersey.com - part of the USA TODAY network|access-date=January 18, 2017|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131191857/http://archive.northjersey.com/news/daniel-park-is-seeing-green-for-tenafly-1.605968?page=all|url-status=dead}}</ref>