Editing Chinatown, Manhattan (section)

==Citywide demographics==
{{See also|List of U.S. cities with significant Chinese-American populations|Chinese Americans in New York City|Chinatowns in New York City}}
[[File:Chinatown - East Broadway.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Little Fuzhou]] (on [[East Broadway (Manhattan)|East Broadway]]) is seen from the [[Manhattan Bridge]].]]
The Manhattan Chinatown is one of [[Chinese Americans in New York City|nine Chinatown neighborhoods in New York City]], as well as one of twelve in the [[New York metropolitan area]], which contains the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, enumerating an estimated 779,269 individuals as of 2013;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_1YR_DP05&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150104214440/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_1YR_DP05&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2015 |title=ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref> the remaining Chinatowns are located in the boroughs of [[Queens]] (up to four, depending upon definition)<ref>{{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, p. 115 |author=Lawrence A. McGlinn, Department of Geography SUNY-New Paltz |publisher=Middle States Geographer, 2002, 35: 115, Journal of the Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers |access-date=September 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029075400/http://geographyplanning.buffalostate.edu/MSG%202002/13_McGlinn.pdf |archive-date=October 29, 2012 }}</ref> and [[Brooklyn]] (three) and in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], all on [[Long Island]] in [[New York State]]; as well as in [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]]<ref>{{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 6 |author=Lawrence A. McGlinn, Department of Geography SUNY-New Paltz |publisher=Middle States Geographer, 2002, 35: 110–119, Journal of the Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers |access-date=December 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029075400/http://geographyplanning.buffalostate.edu/MSG%202002/13_McGlinn.pdf |archive-date=October 29, 2012 }}</ref> and [[Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany-Troy Hills]] in [[New Jersey]]. In addition, Manhattan's [[Little Fuzhou]], an enclave populated primarily by more recent [[Chinese emigration|Chinese immigrants]] from the [[Fujian Province]] of China, is technically considered a part of Manhattan's Chinatown, albeit now developing a separate identity of its own.

A new and rapidly growing Chinese community in [[East Harlem]], [[Uptown Manhattan]], nearly tripled in population between the years 2000 and 2010, according to [[U.S. Census]] figures.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mays |first=Jeff |url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110803/harlem/east-harlem-tries-serve-huge-influx-of-chinese-residents |title=East Harlem Tries to Serve Huge Influx of Chinese Residents – DNAinfo.com New York |publisher=Dnainfo.com |date=August 3, 2011 |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224002454/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110803/harlem/east-harlem-tries-serve-huge-influx-of-chinese-residents |archive-date=February 24, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Barron |first=Laignee |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/chinese-population-climbs-200-harlem-east-harlem-10-yrs-article-1.947039 |title=Chinese population climbs 200% in Harlem and East Harlem over 10 yrs |newspaper=NY Daily News |date=August 8, 2011 |access-date=February 25, 2013 |location=New York |archive-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308154521/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/chinese-population-climbs-200-harlem-east-harlem-10-yrs-article-1.947039 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apaforprogress.org/chinese-american-population-harlem-nyc-surges |title=Chinese American Population in Harlem NYC Surges |author=Calvin Prashad |publisher=apaforprogress.org |date=August 8, 2011 |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109010909/http://www.apaforprogress.org/chinese-american-population-harlem-nyc-surges |archive-date=November 9, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/nyregion/east-harlem-building-collapse.html?hp |title=At Least 3 Killed in Gas Blast on East Harlem Block; 2 Buildings Leveled |author=Marc Santora |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 12, 2014 |access-date=March 12, 2014 |archive-date=March 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312215505/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/nyregion/east-harlem-building-collapse.html?hp |url-status=live }}</ref> This neighborhood has been described as the precursor to a new [[Commuter town|satellite]] Chinatown within Manhattan itself,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/nyregion/chinese-moving-to-east-harlem-some-from-chinatown.html?hpw&_r=1& |title=Chinese Moving to East Harlem in a Quiet Shift From Downtown |author=J. DAVID GOODMAN |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 24, 2013 |access-date=February 25, 2013 |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429193524/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/nyregion/chinese-moving-to-east-harlem-some-from-chinatown.html?hpw&_r=1& |url-status=live }}</ref> which upon acknowledged formation would represent the second Chinese neighborhood in Manhattan, the tenth large Chinese settlement in New York City, and the twelfth within the overall New York City metropolitan region.

As the city proper with the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia by a wide margin, estimated at 628,763 as of 2017,<ref name="NYCChineseA1">{{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=February 15, 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=February 14, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and as the primary destination for [[Chinese emigration|new Chinese immigrants]],<ref name="2012ChineseImmigration">{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2012-legal-permanent-residents |title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2 |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security |access-date=March 8, 2014 |archive-date=April 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403073333/http://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2012-legal-permanent-residents |url-status=live }}</ref> New York City is subdivided into official municipal [[borough (New York City)|boroughs]], which themselves are home to significant Chinese populations, with [[Chinatown, Brooklyn|Brooklyn]] and [[Chinatown, Flushing|Queens]], adjacently located on [[Long Island]], leading the fastest growth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36047lk.html |title=Kings County (Brooklyn Borough), New York QuickLinks |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=March 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304220709/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36047lk.html |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36081lk.html |title=Queens County (Queens Borough), New York QuickLinks |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=March 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225014329/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36081lk.html |archive-date=February 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After the City of New York itself, the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn encompass the largest Chinese populations, respectively, of all municipalities in the United States.

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