Editing Fremont, California (section)

=== Race and ethnicity ===
As of 2010, more than half the residents of Fremont were of Asian ancestry, with large populations of Chinese, Asian Indians, and Filipinos.

The racial makeup of Fremont was:

* 108,332 (50.6%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (consisting of 18.1% [[Indian American|Indian]], 17.8% [[Chinese American|Chinese]], 6.7% [[Filipino American|Filipino]], 2.5% [[Vietnamese American|Vietnamese]], 1.8% [[Korean American|Korean]], 1.0% [[Pakistani American|Pakistani]], 0.8% [[Japanese American|Japanese]], 0.6% [[Burmese American|Burmese]])
* 70,320 (32.8%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], [[Non-Hispanic Whites]] were 26.5% of the population in 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0626000.html |title=Fremont (city), California |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703000449/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0626000.html |archive-date=July 3, 2012 |access-date=April 30, 2012 }}</ref> down from 85.4% in 1970.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |title=California&nbsp;— Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-date=August 12, 2012 |access-date=April 30, 2012 }}</ref>
* 31,698 (14.8%) [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race. (consisting of 11.0% [[Mexican American|Mexican]], 0.6% [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]], 0.5% [[Salvadoran American|Salvadoran]]).
* 13,605 (6.4%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]
* 12,584 (5.9%) from two or more races
* 7,103 (3.3%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]
* 1,169 (0.5%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
* 976 (0.5%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]

Due in large part to a substantial influx of [[Afghans]] granted [[asylum in the United States]] following the 1979 [[Soviet–Afghan War|invasion of Afghanistan]] by the [[Soviet Union]], Fremont is the home to the largest concentration of [[Afghan Americans]] in the United States.<ref name="sfgate.com">[[San Francisco Chronicle]], [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/21/BAO019BG4C.DTL Fremont's Little Kabul eyes election with hope], August 21, 2009.</ref> Judith Miller of ''[[City Journal]]'' wrote that unlike many ethnic groups, the Afghans in Fremont have few political representatives at various levels and an insular focus.<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Judith |url=https://www.city-journal.org/html/afghans-fremont-13329.html |title=The Afghans of Fremont |work=[[City Journal]] |date=Autumn 2010 |access-date=July 14, 2021 }}</ref> This concentration is noted in [[Khaled Hosseini]]'s 2003 novel ''[[Kite Runner]]''.

Fremont and nearby [[Union City, California|Union City]] have fairly large numbers of [[Pacific Islanders]], [[Cubans]] and [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Ricans]], [[Spanish people|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]], and a small number of [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|American Indians]].