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====Asian American==== There were an estimated 89,164 [[Asian American]]s in Hudson County, according to the 2013 American Community Survey,<ref name=2013Est/> representing a 5.0% increase from 84,924 Asian Americans enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census/> =====Indian American===== {{main|India Square|Indians in the New York City metropolitan region}} [[India Square]], also known as "[[Little India (location)|Little India]]" or "Little [[Bombay]]",<ref name=Kiniry/> home to the highest concentration of [[Asian Indian]]s in the [[Western Hemisphere]],<ref name=Wirstiuk/> is a rapidly growing [[Indian American]] [[ethnic enclave]] in Jersey City. This area has been home to the largest outdoor [[Navratri]] festivities in New Jersey as well as several [[Hindu temple]]s;<ref>[http://www.thenewjournalsquare.com/html/press/indiasquare.htm "India Square"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015155533/http://www.thenewjournalsquare.com/html/press/indiasquare.htm |date=October 15, 2013 }}, accessed July 26, 2006</ref> while an annual, color-filled spring [[Holi]] [[festival]] has taken place in Jersey City since 1992, centered upon India Square and attracting significant participation and international media attention.<ref>.{{cite news |last=Rogoza |first=Rafael |title=Thousands of colorful revelers partake in 21st Annual Phagwah Parade in Jersey City |newspaper=The Jersey Journal |date=March 30, 2013 |url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/thousands_of_colorful_revelers.html#incart_river_default |access-date=March 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Colorful Holi Hai festival in Jersey City celebrates rites of spring|author=Matthew Speiser|newspaper=The Jersey Journal|date=March 29, 2015 |url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/03/indian_festival_in_jersey_city_celebrates_diversit.html#incart_river|access-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref> There were an estimated 39,477 Indian Americans in Hudson County, according to the 2013 American Community Survey,<ref name=2013Est/> representing a 6.0% increase from 37,236 Indian Americans enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census/> =====Filipino American===== {{main|Filipinos in New Jersey|Filipinos in the New York City metropolitan region}} 7% of Jersey City's population is [[Filipino people|Filipino]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The History of Filipino-Americans in Jersey City|url=https://www.filipinohome.com/timeline.html|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=www.filipinohome.com}}</ref> The [[Five Corners, Jersey City|Five Corners]] district is home to a thriving Filipino community and Jersey City's [[Little Manila#New Jersey|Little Manila]], which is the second largest Asian American subgroup in the city. A variety of Filipino restaurants, shippers and freighters, doctors' officers, bakeries, stores, and an office of [[The Filipino Channel]] have made Newark Avenue their home. The largest Filipino-owned grocery store on the [[East Coast of the United States]], Phil-Am Food, has been there since 1973. An array of Filipino-owned businesses can also be found at the section of [[West Side, Jersey City|West Side]] of Jersey City, where many of its residents are of Filipino descent. In 2006, a [[Red Ribbon (Bakeshop)|Red Ribbon]] pastry shop, one of the Philippines' most famous food chains, opened its first branch on the East Coast in the Garden State.[http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business04_feb13_2006.] [[Manila Avenue (Hudson County)|Manila Avenue]] in [[Downtown Jersey City]] was named for the Philippine capital city because of the many Filipinos who built their homes on this street during the 1970s. A memorial, dedicated to the Filipino American veterans of the [[Vietnam War]], was built in a small square on Manila Avenue. A park and statue dedicated to [[Jose P. Rizal]], a national hero of the Philippines, exists in downtown Jersey City.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 25, 2013|title=rizal statue jersey city |url=http://www.highbeam.com/Search?searchTerm=rizal%20statue%20jersey%20city|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=archive.ph|archive-date=January 25, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125112400/http://www.highbeam.com/Search?searchTerm=rizal%20statue%20jersey%20city|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jersey City is the host of the annual [[Philippine-American Friendship Day]] Parade, an event that occurs yearly in June, on its last Sunday. The City Hall of Jersey City raises the Philippine flag in correlation to this event and as a tribute to the contributions of the Filipino community. The Santakrusan Procession along Manila Avenue has taken place since 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Journal|first=Kate Kowsh/The Jersey|date=May 30, 2011|title=Amid Delays, 33rd Annual Santacruzan procession circles downtown neighborhood|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2011/05/amid_delays_santacruzan_street.html|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=nj|language=en}}</ref> There were an estimated 21,622 [[Filipino American]]s in Hudson County, according to the 2013 American Community Survey,<ref name=2013Est/> representing a 4.8% increase from 20,638 Filipino Americans enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census/> =====Chinese American===== Hudson County, highly accessible to [[Lower Manhattan]] in New York City and its [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]] by [[rapid transit]], was home to an estimated 13,381 [[Chinese American]]s, according to the 2013 American Community Survey,<ref name=2013Est/> representing a notably rapid growth of 19.1% from the 11,239 Chinese Americans enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census/>
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