Editing Chinese Americans (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Main|List of U.S. cities with significant Chinese American populations}}
{{See also|Demographics of the United States|list of common Chinese American surnames}}

=== Population ===
The chart on the right shows the total number of ethnic Chinese in the United States since 1850.<ref>''US Census: Race and Hispanic or Latino: 2000'' [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=n&_lang=en&qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_QTP3&ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&geo_id=01000US] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212042413/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=n&_lang=en&qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_QTP3&ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&geo_id=01000US|date=12 February 2020}}; ''US Census: 1990'' [https://www.census.gov/main/www/cen1990.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811070032/http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen1990.html|date=11 August 2010}}; ''US Census: Population 1790–1990'' [https://www.census.gov/population/censusdata/table-2.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002064820/https://www.census.gov/population/censusdata/table-2.pdf|date=2 October 2018}}; ''Comparison of Asian Populations during the Exclusion Years'' [http://www.udel.edu/readhistory/resources/2005_2006/summer_06/hsu.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310221048/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=ACS_2004_EST_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2004_EST_G00_S0201T&-reg=ACS_2004_EST_G00_S0201:035;ACS_2004_EST_G00_S0201T:035&-ds_name=ACS_2004_EST_G00_&-_lang=en&-format=|date=10 March 2007}}; Estimation of the US-Census for the year 2004 [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=ACS_2004_EST_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2004_EST_G00_S0201T&-reg=ACS_2004_EST_G00_S0201:035;ACS_2004_EST_G00_S0201T:035&-ds_name=ACS_2004_EST_G00_&-_lang=en&-format=] </ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224151538/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html|title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States|archive-date=24 December 2014}}</ref>

{{Historical populations
|type=USA
|1850|758
|1860|34933
|1870|63199
|1880|105465
|1890|107488
|1900|89863
|1910|71531
|1920|61639
|1930|74954
|1940|77504
|1950|117629
|1960|237292
|1970|435062
|1980|806040
|1990|1645472
|2000|2432585
|2010|3347229
|2019|5400000
|estref=<ref name="population1">{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn31.html|title=U.S. Census Bureau Delivers Illinois' 2010 Census Population Totals, Including First Look at Race and Hispanic Origin Data for Legislative Redistricting|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=20 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219012241/http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn31.html|archive-date=19 February 2011}}</ref>}}

=== States with the largest estimated Chinese American populations ===
[[File:Chinese Population USA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Percentage of Chinese population in the United States, 2000]]

The states with the largest estimated Chinese American populations, according to the [[2010 United States Census|2010 Census]], were [[California]] (1,253,100; 3.4%), [[New York (state)|New York]] (577,000; 3.0%), [[Texas]] (157,000; 0.6%), [[New Jersey]] (134,500; 1.5%), [[Massachusetts]] (123,000; 1.9%), [[Illinois]] (104,200; 0.8%), [[Washington (state)|Washington]] (94,200; 1.4%), [[Pennsylvania]] (85,000; 0.7%), [[Maryland]] (69,400; 1.2%), [[Virginia]] (59,800; 0.7%), and [[Ohio]] (51,033; 0.5%). The state of [[Hawaii]] has the highest concentration of Chinese Americans at 4.0%, or 55,000 people.

=== 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}}
|}

=== Income and social status ===
Income and social status of these Chinese American locations vary widely. {{As of|2012}} about 333,333<!--source text: "Around a third of the million"--> people living in the United States with a Chinese background are not United States citizens.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/what-chinas-talking-about-today-is-american-citizenship-still-desirable/254070/ |title=What China's Talking About Today: Is American Citizenship Still Desirable? |last=Hayoun |first=Massoud |date=7 March 2012 |work=The Atlantic |publisher=Atlantic Media Company |access-date=1 February 2013 |archive-date=25 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525005350/http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/what-chinas-talking-about-today-is-american-citizenship-still-desirable/254070/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Although many Chinese Americans in [[Chinatown]]s of large cities are often members of an impoverished working class, others are well-educated upper-class people living in affluent suburbs. The upper and lower-class Chinese are also widely separated by social status and class discrimination. In California's [[San Gabriel Valley]], for example, the cities of [[Monterey Park, California|Monterey Park]] and [[San Marino, California|San Marino]] are both Chinese American communities lying geographically close to each other but they are separated by a large socioeconomic gap.

=== Languages ===
{{Main|Chinese language in the United States}}
{{See also|Language and overseas Chinese communities#North America}}

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the various [[varieties of Chinese]] make up the third-most spoken language in the United States. It is almost completely spoken within Chinese American populations and by immigrants or the descendants of immigrants, especially in [[California]].<ref name="Lai">{{cite book |last=Lai |first=H. Mark |title=Becoming Chinese American: A History of Communities and Institutions |publisher=AltaMira Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-7591-0458-7}}</ref> In 2002, over 2 million Americans speak some variety or dialect of Chinese, with [[Standard Chinese]] (Mandarin) becoming increasingly common due to new immigration from China and supplanting the previous widespread [[Cantonese]] and [[Taishanese]].<ref name="Lai" />

In [[New York City]], although [[Standard Chinese]] (Mandarin) was spoken as a native language among only 10% of [[American-born Chinese]] speakers, it is used as a secondary dialect to English.<ref>{{cite book |last=García |first=Ofelia |title=The Multilingual Apple: Languages in New York City |author2=Fishman, Joshua A. |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |year=2002 |isbn=978-3-11-017281-2}}</ref> In addition, the immigration from [[Fuzhou]], [[Fujian]] brings in a significant{{Quantify|date=May 2023}} populace of [[Fuzhou people]] ([[Eastern Min]]), particularly [[Changle dialect]] speakers to major cities like New York City, San Francisco, and Boston.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} People from Fujian ([[Minnan region]]), [[Chaoshan]], [[Taiwan]] and [[Southeast Asia]] mainly use [[Southern Min]] dialect ([[Hokkien]] and [[Teochew dialect|Teochew]]) as their mother tongue. Varieties of [[Wu Chinese]], particularly [[Shanghainese]] and the mutually unintelligible [[Wenzhounese]], are spoken by a minority of recent Chinese immigrants hailing from [[Jiangsu]], [[Zhejiang]], and [[Shanghai]].{{When|date=July 2021}}{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Although many Chinese Americans grow up learning [[English language|English]], some teach their children to speak Chinese for a variety of reasons: preservation of an ancient civilization, preservation of a group identity, preservation of their cultural ancestry, desire for easy communication with each other and their relatives, and the perception that Chinese is a very useful language. The official standard for United States public notices and signage is [[Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional Chinese]].<ref>See, for instance, https://www.irs.gov/irm/part22/irm_22-031-001.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303080106/https://www.irs.gov/irm/part22/irm_22-031-001.html|date=3 March 2016}} ([[Internal Revenue Manual]] 22.31.1.6.3 – "The standard language for translation is Traditional Chinese."</ref>

=== Religion ===
{{Pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Religions of Chinese Americans (2012)<ref name="pewforum.org"/><ref name="projects.pewforum.org">{{cite web|url=http://projects.pewforum.org/2012/07/18/religious-affiliation-of-asian-americans-2/asianamericans_affiliation-4-2/|title=Chinese Americans|date=18 July 2012|website=Projects.pewforum.org|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085803/http://projects.pewforum.org/2012/07/18/religious-affiliation-of-asian-americans-2/asianamericans_affiliation-4-2/|archive-date=3 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| label1 = Not declared
| value1 = 52
| color1 = Grey
| label2 = [[Christianity]]
| value2 = 30
| color2 = DodgerBlue
| label3 = [[Buddhism]]
| value3 = 15
| color3 = Gold
| label4 = 
| value4 = 
| color4 = 
| label5 = [[Chinese Folk Religion]]
| value5 = 3
| color5 = Red
}}
The majority of Chinese Americans do not report a [[religious affiliation]]. 43% of Chinese Americans switched to a different religion and 54% stayed within their childhood religion within their lifetime. According to the 2012 [[Pew Research Center]] Asian-American Survey, 52% of Chinese Americans aged 15 and over said that they did not have any religious affiliation. This is also compared with the religious unaffiliation of Asian-American average of 26% and a national average of 19%.

Of the survey respondents, 15% were [[Buddhist]], 8% were Catholic, and 22% belonged to a [[Protestant]] denomination. About half of Chinese Americans (52%)—including 55% of those born in the U.S. and 51% of those born overseas—describe themselves as religiously unaffiliated.<ref name="pewforum.org" /><ref name="projects.pewforum.org" />

A significant number of Chinese Americans identify with [[Islam]] as Muslims, due to a combination of factors including intermarriage with Muslims, immigration from Hui and Uyghur Muslim areas, and some have learned Islam from African American civil rights activists.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

There is a significantly higher{{Quantify|date=May 2023}} percentage of [[Christianity in China|Chinese Christians]] in the United States than there is in China, as Chinese Christians flee to the United States from [[Chinese Communist Party|Chinese Communist]] persecution.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 September 2018 |title=Group: Officials destroying crosses, burning bibles in China |url=https://apnews.com/c09b2ee4b71540c8a7fd6178820c5970 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111031523/https://apnews.com/c09b2ee4b71540c8a7fd6178820c5970 |archive-date=11 January 2020 |access-date=9 December 2019 |website=AP NEWS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown |title=Freedom of Religion in China: A Historical Perspective |url=https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/freedom-of-religion-in-china-a-historical-perspective |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903200044/https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/freedom-of-religion-in-china-a-historical-perspective |archive-date=3 September 2019 |access-date=9 December 2019 |website=berkleycenter.georgetown.edu}}</ref>

==== List of Chinese temples in the United States ====
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Temple of Kwan Tai]] ({{lang|zh|武帝廟}}), located in [[Mendocino, California]]
* [[Bok Kai Temple]] ({{lang|zh|北溪廟}}), located in the city of [[Marysville, California]]
* [[Kong Chow Temple]] ({{lang|zh|岡州古廟}}), located in San Francisco, California
* [[Tin How Temple]] ({{lang|zh|天后古廟}}), located in San Francisco's Chinatown, California
* [[Oroville Chinese Temple]] ({{lang|zh|列聖宮}}), located in [[Oroville, California]]
* [[Ma-Tsu Temple (San Francisco, California)|Ma-Tsu Temple]] ({{lang|zh|美國舊金山媽祖廟朝聖宮}}), located in San Francisco's Chinatown, California
* [[Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park|Weaverville Joss House]] ({{lang|zh|雲林廟}}), located in the center of the town of [[Weaverville, California]]
* [[Pao Fa Temple]] ({{lang|zh|寶法寺}}), located in [[Irvine, California]]
* [[Hsu Yun Temple]] ({{lang|zh|虛雲禪寺}}), located in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]]
* [[Hsi Lai Temple]] ({{lang|zh|佛光山西來寺}}), located in northern [[Puente Hills]], [[Hacienda Heights, California]]
* [[City of Ten Thousand Buddhas]] ({{lang|zh|萬佛聖城}}), located in [[Talmage, California]]
* [[Chuang Yen Monastery]] ({{lang|zh|莊嚴寺}}), located in [[Kent, New York|Kent]], [[Putnam County, New York]]
}}

=== Politics ===
[[File:Judy Chu 2019-05-02.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|[[Judy Chu]] ({{uspolabbr|D|CA|28}}), the first female Chinese American elected to Congress]]

Chinese Americans are divided among many subgroups based on factors such as language, religion, generational status, age and [[socioeconomic status]]. Sometimes, these subgroups have conflicting political priorities and goals.

As of 2013, Chinese Americans were the least likely Asian-American ethnicity to be affiliated with a political party.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hilburn |first=Matthew |date=17 January 2013 |title=Asian-American Vote Reveals Nuances |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/polling-asian-americans-nuanced/1586148.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121121910/http://www.voanews.com/content/polling-asian-americans-nuanced/1586148.html |archive-date=21 January 2013 |access-date=24 January 2013 |publisher=Voice of America |quote=Chinese-Americans were the least likely to affiliate with a party. Magpantay suggested that only one third of Chinese-Americans belong to a party, compared with 71% among all Asian-Americans, because of the negative association of the word party with the Communist Party in China.}}</ref>

Chinese Americans tend to be clustered in majority-[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] states and have increasingly voted Democratic in recent presidential elections, following the trend for Asian Americans in general, excluding the [[Vietnamese Americans]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Power of the Asian-American Vote Is Growing -- And It's Up for Grabs |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/the-power-of-the-asian-american-vote-is-growing-and-it-s-up-for-grabs-20121025 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510231109/http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/the-power-of-the-asian-american-vote-is-growing-and-it-s-up-for-grabs-20121025 |archivedate=10 May 2013}}</ref> Polling just before the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 U.S. Presidential Election]] found [[John Kerry]] was favored by 58% of Chinese Americans and [[George W. Bush]] by only 23%,<ref name="Kerry">{{cite web |date=16 September 2004 |title=Asian-Americans lean toward Kerry |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FI16Aa01.html |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040916213328/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FI16Aa01.html |archive-date=16 September 2004 |access-date=22 September 2007 |work=Asia Times}}</ref> as compared with a 54/44 split in [[United States presidential election in California, 2004|California]], a 58/40 split in [[United States presidential election in New York, 2004|New York]], and a 48/51 split in [[2004 United States presidential election|America]] as a whole on Election Day itself. In the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]], 81% of Chinese American voters selected [[Barack Obama]] over [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Hing |first=Julianne |date=18 January 2013 |title=Asian-American Voters Really, Really Loved Barack Obama in Election 2012 |url=http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/01/asian-american_voters_really_really_loved_barack_obama_in_election_2012.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121005157/http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/01/asian-american_voters_really_really_loved_barack_obama_in_election_2012.html |archive-date=21 January 2013 |access-date=11 November 2015 |publisher=ColorLines}}</ref>