Korean Americans

Korean Americans
Hangul	한국계 미국인
Hanja	韓國系美國人
Revised Romanization	Hangukgye Migukin
McCune–Reischauer	Han'gukkye Migukin

Korean Americans
한국계 미국인
韓國系美國人
Hangukgye Migukin
	; ; Herbert Choy • Dana Tai Soon Burgess • Margaret Cho • Juju Chang • Sung Kang • Harold Hongju Koh • Michelle Wie • Peter S. Kim • Ken Jeong • Michelle Rhee • Jamie Chung • Hines Ward
Total population
	1,609,980; 0.5% of the US population (2008)
Regions with significant populations
	Los Angeles metropolitan area, New York City metropolitan area, Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and other major American metropolitan areas.
Languages
	English, Korean
Religion
	Large non-religious and atheist segment. Predominantly Christian (chiefly Protestant); Minority Buddhist

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Korean Americans (Korean: 한국계 미국인; Hanja: 韓國系美國人; Hangukgye Migukin) are Americans of Korean descent. They are mostly from South Korea. A small amount are from North Korea. The Korean American community comprises about 0.5% of the United States population or about 1.6 million people and is the fifth largest Asian American subgroup, after the Indian American, Chinese American, Vietnamese American and Filipino American communities.^[2] The U.S. has the second-largest Korean community in the world. The largest is in the People's Republic of China.^[3]

References

↑ S0201. Selected Population Profile in the United States, United States Census Bureau, archived from the original on 2011-11-19, retrieved 2008-10-26
↑ Barnes, Jessica S.; Bennett, Claudette E. (February 2002), The Asian Population: 2000 (PDF), U.S. Census 2000, U.S. Department of Commerce, retrieved 2009-09-30
↑ 《재외동포현황》 [Current Status of Overseas Compatriots], South Korea: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2009, archived from the original on 2010-10-23, retrieved 2009-05-21

[Census2007-1] S0201. Selected Population Profile in the United States, United States Census Bureau, archived from the original on 2011-11-19, retrieved 2008-10-26

[2] Barnes, Jessica S.; Bennett, Claudette E. (February 2002), The Asian Population: 2000 (PDF), U.S. Census 2000, U.S. Department of Commerce, retrieved 2009-09-30

[3] 《재외동포현황》 [Current Status of Overseas Compatriots], South Korea: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2009, archived from the original on 2010-10-23, retrieved 2009-05-21

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v t e Asian Americans^{1, 2}
Central Asian^{3, 4}	Mongolian Uzbek
East Asian	Chinese Hong Kong Taiwanese Tibetan⁵ Japanese Korean
South Asian^{3, 6}	Bangladeshi Bhutanese Indian Indo-Caribbean Bengali Kannada Punjabi Tamil Nepalese Pakistani Baloch Pashtun Punjabi Sri Lankan Tamil
Southeast Asian	Burmese Cambodian Filipino Hmong Indonesian Laotian Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese
Other	Afro-Asian Amerasian Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans Eurasian Multiracial American Punjabi Mexican
History	General Immigration Military
Topics	Arts and Entertainment Demographics Politics Stereotypes
Religion	Buddhists Christians Catholics Protestants, etc. Hindus Jainism Muslims Sikhs
Notes ¹ The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. ^[1]^[2] ² The United States Government classified Kalmyks as Asian until 1951, when Kalmyk Americans were reclassified as White Americans.^[3] ³ The U.S. Census Bureau considers Afghanistan a South Asian country, but does not classify Afghan Americans as Asian,^[4] but as Middle Eastern American.^[5] ⁴ The U.S. Census Bureau considers Mongolians and Uzbeks as Central Asians,^[6] but a specific Central Asian American group similar to Middle Eastern American does not yet exist.^[7] ⁵ The U.S. Census Bureau reclassifies anyone identifying as "Tibetan American" as "Chinese American".^[8] ⁶ Bengali Americans may be classified as Bangladeshi or Indian.^[9] Punjabi Americans may be classified as Indian or Pakistani.^[10] Tamil Americans may be classified as Indian or Sri Lankan.