Asian-American Enclaves

As immigrants from Asia or the Pacific Islands arrived in the United States, they often joined their compatriots in already established ethnic communities where common language and culture made them feel at home. The result has been the creation of enclaves in the pattern of Chinatowns, the oldest such communities.

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• Chinatowns
• Filipinotowns
• Nihonmachi (Japantowns)
• Little India
• Koreatowns
• Little Saigon