U.S. Asian Population, Census 2000 National origin Population1 Percent Total2 11,898,828 100.0% Asian Indian 1,899,599 16.0 Bangladeshi 57,412 0.5 Bhutanese 212 (3 ) Burmese 16,720 0.1 Cambodian 206,052 1.7 Chinese, except Taiwanese 2,734,841 23.0 Filipino 2,364,815 19.9 Hmong 186,310 1.6 Indo-Chinese 199 (3 ) Indonesian 63,073 0.5 Iwo Jiman 78 (3 ) Japanese 1,148,932 9.7 Korean 1,228,427 10.3% Laotian 198,203 1.7 Malaysian 18,566 0.2 Maldivian 51 (3 ) Nepalese 9,399 0.1 Okinawan 10,599 0.1 Pakistani 204,309 1.7 Singaporean 2,394 (3 ) Sri Lankan 24,587 0.2 Taiwanese 144,795 1.2 Thai 150,283 1.3 Vietnamese 1,223,736 10.3 Other Asian, not specified 369,430 3.1
1. The numbers by national origin do not add up to the total population figure because respondents may have put down more than one country. Respondents reporting several countries are counted several times.
2. Total includes Asians alone or in combination with one or more other races or other Asian groups. The Asian population alone in 2000 was 10,242,998.
3. Less than 0.1%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
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