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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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