East Asian American

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East Asian American
Total population
5,229,864 1.8% of the US population
Regions with significant populations
Hawaii, California West Coast, Northeast, Chicago, and New York
Languages
American English, Cantonese, Chinese, Japanese, Kalmyk, Korean, Mongolian, Russian
Religions
Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Asians and Asian Americans

East Asian Americans were the first Asian immigrant group to the United States of America. This group includes Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, Mongolian Americans, and other immigrants from East Asia and their descendants.

Contents 1 Immigration 2 Accomplishments 3 References 4 External links 5 Population

[edit] Immigration

The first Chinese Americans arrived in New York City on April 12, 1847^{[citation needed]}. Japanese Americans immigrated into Hawaii on February 8, 1885^{[citation needed]}. On January 13, 1903, the first Korean Americans immigrated into the USA^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Accomplishments

East Asian Americans broke new grounds in legislation which promoted equality. On March 28, 1898, Asian Americans born in the USA were granted citizenship by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of U.S. vs. Wong Kim Ark. This came about from protest of the Chinese American Wong Kim Ark. On November 9, 1909. Asian farmworkers won the right to be paid for their work in amounts equal to those of other groups^{[citation needed]}. On April 17, 1952, East Asian Americans in the Japanese American Citizens League won the right for Asian immigrants to own land^{[citation needed]}. On August 21, 1959, the first East Asian was elected to political office as a state senator, although the first Asian American politician was Dalip Singh Saund^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• US Census 2000 foreign born population by country

[edit] Population

East Asian American Ancestries in the 2000 US Census^[1]

Ancestry	1990	1990 % of US population	2000	2000 % of US population	Percent change from 1990 to 2000
Chinese (People's Republic of China)	1,505,229	0.6%	2,271,562	0.8%	increased 50.9%
Taiwanese (Republic of China)	negligible (no data)	negligible (no data)	326,215	0.1%	negligible (no data)
Japanese	1,004,622	0.45%	1,103,325	0.4%	increased 9.8%
Kalmyk	negligible (no data)	negligible (no data)	3,000	0.001%	negligible (no data)
South Korean	836,987	0.35%	1,190,353	0.45%	increased 42.2%
Mongolian	negligible (no data)	negligible (no data)	9,194	0.003%	negligible (no data)
Total	3,538,011	1.4%	5,229,864	1.8%	increased 50%

v • d • e Asian Americans
East Asian	Chinese · Japanese · Kalmyk · Korean · Mongolian · Taiwanese
South Asian	Bangladeshi · Indian · Indo-Caribbean · Nepali  · Pakistani · Sri Lankan · Tibetan
Southeast Asian	Burmese · Cambodian · Filipino · Hmong · Indonesian · Laotian · Mien · Thai · Vietnamese
Other	Asian Latino · Amerasian · Afro-Asian  · Eurasian · Hapa