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East Asian American
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| East Asian American |
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| Total population |
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5,229,864 |
| 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.
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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].
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].
| 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% |
| 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 | |