Snapshot of Asian Pacific Americans in Washington State
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Population by Race
Current
Group Population Number Percent of State AAPI Population Chinese
94,198
14.0
Filipino
91,367
13.5
Vietnamese
66,575
9.9
Korean
62,124
9.2
Asian Indian
61,124
9.1
Japanese
35,008
5.2
Samoan
13,110
1.9
Guam
9,746
1.4
Native Hawaiian
5,861
.9
Other
7,654
12.2
Combined
153,031
22.7
Source: 2010 Census
Historical
Source: 2005 - 2009 American Community SurveyGroup Population Number Percent of State AAPI Population Chinese
85,191
15.2
Filipino
82,938
14.8
Vietnamese
59,318
10.6
Korean
57,507
10.3
Asian Indian
48,298
8.6
Japanese
37,116
6.6
Samoan
8,868
1.6
Guam
7,891
1.4
Native Hawaiian
5,114
.9
Other
61,174
10.9
Combined
106,108
19.0
Source: 2000 CensusGroup Population Number Percent of State AAPI Population Filipino
65,373
14.9
Chinese
55,895
12.7
Korean
46,880
10.7
Vietnamese
46,149
10.5
Japanese
35,985
8.2
Asian Indian
23,992
5.5
Samoan
8,049
1.8
Guam
5,823
1.3
Native Hawaiian
4,883
1.1
Other
53,259
12.1
Combined
92,214
21.0
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Washington State Census 2010 Demographic Snapshot
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Population by County
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Top Seven Washington State Counties with Asian American and Pacific Islander Populations
- King County: 353,702 or 52.4% of total state AAPI population of 674,573
- Pierce County: 85,743 or 12.7%
- Snohomish County: 84,201 or 12.5%
- Clark County: 28,146 or 4.2%
- Kitsap County: 23,064 or 3.4%
- Thurston County: 21,728 or 3.2%
- Spokane County: 18,545 or 2.7%
Seven counties, total Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: 615,129
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Population by Legislative District
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Sampling of Asian and Pacific Islander Ethnicities
Asian
- Asian Indian
- Bangladesh
- Bhutanese
- Borneo
- Cambodian
- Celebesian
- Ceram
- Chinese
- Filipino
- Hmong
- Okinawan
- Indochinese
- Indonesian
- Iwo Jimayan
- Japanese
- Javanese
- Korean
- Laotian
- Malayan
- Maldivian
- Nepali
- Pakistani
- Sikkim
- Singaporean
- Sri Lankan
- Sumatran
- Thai
- Vietnamese
Pacific Islander
- Carolinia
- Fijian
- Guamanian
- Hawaiian
- Kosraean
- Melanesian
- Micronesian
- Northern Mariana
- Islander
- PaluanPapua
- New Guinean
- Polynesian
- Ponapean
- Samoan
- Solomon Islander
- Tahitian
- Tarawa Islander
- Tongan
- Trukese
- Yapese
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Examples of Asian and Pacific Islander Languages and Dialects
- Amoy
- Bangla
- Bengali
- Bhojpuri
- Bikol
- Burmese
- Butuanon
- Cambodian
- (Khmer)
- Cantonese
- Cebuano
- Chamorro
- Chow-Chew
- Dzongkha
- English
- FaaSamoa
- Fijian
- French
- Gujarati
- Hakka
- Hangchouese
- Hawaiian
- Hiligaynon
- Hindi-Urdu
- Hmong
- Ibang
- Ilocano
- Ilongo
- Indonesian
- Japanese
- Kankayaey
- Kannada
- Kmhmu
- Korean
- Laotian
- Maighali
- Malay
- Malayalam
- Mandarin
- Marathi
- Mien
- Nepalese
- Oriya
- Pampongo
- Pangasinan
- Punjabi
- Pushtu
- Putonghua
- Samoan
- Sanskrit
- Shanghai
- Sinhalese
- Sindhi
- Soochouese
- Tagalog
- Tahitian
- Taiwanese
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Thai
- Tibetan
- Toishanese
- Tongan
- Tulu
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
- Visayan
- Waray-Waray
- Yao
