Asian Americans started to become a significant part of the Washington metropolitan area in the late twentieth century.
Fairfax County, Virginia, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Arlington, Virginia are the largest jurisdictions with high concentrations of Asian Americans in the region:
Fairfax County Korean – 3% Indian – 3% Vietnamese – 3% Chinese – 2% Filipino – 1% Montgomery County Chinese – 3% Indian – 3% Korean – 2% Vietnamese – 1% Filipino – 1% Arlington County Indian – 2% Chinese – 2% Filipino – 2% Korean – 1% Japanese – 1%
Washington area racial composition The area has been a destination for international immigration since the late 1960s. It also attracts internal migration from other parts of the U.S.http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/pubs/pdf/rr02-496.pdf "Metro Magnets for Minorities and Whites: Melting Pots, the New Sunbelt, and the Heartland", Pages 9 and 10
Racial composition of the Washington, D.C. area:
2006 White: 51.7% Black: 26.3% Asian: 8.4% Hispanic: 11.6% Mixed and Other: 2.0%
1980 White: 67.8% Black: 26.0% Asian: 2.5% Hispanic: 2.8% Mixed and Other: 0.9%
Counties/county equivalents by number of Asian Americans Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division Fairfax County, Virginia – 126,038 Prince George's County, Maryland – 31,032 Arlington County, Virginia – 16,327 Washington, D.C. – 15,189 Loudoun County, Virginia – 9,067 Prince William County, Virginia – 10,701 Alexandria, Virginia – 7,249 Fairfax, Virginia – 2,617 Charles County, Maryland – 2,192 Stafford County, Virginia – 1,512 Spotsylvania County, Virginia – 1,243 Manassas, Virginia – 1,206 Falls Church, Virginia – 675 Calvert County, Maryland – 655 Manassas Park, Virginia – 418 Fauquier County, Virginia – 324 Fredericksburg, Virginia – 291 Jefferson County, West Virginia – 252 Warren County, Virginia – 136 Clarke County, Virginia – 62 Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division Montgomery County, Maryland – 98,651 Frederick County, Maryland – 3,269
Counties/county equivalents by percentage of Asian Americans (Census 2000) Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division (4,000,206) Fairfax County, Virginia (969,749) 13.00% Fairfax, Virginia (21,498) 12.17% Arlington County, Virginia (189,453) 8.62% Falls Church, Virginia (10,377) 6.50% Alexandria, Virginia (128,283) 5.65% Loudoun County, Virginia (169,599) 5.35% Manassas Park, Virginia (10,290) 4.06% Prince George's County, Maryland (846,123) 3.87% Prince William County, Virginia (280,813) 3.81% Manassas, Virginia (35,135) 3.43% Washington, D.C. (572,059) 3.17% Charles County, Maryland (120,546) 1.82% Stafford County, Virginia (92,446) 1.64% Fredericksburg, Virginia (19,279) 1.51% Spotsylvania County, Virginia (90,395) 1.38% Calvert County, Maryland (74,563) 0.88% Jefferson County, West Virginia (42,190) 0.60% Fauquier County, Virginia (55,139) 0.59% Clarke County, Virginia (12,652 ) 0.49% Warren County, Virginia (31,584) 0.43% Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division (1,139,343) Montgomery County, Maryland (873,341) 11.30% Frederick County, Maryland (195,277) 1.67%
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