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East Asian Origin Population
By City & Unincorporated Community
Los Angeles County

2024 Census Estimates*


Also See: Most Recent Asian Origin Estimates for Los Angeles County Overall

Other Asian Origins for Specific Los Angeles County Cities & Communities:
-- Southeast Asian (including Burmese, Cambodian, Filipino, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Mien, Singaporean, Thai, Vietnamese)
-- South Asian (including Indian, Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Nepalese, Pakistani, Sikh, Sri Lankan)
-- Central & Other Asian (including Afghan, Kazakh, Uzbek)


Past Census years for this category:
-- Most Recent Census Estimates for Los Angeles County Overall
-- 2020 Census Estimates
-- 2010 Census Estimates
-- 2000 Census Numbers


Among all American cities and communities, the City of Los Angeles is home to the largest populations of persons who are of Filipino, Korean, Thai, and Mongolian descent. It is also home to the largest population of Japanese descent in the continental U.S. (following Hawaii) and the second largest population of Indonesian descent, following New York City. Long Beach is home to the largest population of Cambodian descent.

Also see: "Most Chinese" Communities in America



East Asian: Chinese (except Taiwanese), Hmong, Japanese, Korean

City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Acton† 192 39 0 63 0
Agoura Hills 1,405 411 0 171 352
Agua Dulce† 35 26 0 0 0
Alhambra 41,282 28,230 0 843 858
Alondra Park† 1,010 26 0 53 138
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Altadena† 2,722 683 0 509 252
Arcadia 32,528 20,178 75 527 1,376
Artesia 6,900 568 0 81 929
Avalon 4 0 0 0 1
Avocado Heights† 1,208 718 0 98 30
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Azusa 7,517 2,714 0 209 223
Baldwin Park 15,489 6,857 0 144 193
Bell 451 125 0 0 37
Bell Gardens 212 38 0 32 28
Bellflower 9,006 494 0 209 544
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Beverly Hills 4,303 793 0 561 749
Bradbury 293 140 0 0 4
Burbank 12,253 2,013 0 866 1,193
Calabasas 2,583 845 0 92 435
Carson 25,223 746 3 561 1,448
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Castaic† 1,927 296 0 31 212
Cerritos 29,783 4,992 11 1,713 5,331
Charter Oak† 1,392 418 7 0 21
Citrus† 535 46 0 8 1
Claremont 5,320 1,888 0 478 531
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Commerce 101 0 0 5 51
Compton 1,228 231 0 10 2
Covina 6,880 2,552 0 223 230
Cudahy 26 2 0 4 20
Culver City 7,920 1,899 0 1,460 608
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Del Aire† 1,622 426 0 44 177
Desert View Highlands† 218 3 0 0 0
Diamond Bar 33,452 17,747 0 796 4,125
Downey 8,414 674 0 367 1,736
Duarte 4,063 1,484 0 67 89
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
East Los Angeles† 1,501 710 0 73 24
East Pasadena† 1,789 1,000 0 23 33
East Rancho Dominguez† 77 0 0 0 24
East San Gabriel† 13,141 8,653 0 301 223
East Whittier† 923 83 0 42 113
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
El Monte 29,200 15,603 0 201 377
El Segundo 1,891 393 0 155 173
Elizabeth Lake† 100 53 0 7 0
Florence-Graham† 157 41 0 0 19
Gardena 15,490 1,395 11 4,884 3,205
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Glendale 24,634 2,485 2 1,365 5,653
Glendora 6,255 2,265 29 602 124
Green Valley† 4 0 0 0 0
Hacienda Heights† 23,013 13,744 0 923 1,480
Hasley Canyon† 34 0 0 6 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Hawaiian Gardens 1,930 47 0 9 799
Hawthorne 6,363 717 0 291 251
Hermosa Beach 1,390 289 0 134 120
Hidden Hills 33 12 0 4 7
Huntington Park 334 16 0 0 43
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Industry 42 21 0 11 10
Inglewood 2,691 307 0 166 154
Irwindale 24 0 0 0 0
La Cañada Flintridge 6,214 1,409 0 212 3,011
La Crescenta-Montrose† 5,269 476 0 570 2,992
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
La Habra Heights 1,103 551 0 37 103
La Mirada 10,109 967 0 491 5,032
La Puente 5,114 2,503 37 42 90
La Verne 3,362 1,133 0 191 316
Ladera Heights† 275 0 0 45 98
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Lake Hughes† 0 0 0 0 0
Lake Los Angeles† 245 38 0 7 20
Lakewood 14,215 1,363 0 808 987
Lancaster 7,140 848 5 406 203
Lawndale 3,510 146 0 103 72
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Lennox† 485 50 0 6 57
Leona Valley† 184 167 0 0 0
Littlerock† 0 0 0 0 0
Lomita 3,562 410 0 872 404
Long Beach 59,723 4,581 9 3,300 2,374
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Los Angeles 468,443 77,465 512 27,763 103,060
Lynwood 509 8 0 22 18
Malibu 302 104 0 86 24
Manhattan Beach 4,561 2,002 0 497 651
Marina del Rey† 572 0 0 0 133
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Mayflower Village† 1,733 788 0 19 10
Maywood 160 6 0 9 15
Monrovia 5,942 2,488 134 201 447
Montebello 8,738 4,224 0 732 529
Monterey Park 38,298 27,421 0 2,869 949
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
North El Monte† 1,861 1,030 0 0 143
Norwalk 13,398 1,106 45 301 1,822
Palmdale 7,837 379 0 474 353
Palos Verdes Estates 3,187 843 0 956 248
Paramount 2,047 139 0 34 156
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Pasadena 23,829 9,226 0 1,523 2,502
Pepperdine University† 711 280 4 4 169
Pico Rivera 2,106 501 0 91 5
Pomona 15,829 5,573 0 382 1,668
Quartz Hill† 278 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Rancho Palos Verdes 13,025 4,160 0 2,839 2,571
Redondo Beach 12,291 2,412 0 2,719 1,618
Rolling Hills 290 81 0 49 47
Rolling Hills Estates 2,030 699 0 237 499
Rose Hills† 394 108 0 130 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Rosemead 32,997 18,831 0 325 293
Rowland Heights† 28,165 17,226 0 584 1,889
San Dimas 5,582 2,245 0 203 91
San Fernando 468 8 0 6 4
San Gabriel 23,036 14,580 0 238 483
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
San Marino 8,318 5,900 8 91 452
San Pasqual† 583 273 0 36 177
Santa Clarita 28,377 2,822 32 1,023 3,027
Santa Fe Springs 1,392 127 0 16 335
Santa Monica 9,230 2,405 0 893 1,333
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Sierra Madre 1,892 1,080 0 171 233
Signal Hill 2,646 309 0 82 27
South El Monte 3,961 2,074 0 9 131
South Gate 892 44 0 91 52
South Monrovia Island† 337 106 0 63 4
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
South Pasadena 9,260 4,606 0 711 1,464
South San Gabriel† 5,316 2,654 0 253 22
South San Jose Hills† 1,877 871 93 39 0
South Whittier† 3,978 551 0 65 611
Stevenson Ranch† 5,799 1,101 0 116 1,929
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Sun Village† 141 38 0 0 0
Temple City 22,558 14,351 0 592 521
Topanga† 1,039 36 0 175 32
Torrance 53,085 6,165 108 14,025 10,961
Val Verde† 129 0 0 8 8
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Valinda† 3,903 2,025 0 101 0
Vernon 16 0 0 0 14
View Park-Windsor Hills† 306 27 0 0 46
Vincent† 2,502 1,148 0 43 0
Walnut 19,151 10,229 0 535 999
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Walnut Park† 82 22 0 6 0
West Athens† 96 24 0 66 0
West Carson† 8,050 828 7 679 1,915
West Covina 33,516 13,780 0 775 491
West Hollywood 2,111 561 0 115 292
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
West Puente Valley† 3,386 1,488 0 53 24
West Rancho Dominguez† 317 4 0 17 71
West Whittier-Los Nietos† 895 52 0 111 48
Westlake Village 600 176 0 43 85
Westmont† 460 76 0 0 10
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Whittier 4,644 985 0 661 707
Willowbrook† 241 233 0 0 0

* U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
† Unincorporated Community
Source: U.S. Census Bureau


See East Asian: Chinese (except Taiwanese), Hmong, Japanese, Korean in table above.


East Asian: Mongolian, Okinawan, Taiwanese, Other East Asian

           
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Acton† 192 0 0 0 0
Agoura Hills 1,405 0 0 0 0
Agua Dulce† 35 0 0 0 0
Alhambra 41,282 0 0 1,038 0
Alondra Park† 1,010 0 0 28 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Altadena† 2,722 0 0 0 0
Arcadia 32,528 0 0 3,224 0
Artesia 6,900 0 0 215 0
Avalon 4 0 0 0 0
Avocado Heights† 1,208 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Azusa 7,517 0 0 237 0
Baldwin Park 15,489 0 0 334 0
Bell 451 0 0 0 0
Bell Gardens 212 0 0 0 0
Bellflower 9,006 0 0 85 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Beverly Hills 4,303 0 0 114 0
Bradbury 293 0 0 47 0
Burbank 12,253 0 0 257 0
Calabasas 2,583 0 0 32 0
Carson 25,223 0 0 3 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Castaic† 1,927 0 0 0 0
Cerritos 29,783 0 13 1,485 0
Charter Oak† 1,392 0 0 12 0
Citrus† 535 0 0 0 0
Claremont 5,320 0 0 296 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Commerce 101 0 0 0 0
Compton 1,228 0 0 0 0
Covina 6,880 0 0 92 0
Cudahy 26 0 0 0 0
Culver City 7,920 6 0 380 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Del Aire† 1,622 0 0 21 0
Desert View Highlands† 218 0 0 0 0
Diamond Bar 33,452 0 0 2,094 0
Downey 8,414 0 0 69 0
Duarte 4,063 0 0 45 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
East Los Angeles† 1,501 0 0 24 0
East Pasadena† 1,789 0 0 243 0
East Rancho Dominguez† 77 0 0 0 0
East San Gabriel† 13,141 11 0 978 0
East Whittier† 923 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
El Monte 29,200 0 0 336 0
El Segundo 1,891 0 0 52 0
Elizabeth Lake† 100 0 0 0 0
Florence-Graham† 157 0 0 0 0
Gardena 15,490 10 0 232 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Glendale 24,634 0 13 316 0
Glendora 6,255 0 0 289 0
Green Valley† 4 0 0 0 0
Hacienda Heights† 23,013 14 10 2,109 0
Hasley Canyon† 34 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Hawaiian Gardens 1,930 0 0 66 0
Hawthorne 6,363 0 0 230 0
Hermosa Beach 1,390 0 0 42 0
Hidden Hills 33 0 0 0 0
Huntington Park 334 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Industry 42 0 0 0 0
Inglewood 2,691 0 0 22 0
Irwindale 24 0 0 0 0
La Cañada Flintridge 6,214 0 0 87 0
La Crescenta-Montrose† 5,269 0 20 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
La Habra Heights 1,103 0 0 24 0
La Mirada 10,109 0 0 239 0
La Puente 5,114 0 0 83 0
La Verne 3,362 0 0 62 0
Ladera Heights† 275 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Lake Hughes† 0 0 0 0 0
Lake Los Angeles† 245 0 0 0 0
Lakewood 14,215 0 0 156 0
Lancaster 7,140 0 0 117 0
Lawndale 3,510 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Lennox† 485 0 0 0 0
Leona Valley† 184 0 0 0 0
Littlerock† 0 0 0 0 0
Lomita 3,562 0 0 164 0
Long Beach 59,723 51 0 393 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Los Angeles 468,443 1,714 108 8,408 48
Lynwood 509 0 0 4 0
Malibu 302 0 0 0 0
Manhattan Beach 4,561 0 0 297 0
Marina del Rey† 572 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Mayflower Village† 1,733 0 0 57 0
Maywood 160 0 0 0 0
Monrovia 5,942 0 0 537 32
Montebello 8,738 0 0 118 0
Monterey Park 38,298 0 0 375 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
North El Monte† 1,861 0 0 0 0
Norwalk 13,398 0 0 72 0
Palmdale 7,837 0 0 43 0
Palos Verdes Estates 3,187 0 0 378 0
Paramount 2,047 12 0 14 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Pasadena 23,829 0 0 1,131 0
Pepperdine University† 711 0 0 37 0
Pico Rivera 2,106 0 0 0 0
Pomona 15,829 0 0 275 0
Quartz Hill† 278 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Rancho Palos Verdes 13,025 7 0 725 0
Redondo Beach 12,291 151 0 428 0
Rolling Hills 290 0 0 14 0
Rolling Hills Estates 2,030 0 0 106 0
Rose Hills† 394 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Rosemead 32,997 0 0 133 0
Rowland Heights† 28,165 0 0 2,427 0
San Dimas 5,582 0 0 816 0
San Fernando 468 0 0 0 0
San Gabriel 23,036 0 0 535 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
San Marino 8,318 0 0 939 0
San Pasqual† 583 0 0 9 0
Santa Clarita 28,377 0 9 416 0
Santa Fe Springs 1,392 0 0 0 0
Santa Monica 9,230 0 0 483 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Sierra Madre 1,892 0 0 167 0
Signal Hill 2,646 0 0 0 0
South El Monte 3,961 0 0 29 0
South Gate 892 0 0 0 0
South Monrovia Island† 337 0 0 119 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
South Pasadena 9,260 0 0 362 0
South San Gabriel† 5,316 0 0 27 0
South San Jose Hills† 1,877 0 0 24 0
South Whittier† 3,978 0 0 72 0
Stevenson Ranch† 5,799 0 0 51 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Sun Village† 141 0 0 0 0
Temple City 22,558 0 0 936 0
Topanga† 1,039 0 0 98 0
Torrance 53,085 972 26 1,153 0
Val Verde† 129 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Valinda† 3,903 0 0 83 0
Vernon 16 0 0 0 0
View Park-Windsor Hills† 306 0 0 0 0
Vincent† 2,502 0 0 8 0
Walnut 19,151 12 0 1,576 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Walnut Park† 82 0 0 0 0
West Athens† 96 0 0 0 0
West Carson† 8,050 0 26 13 0
West Covina 33,516 0 0 1,025 0
West Hollywood 2,111 0 0 180 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
West Puente Valley† 3,386 0 0 11 0
West Rancho Dominguez† 317 0 0 0 0
West Whittier-Los Nietos† 895 0 0 17 0
Westlake Village 600 0 0 113 0
Westmont† 460 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Whittier 4,644 0 14 138 0
Willowbrook† 241 0 0 0 0

* U.S. Census estimates based upon data and surveys collected by the American Community Survey over the preceding five-year period. These estimates are issued annually between full Decennial Census counts conducted each decade.

† Unincorporated Community

Source: U.S. Census Bureau


Also see: East Asian: Chinese (except Taiwanese), Hmong, Japanese, Korean.