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Fastest Growing Asian Ethnic Groups
Los Angeles County

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Although Chinese Americans have continued to be the largest and one of the fastest growing Asian ethnic groups in Los Angeles County (having grown 52 percent since 2000), South Asian populations have grown considerably since 2000 and added to the incredible diversity of the county. The Bangladeshi population in Los Angeles County grew 200 percent between 2000 and 2020 (from about 1,700 persons in 2000 to an estimated 5,000 in 2020). The Pakistani population grew 137 percent over the same period (from about 5,000 persons in 2000 to almost 12,000 in 2020). The Asian Indian population in Los Angeles County grew more than 70 percent from 2000 through 2020. Also of note, from Southeast Asia, is the small Hmong population in Los Angeles County, which grew more than 70 percent.

Asian Ethnic Origin Population Changes
Los Angeles County, 2000 to 2020

After Asian population total, groups are ordered by percent gain since 2000, most to least.

Ethnic Origin 2020 Census* Growth: 2000 to 2020 2010 Census Growth: 2000 to 2010 2000 Census
Total Asian 1,488,626 34.6% 1,390,049 20.5% 1,105,752
Bangladeshi 5,080 200.8% 5,018 66.3% 1,689
Pakistani 11,797 136.8% 10,114 50.8% 4,981
Asian Indian 103,124 71.1% 83,206 27.6% 60,268
Hmong 1,109 70.4% 710 8.3% 651
Ethnic Origin 2020 Census* Growth: 2000 to 2020 2010 Census Growth: 2000 to 2010 2000 Census
Chinese, except Taiwanese 445,822 51.5% 380,445 22.7% 294,178
Indonesian 9,341 40.5% 10,004 33.5% 6,648
Sri Lankan 4,108 37.9% 4,952 39.8% 2,979
Filipino 339,427 30.5% 331,642 21.6% 260,158
Vietnamese 99,342 27.2% 99,517 21.5% 78,102
Ethnic Origin 2020 Census* Growth: 2000 to 2020 2010 Census Growth: 2000 to 2010 2000 Census
Thai 24,670 23.1% 27,058 25.9% 20,040
Laotian 3,223 16.6% 3,676 24.8% 2,763
Malaysian 767 16.2% 1,291 48.9% 660
Cambodian 31,881 12.9% 35,879 21.3% 28,226
Korean 207,483 11.3% 221,031 15.7% 186,350
Ethnic Origin 2020 Census* Growth: 2000 to 2020 2010 Census Growth: 2000 to 2010 2000 Census
Japanese 96,810 -13.1% 110,986 -0.3% 111,349
Taiwanese 29,400 -16.4% 43,836 19.8% 35,174

* 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 Dicennial Census counts conducted each decade.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau