Japanese American
Japanese Americans (日系アメリカ人, Nikkei Amerikajin?) are American people of Japanese heritage. Japanese Americans have historically been among the three largest Asian American communities, but in recent decades, it has become the sixth largest group at roughly 1,304,286, including those of mixed-race or mixed-ethnicity. In the 2000 census, the largest Japanese American communities were found in California with 394,896, Hawaii with 296,674, Washington with 56,210, New York with 45,237, and Illinois with 27,702.
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1870 | 55 | — |
| 1880 | 148 | +169.1% |
| 1890 | 2,039 | +1277.7% |
| 1900 | 24,326 | +1093.0% |
| 1910 | 72,157 | +196.6% |
| 1920 | 111,010 | +53.8% |
| 1930 | 138,834 | +25.1% |
| 1940 | 126,947 | −8.6% |
| 1950 | 141,768 | +11.7% |
| 1960 | 464,332 | +227.5% |
| 1970 | 591,290 | +27.3% |
| 1980 | 700,974 | +18.5% |
| 1990 | 847,562 | +20.9% |
| 2000 | 796,700 | −6.0% |
| 2010 | 763,325 | −4.2% |
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