Thai Americans

Thai Americans
ชาวอเมริกันเชื้อสายไทย
Total population
343,265 (2023)[1]
(ancestry or ethnic origin)
252,638 (2023)[2]
(Born in Thailand)
Regions with significant populations
Illinois (Chicago), Virginia (Alexandria), California (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Long Beach, Riverside[3]), Nevada (Las Vegas), Wisconsin (Madison), Washington (Seattle), Oregon (Portland), Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh), Alaska (Anchorage), Hawaii (Honolulu)
Languages
American English, Thai, Lanna, Isan, Karen, Burmese, Rohingya
Religion
Theravada Buddhism, Tai folk religion, Mahayana Buddhism,Vajrayana Buddhism,Christianity, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Thai people, Asian Americans

Thai Americans (Thai: ชาวอเมริกันเชื้อสายไทย; formerly referred to as Siamese Americans) are Americans of Thai ancestry.[4] The Thai American population is racially and ethnically diverse, consisting of many Thais who identify as mixed race.

  1. ^ "US Census Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Universe: Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea, 2023 American Community Survey Estimates".
  3. ^ "Top 10 U.S. Metropolitan areas by Thai population, 2015". September 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Megan Ratner, "Thai Americans." Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 4, Gale, 2014), pp. 357-368. Online Archived March 26, 2021, at the Wayback Machine

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