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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2,347,344 (2023)[1] (ancestry or ethnic origin) 1,365,841 (2023)[2] (born in Vietnam) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Languages | |
| Vietnamese, English | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism (37%) • Christianity (36%) Unaffiliated (23%)[4] • Vietnamese folk religion • Caodaism • Hòa Hảo | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Vietnamese people, Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese Canadians, Vietnamese Australians, Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Hmong Americans |
Vietnamese Americans (Vietnamese: Người Mỹ gốc Việt) are Americans of Vietnamese ancestry.[5] They constitute a major part of all overseas Vietnamese. As of 2023, over 2.3 million people of Vietnamese descent live in the United States, making them one of the largest Asian American ethnic groups.[6] The majority (60%) are immigrants, while 40% were born in the United States.[7]
The Vietnamese American population grew significantly after 1975, when a large wave of South Vietnamese refugees arrived in the U.S. following the end of the Vietnam War.[8] Today, over half of Vietnamese Americans reside in California and Texas, particularly in metropolitan areas like Los Angeles, Houston, and San Jose.[9][10]
- ^ "US Census Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ "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".
- ^ "Vietnamese American Populations by Metro Area 2010 Census" (PDF). Hmongstudies.org. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- ^ Rotolo, Besheer Mohamed and Michael (October 11, 2023). "Religion Among Asian Americans". Pew Research Center. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
- ^ James M. Freeman. Vietnamese Americans. Microsoft Encarta Online. Encyclopedia 2008. Archived from the original on April 4, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau Releases Key Stats in Honor of 2023 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month | U.S. Department of Commerce". www.commerce.gov. May 1, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
The estimated number of people of Chinese (except Taiwanese) descent in the United States in 2021. The Chinese (except Taiwanese) population was the largest Asian group, followed by Indian (4.8 million), Filipino (4.4 million), Vietnamese (2.3 million), Korean (2.0 million), and Japanese (1.6 million). These estimates represent individuals who reported a specific detailed Asian group alone as well as those who reported that detailed Asian group in combination with one or more other detailed Asian groups or another race(s).
- ^ Greenwood, Shannon (August 6, 2024). "Vietnamese Americans: A Survey Data Snapshot". Pew Research Center. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
A majority of Vietnamese Americans are immigrants (60%) and 40% are U.S. born. California is home to the largest share of Vietnamese Americans (35%), with 16% living in the Los Angeles metropolitan area alone.
- ^ Batalova, Jeanne (October 10, 2023). "Vietnamese Immigrants in the United States". migrationpolicy.org. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ Batalova, Jeanne (October 10, 2023). "Vietnamese Immigrants in the United States". migrationpolicy.org. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
Immigrants from Vietnam were highly concentrated in California (38 percent), followed distantly by Texas (14 percent) and Washington State (5 percent) in the 2017-21 period. Florida, Virginia, Georgia, and Massachusetts were each home to about 3 percent or 4 percent of the Vietnamese population. The top four counties for Vietnamese immigrants were three in California (Orange, Santa Clara, and Los Angeles counties) and Harris County, Texas. Together these four counties accounted for 31 percent of Vietnamese immigrants in the United States.
- ^ Budiman, Abby (April 29, 2021). "Vietnamese in the U.S. Fact Sheet". Pew Research Center. Retrieved December 17, 2024.