Wikepedia says there are 4-M Filams in US!

December 1, 2007  --  Got something to say?
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Wikepedia, which cites itself as an encyclopedia, says there are four million Filipinos in the United States today, the largest Asian American group. It did not cite the source for its population estimate.

It said, regions with significant populations are Alaska, California, Hawaii, Washington State and Illinois. The Filipino American (Fil-Am for short) community is the largest Asian American group in the United States and the largest Southeast Asian American Southeast_Asian_American group. Filipino Americans are also the largest subgroup of the Overseas Filipinos. It added that In 2007, the Filipino American population numbered approximately 4 million, or 1.5% of the United States population.

More than half of the community are either naturalized or American-born, while the remainder are Filipino nationals or dual citizens of both the Philippines and the United States. Most Filipino Americans reside in states such as California, Nevada, Florida, Hawaii, Washington, Guam, and in metropolitan areas of Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Houston, Denver and Boston. States such as Indiana, Louisiana, Colorado, Maryland, Virginia, Texas, Alaska and New Jersey are seeing growth in Filipino populations.


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