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Asian Americans started to become a significant part of the
Washington metropolitan area in the late twentieth century.
Fairfax County, Virginia ,
Montgomery County, Maryland , and
Arlington, Virginia are the largest jurisdictions with high concentrations of
Asian Americans in the region:
Fairfax County
Montgomery County
Chinese – 3%
Indian – 3%
Korean – 2%
Vietnamese – 1%
Filipino – 1%
Arlington County
Indian – 2%
Chinese – 2%
Filipino – 2%
Korean – 1%
Japanese – 1%
Washington area racial composition
The area has been a destination for international immigration since the late 1960s. It also attracts internal migration from other parts of the U.S.
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Racial composition of the Washington, D.C. area:
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2006
1980
White: 67.8%
Black: 26.0%
Asian: 2.5%
Hispanic: 2.8%
Mixed and Other: 0.9%
Counties/county equivalents by number of Asian Americans
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
Fairfax County, Virginia – 126,038
Prince George's County, Maryland – 31,032
Arlington County, Virginia – 16,327
Washington, D.C. – 15,189
Loudoun County, Virginia – 9,067
Prince William County, Virginia – 10,701
Alexandria, Virginia – 7,249
Fairfax, Virginia – 2,617
Charles County, Maryland – 2,192
Stafford County, Virginia – 1,512
Spotsylvania County, Virginia – 1,243
Manassas, Virginia – 1,206
Falls Church, Virginia – 675
Calvert County, Maryland – 655
Manassas Park, Virginia – 418
Fauquier County, Virginia – 324
Fredericksburg, Virginia – 291
Jefferson County, West Virginia – 252
Warren County, Virginia – 136
Clarke County, Virginia – 62
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division
Counties/county equivalents by percentage of Asian Americans (Census 2000)
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division (4,000,206)
Fairfax County, Virginia (969,749) 13.00%
Fairfax, Virginia (21,498) 12.17%
Arlington County, Virginia (189,453) 8.62%
Falls Church, Virginia (10,377) 6.50%
Alexandria, Virginia (128,283) 5.65%
Loudoun County, Virginia (169,599) 5.35%
Manassas Park, Virginia (10,290) 4.06%
Prince George's County, Maryland (846,123) 3.87%
Prince William County, Virginia (280,813) 3.81%
Manassas, Virginia (35,135) 3.43%
Washington, D.C. (572,059) 3.17%
Charles County, Maryland (120,546) 1.82%
Stafford County, Virginia (92,446) 1.64%
Fredericksburg, Virginia (19,279) 1.51%
Spotsylvania County, Virginia (90,395) 1.38%
Calvert County, Maryland (74,563) 0.88%
Jefferson County, West Virginia (42,190) 0.60%
Fauquier County, Virginia (55,139) 0.59%
Clarke County, Virginia (12,652 ) 0.49%
Warren County, Virginia (31,584) 0.43%
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division (1,139,343)
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