Identity & heritage community ranking

Top Chinese communities in U.S. city markets.

Explore where this community is largest and where it represents the greatest share of the local city market. The default ranking lens is 2024 ACS detailed Asian group (B02015_002E).

Identity discovery only — never a score. Census ancestry, ethnicity, origin, race, and birthplace measures can overlap. V3.4.3 keeps those lenses separate and never adds them together. Identity context never changes the Follow Your Heart Index or any component score.

Top 10 by population

Largest communities

Estimated population under the governed default identity lens.

Rank	City and state	Community population	City-market population
#1	New York, New York	582,074	8,468,353
#2	San Francisco, California	170,836	830,479
#3	San Jose, California	86,716	1,012,986
#4	Los Angeles, California	77,215	3,848,831
#5	Chicago, Illinois	62,335	2,694,535
#6	Irvine, California	47,889	311,856
#7	San Diego, California	47,315	1,411,139
#8	Houston, Texas	44,175	3,320,004
#9	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	42,177	1,580,199
#10	Seattle, Washington	41,986	709,956

Top 10 by representation

Highest community share

Share of the full city-market population under the same governed lens.

Rank	City and state	Community share	City-market population
#1	Monterey Park, California	46.43%	59,058
#2	San Gabriel, California	37.34%	60,624
#3	Rosemead, California	36.84%	58,382
#4	Arcadia, California	34.90%	64,611
#5	Alhambra, California	34.81%	81,096
#6	Cupertino, California	27.04%	60,932
#7	Hacienda Heights, California	25.29%	54,351
#8	Daly City, California	20.91%	109,406
#9	San Francisco, California	20.57%	830,479
#10	Chino Hills, California	18.68%	78,006

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Detailed Asian identity: 2024 ACS detailed Asian group (B02015_002E) — default ranking lens
Birthplace: 2024 ACS birthplace (B05006_050E)
Birthplace: 2024 ACS birthplace (B05006_049E)

The default lens controls this page's rankings. Secondary lenses remain preserved in the publication contract and are not combined with the default measure.

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