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Ethnic group
Asian Americans in Nevada
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378,672
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Enterprise
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Spring Valley
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Summerlin South
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Whitney
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Fallon Station, NV
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Paradise
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Henderson
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Reno
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North Las Vegas
,
Las Vegas
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English
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Tagalog
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Chinese
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Vietnamese
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Korean
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Japanese
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Christianity
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Buddhism
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Hinduism
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Islam
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Asian Americans are a fast growing ethnic group in the US state of
Nevada
. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, Asian Americans were 9.1% of the state's population,
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or 378,672 people.
Filipinos are the largest Asian ethnic group in the state.
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In Clark County, the four largest Asian groups are Filipino (52%), Chinese (12%), and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Indian (both 7%).
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The largest Asian ethnic groups in Nevada are Filipino (168,200), Chinese (53,234), Japanese (28,366), Vietnamese (21,719), Korean (17,743), and Indian (14,602).
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Politics
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As of 2022, Asians make up about 10 percent of Nevada's eligible voters, comprising a larger share compared to any state except Hawaii and California.
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Demographics
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Ancestry by origin
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Number
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%
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Filipino
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178,160
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Japanese
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34,133
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Koreans
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24,576
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Chinese
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70,458
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Vietnamese
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19,199
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Thai
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7,607
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Laotian
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3,995
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Cambodian
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2,107
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Indian
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16,569
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Pakistani
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2,390
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Taiwanese
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3,400
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Indonesian
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1,216
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Mongolian
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517
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References
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"Nevada Asian Population Percentage City Rank - USA.com"
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"U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Nevada"
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census.gov
. Retrieved
November 23,
2022
.
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Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice
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Brune, Nancy (May 27, 2021).
"Asian Americans in Nevada: A rising community whose substantial achievements mask their need for support and resources"
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The Nevada Independent
. Retrieved
November 27,
2022
.
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"Nevada"
(PDF)
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Qin, Amy (November 4, 2022).
"In Nevada, Both Parties Court a Booming Vote Bloc: Asian Americans"
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The New York Times
. Retrieved
November 27,
2022
.
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U.S. Census Bureau.
"Explore Census Data"
.
data.census.gov
. Retrieved
November 23,
2022
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Further reading
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- The Peoples Of Las Vegas: One City, Many Faces
- The Chinese in Nevada