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Where every Asian and Latino group is most concentrated

For 29 origin groups, the city where they make up the largest share of residents. It is rarely the city where most of them live.

Cykenda Labs · October 2026 · ACS 2020–2024

Map of the United States marking, for 29 Asian and Hispanic/Latino origin groups, the city where each group is the largest share of residents.

More Korean Americans live in Los Angeles than in any other city. But in Palisades Park, New Jersey, nearly half of all residents (46.9%) are Korean American. That is what this map is about: not where a group is largest, but where it is most concentrated.

We looked at every city and town in the 50 states and DC with at least 10,000 residents and found, for each Asian and Hispanic/Latino origin group, the one where that group makes up the largest share of the population.

What stands out

  • In some of these cities the group is the majority: Filipino Americans are 66.4% of Waipahu, HI, and Cuban Americans 73.7% of Hialeah, FL.
  • Some are small towns far from the coasts: 8.5% of residents of Huron, SD are Burmese American, 94 times the national share.
  • The most concentrated city is often not the largest community: Cambodian Americans are most concentrated in Lowell, MA (14.1%), but the most live in Long Beach, CA.
  • One city tops two lists: San Marino, CA, for Chinese (51.7%) and Taiwanese (8.9%) Americans.
  • The most concentrated group is Bolivian: in West Falls Church, VA, its share is 175 times the national share.

All 29 groups

Asian American groups

GroupMost concentrated inShare of residentsResidents (± MOE)vs. national shareLargest community
FilipinoWaipahu, HI66.4%26,885 ± 2,39440×Los Angeles, CAView on map
ChineseSan Marino, CA51.7%6,313 ± 1,05226×New York, NYView on map
VietnameseWestminster, CA47.5%42,700 ± 2,44458×San Jose, CAView on map
KoreanPalisades Park, NJ46.9%9,510 ± 1,13265×Los Angeles, CAView on map
IndianPrinceton Meadows, NJ46.1%7,177 ± 1,12427×New York, NYView on map
JapaneseMililani Mauka, HI44.7%9,503 ± 90174×Honolulu, HIView on map
BangladeshiHamtramck, MI17.2%4,779 ± 871169×New York, NYView on map
HmongMaplewood, MN15.4%6,254 ± 1,450115×St. Paul, MNView on map
CambodianLowell, MA14.1%16,667 ± 1,742104×Long Beach, CAView on map
TaiwaneseSan Marino, CA8.9%1,088 ± 31673×New York, NYView on map
BurmeseHuron, SD8.5%1,217 ± 55594×Indianapolis, INView on map
PakistaniArchdale, NC8.3%1,005 ± 42738×New York, NYView on map
AfghanArden-Arcade, CA5.9%5,563 ± 1,36869×Arden-Arcade, CAView on map
NepaleseEuless, TX3.1%1,900 ± 66837×New York, NYView on map
LaotianWoonsocket, RI3.1%1,335 ± 52637×San Diego, CAView on map

Hispanic/Latino origins

GroupMost concentrated inShare of residentsResidents (± MOE)vs. national shareLargest community
MexicanLa Homa, TX97.3%10,983 ± 1,5497×Los Angeles, CAView on map
CubanHialeah, FL73.7%166,572 ± 3,16983×Hialeah, FLView on map
DominicanLawrence, MA52.3%46,383 ± 2,58660×New York, NYView on map
Puerto RicanHolyoke, MA45.4%17,153 ± 91823×New York, NYView on map
GuatemalanLangley Park, MD44.0%9,454 ± 1,47264×Los Angeles, CAView on map
VenezuelanDoral, FL41.0%32,477 ± 2,375145×Doral, FLView on map
SalvadoranNorth Bay Shore, NY33.7%6,844 ± 1,52136×Los Angeles, CAView on map
EcuadorianOssining, NY24.0%6,463 ± 1,74074×New York, NYView on map
HonduranTerrytown, LA22.9%5,660 ± 1,67252×Houston, TXView on map
NicaraguanSweetwater, FL22.4%4,494 ± 856120×Miami, FLView on map
ColombianDover, NJ17.3%3,214 ± 83433×New York, NYView on map
ArgentineanKey Biscayne, FL12.0%1,776 ± 743110×New York, NYView on map
PeruvianKearny, NJ10.3%4,186 ± 92838×New York, NYView on map
BolivianWest Falls Church, VA8.5%2,651 ± 985175×New York, NYView on map

Download the data (CSV) Explore any group, down to the census tract

How we picked the cities

  1. Cities and towns (incorporated places and census-designated places) with at least 10,000 residents.
  2. The group must number at least 1,000 people there, with a coefficient of variation of 30% or less, so that each city is a real community rather than sampling noise.
  3. A group is included only if its top share is at least 2%. Below that, no city stands out for the group: Mongolian, Okinawan, Indonesian, Malaysian, Mien, Singaporean, Thai, Bhutanese, Sikh, Sri Lankan, Kazakh, Uzbek, Costa Rican, Panamanian, Chilean, Paraguayan, Uruguayan.
  4. Excluded: residual categories such as "Other Asian", and "Spaniard", whose top city is Española, New Mexico. That reflects New Mexico's Hispano heritage, not immigration from Spain, and listing it as where Spanish Americans are most concentrated would mislead.
  5. Puerto Rico is not included, because Puerto Rican origin is the majority there by definition. That is why the Puerto Rican city on this map is Holyoke, Massachusetts.
  6. Asian origins are counted "alone or in any combination": a person who reports two origins counts in both. Hispanic/Latino origins are mutually exclusive.