Three of the U.S.’s fastest-growing Asian communities are in the Bay Area

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San Francisco is about 1/3 Asian and both the middle and high school I'm assigned to have a majority Asian student body. Since we have people from all over the country here just curious how many have large (or any) Asian populations where you live?





Three of the U.S.’s fastest-growing Asian communities are in the Bay Area


The Asian population is growing across the country, and three cities in the Bay Area’s Tri-Valley have some of the fastest-growing Asian communities.

Dublin, Pleasanton and San Ramon in the Tri-Valley were among the top 10 large cities with at least 30% of their population identifying as Asian that had the highest growth since 2010, an analysis of census data shows.

Dublin is the fastest growing city in California overall and its Asian population is fueling that growth. In the last decade, the suburban city’s Asian population grew from about 12,000 in 2010 to nearly 39,000 in 2020 — a 219% increase, according to decennial census data. The Asian populations in Pleasanton and San Ramon — two other Tri-Valley area cities — grew by 94% and 68%, respectively, during the same 10-year period.

The Tri-Valley has had an infusion of new residents who are seeking better housing opportunities and school districts, said Steve Minniear, a volunteer city historian in Dublin.

“Many people are coming here as young families [and are then] realizing that … they're going to have more kids and the kids are going to grow up or … that they want their parents to live with them,” he said. “So, they're looking for bigger houses — three, four bedrooms — and Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore, to some extent, are the places that tend to have those [housing options] coming out.”

With 56% of its total population identifying as Asian, Dublin is now an Asian-majority city, 2021 estimates show. San Ramon is close to being majority Asian, with 49.7%. In Pleasanton, Asian residents made up just over 40% of the total population in 2021. Indian and Chinese communities made up the majority of the Asian populations in the Tri-Valley, data shows. In Dublin, more than a quarter of the population — about 19,600 people — identified as Indian and nearly 14% — 9,900 — identified as Chinese.

In addition to being the two largest ethnic groups, Indian and Chinese communities in the Tri-Valley were also the fastest-growing Asian populations in recent years. Across the Tri-Valley, there were 20,000 more Indian people in 2021 compared with 2016, and 10,000 more Chinese people.

Not all Asian ethnic groups saw an increase in populations during this time period in the region, however. The region’s Japanese, FIlipino, Thai, Mongolian and Vietnamese communities saw declines in their populations from 2016 to 2021, data shows.


https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/dublin-pleasanton-asian-population-18171246.php
 
Not surprising, SF has always had a reputation of being an Asian friendly area, if I am not mistaken, the Asian bloc in the city has significant political power. Last I was there, six years ago, Chinatown section still hadn’t fallen prey to the gentrification and assimilation that many of the others in large cities had experienced

Where I live, don’t know, but would estimate around the same seven or eight percent which I believe is the national trend, largely from South East Asia, plus University students/faculty, mostly in medical teaching/research
 
Well, Dallas has renamed a huge neighborhood here as Korea Town and has been already approved by the Governor Greg Abbott.

Dallas is one of most High-Tech industrial complexes in the world, and so Orientals are migrating here to Dallas County like birds.

Since America is in a deficit of Math and Engineering majors, we are actually having to import them here from the PAC RIM countries.
 
Not surprising, SF has always had a reputation of being an Asian friendly area, if I am not mistaken, the Asian bloc in the city has significant political power. Last I was there, six years ago, Chinatown section still hadn’t fallen prey to the gentrification and assimilation that many of the others in large cities had experienced

Where I live, don’t know, but would estimate around the same seven or eight percent which I believe is the national trend, largely from South East Asia, plus University students/faculty, mostly in medical teaching/research

They do have political power and you are correct about Chinatown not gentrifying. It’s a definite contrast between Chinatown and the various neighborhoods (in the City) with large Asian populations full of dentists, doctors, tech workers and local entrepreneurs.

If you want to see an example of their political power look up the Chinatown Central Subway. Project cost billions upon billions and even if it achieved full ridership it was never going to break even, let alone make a profit. Instead it rarely gets used. Unbelievable boondoggle. But the big power player in Chinatown got it built.

But SF and California isn’t the only area with a growing AAPI population. I know when I visit Dallas there seems to be a large AAPI population. Not sure about much of the heartland but wouldn’t be surprised if within the next decade we see a change even there.
 
Well, Dallas has renamed a huge neighborhood here as Korea Town and has been already approved by the Governor Greg Abbott.

Dallas is one of most High-Tech industrial complexes in the world, and so Orientals are migrating here to Dallas County like birds.

Since America is in a deficit of Math and Engineering majors, we are actually having to import them here from the PAC RIM countries.

When I visit then in-laws in DFW I notice a large AAPI population. And yep, look at the demographics of the H1-B visas, largely people of Asian/Indian decent. People complain that these visas undercut American jobs and wages but it’s incumbent upon us to produce more folks educated in the STEM fields.
 
When I visit then in-laws in DFW I notice a large AAPI population. And yep, look at the demographics of the H1-B visas, largely people of Asian/Indian decent. People complain that these visas undercut American jobs and wages but it’s incumbent upon us to produce more folks educated in the STEM fields.

Amen. People are going to have to learn not to be so lazy about themselves and about helping their kids get off to a good start in Math.

I’m preparing for the first weeks of school. Do you know what I’ll have to start the year doing? Trying to convince 11-13 year olds (and their parents) that they’ll never learn what they need to learn when they need to learn it if they don’t learn their multiplication facts.

Then I’ll be teaching 15-16 year olds how to solve simple linear equations before we can start learning Geometry. Last year is spent 4 weeks doing this at the beginning of the year.

I am about to the point of not caring when non-Americans run everything here because we’re too lazy to take education seriously and too unreliable to show up and do a job.
 
San Francisco is projected to lose about 300,000 of their roughly 800,000 residents by 2030 making it the biggest percentage exodus from a major city in the US followed by NY.

Asians should acquire even more political power when that happens.
 
When I visit then in-laws in DFW I notice a large AAPI population. And yep, look at the demographics of the H1-B visas, largely people of Asian/Indian decent. People complain that these visas undercut American jobs and wages but it’s incumbent upon us to produce more folks educated in the STEM fields.

My career was cut short by being replaced by H1-B visas- But they were attending college and being paid to do so- by my employer, and willing to work for 12 bucks an hour instead of $25 bucks an hour, and I wasn't.

So it forced me to change careers, as I was supposed to have a Degree to do my engineering job anyway, and even though I was totally certified, I did not have a 4 year degree.

SO. I had to just put my big boy pants on and deal with it.
 
San Francisco is about 1/3 Asian and both the middle and high school I'm assigned to have a majority Asian student body. Since we have people from all over the country here just curious how many have large (or any) Asian populations where you live?





Three of the U.S.’s fastest-growing Asian communities are in the Bay Area


The Asian population is growing across the country, and three cities in the Bay Area’s Tri-Valley have some of the fastest-growing Asian communities.

Dublin, Pleasanton and San Ramon in the Tri-Valley were among the top 10 large cities with at least 30% of their population identifying as Asian that had the highest growth since 2010, an analysis of census data shows.

Dublin is the fastest growing city in California overall and its Asian population is fueling that growth. In the last decade, the suburban city’s Asian population grew from about 12,000 in 2010 to nearly 39,000 in 2020 — a 219% increase, according to decennial census data. The Asian populations in Pleasanton and San Ramon — two other Tri-Valley area cities — grew by 94% and 68%, respectively, during the same 10-year period.

The Tri-Valley has had an infusion of new residents who are seeking better housing opportunities and school districts, said Steve Minniear, a volunteer city historian in Dublin.

“Many people are coming here as young families [and are then] realizing that … they're going to have more kids and the kids are going to grow up or … that they want their parents to live with them,” he said. “So, they're looking for bigger houses — three, four bedrooms — and Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore, to some extent, are the places that tend to have those [housing options] coming out.”

With 56% of its total population identifying as Asian, Dublin is now an Asian-majority city, 2021 estimates show. San Ramon is close to being majority Asian, with 49.7%. In Pleasanton, Asian residents made up just over 40% of the total population in 2021. Indian and Chinese communities made up the majority of the Asian populations in the Tri-Valley, data shows. In Dublin, more than a quarter of the population — about 19,600 people — identified as Indian and nearly 14% — 9,900 — identified as Chinese.

In addition to being the two largest ethnic groups, Indian and Chinese communities in the Tri-Valley were also the fastest-growing Asian populations in recent years. Across the Tri-Valley, there were 20,000 more Indian people in 2021 compared with 2016, and 10,000 more Chinese people.

Not all Asian ethnic groups saw an increase in populations during this time period in the region, however. The region’s Japanese, FIlipino, Thai, Mongolian and Vietnamese communities saw declines in their populations from 2016 to 2021, data shows.


https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/dublin-pleasanton-asian-population-18171246.php
Arlington Texas has a large Asian population
 
My career was cut short by being replaced by H1-B visas- But they were attending college and being paid to do so- by my employer, and willing to work for 12 bucks an hour instead of $25 bucks an hour, and I wasn't.

So it forced me to change careers, as I was supposed to have a Degree to do my engineering job anyway, and even though I was totally certified, I did not have a 4 year degree.

SO. I had to just put my big boy pants on and deal with it.

I understand the desire for someone to have a degree when young but after years of experience shouldn't your work/resume speak for itself and a college degree far less important? (assuming of course one has shown themselves to be capable)

I'm very pro immigration but I also understand on an individual level that it can hurt when someone goes through what you did.
 
Arlington Texas has a large Asian population

That's where my wife grew up. I always thought Arlington had a pretty large black and Hispanic population. I googled for sh*ts and giggles and it said Arlington's Asian population was 7%. Frisco and Plano are both 22% Asian and Coppell is like 30% Asian (that's where her best friend grew up).
 
When I visit then in-laws in DFW I notice a large AAPI population. And yep, look at the demographics of the H1-B visas, largely people of Asian/Indian decent. People complain that these visas undercut American jobs and wages but it’s incumbent upon us to produce more folks educated in the STEM fields.
Frisco has a large Indian population. I went to a HS graduation a couple years ago a huge number of the kids had Indian sounding names.
 
That's where my wife grew up. I always thought Arlington had a pretty large black and Hispanic population. I googled for sh*ts and giggles and it said Arlington's Asian population was 7%. Frisco and Plano are both 22% Asian and Coppell is like 30% Asian (that's where her best friend grew up).
Try Irving. I go to Arlington to shop the Asian food stores. Cooking Asian foods is a hobby of mine. Frisco has a high Asian pop because of Indians. While they are Asians I don't typically think of them as such.
 
I understand the desire for someone to have a degree when young but after years of experience shouldn't your work/resume speak for itself and a college degree far less important? (assuming of course one has shown themselves to be capable)

I'm very pro immigration but I also understand on an individual level that it can hurt when someone goes through what you did.

I guess I'm like an old cat- toss me off the roof and I always seem to land on my feet.

Getting out of that career allowed me to do some things I would never have had the opportunity to do. So, I am all over it.

But let me tell you, you can have a beautiful wife, A beautiful home, and nice new cars for everyone in the family in the driveway, and everything you could ever possibly want in this world. But, you can loose them all one by one, in that exact short order when you loose your lifelong career and have to start over.

But, hey look at me now! I 'm back! And I have never been happier really!
 
That's where my wife grew up. I always thought Arlington had a pretty large black and Hispanic population. I googled for sh*ts and giggles and it said Arlington's Asian population was 7%. Frisco and Plano are both 22% Asian and Coppell is like 30% Asian (that's where her best friend grew up).

I love to shop at the Asian Markets along Pioneer Parkway.. So many new things to try. All of the suburbs have their Asian Markets now.

They smell a little fishy, but, if you like Oriental food, they are great for that, as they have everything you can imagine for your Wok and taste!

If you like sticky rice, don't ever buy it anywhere else!
 
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San Francisco is projected to lose about 300,000 of their roughly 800,000 residents by 2030 making it the biggest percentage exodus from a major city in the US followed by NY.

Asians should acquire even more political power when that happens.

Yeah, and metro New York will still have 22 million inhabitants, ain’t your gated community, and never will be, thank God
 
Remember it was the asians who forced the WOKE school boards to cut back their religious activities, they want the schools to function as education centers not religious schools.
 
San Francisco is about 1/3 Asian and both the middle and high school I'm assigned to have a majority Asian student body. Since we have people from all over the country here just curious how many have large (or any) Asian populations where you live?

The 2020 census showed 1.2 million Asians in the Houston area and is the fastest growing ethnic group in Texas.
 
The 2020 census showed 1.2 million Asians in the Houston area and is the fastest growing ethnic group in Texas.

I don’t know about the suburbs but isn’t Houston itself a very diverse City?

Edit: Was just looking at the data, it does look like a growing AAPI population in Houston
 
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