Demographics of Filipino Americans
Rank City Filipino American Population Size Alone or in Combination ( 2010 Census ) Total population Percentage Filipino American
1 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana , CA Metro Area 463,626 12,828,837 3.61
2 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont , CA Metro Area 287,879 4,335,391 6.64
3 Honolulu , HI Metro Area 234,894 953,207 24.64
4 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island , NY-NJ-PA Metro Area 217,349 18,897,109 1.15
5 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos , CA Metro Area 182,248 3,095,313 5.88
6 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville , IL-IN-WI Metro Area 130,781 9,461,105 1.38
7 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario , CA Metro Area 117,928 4,224,851 2.79
8 Las Vegas-Paradise , NV Metro Area 108,141 1,951,269 5.54
9 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara , CA Metro Area 105,403 1,836,911 5.73
10 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue , WA Metro Area 97,867 3,439,809 2.84
11 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria , DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area 75,444 5,582,170 1.35
12 Sacramento -- Arden-Arcade -- Roseville , CA Metro Area 73,866 2,149,127 3.43
13 Vallejo-Fairfield , CA Metro Area 52,641 413,344 12.73
14 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown , TX Metro Area 47,926 5,946,800 0.80
15 Stockton , CA Metro Area 46,447 685,306 6.77
16 Kahului-Wailuku , HI Micro Area 44,892 154,834 28.99
17 Hilo , HI Micro Area 40,878 185,079 22.08
18 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale , AZ Metro Area 39,913 4,192,887 0.95
19 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News , VA-NC Metro Area 39,871 1,671,683 2.38
20 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington , TX Metro Area 33,206 6,371,773 0.52
Population concentrations -- U.S. metropolitan areas with large Filipino American populations ( 2010 )
The demographics of Filipino Americans describe a heterogeneous group of people in the United States who trace their ancestry to the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, there were 3.4 million Filipino Americans, including Multiracial Americans who were part Filipino living in the US; in 2011 the United States Department of State estimating the population at four million. Filipino Americans constitute the second-largest population of Asian Americans, and the largest population of Overseas Filipinos. The first recorded presence of Filipinos in what is now the United States dates to October 1587, with the first permanent settlement of Filipinos in present-day Louisiana in 1763. Migration of significant numbers of Filipinos to the United States did not occur until the early 20th century, when the Philippines was an overseas territory of the United States. After World War II, and until 1965, migration of Filipinos to the United States was reduced limited to primarily military and medically connected immigration. Since 1965, due to changes in immigration policy, the population of Filipino Americans has expanded significantly. Filipino Americans can be found throughout the United States, especially in the Western United States and metropolitan areas. In California, Filipinos were initially concentrated in its Central Valley, especially in Stockton, but later shifted to Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area. Other states with significant populations of Filipinos include: Hawaii, Illinois, Texas, and Washington. New Jersey and the New York Metropolitan area also has a significant population of Filipinos. There are smaller populations of Filipino Americans elsewhere.