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East Asian Origin Population
By City & Unincorporated Community
Los Angeles County

2023 Census Estimates*


Also See: Most Recent Asian Origin Estimates for Los Angeles County Overall

Other Asian Origins for Specific Los Angeles County Cities & Communities:
-- Southeast Asian (including Burmese, Cambodian, Filipino, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Mien, Singaporean, Thai, Vietnamese)
-- South Asian (including Indian, Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Nepalese, Pakistani, Sikh, Sri Lankan)
-- Central & Other Asian (including Kazakh, Uzbek)


Past Census years for this category:
-- Most Recent Census Estimates for Los Angeles County Overall
-- 2020 Census Estimates
-- 2010 Census Estimates
-- 2000 Census Numbers


Among all American cities and communities, the City of Los Angeles is home to the largest populations of persons who are of Filipino, Korean, Thai, and Mongolian descent. It is also home to the largest population of Japanese descent in the continental U.S. (following Hawaii) and the second largest population of Indonesian descent, following New York City. Long Beach is home to the largest population of Cambodian descent.

Also see: "Most Chinese" Communities in America



East Asian: Chinese (except Taiwanese), Hmong, Japanese, Korean

City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Acton† 168 17 0 68 0
Agoura Hills 1,565 597 0 125 419
Agua Dulce† 88 24 0 0 0
Alhambra 41,645 28,312 0 805 749
Alondra Park† 1,322 53 0 58 77
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Altadena† 2,370 585 0 473 172
Arcadia 31,900 19,569 74 584 1,086
Artesia 6,952 343 0 80 741
Avalon 4 0 0 0 1
Avocado Heights† 1,428 876 0 60 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Azusa 7,416 2,464 0 288 262
Baldwin Park 15,705 6,982 0 138 257
Bell 420 106 0 9 40
Bell Gardens 122 29 0 16 0
Bellflower 9,274 396 0 281 508
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Beverly Hills 3,799 488 0 450 709
Bradbury 281 140 0 4 0
Burbank 12,459 2,697 0 778 1,082
Calabasas 2,882 1,004 0 95 527
Carson 25,194 579 6 399 1,249
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Castaic† 2,201 421 0 42 322
Cerritos 30,043 5,571 12 1,539 5,504
Charter Oak† 908 323 7 0 29
Citrus† 634 57 0 4 0
Claremont 5,341 1,981 0 316 669
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Commerce 223 122 0 5 49
Compton 1,126 257 0 0 1
Covina 7,000 2,452 0 258 190
Cudahy 32 2 0 4 19
Culver City 7,729 1,991 4 1,736 529
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Del Aire† 1,656 445 0 40 252
Desert View Highlands† 380 5 0 0 0
Diamond Bar 33,352 17,554 0 971 4,647
Downey 8,242 517 0 260 1,925
Duarte 4,030 1,304 0 148 86
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
East Los Angeles† 1,691 666 0 160 17
East Pasadena† 1,903 1,058 0 52 57
East Rancho Dominguez† 93 0 0 0 24
East San Gabriel† 12,750 8,416 0 225 290
East Whittier† 1,052 112 0 34 201
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
El Monte 31,402 16,460 0 226 340
El Segundo 1,948 246 0 132 161
Elizabeth Lake† 52 6 0 5 0
Florence-Graham† 207 41 0 0 19
Gardena 14,856 1,329 0 4,721 3,152
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Glendale 25,640 2,851 2 1,488 6,321
Glendora 6,056 2,443 39 406 208
Green Valley† 4 0 0 0 0
Hacienda Heights† 22,985 14,235 0 1,157 1,301
Hasley Canyon† 30 0 0 5 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Hawaiian Gardens 1,779 36 0 53 652
Hawthorne 5,456 773 0 317 184
Hermosa Beach 1,428 300 0 127 168
Hidden Hills 36 10 0 3 7
Huntington Park 367 47 0 0 28
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Industry 42 19 0 13 10
Inglewood 2,536 237 0 368 108
Irwindale 11 0 0 0 0
La Cañada Flintridge 6,289 1,436 0 258 2,898
La Crescenta-Montrose† 5,477 323 0 630 3,239
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
La Habra Heights 965 423 0 31 80
La Mirada 10,855 864 0 468 5,325
La Puente 5,349 2,511 37 31 83
La Verne 3,253 1,199 0 236 351
Ladera Heights† 285 13 0 18 94
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Lake Hughes† 0 0 0 0 0
Lake Los Angeles† 227 37 0 7 20
Lakewood 14,333 1,459 0 651 888
Lancaster 6,869 592 3 474 340
Lawndale 2,964 148 0 153 117
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Lennox† 500 150 0 6 39
Leona Valley† 182 168 0 0 0
Littlerock† 0 0 0 0 0
Lomita 3,025 387 0 601 462
Long Beach 58,650 4,394 43 3,175 2,470
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Los Angeles 463,960 75,937 389 27,182 102,454
Lynwood 467 7 0 22 11
Malibu 315 89 0 69 42
Manhattan Beach 4,757 1,848 0 577 655
Marina del Rey† 868 0 0 240 191
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Mayflower Village† 1,815 876 0 23 22
Maywood 194 3 0 8 13
Monrovia 5,899 2,611 158 292 373
Montebello 8,418 4,062 0 633 473
Monterey Park 38,593 26,728 0 2,975 1,216
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
North El Monte† 1,910 919 0 21 197
Norwalk 13,879 1,350 0 294 1,659
Palmdale 7,378 423 0 569 237
Palos Verdes Estates 3,187 1,166 0 1,016 265
Paramount 1,641 131 0 48 92
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Pasadena 24,230 9,952 0 1,383 2,086
Pepperdine University† 659 252 0 4 137
Pico Rivera 2,102 459 0 69 6
Pomona 16,509 5,623 38 345 1,927
Quartz Hill† 209 0 0 0 12
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Rancho Palos Verdes 13,137 4,094 0 3,000 2,376
Redondo Beach 12,553 2,441 0 2,626 1,748
Rolling Hills 261 101 0 42 40
Rolling Hills Estates 2,173 853 0 229 515
Rose Hills† 355 101 0 101 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Rosemead 32,670 19,436 0 273 294
Rowland Heights† 28,252 16,425 0 665 2,167
San Dimas 5,997 2,519 0 288 85
San Fernando 521 0 0 74 39
San Gabriel 22,972 14,411 0 395 368
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
San Marino 8,462 6,075 9 141 512
San Pasqual† 615 263 0 36 192
Santa Clarita 26,104 2,478 30 876 3,486
Santa Fe Springs 1,556 121 0 15 467
Santa Monica 8,925 2,086 0 1,065 1,522
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Sierra Madre 1,919 1,164 0 259 90
Signal Hill 2,846 237 0 140 137
South El Monte 3,911 1,687 0 7 132
South Gate 730 24 0 93 9
South Monrovia Island† 591 337 0 85 14
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
South Pasadena 8,661 3,915 0 571 1,676
South San Gabriel† 5,618 2,593 0 458 46
South San Jose Hills† 2,136 1,056 148 31 0
South Whittier† 3,595 430 0 113 561
Stevenson Ranch† 4,928 1,357 0 70 1,668
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Sun Village† 124 38 0 0 0
Temple City 22,900 14,451 9 861 484
Topanga† 846 46 0 71 43
Torrance 55,491 5,907 143 14,945 11,382
Val Verde† 152 0 0 13 9
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Valinda† 3,643 1,596 0 87 16
Vernon 11 0 0 0 10
View Park-Windsor Hills† 460 67 0 20 151
Vincent† 2,502 1,188 0 49 0
Walnut 18,870 10,903 0 536 971
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Walnut Park† 96 40 0 0 0
West Athens† 112 35 0 73 0
West Carson† 7,694 927 10 556 1,596
West Covina 32,847 14,141 0 779 317
West Hollywood 1,926 622 0 134 270
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
West Puente Valley† 3,213 1,289 0 27 5
West Rancho Dominguez† 216 16 0 6 64
West Whittier-Los Nietos† 804 35 0 85 86
Westlake Village 454 188 0 39 41
Westmont† 369 89 0 2 10
City/ Community Total Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese Hmong Japanese Korean
Whittier 4,216 1,139 0 420 605
Willowbrook† 449 170 0 0 45

* U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
† Unincorporated Community
Source: U.S. Census Bureau


See East Asian: Chinese (except Taiwanese), Hmong, Japanese, Korean in table above.


East Asian: Mongolian, Okinawan, Taiwanese, Other East Asian

City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Acton† 168 0 0 0 0
Agoura Hills 1,565 0 0 0 0
Agua Dulce† 88 0 0 0 0
Alhambra 41,645 0 0 1,120 0
Alondra Park† 1,322 0 0 35 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Altadena† 2,370 0 0 0 0
Arcadia 31,900 12 0 3,172 0
Artesia 6,952 0 0 187 0
Avalon 4 0 0 0 0
Avocado Heights† 1,428 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Azusa 7,416 0 0 180 0
Baldwin Park 15,705 0 0 310 0
Bell 420 0 0 0 0
Bell Gardens 122 0 0 0 0
Bellflower 9,274 0 0 83 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Beverly Hills 3,799 0 0 93 0
Bradbury 281 0 0 57 0
Burbank 12,459 0 0 230 0
Calabasas 2,882 0 0 34 0
Carson 25,194 0 0 2 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Castaic† 2,201 0 0 0 0
Cerritos 30,043 11 13 1,362 0
Charter Oak† 908 0 0 12 0
Citrus† 634 0 0 38 0
Claremont 5,341 0 0 198 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Commerce 223 0 0 0 0
Compton 1,126 0 0 0 0
Covina 7,000 0 0 110 0
Cudahy 32 0 0 0 0
Culver City 7,729 5 0 365 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Del Aire† 1,656 0 0 27 0
Desert View Highlands† 380 0 0 0 0
Diamond Bar 33,352 0 0 1,932 0
Downey 8,242 0 0 60 0
Duarte 4,030 0 0 68 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
East Los Angeles† 1,691 0 0 21 0
East Pasadena† 1,903 0 0 185 0
East Rancho Dominguez† 93 0 0 0 0
East San Gabriel† 12,750 10 0 894 0
East Whittier† 1,052 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
El Monte 31,402 0 0 259 0
El Segundo 1,948 0 0 55 0
Elizabeth Lake† 52 0 0 0 0
Florence-Graham† 207 0 0 0 0
Gardena 14,856 7 0 249 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Glendale 25,640 0 0 305 0
Glendora 6,056 0 0 330 0
Green Valley† 4 0 0 0 0
Hacienda Heights† 22,985 15 0 1,723 0
Hasley Canyon† 30 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Hawaiian Gardens 1,779 0 0 66 0
Hawthorne 5,456 0 0 214 0
Hermosa Beach 1,428 0 0 29 0
Hidden Hills 36 0 0 0 0
Huntington Park 367 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Industry 42 0 0 0 0
Inglewood 2,536 0 0 6 0
Irwindale 11 0 0 0 0
La Cañada Flintridge 6,289 0 0 68 0
La Crescenta-Montrose† 5,477 0 15 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
La Habra Heights 965 0 0 33 0
La Mirada 10,855 0 0 276 0
La Puente 5,349 0 0 47 0
La Verne 3,253 0 0 45 0
Ladera Heights† 285 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Lake Hughes† 0 0 0 0 0
Lake Los Angeles† 227 0 0 0 0
Lakewood 14,333 0 0 70 0
Lancaster 6,869 0 0 41 0
Lawndale 2,964 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Lennox† 500 0 0 0 0
Leona Valley† 182 0 0 0 0
Littlerock† 0 0 0 0 0
Lomita 3,025 0 0 146 0
Long Beach 58,650 41 0 406 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Los Angeles 463,960 1,991 126 7,527 43
Lynwood 467 0 0 0 0
Malibu 315 0 0 0 0
Manhattan Beach 4,757 0 0 386 0
Marina del Rey† 868 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Mayflower Village† 1,815 0 0 26 0
Maywood 194 0 0 0 0
Monrovia 5,899 0 0 546 0
Montebello 8,418 0 0 140 0
Monterey Park 38,593 0 0 513 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
North El Monte† 1,910 0 0 0 0
Norwalk 13,879 0 0 68 0
Palmdale 7,378 23 0 0 0
Palos Verdes Estates 3,187 0 0 364 0
Paramount 1,641 12 0 9 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Pasadena 24,230 0 0 1,003 0
Pepperdine University† 659 0 0 43 0
Pico Rivera 2,102 0 0 0 0
Pomona 16,509 0 0 342 0
Quartz Hill† 209 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Rancho Palos Verdes 13,137 8 0 695 0
Redondo Beach 12,553 142 0 353 0
Rolling Hills 261 0 0 8 0
Rolling Hills Estates 2,173 0 0 80 0
Rose Hills† 355 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Rosemead 32,670 0 0 139 0
Rowland Heights† 28,252 0 0 2,299 0
San Dimas 5,997 0 0 644 0
San Fernando 521 0 0 0 0
San Gabriel 22,972 0 0 600 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
San Marino 8,462 0 0 763 0
San Pasqual† 615 0 0 11 0
Santa Clarita 26,104 0 8 318 0
Santa Fe Springs 1,556 0 0 0 0
Santa Monica 8,925 0 0 619 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Sierra Madre 1,919 0 0 172 0
Signal Hill 2,846 0 0 0 0
South El Monte 3,911 0 0 24 0
South Gate 730 0 0 0 0
South Monrovia Island† 591 0 0 140 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
South Pasadena 8,661 0 0 319 0
South San Gabriel† 5,618 0 0 25 0
South San Jose Hills† 2,136 0 0 34 0
South Whittier† 3,595 0 0 71 0
Stevenson Ranch† 4,928 0 0 25 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Sun Village† 124 0 0 0 0
Temple City 22,900 0 0 847 0
Topanga† 846 0 0 13 0
Torrance 55,491 1,007 29 1,264 0
Val Verde† 152 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Valinda† 3,643 0 0 115 0
Vernon 11 0 0 0 0
View Park-Windsor Hills† 460 0 0 0 0
Vincent† 2,502 0 0 6 0
Walnut 18,870 0 0 1,366 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Walnut Park† 96 0 0 0 0
West Athens† 112 0 0 0 0
West Carson† 7,694 0 28 17 0
West Covina 32,847 0 0 880 0
West Hollywood 1,926 0 0 81 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
West Puente Valley† 3,213 0 0 8 0
West Rancho Dominguez† 216 0 0 0 0
West Whittier-Los Nietos† 804 0 0 7 0
Westlake Village 454 0 0 123 0
Westmont† 369 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Mongolian Okinawan Taiwanese Other East Asian
Whittier 4,216 0 10 95 0
Willowbrook† 449 0 0 0 0

* U.S. Census estimates based upon data and surveys collected by the American Community Survey over the preceding five-year period. These estimates are issued annually between full Decennial Census counts conducted each decade.

† Unincorporated Community

Source: U.S. Census Bureau


Also see: East Asian: Chinese (except Taiwanese), Hmong, Japanese, Korean.