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Southeast 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:
-- East Asian (including Chinese, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Okinamwan, Taiwanese)
-- 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



Southeast Asian: Burmese, Cambodian Filipino, Indonesian, Laotian

City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Acton† 168 0 0 73 0 0
Agoura Hills 1,565 0 0 30 0 0
Agua Dulce† 88 0 0 0 0 0
Alhambra 41,645 469 466 2,431 216 43
Alondra Park† 1,322 0 0 527 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Altadena† 2,370 0 0 482 12 0
Arcadia 31,900 257 65 1,656 254 9
Artesia 6,952 0 79 2,303 28 0
Avalon 4 0 0 0 0 0
Avocado Heights† 1,428 0 50 149 8 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Azusa 7,416 33 55 2,648 41 0
Baldwin Park 15,705 227 297 2,427 0 248
Bell 420 0 0 83 0 0
Bell Gardens 122 0 0 67 0 0
Bellflower 9,274 0 1,282 4,963 0 69
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Beverly Hills 3,799 0 0 495 81 0
Bradbury 281 0 0 18 7 0
Burbank 12,459 0 51 4,558 13 13
Calabasas 2,882 0 0 455 59 0
Carson 25,194 18 395 20,524 69 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Castaic† 2,201 0 0 916 9 13
Cerritos 30,043 0 360 7,415 87 49
Charter Oak† 908 48 13 152 0 0
Citrus† 634 0 0 389 0 0
Claremont 5,341 0 0 1,038 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Commerce 223 0 0 47 0 0
Compton 1,126 0 39 616 15 0
Covina 7,000 216 128 2,301 27 17
Cudahy 32 0 7 0 0 0
Culver City 7,729 195 3 822 124 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Del Aire† 1,656 0 0 141 0 0
Desert View Highlands† 380 0 0 375 0 0
Diamond Bar 33,352 212 28 3,567 170 0
Downey 8,242 0 159 3,164 15 20
Duarte 4,030 52 0 1,729 14 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
East Los Angeles† 1,691 0 50 268 0 0
East Pasadena† 1,903 0 0 335 32 0
East Rancho Dominguez† 93 0 0 33 0 0
East San Gabriel† 12,750 70 16 750 236 0
East Whittier† 1,052 0 0 194 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
El Monte 31,402 419 229 1,641 147 10
El Segundo 1,948 0 16 544 0 0
Elizabeth Lake† 52 0 0 41 0 0
Florence-Graham† 207 0 34 47 7 0
Gardena 14,856 0 155 2,572 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Glendale 25,640 20 34 11,135 12 11
Glendora 6,056 0 37 1,428 102 0
Green Valley† 4 0 0 0 0 0
Hacienda Heights† 22,985 40 239 1,704 212 0
Hasley Canyon† 30 0 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Hawaiian Gardens 1,779 0 312 488 0 0
Hawthorne 5,456 0 19 1,860 0 52
Hermosa Beach 1,428 0 0 337 10 0
Hidden Hills 36 0 0 0 0 0
Huntington Park 367 0 1 181 41 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Industry 42 0 0 0 0 0
Inglewood 2,536 64 4 732 0 0
Irwindale 11 0 0 3 0 0
La Cañada Flintridge 6,289 0 35 547 10 0
La Crescenta-Montrose† 5,477 0 39 495 17 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
La Habra Heights 965 0 35 34 0 0
La Mirada 10,855 14 87 2,449 23 0
La Puente 5,349 0 79 1,298 53 35
La Verne 3,253 0 0 561 20 0
Ladera Heights† 285 0 0 18 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Lake Hughes† 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lake Los Angeles† 227 0 0 7 0 0
Lakewood 14,333 0 1,940 6,904 67 45
Lancaster 6,869 30 202 3,910 11 14
Lawndale 2,964 155 0 1,190 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Lennox† 500 0 0 203 17 0
Leona Valley† 182 0 0 10 0 0
Littlerock† 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lomita 3,025 0 12 725 0 0
Long Beach 58,650 76 14,591 21,218 81 407
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Los Angeles 463,960 748 3,676 126,670 3,441 735
Lynwood 467 0 0 298 4 0
Malibu 315 0 0 8 0 1
Manhattan Beach 4,757 0 0 160 14 0
Marina del Rey† 868 0 0 220 36 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Mayflower Village† 1,815 54 19 206 6 28
Maywood 194 0 0 80 23 0
Monrovia 5,899 70 31 627 37 0
Montebello 8,418 163 12 1,267 88 0
Monterey Park 38,593 580 271 1,303 136 84
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
North El Monte† 1,910 44 74 401 6 0
Norwalk 13,879 132 829 6,827 23 12
Palmdale 7,378 0 213 3,612 46 0
Palos Verdes Estates 3,187 0 3 133 0 0
Paramount 1,641 0 244 714 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Pasadena 24,230 76 72 4,574 168 110
Pepperdine University† 659 0 0 52 0 0
Pico Rivera 2,102 0 0 681 0 0
Pomona 16,509 69 623 3,848 48 168
Quartz Hill† 209 0 0 109 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Rancho Palos Verdes 13,137 0 91 865 0 0
Redondo Beach 12,553 101 53 1,884 0 17
Rolling Hills 261 0 0 45 0 0
Rolling Hills Estates 2,173 5 0 123 0 0
Rose Hills† 355 0 9 144 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Rosemead 32,670 290 485 935 45 0
Rowland Heights† 28,252 281 34 3,347 410 22
San Dimas 5,997 0 47 1,326 80 0
San Fernando 521 0 0 197 0 0
San Gabriel 22,972 133 265 808 239 6
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
San Marino 8,462 204 0 71 64 0
San Pasqual† 615 0 9 30 0 0
Santa Clarita 26,104 18 45 10,754 110 105
Santa Fe Springs 1,556 0 122 501 0 0
Santa Monica 8,925 0 98 640 74 36
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Sierra Madre 1,919 0 0 117 0 0
Signal Hill 2,846 14 909 870 0 16
South El Monte 3,911 59 356 159 0 0
South Gate 730 0 8 449 0 0
South Monrovia Island† 591 0 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
South Pasadena 8,661 0 27 768 0 0
South San Gabriel† 5,618 75 0 79 161 20
South San Jose Hills† 2,136 172 52 467 10 0
South Whittier† 3,595 0 168 1,217 105 23
Stevenson Ranch† 4,928 0 0 999 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Sun Village† 124 0 23 63 0 0
Temple City 22,900 177 320 760 388 0
Topanga† 846 0 0 155 0 0
Torrance 55,491 108 116 6,992 160 5
Val Verde† 152 0 0 59 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Valinda† 3,643 0 7 1,233 42 0
Vernon 11 0 0 0 0 0
View Park-Windsor Hills† 460 0 0 151 0 0
Vincent† 2,502 26 7 802 0 0
Walnut 18,870 41 121 2,611 0 202
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Walnut Park† 96 17 0 24 0 0
West Athens† 112 0 0 0 0 0
West Carson† 7,694 154 4 3,330 25 0
West Covina 32,847 455 157 8,891 173 324
West Hollywood 1,926 0 0 384 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
West Puente Valley† 3,213 13 48 1,083 0 47
West Rancho Dominguez† 216 0 0 129 0 0
West Whittier-Los Nietos† 804 0 0 435 0 0
Westlake Village 454 0 0 9 0 0
Westmont† 369 0 0 211 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Burmese Cambodian Filipino Indonesian Laotian
Whittier 4,216 0 0 899 5 0
Willowbrook† 449 0 0 194 0 0

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


See Southeast Asian: Burmese, Cambodian, Filipino, Indonesian, Laotian in table above.


Southeast Asian: Malaysian, Mien, Singaporean, Thai, Vietnamese, Other Southeast Asian

City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Acton† 168 0 0 0 0 0 0
Agoura Hills 1,565 0 0 0 0 157 0
Agua Dulce† 88 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alhambra 41,645 37 0 0 366 3,663 0
Alondra Park† 1,322 0 0 0 29 430 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Altadena† 2,370 0 0 16 14 30 0
Arcadia 31,900 10 0 30 360 1,124 0
Artesia 6,952 0 0 0 33 144 0
Avalon 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
Avocado Heights† 1,428 0 0 0 97 139 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Azusa 7,416 0 0 18 44 336 0
Baldwin Park 15,705 15 0 0 105 3,185 0
Bell 420 0 0 0 0 144 0
Bell Gardens 122 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bellflower 9,274 0 0 0 376 591 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Beverly Hills 3,799 0 0 16 209 16 0
Bradbury 281 0 0 0 0 2 0
Burbank 12,459 0 21 0 348 647 0
Calabasas 2,882 4 0 0 7 36 0
Carson 25,194 0 0 0 47 245 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Castaic† 2,201 0 0 0 20 78 0
Cerritos 30,043 0 0 0 628 1,143 0
Charter Oak† 908 0 0 0 0 87 0
Citrus† 634 0 0 0 31 21 0
Claremont 5,341 0 0 0 32 210 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Commerce 223 0 0 0 0 0 0
Compton 1,126 0 0 0 17 40 0
Covina 7,000 0 0 0 44 565 0
Cudahy 32 0 0 0 0 0 0
Culver City 7,729 0 0 0 188 126 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Del Aire† 1,656 7 0 0 12 151 0
Desert View Highlands† 380 0 0 0 0 0 0
Diamond Bar 33,352 0 0 0 170 886 0
Downey 8,242 0 0 0 188 310 0
Duarte 4,030 11 0 0 8 44 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
East Los Angeles† 1,691 0 0 0 14 125 0
East Pasadena† 1,903 0 0 0 14 0 0
East Rancho Dominguez† 93 0 0 2 0 24 0
East San Gabriel† 12,750 35 0 0 146 511 0
East Whittier† 1,052 0 0 0 0 292 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
El Monte 31,402 18 0 0 95 9,481 0
El Segundo 1,948 0 0 0 169 0 0
Elizabeth Lake† 52 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florence-Graham† 207 0 0 0 0 17 0
Gardena 14,856 0 0 0 286 1,537 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Glendale 25,640 12 0 0 430 413 0
Glendora 6,056 0 0 25 16 242 0
Green Valley† 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hacienda Heights† 22,985 38 0 0 316 774 0
Hasley Canyon† 30 0 0 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Hawaiian Gardens 1,779 0 0 0 120 0 0
Hawthorne 5,456 0 0 0 62 735 0
Hermosa Beach 1,428 0 0 0 0 173 0
Hidden Hills 36 0 0 0 0 0 0
Huntington Park 367 0 0 0 30 36 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Industry 42 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inglewood 2,536 0 0 0 10 171 0
Irwindale 11 0 0 0 0 8 0
La Cañada Flintridge 6,289 0 0 0 75 111 0
La Crescenta-Montrose† 5,477 0 0 0 0 44 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
La Habra Heights 965 0 0 0 0 0 0
La Mirada 10,855 0 0 0 35 252 0
La Puente 5,349 0 0 0 8 824 0
La Verne 3,253 26 0 0 159 129 0
Ladera Heights† 285 0 0 0 0 63 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Lake Hughes† 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lake Los Angeles† 227 0 0 0 0 13 0
Lakewood 14,333 6 0 27 330 508 0
Lancaster 6,869 14 0 0 61 392 0
Lawndale 2,964 0 0 0 0 700 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Lennox† 500 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leona Valley† 182 0 0 0 4 0 0
Littlerock† 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lomita 3,025 0 0 0 0 81 0
Long Beach 58,650 17 0 11 1,051 3,194 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Los Angeles 463,960 402 258 175 10,501 25,543 199
Lynwood 467 0 0 0 28 41 0
Malibu 315 0 0 10 0 19 0
Manhattan Beach 4,757 0 0 0 14 145 0
Marina del Rey† 868 0 0 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Mayflower Village† 1,815 0 0 0 0 231 0
Maywood 194 7 0 0 23 26 0
Monrovia 5,899 0 0 0 50 319 0
Montebello 8,418 0 0 0 175 252 0
Monterey Park 38,593 48 0 22 177 2,648 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
North El Monte† 1,910 0 0 0 23 106 0
Norwalk 13,879 0 0 0 52 869 0
Palmdale 7,378 43 0 0 66 725 0
Palos Verdes Estates 3,187 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paramount 1,641 0 0 0 110 25 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Pasadena 24,230 10 0 46 356 601 0
Pepperdine University† 659 0 0 0 7 4 0
Pico Rivera 2,102 0 0 0 18 616 0
Pomona 16,509 0 0 30 204 1,516 0
Quartz Hill† 209 0 0 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Rancho Palos Verdes 13,137 0 0 0 23 173 0
Redondo Beach 12,553 9 0 0 51 436 0
Rolling Hills 261 0 0 0 12 3 0
Rolling Hills Estates 2,173 0 0 0 0 39 0
Rose Hills† 355 0 0 0 0 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Rosemead 32,670 10 0 0 192 7,363 0
Rowland Heights† 28,252 35 0 11 188 1,020 16
San Dimas 5,997 0 0 0 25 327 0
San Fernando 521 0 0 0 0 107 0
San Gabriel 22,972 25 0 0 179 3,525 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
San Marino 8,462 167 0 0 49 143 0
San Pasqual† 615 0 0 0 0 0 0
Santa Clarita 26,104 0 0 0 460 869 0
Santa Fe Springs 1,556 0 0 0 0 91 0
Santa Monica 8,925 0 0 0 343 402 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Sierra Madre 1,919 0 0 0 8 6 0
Signal Hill 2,846 0 0 0 0 383 0
South El Monte 3,911 0 0 0 4 1,238 0
South Gate 730 0 0 0 17 48 0
South Monrovia Island† 591 0 0 0 0 5 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
South Pasadena 8,661 0 0 0 41 85 0
South San Gabriel† 5,618 0 0 0 39 1,657 0
South San Jose Hills† 2,136 4 0 0 21 35 0
South Whittier† 3,595 0 0 0 46 127 0
Stevenson Ranch† 4,928 0 0 0 88 0 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Sun Village† 124 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temple City 22,900 7 0 0 314 2,214 0
Topanga† 846 0 0 0 13 464 0
Torrance 55,491 51 0 10 565 3,303 0
Val Verde† 152 0 0 0 25 33 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Valinda† 3,643 0 0 0 0 412 0
Vernon 11 0 0 0 0 1 0
View Park-Windsor Hills† 460 0 0 0 0 27 0
Vincent† 2,502 0 0 0 20 344 0
Walnut 18,870 0 0 0 178 489 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Walnut Park† 96 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Athens† 112 0 0 0 0 4 0
West Carson† 7,694 0 48 0 187 172 0
West Covina 32,847 46 0 7 505 3,266 0
West Hollywood 1,926 0 0 0 79 37 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
West Puente Valley† 3,213 0 0 0 0 550 0
West Rancho Dominguez† 216 0 0 0 0 1 0
West Whittier-Los Nietos† 804 0 0 0 0 84 0
Westlake Village 454 0 0 0 4 16 0
Westmont† 369 0 0 0 0 53 0
City/ Community Total Asian Population Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian
Whittier 4,216 0 0 0 26 195 0
Willowbrook† 449 0 0 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: Southeast Asian: Burmese, Cambodian, Filipino, Indonesian, Laotian.