1,989,519 (2023)[1] 0.6% of the U.S. population (2023) 2,633,777 including Koreans without U.S. citizenship (2021)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Los Angeles metropolitan area
New York metropolitan area
Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area
San Francisco Bay Area
Seattle metropolitan area
Philadelphia metropolitan area
Boston metropolitan area
Chicago metropolitan area
Atlanta metropolitan area
Houston metropolitan area
Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area
Riverside, California[3]
Languages
English, Korean
Religion
61% Protestantism 23% Unaffiliated 10% Roman Catholicism 6% Buddhism[4][5]
Korean Americans
Hangul
한국계 미국인
Hanja
韓國系美國人
Revised Romanization
Hangukgye Migugin
McCune–Reischauer
Han'gukkye Migugin
Koreans in America
Hangul
미주 한인
Hanja
美洲韓人
Revised Romanization
Miju Hanin
McCune–Reischauer
Miju Hanin
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Korean Americans (Korean: 한국계 미국인) are Americans who are of full or partial Korean ethnic descent. The majority of Korean Americans trace their ancestry to South Korea.
The term Korean Americans (also rendered as Korean-Americans) usually encompasses citizens of the United States of full or partial Korean descent. While the broader term Overseas Korean in America (미주한인/재미교포/재미한인) may refer to ethnic Koreans residing in the U.S., the specific designation of Korean American implies that an individual holds American citizenship.[8] Korean Americans may, however, possess dual-citizenship with the Republic of Korea. Known as "dual citizens by birth" (or 선천적 복수국적자), these individuals are the children of parents with South Korean citizenship born in the US. As of 2021, it is estimated that there are 20,000 2nd generation Korean Americans who are dual-citizens by birth.[9]
In contrast to Northeast Asia, which is grappling with a significant low birth rate issue, the number of Korean Americans with both parents from Korea is growing by 5.9%. Moreover, the population of those with mixed heritage is increasing at a rate of 16.5%. Prominent scholars and Korean associations have reported that the Korean American population surpassed 2.5–3 million in the 2020s.[10] However, the number of Korean Americans residing in the United States is fewer than that, according to some statistics. For example, The Korea Times USA, analyzing the results of the U.S. census since 2020, reported that the population of Korean Americans in the U.S. was 1,989,519 as of February 2022.[1][11]
As the largest group within the Overseas Korean community, Korean Americans often trace their lineage to South Korea, which accounts for the majority of their ancestral origins.[12]
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^인, 태정; 오중환 (May 2012). "재미 한인의 미국과 한국사회 만족도 비교연구: 미국 북동부의 뉴욕, 뉴저지, 보스턴 지역을 중심으로 :미국 북동부의 뉴욕, 뉴저지, 보스턴 지역을 중심으로". 문화와 사회 (in Korean). 12: 147–189. ISSN 1975-7239.
^"선천적 복수국적제 피해, 여성의 경우". The Korea Times (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-11-28.
^장, 안리 (June 2019). "'Korean American' 용어에 대한 재미한인들의 개념 정의 및 내포에 대한 연구". 사회연구 (in Korean). 12 (2): 321–354. doi:10.14431/jms.2019.06.12.2.321. ISSN 2005-2553. S2CID 204367351.
^"재미 교포 在美僑胞" [Foreign nationals in the United States]. ko.dict.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-11-06. 1. 미국에 정착하여 미국 국민으로 살고 있는 동포. [1. A Korean who has settled in the United States and lives as an American citizen.]
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