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There are numbers of North Koreans living in the United States, despite North Korean citizens being unable to freely emigrate out of their country. As of 2022, Americans of Korean descent composed an estimated 0.5% of the population, or 1,501,587 people. [1]
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As of the 2010 U.S. Census there were 11,813 ethnic Koreans in Harris County, Texas, in the Houston area, making up 4.2% of the county's Asian population. [1] In 2015 Haejin E. Koh, author of "Korean Americans in Houston: Building Bridges across Cultures and Generations," wrote in regards to the census figure that "community leaders believe the number is twice as large."
As a result, the rural county has issued a state of emergency for eclipse day, April 8. It will go into effect at noon and be lifted when traffic congestion eases, Verno said.
As of 2023, the United States, which is home to the largest population of overseas Koreans, has the following distribution of Korean Americans. In California, there are 558,338 Korean Americans. New York City has a Korean American population of 141,745. Texas is home to 115,107 Korean Americans. New Jersey's Korean American community numbers ...
Kaufman County, which is adjacent to Dallas County, expects as many as 200,000 people to flood in for the eclipse, doubling the population, which could greatly impact public services agencies.
With local officials concerned about local traffic and services, some Central Texas school districts will close ahead of the April 8 eclipse.
The Greater Dallas Korean American Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1976 as a resource for the Korean-American business community in Dallas, Texas. Dallas has the largest Korean American community in Texas and second (to Atlanta) in the Southern US.