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  2. History of Chinese Americans in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago metropolitan area has an ethnic Chinese population. While historically small in comparison to populations on the coasts, the community is rapidly expanding. As of 2023, there are 78,547 Chinese Americans who live in Chicago, comprising 2.9% of the city's population, along with over 150,000 Chinese in the greater Chicago area - making Chicago's Chinese community the 8th largest ...

  3. South Asians in Colonial America - Wikipedia

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    South Asians had been present in colonial America since at least 1635 with the recording of an East Indian man named "Tony" in the Colony of Virginia.They were brought over as indentured servants and sometimes slaves who eventually assimilated into the dominant white and black American populations.

  4. Chinatown, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chinatown is a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, along S. Wentworth Avenue between Cermak Road and W. 26th St.Over a third of Chicago's Chinese population resides in this ethnic enclave, making it one of the largest concentrations of Chinese-Americans in the United States. [3]

  5. West Argyle Street Historic District - Wikipedia

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    West Argyle Street Historic District (also known as Little Saigon, [1] New Chinatown, and Asia on Argyle) is a historic district in northern Uptown, Chicago, Illinois.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 2010.

  6. History of Asian Americans - Wikipedia

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    1962: Wing Luke becomes the first Asian American to hold elected office (Seattle City Council) in the State of Washington. 1963 : Rocky Fellers , a Filipino American boy band is first Asian American to hit Billboard 100 ."Killer Joe" reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1963, No. 1 in both New York and Los Angeles, CA.

  7. Chinese labor in the southern United States - Wikipedia

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    After slavery was abolished in the United States, Chinese laborers were imported to the South as cheap labor to replace freed Blacks on the plantations.Many of the early Chinese laborers came from sugar plantations in Cuba and after the transcontinental railroad was completed, California also contributed to the labor supply.

  8. Category:Asian-American culture in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Asian Americans in Chicago, Illinois. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

  9. History of Chinese Americans - Wikipedia

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    Drawing on United States Census Bureau data, the Pew Research Data Center notes that 54% of Asian immigrants ages five and over who have been in the United States for five years or less say they speak English proficiently. This means that some of the main challenges Asian immigrants face in the United States today are language barriers. [135]