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The three metropolitan areas with the highest Korean American populations as per the 2009 American Community Survey were the Greater Los Angeles Combined Statistical Area (300,000), the Greater New York Combined Statistical Area (200,000), and the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area (93,000).
As of 2008, about 350,000 ethnic Koreans live in Los Angeles County. [13] As of 2008 the largest Korean ethnic enclave in Los Angeles is Koreatown and the majority of the Koreans have been concentrated around that area.
Koreatown (Korean: 코리아타운, Koriataun) is a neighborhood in central Los Angeles, California, centered near Eighth and Irolo streets. [2]Koreans began immigrating in larger numbers in the 1960s and found housing in the Mid-Wilshire area.
South Asians are among Los Angeles County’s fastest growing ethnic groups including Bangladeshi (122%), Pakistani (59%), Sri Lankan (45%), and Indian (29%). [2] Asians are concentrated in the San Gabriel Valley. [3] The Asian American population in San Gabriel Valley grew by 22% between 2000 and 2010. [4]
Much of the City of Los Angeles and several inner suburbs: originally split off from 213 to form a ring around downtown Los Angeles and the city of Montebello on June 13, 1998; in August 2017, the boundary between 213 and 323 was erased to form an overlay. On November 1, 2024, it was overlaid by area code 738. 341: overlay with 510
Bob Pool, "L.A. Neighborhoods, You're on the Map", Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2009 (article about Mapping L.A.) Southern California Association of Governments analysis of 2006 census data; Los Angeles neighborhood signs—Flickr "Communities of the City of Los Angeles", Los Angeles Almanac
The lobby of the Eaves on South Gramercy Place in Koreatown is shown. The building converted into homeless housing has 58 bedrooms. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
There are two Korean supermarkets in the area - Seoul Mart and Lotte Mart, various Korean restaurants and many Korean hair salons. Malaysia's first officially registered school for Korean nationals, the Malaysia Korean School, was established on 7 December 1974; it had 26 teachers and enrolled 148 students as of 2006. It is located on Jalan Ampang.