Asians in New York City represent the largest Asian diaspora of any city in the world. Population New York City alone, according to the 2010 Census, has now become home to more than one million Asian Americans, greater than the combined totals of San Francisco and Los Angeles. New York contains the highest total Asian population of any U.S. city proper. Chinese New Yorkers In 2020, approximately 9% of New York City’s population was of Chinese ethnicity, with about eighty percent of Chinese New Yorkers living in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn alone; New York City itself contains by far the highest ethnic Chinese population of any individual city outside Asia, estimated at 628,763 as of 2017. There is also a rising demand of Asian population choose to live in Long Island City. Much of the Chinese community lives in Chinatown, Brooklyn, Chinatown, Manhattan, Flushing, Queens, Long Island City, Queens and Sunset Park, Brooklyn. South Asian New Yorkers Indian and Indian Americans comprise the largest American municipal South Asian diaspora, comprising 2.4% of the city's population, with Bangladeshi and Bangladeshi Americans and people of Pakistani heritage at 0.7% and 0.5%, respectively. Queens is over 8% South Asian; 6-7% Indian. Tompkinsville, Staten Island has many Sri Lankans. Korean New Yorkers People of Korean heritage made up 1.2% of the city's population. They are more commonly in Flushing and Koreatown, Manhattan. Filipino New Yorkers Filipino and Filipino Americans were the largest southeast Asian ethnic group at 0.8%. The community has a stronghold in Woodside, Queens. Around 13,000 Filipino Americans and immigrants live in this area, equating to 15% of Woodside’s population. Japanese New Yorkers Japanese or Japanese American heritage people are 0.3% and have a presence in Manhattan. Vietnamese New Yorkers People of Vietnamese heritage made up 0.2% of New York City's population in 2010. Organizations and activism One of the partner research centers of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Research Consortium is based at the City University of New York. New York University hosts the Program in Asian/Pacific/American Studies. "Serve the People: The Asian American Movement in New York" was an exhibition at Interference Archive from December 2013 - March 2014, supported by the Museum of Chinese in America. Activist organizations: Asian American Federation of New York Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Asian Americans for Equality MinKwon Center for Community Action Cultural organizations: Asian American Arts