Taiwanese-American
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (230,382 0.07 percent of the U.S. population (2010)) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Greater Los Angeles area, New York City metropolitan area, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle metropolitan area, Baltimore-Washington, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia | |
| Languages | |
| American English, Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese, Hakka | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chinese Americans, Hong Kong Americans, Hoklo and Hokkien Americans, Hakka Americans, Overseas Taiwanese |
Taiwanese Americans (Chinese: 臺灣裔美國人) are Americans who have full or partial Taiwanese heritage. This includes American-born citizens who descend from migrants from Taiwan. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, 49% of people who consider themselves Taiwanese live in the state of California. New York and Texas have the second and third largest Taiwanese American populations, respectively.
Prior to the 1950s emigration from Taiwan (then called Formosa) was negligible. In 1600, 98% of the population on the island was Taiwanese aborigines. Dutch occupied southwestern Taiwan between 1624 and 1662, while Spanish occupied northwest Taiwan between 1626 and 1642. In the 17th and 18th centuries the island served as a destination point for migrating Han Chinese, primarily Hoklo and Hakka, from Fujian and Guangdong. Due to Qing dynasty policy, women and children were prohibited to emigrate to Taiwan, thus a large number of Han Chinese took aboriginal brides. Some plains aboriginals also adopted Chinese customs and language, assimilating into the Han population. A recent DNA study show that 85% of current Taiwan population has the mix of indigenous and Han Chinese heritage. In 1895, pursuant to the Treaty of Shimonoseki between the Qing dynasty and Empire of Japan, full sovereignty over Taiwan was ceded in perpetuity to Japan.
In 1945, Japanese rule ended due to Japan's loss in World War II. In 1949, the Chinese Communist Party took control of mainland China, and 2 million refugees, predominantly from the Republic of China (ROC) Nationalist government, military, and business community, fled to Taiwan.
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