“To be honest, with Asians on the West Coast, I feel like we kind of gravitate towards each other. But I felt like Asians on the East Coast were kind of trying to appeal to other races in a way, rather than loving our own. It was across the board, but what particularly struck me was the fact that even within the Asian American community, that level of finding each other attractive — if I put it bluntly — wasn’t even there.”   In fact, a majority of Asians in the US (55%) live in just five states: California (6.7 million), New York (1.9 million), Texas (1.6 million), New Jersey (958,000), and Washington (852,000).  To give these numbers some context, Asians make up 17% of the overall population in California, while they make up 11% of the overall population in New Jersey. On the other hand, in Hawaii, Asians make up 57% of the overall population.

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