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The most spoken Asian languages in Virginia are: [5] Korean, 58,000 speakers or 0.7% of the population; the most spoken language after English and Spanish and the third most spoken language in Virginia [6] Chinese, 55,000 speakers or 0.7% of the population; Vietnamese, 51,000 speakers or 0.6% of the population; Tagalog or Filipino, 46,000 ...
Since 1957, 41 Asian Americans have been elected as U.S. Representatives and 9 as U.S. Senators. Hawaii was the first of four states to send an Asian American to the Senate (1959) and Illinois is the most recent state to elect a senator of similar descent for the first time (2016).
Asian Americans started to become a significant part of the Washington metropolitan area in the late twentieth century.. Fairfax County, Virginia, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Arlington, Virginia are the largest jurisdictions with high concentrations of Asian Americans in the region:
Experts say Virginia’s Asian American electorate has become increasingly critical to candidates, with the population ballooning by 112% since 2000. Nearly a third of eligible AAPI voters in the ...
Spanish has the most speakers of other languages, with 424,381 (5.9%). 226,911 (3.2%) speak Asian and Pacific Islander languages, including Vietnamese and Filipino. [5] The Piedmont region is one of the most famous for its dialect's strong influence on Southern American English.
A Democrat, Subramanayam was elected in 2019 and became the first Indian-American, South Asian, and Hindu to ever be elected to the Virginia General Assembly. [2] [3] He previously served as a White House advisor to President Barack Obama. In 2023, Subramanyam was elected to the Virginia Senate, representing the 32nd district.
Authorities in Henrico County, Virginia, are warning residents about a pattern of home burglaries targeting Asian business owners, with at least two incidents reported in the last month. In a ...
In 2000, the number of Tamil speakers in the US numbered approximately 50,000 individuals. By 2010 the number surged to 127,892 and grew to 293,907 by 2022. [2] The growth of the Tamil population in the United States is attributed to the H-1B visa program, and the presence of a large number of Tamil students studying in American universities.