Hong Kong Americans
Hong Kong Americans (Cantonese: 香港裔美國人、港裔美國人、美籍香港人、美港人), include Americans who are also Hong Kong residents who identify themselves as Hong Kongers (who see Hong Kong as their home and are culturally associated with Hong Kong, especially through descent, growth, birth, long term residence, or other types of deep affiliations with Hong Kong), Americans of Hong Kong ancestry, and also Americans who have Hong Kong parents.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 248,024 (born in Hong Kong) (2021) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| California, New York, New Jersey, Washington (Seattle), Texas, Massachusetts | |
| Languages | |
| Predominantly English, varieties of Chinese: Yue (Cantonese, Taishanese), Hakka, Wu (Taihu Wu, Oujiang Wu), Southern Min, Mandarin (Standard Chinese) | |
| Religion | |
| Unaffiliated, Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hong Kong Canadians, Hong Kong Britons Hong Kong Australians, Hong Kong New Zealanders Chinese Americans, Taiwanese Americans Americans in Hong Kong, Overseas Chinese |
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China and before that it was a British colony from 1841 until the Transfer of sovereignty to China in 1997.
Many of the Hong Kong Americans hold both United States citizenship and right of abode in Hong Kong. Other than the US passport, many of them also hold a HKSAR Passport or the British National (Overseas) passport.
Most of Hong Kong Americans were born in Hong Kong, United States, or Guangdong.