IntroductionNew York State Assembly Districts and Asian Communities (2019) immigrants populations, accounting for 54% of all With the fastest percentage growth rates in the Asian immigrants in the district. - population of New York State happening in upstate areas, this profile on the Asian communities for each Finally, Table 1 summarizes Asian Citizen Voting Age of the State Assembly Districts in New York State Population (CVAP) data in 2017. Overall, Asians expands upon the previous brief issued in 2012, comprise of over- 6% of the total CVAP population in which only covered New York City. - New York State. AD 40 has the highest percent of Asian voting age citizens,- accounting for 52% of the This profile is based on the data from the 2017 5 year total CVAP in AD 40. AD 25 has the second largest American Community Survey from the U.S. Census percent of Asian voting age citizens,- accounting for Bureau, unless otherwise noted. For each district, this 47% of the total CVAP while AD 49 follows with the brief provides a snapshot of the Asian populations third largest percent of Asian voting age citizens, including disaggregated data -by Asian ethnicities, the accounting for 46% of the total CVAP. Asians in the share of immigrants that make up the Asian New York metro area comprised more than 10% of population, the citizen voting age populations for the CVAP in 30 ADs. Asians, and the Asian languages most commonly spoken. Outside the NYC metro area, AD 110, covering the Overall Asian Population north parts of the Capital Region including- the city of Schenectady, and the towns of Colonie and Niskayuna, has the highest percent of Asian voting age citizens, Table 1 summarizes the Asian population data by accounting for 5.2% of the total CVAP. AD 146, Assembly Districts (ADs) in New York State. covering parts of Erie and Niagara Counties, was According to the most recent Census Bureau second with Asians making up 4.4% of the CVAP. population estimates, in 2017, the Asian population in Highlights for Asian Groups New York State reached 1.88 million, accounting for nearly 10 percent of the population. In 38 districts, at least one in ten residents was Asian. The overall Asian population numbers provided a mere snapshot on the realities facing Asian Three Asian majority districts were in New York City. populations and may disguise the diversity and AD 40, centered in Flushing, Queens had the largest disparate residential patterns that underlie the Asian Asian population. AD 25, located along the Long community. Table 2 presents the eighteen largest Island Expressway around Fresh Meadows, Queens, Asian ethnic group populations by Assembly District. was second and AD 49 in the Brooklyn This discussion in this section will highlight which neighborhoods of Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights and BangladeshisADs have the most population for these groups. Sunset Park, was third. AD 125, which covers were the sixth largest Asian group in Cortland and Tompkins Counties, has the largest Asian population outside the New York metro area, the state, with more than 77,000 residents. AD 24, in with over 13,000 Asian residents. the Queens neighborhoods of Jamaica, Woodhaven, and Douglaston, had the largest Bangladeshi Table 1 also shows the population of Asian community with 8,500 residents. Outside of the New immigrants residing in each district in 2017. York metro area, AD 141, covering Erie County, was Statewide, Asians comprise of 26% of all immigrants. the home of the largest Bangladeshi population with In AD 40, Asians accounted for 79% of all immigrants, Bhutaneseclose to 800 residents. the largest percentage among all Assembly Districts. Outside of the New York metro area, AD 125 has the New Yorkers were mostly found in upstate areas, particularly in ADs 129 (Onondaga highest percent of Asian immigrants among all 1 2 3 County), 136, 137, 138 (Monroe County), and 149 group in the state, with almost 56,000 residents. AD Burmese(Erie County). 75 in the Manhattan neighborhoods of Chelsea, Clinton, Midtown, and the Garment District, had the residents were the tenth largest Asian largest Japanese community with over 2,400 group in the state, with more than 16,000 residents. residents. Outside of the New York metro area, AD The AD with the largest Burmese population was 125 was the home of the largest Japanese population outside of the New York metro area, in AD 119, Koreanswith more than 700 residents. covering parts of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, with close to 3,200 Burmese residents. Within New York were the third largest Asian group in the City, AD 35, in the Queens neighborhoods of Elmhurst state, with more than 146,000 residents. AD 40 in the and Jackson Heights, had the largest Burmese Queens had the largest Korean community with over Cambodianscommunity with over 800 residents. 15,400 residents. Outside of the New York metro area, AD 125 was the home of the largest Korean were the fourteenth largest Asian population withLaotian over 1,800 residents. group in the state, with over 6,500 residents. The largest Cambodian population was outside of the New The largest communities (statewide York metro area, in AD 119 with over 1,100 residents. population of 4,600) were found in upstate New York, AD 83, in the Bronx neighborhoods of Williamsbridge particularly in ADs 123 (Broome County) and 137 and Eastchester, had the largest Cambodian Malaysian(Monroe County). Chinesecommunity in New York City with over 800 residents. New Yorkers (statewide population of residents were the largest Asian1 group in 4,000) were mostly found in New York City, the state, with almost 739,000 residents. AD 49 in particularly in AD 26 in Queens; and 65 and 74 in Brooklyn had the largest Chinese community with NepaleseManhattan. over 62,000 residents. Outside of the New York metro area, AD 125, covering Tompkins and part of Cortland residents were the twelfth largest Asian Counties, had the most Chinese with almost 6,000 group in the state, with more than 14,000 residents. Filipinosresidents. AD 30 and 39 in Queens had the largest Nepalese communities each with more than 1,500 residents. were the fourth largest Asian group in the Outside of the New York metro area, AD 138, covering state, with almost 144,000 residents. AD 24 in the Monroe County, was the home of the largest Nepalese Queens neighborhoods had the largest Filipino Pakistanipopulation with more than 1,000 residents. community with almost 4,900 residents. Outside of the New York metro area, AD 109 in Albany County residents were the fifth largest Asian was the home of the largest Filipino population with group in the state, with more than 88,000 Indiansalmost 1,000 residents. residents. AD 44, in Park Slope and Borough Park, Brooklyn, had the largest Pakistani community with were the second largest Asian group in the almost 5,900 residents. Outside of the New York state, with nearly 410,000 residents. AD 24 had the metro area, AD 110 was the home of the largest largest Indian community with over 24,500 residents. SriPakistani Lankan population with almost 1,200 residents. Outside of the New York metro area, AD 110, covering parts of Albany and Schenectady Counties, was the residents were the thirteenth largest home of the largest Indian population with over 4,800 Asian group in the state with more than 7,000 residents. Indonesians residents. AD 61 and 63 in the Staten Island had the largest Sri Lankan communities each with more than Of the 6,300 in New York State, the 700 residents. Outside of the New York metro area, largest portion were in AD 39 around Jackson TaiwaneseAD 146 was the home of the largest Sri Lankan Heights, Queens, with over 800 residents. No ADs in population with more than 200 residents. Japaneseupstate New York had more than 150 Indonesians. residents were the ninth largest Asian group in the state with almost 17,000 residents. AD residents were the seventh largest Asian 25 had the largest Taiwanese community with almost 1 Chinese population in this report excludes those who identified as Taiwanese, who are tabulated separately. 4 1,900 residents. Outside of the New York metro area, ADs had over 1,000 other Indic languages speakers. AD 125 was the home of the largest Taiwanese Thaipopulation with almost 500 residents. Using another Census Bureau source, the American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample (ACS residents were the eleventh largest Asian group PUMS), we can identify the specific languages spoken in the state with almost 15,000 residents. AD 39 had in counties and large Bengalicities, but not by legislative the largest Thai community with almost 1,200 district. Using this data source, we find that the residents. Outside of the New York metro area, AD largest populationPunjabi of speakers outside New 119 was the home of the largest Thai population with York City was in Buffalo with 1,700 individuals. The Vietnameseclose to 600 residents. largest speakingNepali community upstate was in Erie County with almost 1,200 speakers. residents were the eighth largest Asian Concentrations of speakers could be found group in the state with more than 38,000 residents. Syracuse (with 1,500 speakers), Monroe County The largest Vietnamese population in the state was in Korean(1,400), and Buffalo (almost 900). AD 129 covering Onondaga County with more than - 1,800 residents. In New York City, AD 80 in the Bronx was the third most common Asian language neighborhoods of Woodlawn, Williamsbridge, in the state. AD 40 had the largest Korean speaking Baychester, and Morris Park, had the largest population at 14,405 speakers, followed by AD 26 Vietnamese community with more than 1,500 with 13,347 speakers- and AD 25 with 9,816 speakers.