Southeast Asian Americans

Southeast Asian Americans are Americans of Southeast Asian ancestry. The term refers to those who can trace back their heritage to Southeast Asia, which includes the countries of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.^[1][2] In the United States census, they are a subcategory of Asian Americans, although individual racial classification is based on self-identification and the categorization is "not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically".^[3]

Southeast Asian Americans

Regions with significant populations
Continental United States, smaller populations in Alaska and Hawaii
Languages
American English Burmese, Hmong, Iu Mien, Javanese, Khmer, Lao, Malay, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese, other Southeast Asian languages
Religion
Mainly Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam

See also

• Asian Americans
  • East Asian Americans
  • South Asian Americans
• Burmese Americans
• Cambodian Americans
• Filipino Americans
• Hmong Americans
• Indonesian Americans
• Iu Mien Americans
• Laotian Americans
• Malaysian Americans
• Singaporean Americans
• Thai Americans
• Vietnamese Americans