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Fuzhounese Americans

Fuzhounese Americans
福州美國儂
Hók-ciŭ Mī-guók-nè̤ng
福州美國人
Fúzhōu měiguó rén
Total population
150,000 – 300,000 (2016)
Regions with significant populations
New York City (纽约市)
Languages
Eastern Min (Hokchew), Standard Mandarin, English
Religion
Buddhism, Taoism, Syncretism, Christianity, Confucianism, Atheism, etc

Fuzhounese Americans, also known as Hokchew Americans or Fuzhou Americans or imprecisely Fujianese, are Chinese American people of Fuzhou descent, in particular from the Changle district.[3] Many Chinese restaurant workers in the United States are from Fuzhou.[3][4] There are also a number of undocumented Fuzhounese immigrants in the United States who are smuggled in by groups such as snakeheads.[5][6][7][8]

Fuzhounese Americans helped develop the Chinatown bus lines system, which originated as a means to transport restaurant workers from New York City to various parts of the northeastern United States.[5]

Unlike other Chinese Americans and East Asian American groups, Fuzhounese Americans are almost completely concentrated in the U.S. Northeast. The vast majority live in New York City and on Long Island, but some also live in Middlesex and Morris counties in New Jersey; and in the Boston and Philadelphia metropolitan areas.

  1. ^ 2005-2009 American Community Survey
  2. ^ "Fuzhounese in the New York Metro Area" (PDF). Unreachednewyork.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  3. ^ a b "Voices of NY » » Fujianese Immigrants Fuel Growth, Changes". 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Left-behind American children in China". Offbeat China. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  5. ^ a b Radden, Patrick (2008-04-09). "China's Great Migration: ""Little America"". Slate.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  6. ^ Vivian Yee; Jeffrey E. Singer (2013-12-29). "The Death of a Family, and an American Dream". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  7. ^ Chin, Ko-lin (1998). Smuggled Chinese: Clandestine Immigration to the United States.
  8. ^ From Fujian to New York: Understanding the New Chinese Immigration