Mandarin_speakers_in_USA

According to the 2017 census Chinese population in the US is estimated at 5,025,817; representing 1.5% of the population.

Chinese language the third most-spoken language in the United States is spoken by nearly 3.5 million people in the United States including, mandarin and cantonese.

When asked about the language spoken at home 64,7% respond with only “Chinese” and 16,8% (about 487,250) identify mandarin as the language spoken at home.

The highest concentration of mandarin speakers are in North Dakota (31.8%), District of Columbia (26%), Maine (24.4%), Utah (23%), California (21.3%), Nevada (21.3%), Montana (20.1%), New Jersey (18.4%), Oregon (18.2%), Washington (18%), Texas (17.4%), Massachusetts (17.4%).

Mandarin speakers by place of birth

43.1% of mandarin speakers identify China as their place of birth, 1.2% are born in Hong Kong, 26.2% in Taiwan, 0.7% in Vietnam, 0.7% in other Asia.

Characteristics

Spending habits

mandarin spending habits tableau

Chinese-Americans buy brands and foods they know.
67% rate healthy ingredients/nutrition as a critical or significant factor influencing their purchases.

Digital presence

Views from some popular chinese youtube channel

Trade

China is currently USA largest goods trading partner with $659.8 billion in total (two way) goods trade during 2018.
Goods exports totaled $120.3 billion; goods imports totaled $539.5 billion. The U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $419.2 billion in 2018.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Americans
https://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-Chinese-speakers-in-the-US-speak-Mandarin
http://aapidata.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/NORTH-COOC-2F2F-PAPER-2F2F-AAPI-Data-Challenge-Chinese-Diversity_Cooc_Leung.pdf
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https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/chinese-immigrants-united-states#Income_Poverty
https://www.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/04/nielsen-asian-american-consumer-report-may-2016.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318640781_Dynamic_CGE_Model_of_the_Chinese_Economy_for_Fiscal_and_Financial_Policy_Analysis#pf6
https://slideplayer.com/slide/1640209/
https://vidooly.com/top-youtube-channels/CN/mostviewed
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