Ethnic groups in Portland, Oregon#African Americans

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According to the City of Portland, "In all categories, the Eastside is more racially diverse than the Westside. Hispanics are most concentrated in North Portland at nearly 15% of the population. NE Portland has the highest concentration of African Americans at 30%. The concentration of Asians in Portland are mostly within NE, SE, and outer East Portland, with a percent population of 11%, 10%, and 9% respectively. Whites are the most common race group citywide."{{Cite web|url=https://www.portlandonline.com/portlandplan/index.cfm?a=288105&c=52257|title=Race and Ethnicity Population Estimates|access-date=2021-12-30|archive-date=2021-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230213559/https://www.portlandonline.com/portlandplan/index.cfm?a=288105&c=52257|url-status=live}}

In 2016, Alana Semuels of The Atlantic wrote, "As black people moved into Albina, whites moved out; by the end of the 1950s, there were 23,000 fewer white residents and 7,000 more black residents than there had been at the beginning of the decade." She also said "by 1999, blacks owned 36 percent fewer homes than they had a decade earlier, while whites owned 43 percent more."{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/racist-history-portland/492035/|title=The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America|website=The Atlantic|date=22 July 2016|access-date=30 December 2021|archive-date=8 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508193733/https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/racist-history-portland/492035/|url-status=live}} In 2021, the Southeast Examiner{{'s}} Don MacGillivray said "Portland is known for its lack of racial diversity and its lack of African Americans", with a Black population at six percent and Latinos at 10 percent of the city's population.{{Cite web|url=https://www.southeastexaminer.com/2021/01/portlands-struggle-with-diversity/|title=Portland's Struggle with Diversity | the Southeast Examiner of Portland Oregon|access-date=2021-12-30|archive-date=2021-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230213758/https://www.southeastexaminer.com/2021/01/portlands-struggle-with-diversity/|url-status=live}}

African Americans

African Americans are concentrated in north and northeast Portland.{{cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/portland-is-still-the-whitest-big-city-in-america/?amp=1|title=Portland is still the whitest big city in America|date=2 October 2022 |access-date=2023-09-03|archive-date=2023-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903025206/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/portland-is-still-the-whitest-big-city-in-america/?amp=1|url-status=live}}

Asians

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= Burmese =

As of 2010, approximately 1,400 Burmese people lived in the Portland metropolitan area.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-26 |title=Marching for Home: First and Second Generation Immigrant Portlanders Can’t Look Away From Injustices in Their Homelands |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/cover-story/2021/05/26/marching-for-home-first-and-second-generation-immigrant-portlanders-cant-look-away-from-injustices-in-their-homelands/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Willamette Week |language=en}}

Notable Burmese restaurants have included Rangoon Bistro and Top Burmese.

=Chinese=

{{See also|History of Chinese Americans in Portland, Oregon}}According to The Oregonian, "One in 10 residents in Portland were Chinese by 1890, making Portland’s Chinese community the second largest in the United States at that time." Ladd's Addition was among the city's first neighborhoods in which Chinese people were allowed to own homes.{{Cite web |last=Todd |first=Tanner |date=2024-04-21 |title=Cemetery events honor memories of Chinese Americans buried in Portland |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2024/04/cemetery-events-center-around-keeping-the-memories-of-chinese-americans-buried-there-alive.html |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}

= Filipino =

The Filipino Bayanihan Center opened in Southeast Portland in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Portland’s Filipino Bayanihan Center provides health resources and community for local Filipinos |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/08/12/portlands-filipino-bayanihan-center-provides-health-resources-and-community-for-local-filipinos/ |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=opb |language=en}}

Sobrang Sarap is a food tour of Filipino cuisine.Sobrang Sarap:

{{Cite web |last=Bicchieri |first=Paolo |date=2024-04-05 |title=All About Sobrang Sarap, Portland’s New Self-Guided Filipino Food Tour |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2024/4/5/24122060/sobrang-sarap-filipino-food-tour-portland |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}}
{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=Sobrang Sarap Food Tour Puts Filipino Cuisine’s Range on Full Display |url=https://www.wweek.com/food/2024/04/19/sobrang-sarap-food-tour-puts-filipino-cuisines-range-on-full-display/ |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Willamette Week |language=en}}
{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2024-04-01 |title=Celebrate Filipino Food Month with specials at these Portland-area restaurants |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2024/04/local-trio-launch-filipino-food-tour-with-dozens-of-specials-across-portland-area.html |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}} Notable Filipino restaurants have included Baon Kainan, Botanical Bakeshop, Magna Kusina, and Sun Rice.

= Indian =

From 1994 to 2003, the India Cultural Association held its annual Celebration of India Festival (or simply India Festival) in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square.{{Cite web |last=De Dios |first=Austin |date=2023-08-07 |title=Portland celebrates India’s diverse cultures and independence |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2023/08/portland-celebrates-indias-diverse-cultures-and-independence.html |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}} The event was held in Beaverton in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Profenna |first=Chiara |date=2024-08-06 |title=India Festival scales up for its 30th year, this time in Beaverton |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2024/08/india-festival-scales-up-for-its-30th-year-this-time-in-beaverton.html |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}} The Bengali Association of Greater Portland (also known as Prabashi Portland) hosts the annual Durga Puja.{{Cite web |last=Profenna |first=Chiara |date=2024-07-30 |title=South Asian Heritage Month in Oregon: Events you won’t want to miss |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/events/2024/07/south-asian-heritage-month-in-oregon-events-you-wont-want-to-miss.html |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}

Notable Indian restaurants have included:

=Koreans=

=Japanese=

Ethnic Japanese in the present-day Portland area are known to date back as far as 1834, though permanent Japanese residents did not appear until the 1880s. The Japanese community grew over the next several decades, and eventually, two Japantowns had been established in the city of Portland. Both of these ethnic enclaves disappeared during World War II's Internment of Japanese Americans. Following World War II, a number of the interned Japanese Americans returned to the Portland area. As of 2010, approximately 30,000 Japanese-Americans resided in Portland, Oregon with a total of 38,000 residing in the greater Multnomah County area.{{Cite web |title=Oregon Japanese Population Percentage County Rank Based on ACS 2010–2014 data |url=http://www.usa.com/rank/oregon-state--japanese-population-percentage--county-rank.htm?yr=9000&dis=&wist=&plow=&phigh= |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.usa.com}}

= Palestinian =

According to 2019 census data, approximately 400 Portland residents listed Palestinian as their ancestry.

= Thai =

Notable Thai restaurants have included:

= Vietnamese =

Portland had the fifteenth largest Vietnamese population in the United States, as of 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-29 |title=In a First for the Nation, Five Vietnamese American Candidates Are Bound for the Oregon Legislature |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2022/06/29/in-a-first-for-the-nation-five-vietnamese-american-candidates-are-bound-for-the-oregon-legislature/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Willamette Week |language=en}} Vietnamese coffee gained popularity in Portland in the 2020s.{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Janey |date=2024-07-24 |title=Portland’s Vietnamese Cafe Renaissance Is Peaking |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2024/7/24/24205334/portland-vietnamese-cafe-coffee-tea |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}} Notable Vietnamese restaurants have included:

Hispanic/Latino

Jews

Approximately 75,500 Jews live in the Portland metropolitan area.{{cite web|url=https://www.brandeis.edu/cmjs/community-studies/portland-report.html#:~:text=Among%20the%20findings%3A,Jewish%2C%20living%20in%2031%2C100%20households.|title=2022-23 Greater Portland Jewish Community Study|access-date=2023-08-27|archive-date=2023-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827014926/https://www.brandeis.edu/cmjs/community-studies/portland-report.html#:~:text=Among%20the%20findings%3A,Jewish%2C%20living%20in%2031%2C100%20households.|url-status=live}}

Native Americans

Portland has the ninth largest urban Native American population in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonmetro.gov/news/roots-portlands-native-american-community|title=The roots of Portland's Native American community|date=10 July 2017 |access-date=2023-10-07|archive-date=2023-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607161722/https://www.oregonmetro.gov/news/roots-portlands-native-american-community|url-status=live}} Javelina serves Indigenous cuisine.

Romani

Portland has a substantial Romani population.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ohs.org/oregon-historical-quarterly/award-winning-articles/upload/Silverman_Roma-in-Oregon_OHQ-Winter-2017_Final.pdf |title=Oregon Roma (Gypsies) |access-date=2022-05-25 |archive-date=2022-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522112511/https://www.ohs.org/oregon-historical-quarterly/award-winning-articles/upload/Silverman_Roma-in-Oregon_OHQ-Winter-2017_Final.pdf |url-status=live }} Approximately 3,000 Romani people live in the metropolitan area.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2014/02/roma_minority_has_special_sens.html|title=Roma minority has special sensitivities, health-related beliefs, professor, doctors say|first=Simina Mistreanu | The|last=Oregonian/OregonLive|date=February 2, 2014|website=oregonlive}}