Greater Los Angeles is the most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. state of California,encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino County and Riverside County in the east,with Los Angeles County in the center,and Orange County to the southeast. The Los Angeles–Anaheim–Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) covers 33,954 square miles (87,940 km2),making it the largest metropolitan region in the United States by land area. With a population of 18.5 million in 2021,it is the second-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The contiguous urban area is 2,281 square miles (5,910 km2),whereas the remainder mostly consists of mountain and desert areas.
Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census,the county's population was 955,732,its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 50,616 (+5.6%) from the 905,116 recorded at the 2010 census,which in turn reflected an increase of 20,998 (2.4%) from the 884,118 counted in the 2000 census. Located in the northeastern corner of New Jersey and its Gateway Region,Bergen County and its many inner suburbs constitute a highly developed part of the New York City metropolitan area,bordering the Hudson River;the George Washington Bridge,which crosses the Hudson,connects Bergen County with Manhattan. The county is part of the North Jersey region of the state.
Palisades Park is a borough in Bergen County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census,the borough's population was 20,292,an increase of 670 (+3.4%) from the 2010 census count of 19,622,which in turn reflected an increase of 2,549 (+14.9%) from the 17,073 counted in the 2000 census.
Englewood Cliffs is a borough in Bergen County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census,the borough's population was 5,342,an increase of 61 (+1.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,281,which in turn reflected a decline of 41 (-0.8%) from the 5,322 counted in the 2000 census.
Fort Lee is a borough at the eastern border of Bergen County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey,situated along the Hudson River atop The Palisades.
Koreatown,or K-Town,is an ethnic Korean enclave in Midtown Manhattan,New York City,centered on 32nd Street between Madison Avenue and the intersection with Sixth Avenue and Broadway,which is known as Greeley Square. The neighborhood in Midtown South features over 150 businesses of various types and sizes,ranging from small restaurants and beauty salons to large branches of Korean banking conglomerates. Koreatown,Manhattan,has become described as the "Korean Times Square" and has emerged as the international economic outpost for the Korean chaebol.
Korean Americans are Americans who are of full or partial Korean ethnic descent. Majority of Korean Americans trace their ancestry to South Korea.
The New York metropolitan area,broadly referred to as the Tri-State area and often also called Greater New York,is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass,encompassing 4,669.0 sq mi (12,093 km2). The New York metropolitan area is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world and the only U.S. metropolitan area larger than twenty million residents as of the 2020 United States census. The vast metropolitan area includes New York City,the nation's most populous city,Long Island,the Mid- and Lower Hudson Valley in New York State;fourteen counties and eleven of the largest cities in New Jersey;and six of the seven largest cities in Connecticut. The phrase "Tri-State area" usually refers to New York / New Jersey / Connecticut,although an increasing number of people who work in New York City commute from Pennsylvania,particularly from the Lehigh Valley,Bucks County,and Poconos regions in eastern Pennsylvania. The New York metropolitan area is the geographic and demographic hub of the larger Northeast megalopolis.
Koreatown is a neighborhood in central Los Angeles,California,centered near Eighth Street and Irolo Street.
A Koreatown (Korean: 코리아타운),also known as a Little Korea or Little Seoul,is a Korean-dominated ethnic enclave within a city or metropolitan area outside the Korean Peninsula.
A palisade is a steel or wooden fence or wall of variable height,usually used as a defensive structure.
The Korean diaspora consists of around 7.3 million people,both descendants of early emigrants from the Korean Peninsula,as well as more recent emigrants from Korea. Around 84.5% of overseas Koreans live in just five countries:China,the United States,Japan,Canada,and Uzbekistan. Other countries with greater than 0.5% Korean minorities include Brazil,Russia,Kazakhstan,Vietnam,the Philippines,and Indonesia. All these figures include both permanent migrants and sojourners.
India Square,also known as "Little India," is a commercial and restaurant district in the Journal Square and Marion Section neighborhoods of Jersey City,New Jersey,US.
The Hudson Waterfront is an urban area of northeastern New Jersey along the lower reaches of the Hudson River,the Upper New York Bay and the Kill van Kull. Though the term can specifically mean the shoreline,it is often used to mean the contiguous urban area between the Bayonne Bridge and the George Washington Bridge that is approximately 19 miles (31 km) long. Historically,the region has been known as Bergen Neck,the lower peninsula,and Bergen Hill,lower Hudson Palisades. It has sometimes been called the Gold Coast.
Koreatown in the borough of Palisades Park,Bergen County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey,is centered around the business district on Broad Avenue,which has been called a "Korean food walk of fame".
Koreatown,Queens,in the New York City borough of Queens,is one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnic Korean enclaves outside Korea. It is largely oriented around Northern Boulevard.
The first Philadelphia Koreatown is located around the Olney section of the city of Philadelphia,United States. Since the late 1980s,the Korean community has expanded northward,and it now straddles the border between North Philadelphia in Philadelphia proper and the northern suburb of Cheltenham,although many Korean-American businesses and organizations and some residents remain in Olney and adjoining neighborhoods. Upper Darby Township,bordering West Philadelphia,also has a large Korean-American population;meanwhile,a rapidly growing Korean population and commercial presence has emerged in suburban Cherry Hill,New Jersey since 2010,centered along Marlton Pike,attracted to the Cherry Hill Public Schools. Signage in Hangul is ubiquitous in some neighborhoods in these areas.
As of 2008,the sixty thousand ethnic Koreans in Greater Los Angeles constituted the largest Korean community in the United States. Their number made up 15 percent of the country's Korean American population.
As of the 2011 American Community Survey,New York City is home to 100,000 ethnic Koreans,with two-thirds living in the borough of Queens. On the other hand,the overall Greater New York combined statistical area enumerated 218,764 Korean American residents as of the 2010 United States Census,the second-largest population of Koreans in the United States outside of Korea and the most prominent.
