Singaporean Americans refers to Americans with Singaporean heritage or ancestry. Since the Singaporean government does not permit multiple- citizenships, it is not lawful for a person to hold both the Singaporean and American citizenships. Therefore, "Singaporean Americans" generally does not indicate that the person holds both the Singaporean and American citizenships. Additionally, because Singapore is a multi-racial and multi-ethnic country, the term "Singaporean" describes citizenship, not an ethnic group.
There is a small community of Singaporeans in the United States, consisting largely of expatriate professionals from Singapore and their families as well as international students. The bulk of Singaporeans in the United States reside in metropolitan areas along a coastline, with the highest population located within the corridor connecting Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C. On the West Coast, most Singaporean Americans live within several hundred miles of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. The next highest concentrations are in Texas, followed by an enclave by the Great Lakes, near Chicago and Ann Arbor.
Top 10 U.S. metropolitan areas with large Singaporean Americans population Rank MSA Region Singaporean-Americans 1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Mid-Atlantic 2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Pacific 3 San Francisco Bay Area Pacific 4 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown West South Central 5 San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara Pacific 6 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy New England 6 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington West South Central 8 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Pacific 9 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria South Atlantic 10 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville East North Central
Notable people Ng Chin Han – Hollywood actor Pragathi Guruprasad - Playback singer Megan Skiendiel – Singer, dancer, and actress Neeraj Khemlani – Co-president of CBS News and CBS Television Stations Shin Lim – Magician Boon Thau Loo – Academic administrator, University of Pennsylvania Corrinne May – Musician, singer, and songwriter Julia Nickson-Soul – Actress Lewis Tan - Actor and martial artist, actor-stuntman father Philip is of Singaporean Chinese-British descent Sharon Tay – Journalist Michael Yani – Tennis player Gwendoline Yeo – Actress, musician, and writer Daniel Chong – Animator, writer, director, producer, and the creator of Cartoon Network's We Bare Bears Minfong Ho - Children's and young adult novelist Po-Shen Loh - Mathematician Rosalie Chiang - Voice actress from Turning Red
See also
Singapore–United States relations Asian Americans
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