With about 12,000 Vietnamese residing in the city proper, Portland has one of the largest Vietnamese populations in America per capita."Vietnamese population by region: top metropolitan areas" . Vietnamese American Population. Retrieved January 7, 2011. According to statistics, there are over 4,500 Pacific Islanders in Portland, making up 0.7% of the city's population. There is a Tongan community in Portland, who arrived in the area in the 1970s, and Tongans and Pacific Islanders as a whole are one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the Portland area.
