Korean Americans (
Korean: ,
Hanja: ,
Hangukgye Migukin) are
Americans of
Korean heritage or descent, mostly from
South Korea, with a very small minority from
North Korea. The Korean American community comprises about 0.6% of the
United States population, or about 1.7 million people, and is the fifth largest
Asian American subgroup, after the
Chinese American,
Filipino American,
Indian American, and
Vietnamese American communities. The U.S. is home to the second largest
Korean diaspora community in the world after the
People's Republic of China.