From 1905 to 1935, roughly 100,000 Filipinos immigrated to the United States and the Territory of Hawaii.
Today there are 3.6 million Filipinos living in the United States. They are the second largest Asian American group in the United States, according to the 2010 Community Survey.
The first Filipinos arrived in North America in the 16th Century.
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