| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Continental United States, smaller populations inAlaska andHawaii | |
| Languages | |
| American English Burmese,Hmong,Iu Mien,Javanese,Khmer,Lao,Indonesian/Malay,Tagalog,Thai,Vietnamese, otherSoutheast Asian languages | |
| Religion | |
| MainlyBuddhism,Christianity,Hinduism, andIslam |
Southeast Asian Americans areAmericans ofSoutheast Asian ancestry. The term refers to those who can trace back their heritage to Southeast Asia, which includes the countries ofBrunei,Cambodia,Indonesia,Laos,Malaysia,Myanmar,Philippines,Singapore,Thailand,Timor-Leste, andVietnam.[1][2] In theUnited States census, they are a subcategory ofAsian Americans, although individual racial classification is based on self-identification and the categorization is "not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically".[3]