in the grand scheme of things, 4.4 is not a small number. California and the DC Metro area, man, they are so not the minority. There's a city up here called Annandale that we fondly call Asiandale. The Thai, Vietnamese, chinese and korean population here are high enough that all asian establishments on the main drags don't bother have signs or menus in english.

I feel like i'm the only japanese in the whole city sometimes though.