Latest numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey show a total of 56,315 Koreans living in the Greater Koreatown area (zip codes 90004, 90005, 90006, 90010, 90019, 90020, 90036, 90057), representing 14% of the total population.
The zip code in Koreatown proper with the most Koreans is 90020 – with 12,579 Korean residents. The total population for this area is 41,086, meaning Koreans make up 30.6% of the population in that area.
The 90005 area has the second highest number of Koreans with 9,636. The 90006 area ranks third with 8,396.
The highest Korean population density is in the 90010 area along Wilshire Boulevard, where 2,433 of the 3,835 residents are Koreans.
90004
Total population: 62,180
Latinos: 31,987
Koreans: 8,082
Filipinos: 5,658
Chinese: 553
Asian Indian: 408
Japanese: 367
Vietnamese: 116
90005
Total population: 37,681
Latinos: 19,578
Koreans: 10,021
Filipinos: 1,239
Chinese: 466
Asian Indian: 131
Japanese: 189
Vietnamese: 106
90006
Total population: 59,185
Latinos: 44,074
Koreans: 8,915
Filipinos: 738
Chinese: 443
Asian Indian: 111
Japanese: 274
Vietnamese: 144
90010
Total population: 3,800
Latinos: 343
Koreans: 2,183
Filipinos: 94
Chinese: 94
Asian Indian: 35
Japanese: 32
Vietnamese: 12
90020
Total population: 41,086
Latinos: 13,705
Koreans: 12,579
Filipinos: 3,340
Chinese: 665
Japanese: 383
Vietnamese: 324
*Note that the City Council’s strict boundary definitions for Koreatown would exclude the 90019, 90036 and 90057 entirely, as well as parts of the other zip codes.
Koreans seem to be moving to the area east of Koreatown, to downtown Los Angeles, specifically in the area covered by zip codes 90014, 90015, and 90017. The Korean population for those areas jumped to 3,947, an increase of 170% from three years ago.