A new report finds one-point-three million people of Korean descent were living in the United States last year.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008 American Community Survey, some one-point-three million people of full Korean descent were living in the U.S. last year.

The number of such residents in California jumped nearly four percent from 2007 to stand at 439-thousand last year. Some 123-thousand were found to be living in New York, some 75-thousand in New Jersey, 66-thousand in Texas and 65-thousand in Washington.

The Los Angeles region had the largest ethnic Korean community at some 283-thousand.

The Korean population in the U.S. is expected to be much larger than the recently released figure if short-term residents are included.