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As of the 2000 U.S. Census there were 45,000 South Korean-origin people in the Chicago metropolitan area. As of 2006 the largest groups of Koreans are in Albany Park, North Park, West Ridge, and other communities near Albany Park. By that time many Koreans began moving to northern and northwestern Chicago suburbs, settling in Glenview, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Niles, Northbrook, Schaumburg, and Skokie. A Koreatown, labeled "Seoul Drive", exists along Lawrence Avenue between Kedzie Avenue and Pulaski Road. There are also Korean businesses on Clark Street.〔Cutler, Irving. ''Chicago, Metropolis of the Mid-continent''. SIU Press, 2006. ISBN 0809387956, 9780809387953. p. (193 ).〕 ==History== The 1910 U.S. Census did not record any Koreans as living in the State of Illinois.〔Kim, Youn-Jin, "From Immigrants to Ethnics: The Life-Worlds of Korean Immigrants in Chicago," p. 132.〕 In 1920, there were about 27 Koreans in Chicago, and that this figure increased to 64 in 1930.〔Kim, Kiljoong, p. (157 ).〕 These Koreans had previously worked in plantations in Hawaii but moved to the mainland to work in a field not related to plantation work. In the 1930s Korean students discussed the independence movement during gatherings at the International House.〔Kim, Kiljoong, p. (158 ).〕 The Korean population's size remained constant during World War II.〔 Due to a labor shortage, Koreans during World War II accumulated some capital.〔 They used the capital to start small businesses.〔Kim, Youn-Jin, "From Immigrants to Ethnics: The Life-Worlds of Korean Immigrants in Chicago," p. 132-133.〕 New economic opportunities that occurred during the war allowed some to open grocery stores and restaurants,〔 which were the common forms of Korean small business.〔 After the colonization of Korea ended in 1945, several Koreans in Chicago, including the bulk of the students, left. The bulk of the non-students stayed in Chicago. There were almost no Koreans who arrived in Chicago from 1945 to 1950.〔 In the late 1950s there were several dozen South Korean families in Chicago.〔 In 1960 Chicago had 500 Koreans.〔Kim, Youn-Jin, "From Immigrants to Ethnics: The Life-Worlds of Korean Immigrants in Chicago," p. 133.〕 The number of Koreans in Chicago increased after 1960,〔 and between 1962 and 1972 the Korean population increased by twenty-fold due to revisions in immigration policies.〔 The numbers of Koreans increased after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 passed.〔 In 1968 there were 2,000 Koreans. In 1970 there were 4,000 Koreans. In 1972 there were 10,000 Koreans.〔 Students were a large group within the new Korean population, and many of them went on to become white collar professionals.〔 Other significant groups included agricultural workers, coal miners, doctors, martial arts instructors, and nurses. The agricultural workers had previously migrated to South Africa before coming to Chicago, and the coal miners had previously migrated to West Germany. Koreans who had lived in other countries previously more easily adjusted to American life, and that there was competition among the former students and the Koreans who had lived in Germany.〔Kim, Kiljoong, p. (159 ).〕 Those who had lived in West Germany mainly entered small business while the former students became professionals and "somewhat assimilated" by moving to the suburbs.〔 The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that 7,313 Koreans lived in the Chicago area in 1970. Of them, 60% were female. The War Brides Act caused a disproportionate number of Korean women to come to America.〔 By the 1970s Korean settlements appeared in the area around Clark Street in the Lakeview and Lincoln Park areas: the Koreans found it easier to settle there since several Japanese had already settled in that area.〔 During the 1970s many Koreans began moving further north to Edgewater, Rogers Park, and Uptown. Koreans working in healthcare fields stayed in Lakeview and Lincoln Park since those communities were in proximity to both the Korean businesses on Clark Street and the hospitals. Korean residential settlement was "more scattered" compared to earlier ethnic European residential settlement.〔 The 1980 estimates from the Census Bureau 21,484 Koreans in Chicago . At this time, 53% were female. In the period the Korean businesses migrated to Lawrence Avenue. Korean residents originally referred to it as a "Second Clark Street". Several Korean residents moved to the Lawrence Avenue area and surrounding neighborhoods because the rental rates in Lawrence Avenue were relatively affordable. By the 1980s it became the primary Korean commercial area. The settlement of Koreans was "a scattering around the north side of the city, rather than a large pocket."〔 Neighborhoods around Lawrence Avenue which had Korean settlement included Albany Park, Edgewater, Irving Park, Lincoln Square, Rogers Park, Uptown, West Ridge.〔 In the 1980s, 80% of Chicago's Koreans resided in Albany Park, Edgewater, Irving Park, Lake View, Lincoln Park, North Park, Rogers Park, and West View.〔Kim, Youn-Jin. "(Koreans )." Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved on March 2, 2014.〕 From 1980 to 1990 the Chicago metropolitan area ethnic Korean population grew by 64% to 35,328 people.〔 The Chicago metropolitan area had about 100,000 ethnic Koreans. The growth of Koreans was concentrated on Albany Park.〔 From 1990 to 2000 the Korean population grew by 28%.〔 The Lawrence Avenue segment between Kedzie Avenue and Pulaski Avenue received the name "Seoul Drive" in 1993. Because suburbanization was beginning, some Korean Americans believe the area received its name too late. In several years leading to 2003, the number of Koreans arriving in Illinois had declined. In the period 1972-2000, 47,200 Koreans arrived in Illinois. Over 80% of them had arrived prior to 1990.〔Kim, Kiljoong, p. (160 ).〕 Kiljoong Kim stated that Chicago may be "a transitory location for a sizeable number of Korean immigrants" because the cumulative number of Korean immigrants in Illinois between 1972 and 2000 is slightly larger than the 45,515 local Korean population as of 2000.〔 As Koreans began moving to the suburbs, they often chose areas based on the strength of the local public schools, so first-ring northern and northwestern suburbs that had good schools received more Koreans.〔 These communities included Glenview, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Schaumburg, and Skokie. The Koreans became the only significant Asian ethnic group in Lake County. By the early 2000s Korean businesses began to leave the Lawrence Avenue area due to the decline of Koreans in the City of Chicago.〔 As of the 2000 U.S. Census, 24,321 Koreans lived in suburbs in the six-county Chicago region, and 10,011 Koreans lived in the City of Chicago. The 2002-2003 Korean Business Directory lists 122 businesses in the 847 area code corresponding to suburban communities and 53 businesses in the 312 area code and the 773 area code in the City of Chicago.〔Kim, Kiljoong, p. (161 ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Koreans in Chicago」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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