Filipinos in Niigata Prefecture have a registered population of 2,915 individuals as of 2022, the 19th largest group of Filipinos in Japan by prefecture, ahead of Kyoto and behind Shiga.[1]
Major cities
The largest populations of Filipinos in Niigata Prefecture are found in the city of Jōetsu with 767 individuals, and the capital city of Niigata with 455.[1:1]
Other cities with significant population of Filipinos are Nagaoka with 309, Minamiuonuma with 214, and Kōriyama, 313 Filipino residents.[1:2]
Cities of Niigata Prefecture with sizable Filipino population.[1:3][2] Darker color indicates higher population.
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Niigata Prefecture
Niigata Prefecture (新潟県, Niigata-ken) is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,131,009 (1 July 2023) and is the fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area at 12,584.18 km2. Niigata Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture to the southwest, Gunma Prefecture to the south, Fukushima Prefecture to the east, and Yamagata Prefecture to the northeast.[3]
Niigata is the capital and largest city of Niigata Prefecture, with other major cities including Nagaoka, Jōetsu, and Sanjō.[3:1]
Map of Japan with Niigata Prefecture in red.[4]
Population by city, town and village
Filipinos can be found in all cities and towns of Niigata Prefecture, except for village of Awashimaura.[1:4]
| City, town or village | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| All | 2,915 | 2,651 |
| Jōetsu | 767 | 635 |
| Niigata | 455 | 400 |
| Nagaoka | 309 | 299 |
| Minamiuonuma | 214 | 200 |
| Sanjō | 154 | 131 |
| Kashiwazaki | 146 | 147 |
| Itoigawa | 114 | 115 |
| Tōkamachi | 107 | 111 |
| Ojiya | 90 | 87 |
| Shibata | 73 | 70 |
| Tsubame | 67 | 64 |
| Sado | 67 | 68 |
| Tsunan Town | 49 | 47 |
| Uonuma | 46 | 39 |
| Murakami | 41 | 33 |
| Tainai | 40 | 36 |
| Mitsuke | 37 | 39 |
| Myōkō | 32 | 33 |
| Agano | 27 | 25 |
| Kamo | 19 | 17 |
| Gosen | 17 | 14 |
| Yuzawa Town | 17 | 18 |
| Yahiko Village | 7 | 7 |
| Seirō Town | 6 | 1 |
| Tagami Town | 4 | 4 |
| Sekikawa Village | 4 | 4 |
| Izumosaki Town | 3 | 3 |
| Kariwa Village | 2 | 2 |
| Aga Town | 1 | 1 |
| Awashimaura Village | 0 | 1 |
Historical population
The Filipino population of Niigata steadily increased since the mid-2000s slump and now is in the low thousands.[1:5]
Population of Filipinos in Niigata Prefecture and Tokyo from 1984 up to present.[5][6]
References
第３表 市区町村別 国籍・地域別 在留外国人 (Table 3: Foreign Residents by City, Ward, Town, Village and by Nationality/Region. 3 December 2022) (XLSX). e-Stat政府統計の総合窓口. Immigration Services Agency of Japan (7 July 2023). Retrieved 13 December 2023. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Cities of Niigata Prefecture with sizable Filipino population. © reon (Timog.net) CC-BY-SA-3.0. Original graphic © lincun (Wikipedia Commons) CC-BY-SA-3.0. Data used: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan. ↩︎
Niigata Prefecture. Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 December 2023. ↩︎ ↩︎
Map of Japan with Niigata Prefecture in red. © lincun (Wikipedia Commons) CC-BY-SA-3.0. Data used: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan. ↩︎
都道府県別 国籍（出身地）別 外国人登録者 (Registered Foreigners by Prefecture and Nationality (Place of Birth) 1984 to 2023) e-Stat政府統計の総合窓口. Immigration Services Agency of Japan. Retrieved 18 December 2023. No available data for the years 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993. ↩︎
Population of Filipinos in Niigata and Tokyo. © reon (Timog.net) CC-BY-SA-3.0. ↩︎
