Korean Americans (Korean: , Hanja: , Hangukgye Migukin) are Americans of Korean heritage or descent, mostly from South Korea, with a very small minority from North Korea. The Korean American community comprises about 0.6% of the United States population, or about 1.7 million people, and is the fifth largest Asian American subgroup, after the Chinese American, Filipino American, Indian American, and Vietnamese American communities. The U.S. is home to the second largest Korean diaspora community in the world after the People's Republic of China.