A high volume of Asian immigrants began arriving in Farmington during the 1960s, though there were Asian immigrants in the area prior. After 9/11 the number of Asian immigrants in Farmington increased greatly due to the economic collapse of NYC's Chinatown. From 1990 to today the population of Asian immigrants in Connecticut has grown by nearly 75%. Asian immigrants in Farmington primarily hail from China and India, but there is a wide range of nationalities represented within the populous. Most Chinese immigrants in Farmington were previously residents of Guangdong, a coastal province in southern China.