Between 2000 and 2010, the Filipino-American population of Bergenfield grew from 11.7 percent, or 3,081 residents, to 17.1 percent, or 4,569,[64] and increasing further to 5,062 (18.4%) by 2016.[65] In 2014, Filipino-born attorney Arvin Amatorio was elected a borough councilman;[64] while in the late 1990s, Bergenfield had become the first municipality on the East Coast of the United States to elect a Filipino mayor, Robert C. Rivas.[66] Also in Bergen County, Jonathan Wong was elected city councilman in Mahwah in November 2014.[4] The annual Filipino American Festival is held in Bergenfield.[67]