No, even relative to California, their overrepresentation is far larger.<p>Your link shows 14.4% for Asian people in California, but in the tech industry, they are at least twice that. Whereas in California white people are 73.2%, which is about equal or even less than their ratio in tech.<p>And about most people not moving more than 500 miles - is that true for tech jobs in California? See for example<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.siliconvalleyindex.org&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;people&#x2F;talent-flows-diversity" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.siliconvalleyindex.org&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;people&#x2F;talent-fl...</a><p>which indicates that your general rule might not apply, as over a third of Silicon Valley people are foreign-born. That means even from outside of the US, not just outside of California. And it&#x27;s obvious the valley is full of people from the rest of the US, in fact tech workers that grew up in the area are a clear minority.