chicago has the third-largest south asian population in the united states, especially many indians, bangladeshi and pakistanis. the devon avenue corridor on the far north side is one of the largest south asian neighborhoods/markets in north america. as of the 2010 census, chicago has the third-largest puerto rican population in the continental united states, after new york city and philadelphia, and the fourth largest mexican population in the united states after los angeles, san antonio, and houston. there are about 185,000 arabs in cook county with another 75,000 in the five surrounding counties. chicago is the center of the palestinian and jordanian immigrant communities in the united states, and additionally has a large assyrian population.