What is the largest ethnic group in San Francisco?

M: So you’ re visiting San Francisco?
W: Yes, I just got here yesterday. And you?
M: I’ m a native.
W: Oh, really? Everyone else I’ ve met so far has been a tourist like us. I was beginning to think that there were no natives.
M: Well. San Francisco has a lot of different ethnic groups so you might think you’ re seeing a lot of foreigners. But actually, the city has a population of about 700 000.
W: What are the different ethnic groups?
M: Well, after whites, the largest one is blacks.
W: I thought it was Chinese.
M: It’s true that San Francisco has the largest Chinese community outside of Asia. But there are many more blacks here than Chinese.
W: That’ s interesting. Don’ t most of the Chinese people live in China-town?
M: Well, no, they live all over the city, but China-town is definitely the center of Chinese culture here. That’ s where you’ ll find the best Chinese restaurants, bookstores, art, theaters, things like that.
W: What about the Japanese? Doesn’ t San Francisco have a large Japanese population too?
M: No, actually there are only about 12 000 Japanese people here, but we do have an area called "Japan-town" that has Japanese restaurants and bookstores.
W: You seem to know a lot about this city.
M: Well, most San Franciscans think their city is pretty special. We like to tall about it. Besides, I teach ethnic history at the university here.
W: No wonder you know so much!