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How many Japanese Americans were forced into detention camps during World War II?

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Japanese American internment: dispossession — Executive Order 9066 Restaurant “under new management” as a result of the U.S. government's relocation order for Japanese Americans during World War II.

During World War II, approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans were forced into detention camps following the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. This order granted the U.S. military the authority to exclude individuals from designated areas, and it was primarily applied to Japanese Americans on the West Coast. Despite a lack of evidence suggesting they posed a threat, fear and suspicion, fueled by Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, led to their internment. These individuals were relocated to 10 camps located in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Arkansas, where they remained for varying periods until the end of the war. The forced internment is now widely recognized as a grave injustice rooted in racism and war hysteria.123456