Asian population by state
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About 24.6 million people in the United States identify as Asian, either alone or in combination with another race, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020-2024 American Community Survey. That is 7.4 percent of the population. Counting only people who reported Asian and no other race, the total is 19.9 million, or 6.0 percent.
California has by far the most: 7,164,761 Asian residents, 29.1 percent of the national total. New York is second with 2,055,175 and Texas third with 2,002,876. Those three, plus New Jersey and Washington, are home to 53.9 percent of all Asian Americans.
Hawaii has the highest share. Counting people of more than one race, 57.0 percent of Hawaii residents are Asian, the only state where Asian Americans are a majority. Among people who reported Asian alone, the share is 36.9 percent, still the highest in the country.
| Rank | State | Asian alone or in combination | Share | Asian alone | Share | Change since 2015-2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 7,164,761 | 18.2% | 6,100,560 | 15.5% | +9.4% |
| 2 | New York | 2,055,175 | 10.3% | 1,798,641 | 9.1% | +11.7% |
| 3 | Texas | 2,002,876 | 6.6% | 1,683,136 | 5.6% | +27.9% |
| 4 | New Jersey | 1,065,706 | 11.4% | 946,907 | 10.1% | +15.4% |
| 5 | Washington | 1,000,885 | 12.8% | 767,011 | 9.8% | +23.3% |
| 6 | Illinois | 902,899 | 7.1% | 762,007 | 6.0% | +11.7% |
| 7 | Florida | 888,262 | 4.0% | 656,903 | 2.9% | +20.9% |
| 8 | Hawaii | 823,999 | 57.0% | 533,801 | 36.9% | +2.7% |
| 9 | Virginia | 755,492 | 8.7% | 604,505 | 6.9% | +13.7% |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | 611,310 | 4.7% | 499,341 | 3.8% | +19.3% |
| 11 | Massachusetts | 603,853 | 8.6% | 514,481 | 7.3% | +16.9% |
| 12 | Georgia | 602,113 | 5.5% | 495,388 | 4.5% | +23.1% |
| 13 | Maryland | 503,945 | 8.1% | 408,580 | 6.6% | +12.1% |
| 14 | North Carolina | 451,994 | 4.2% | 354,172 | 3.3% | +27.0% |
| 15 | Michigan | 436,507 | 4.3% | 345,417 | 3.4% | +15.7% |
| 16 | Ohio | 396,313 | 3.4% | 302,593 | 2.6% | +21.4% |
| 17 | Arizona | 383,718 | 5.2% | 264,019 | 3.6% | +23.5% |
| 18 | Nevada | 377,281 | 11.8% | 285,355 | 9.0% | +23.5% |
| 19 | Minnesota | 361,142 | 6.3% | 293,512 | 5.1% | +14.0% |
| 20 | Colorado | 292,141 | 5.0% | 192,697 | 3.3% | +19.9% |
| 21 | Oregon | 290,300 | 6.8% | 192,107 | 4.5% | +17.6% |
| 22 | Indiana | 228,466 | 3.3% | 180,134 | 2.6% | +22.7% |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 227,156 | 3.8% | 175,327 | 3.0% | +16.9% |
| 24 | Connecticut | 215,428 | 5.9% | 174,560 | 4.8% | +12.5% |
| 25 | Tennessee | 184,025 | 2.6% | 134,918 | 1.9% | +23.5% |
| 26 | Missouri | 182,521 | 3.0% | 132,185 | 2.1% | +17.6% |
| 27 | Utah | 135,649 | 4.0% | 82,950 | 2.5% | +26.7% |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 135,227 | 3.4% | 96,373 | 2.4% | +20.1% |
| 29 | South Carolina | 133,495 | 2.5% | 94,377 | 1.8% | +29.0% |
| 30 | Kansas | 118,697 | 4.0% | 86,924 | 3.0% | +12.0% |
| 31 | Louisiana | 108,471 | 2.4% | 80,052 | 1.7% | +10.7% |
| 32 | Iowa | 106,223 | 3.3% | 79,943 | 2.5% | +14.8% |
| 33 | Alabama | 104,366 | 2.0% | 74,435 | 1.5% | +20.7% |
| 34 | Kentucky | 102,824 | 2.3% | 73,255 | 1.6% | +22.8% |
| 35 | Nebraska | 69,872 | 3.5% | 50,997 | 2.6% | +18.5% |
| 36 | Arkansas | 69,300 | 2.3% | 49,686 | 1.6% | +19.7% |
| 37 | Alaska | 67,445 | 9.2% | 47,423 | 6.5% | +10.3% |
| 38 | New Mexico | 57,955 | 2.7% | 37,128 | 1.8% | +18.7% |
| 39 | Delaware | 52,896 | 5.2% | 43,748 | 4.3% | +21.9% |
| 40 | Idaho | 52,602 | 2.7% | 26,432 | 1.4% | +29.1% |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 51,130 | 3.7% | 35,872 | 2.6% | +10.4% |
| 42 | Rhode Island | 49,825 | 4.5% | 38,862 | 3.5% | +11.6% |
| 43 | Mississippi | 44,828 | 1.5% | 29,907 | 1.0% | +17.0% |
| 44 | District of Columbia | 41,658 | 6.1% | 29,748 | 4.4% | +13.6% |
| 45 | Maine | 26,418 | 1.9% | 16,006 | 1.1% | +16.6% |
| 46 | West Virginia | 21,829 | 1.2% | 13,491 | 0.8% | +10.3% |
| 47 | South Dakota | 19,865 | 2.2% | 12,717 | 1.4% | +25.0% |
| 48 | Montana | 19,158 | 1.7% | 9,119 | 0.8% | +30.4% |
| 49 | North Dakota | 18,977 | 2.4% | 13,062 | 1.7% | +22.7% |
| 50 | Vermont | 17,547 | 2.7% | 11,743 | 1.8% | +21.0% |
| 51 | Wyoming | 9,676 | 1.7% | 4,776 | 0.8% | +7.6% |
Texas is closing in on New York. In the 2015-2019 survey, New York had 273,934 more Asian residents than Texas. In 2020-2024 the gap was 52,299. Texas's Asian population grew 27.9 percent between the two periods, compared with 11.7 percent in New York.
The fastest growth was in states with smaller Asian populations. Montana's rose 30.4 percent, Idaho's 29.1 percent, and South Carolina's 29.0 percent. North Carolina and Utah were each up about 27 percent. Hawaii, which already had the highest share, grew the least, 2.7 percent. Nationally, the count rose 15.1 percent.
Part of the increase may reflect more people reporting two or more races. The bureau changed how it asked and coded race for the 2020 census, and the number of people reporting multiple races rose sharply. The "alone or in combination" column, which counts everyone who checked Asian, is more affected by that change than the "Asian alone" column.
West Virginia has the smallest share, 1.2 percent, followed by Mississippi at 1.5 percent and Wyoming and Montana, each at 1.7 percent. Wyoming has the fewest Asian residents, 9,676.
Where Asian Americans live depends heavily on their family's country of origin. Our pages on Chinese Americans, Indian Americans, Filipino Americans, and Vietnamese Americans break those down by city. For comparison, see the Hispanic population by state.
Sources
Figures are from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2020-2024 and 2015-2019. "Asian alone or in combination" is table B02011, which counts everyone who reported Asian, including people who also reported another race. "Asian alone" is table B02001. Both include Hispanic residents who reported an Asian race. Shares use total population from table B01003. Background on the 2020 race question changes is in the bureau's August 2021 explainer.
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Which state has the largest Asian population?
California, with 7,164,761 Asian residents alone or in combination with another race in the 2020-2024 American Community Survey. That is 29.1 percent of all Asian Americans. New York is second with 2,055,175 and Texas third with 2,002,876.
Which state has the highest percentage of Asian Americans?
Hawaii. Counting people who reported Asian alone or with another race, 57.0 percent of Hawaii residents are Asian, the only majority-Asian state. Among people reporting Asian alone, the share is 36.9 percent, still the highest.
How many Asian Americans are there?
About 24.6 million people, or 7.4 percent of the U.S. population, identified as Asian alone or in combination in the 2020-2024 survey. Counting only those who reported Asian and no other race, the total was 19.9 million, or 6.0 percent.
