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Armenian Americans

About 462,097 US residents are of Armenian ancestry, 0.1% of the population · up 0.4% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.

BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE

Largest Armenian populations

BY CONCENTRATION

Highest Armenian share

NATIONAL PROFILE · 2024 ACS 1-YEAR

How the group compares

Median household income
$97,466
US overall: $82,259
Bachelor's degree or higher
53.6%
US overall: 35.6%
Poverty rate
11.0%
US overall: 12.5%
Homeownership
58.8%
US overall: 65.0%
Median age
42.0
US overall: 38.9
Median home value
$709,300
US overall: $376,019

From the Census Bureau's Selected Population Profile (S0201), which publishes socioeconomic data for detailed groups at the national level. US-overall figures shown for comparison.

BY STATE · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Where Armenian Americans earn the most

District of Columbia$114,44497.2%12.7%31.8%820
Maryland$110,64267.9%4.6%75.1%4,259
Virginia$110,62569.1%4.5%65.0%6,564
Washington$107,82764.5%9.2%57.7%6,881
New Jersey$105,84158.3%5.5%71.3%15,041
Massachusetts$101,85156.9%5.9%74.1%27,280
New York$97,53258.9%6.4%61.1%25,138
Minnesota$97,50082.1%3.3%79.4%1,268
Illinois$97,47464.7%6.8%73.8%8,674
Texas$94,13054.6%8.4%73.0%6,744
Rhode Island$93,25048.3%3.6%78.4%5,778
South Carolina$90,05459.1%6.2%85.3%2,068
Connecticut$89,67967.0%2.6%67.9%4,971
Utah$87,68854.0%5.3%70.7%2,945
Indiana$85,44049.1%7.5%69.9%1,530
North Carolina$84,79255.1%5.0%76.7%3,449
Georgia$81,76157.9%12.3%77.5%3,551
Pennsylvania$81,04858.2%4.2%70.9%9,223
New Hampshire$80,47655.3%10.8%80.6%3,210
Maine$80,18864.4%13.5%66.2%1,267
Oregon$79,87851.8%10.0%47.4%3,211
Ohio$77,14664.3%7.2%63.0%4,991
Florida$76,76645.3%8.5%75.9%13,136
Oklahoma$75,55646.8%8.3%59.2%512
Michigan$75,18052.5%7.4%76.3%12,674
Tennessee$74,76650.2%13.2%56.2%1,551
Nevada$73,44841.0%9.8%68.9%7,178
California$72,46339.4%14.6%47.8%249,539
Wisconsin$71,32652.4%8.6%66.4%3,636
Kentucky$70,50054.1%2.4%83.4%872
Arizona$70,41750.1%11.2%81.4%5,302
Colorado$66,64161.4%15.1%53.7%5,000
Missouri$54,97250.3%8.2%72.0%1,910
Montana$49,10271.1%18.9%55.8%672
Vermont80.1%15.1%67.1%552

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a state only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller states are absent by design.

BY METRO AREA · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Armenian Americans across metro areas

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT$173,88968.0%5.0%69.5%1,744
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$155,08662.2%4.0%64.9%3,499
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$140,35773.4%5.0%65.8%8,002
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA$131,29067.6%5.2%56.6%10,261
Columbus, OH$119,92260.6%6.0%79.9%967
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY$119,77957.7%2.8%75.1%950
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX$117,25080.8%1.4%55.5%939
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$115,16861.1%6.6%60.2%5,324
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$112,41968.9%6.7%53.9%4,425
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$111,14659.9%5.3%71.9%21,407
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$110,45564.4%0.2%86.3%860
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$109,68857.9%25.3%63.7%861
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA$107,58360.6%11.5%80.9%2,529
Syracuse, NY$106,04271.3%10.1%74.7%688
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$105,21648.7%8.0%73.7%1,953
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$103,67534.2%5.8%58.9%2,483
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA$102,69760.9%6.0%61.4%29,802
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI$101,43463.4%5.8%73.7%7,673
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$100,22748.5%6.4%81.3%1,953
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$97,25074.4%2.6%67.1%1,218
Bakersfield, CA$96,05847.8%6.9%72.1%1,465
Racine, WI$93,88235.9%15.6%89.5%521
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX$92,75055.4%11.2%65.5%1,856
Worcester, MA-CT$92,60740.7%6.1%80.0%4,555
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$90,74351.6%5.0%79.1%6,959
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$90,00037.4%12.8%75.3%5,216
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$89,38484.0%3.9%80.6%927
Rochester, NY$88,75056.3%11.6%76.6%623
Cleveland-Elyria, OH$87,76866.9%8.5%72.2%1,711
Salt Lake City, UT$87,71948.1%7.2%76.1%1,980
Ann Arbor, MI$86,87587.3%7.5%66.7%652
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$86,27750.4%9.1%48.3%2,032
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$84,67146.3%20.0%86.6%1,809
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$84,41762.7%3.9%76.8%8,200
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$82,99052.7%9.1%78.8%4,160
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO$81,35063.3%13.3%61.3%3,122
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL$80,11155.6%5.4%62.0%5,004
New Haven-Milford, CT$79,61773.7%0.7%49.6%917
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT$79,03463.8%1.4%70.4%1,926
Manchester-Nashua, NH$76,64151.7%24.0%81.4%1,012
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$76,07547.3%7.7%76.6%9,100
Fresno, CA$74,74444.3%13.7%71.5%9,998
Salinas, CA$72,18866.2%0.1%44.2%724
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$70,44664.0%7.3%50.1%1,565
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$70,44653.5%5.3%73.1%751
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV$69,90439.4%10.9%71.3%6,043
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$69,18335.3%12.8%60.6%7,067
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$66,45036.5%15.8%43.4%196,700
Richmond, VA$62,44064.6%5.3%61.3%758
St. Louis, MO-IL$57,37549.7%11.7%61.7%1,569
Pittsburgh, PA$55,87538.6%0.0%64.0%773
Springfield, MA$53,10239.1%7.9%81.2%998
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$51,84853.7%14.0%79.0%949
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC$49,53960.1%4.1%53.6%690

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a metro area only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller metro areas are absent by design.

BY CITY · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Armenian Americans across cities

Seattle$242,72293.2%1.2%49.8%1,070
La Cañada Flintridge$191,87565.4%0.0%96.7%1,194
San Diego$171,03270.4%9.0%62.9%2,491
La Crescenta-Montrose$157,50057.1%6.5%55.8%1,214
San Francisco$153,28471.4%5.3%41.1%2,465
Huntington Beach$133,50061.8%16.5%83.1%821
Clovis$129,68851.6%2.3%83.3%1,278
San Jose$128,47253.4%6.6%58.3%1,420
Boston$124,67183.9%6.9%38.5%1,411
Santa Clarita$122,76842.2%11.7%81.6%2,463
Phoenix$119,37559.8%5.7%79.2%1,501
Washington$114,44497.2%12.7%31.8%820
Waltham$104,25447.9%5.5%80.9%1,566
Long Beach$101,35747.9%2.7%57.1%1,152
Watertown Town$100,00057.7%9.8%68.6%2,088
Chicago$95,36878.1%9.0%59.4%2,129
New York$95,32565.2%7.1%42.6%10,194
Cranston$90,89337.2%2.2%84.5%880
Houston$85,59849.1%5.3%55.7%1,026
Las Vegas$84,38852.7%10.9%73.5%2,411
Belmont$81,44258.0%1.2%70.2%838
Philadelphia$68,78670.7%1.6%50.0%1,194
Palmdale$68,57118.8%16.1%74.7%931
Los Angeles$67,14836.3%14.2%50.3%79,045
Irvine$64,10759.7%29.0%51.9%1,687
Pasadena$63,75042.5%15.2%38.8%3,895
Montebello$63,36133.0%8.2%57.5%1,549
Altadena$62,39438.8%5.4%39.1%2,505
Spring Valley$60,26831.5%19.2%65.9%1,493
Livonia$57,46429.6%1.1%93.2%554
Burbank$55,56333.2%18.0%39.7%11,760
Glendale$52,61432.2%20.2%26.1%69,558
Fresno$49,33242.2%14.3%65.1%6,146
Rancho Cordova$39,2166.4%8.4%43.5%1,833
Worcester39.8%14.4%61.3%790
Oakland79.9%12.0%51.2%770
Denver73.7%9.1%62.3%866

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a citie only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller cities are absent by design.

ABOUT THIS GROUP

Frequently asked

How many people of Armenian ancestry live in the United States?

About 462,097 US residents are of Armenian ancestry, roughly 0.1% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

Which US city has the largest Armenian population?

Los Angeles, CA has the largest Armenian population of any US city, with about 83,568 residents of Armenian ancestry.

Which state has the most residents of Armenian ancestry?

California leads all states with about 251,808 residents of Armenian ancestry.

What is the median household income of Armenian Americans?

Armenian Americans have a median household income of about $97,466, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR DETAILED-ORIGIN TABLES (B03001 / B02015 / B02019 / B04006) · PROFILE: ACS 1-YEAR S0201 · UPDATED 2024

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