Burmese Americans: population, top cities & statistics

BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE

Largest Burmese populations

1Indianapolis city, IN14,848 2St. Paul, MN9,285 3Fort Wayne, IN8,938 4New York, NY5,235 5Milwaukee, WI4,865 6Omaha, NE4,748 7Buffalo, NY4,195 8Utica, NY4,013 9Bowling Green, KY3,563 10Des Moines, IA3,529

CountiesAll 555 →

1Marion County, IN15,782 2Ramsey County, MN10,678 3Allen County, IN9,283 4Los Angeles County, CA6,646 5Tulsa County, OK5,544 6Milwaukee County, WI5,537 7Douglas County, NE5,115 8Polk County, IA4,468 9Erie County, NY4,418 10Oneida County, NY4,117

Metro areasAll 308 →

1Indianapolis city, IN16,907 2Minneapolis, MN11,809 3Fort Wayne, IN9,287 4San Francisco, CA7,780 5Dallas, TX7,456 6Los Angeles, CA7,296 7New York, NY6,567 8Atlanta, GA6,213 9Milwaukee, WI5,766 10Baltimore, MD5,709

StatesAll 51 →

1Indiana27,101 2California20,518 3New York19,979 4Texas16,451 5Minnesota15,343 6Iowa8,448 7Maryland8,204 8Illinois7,961 9Georgia7,816 10North Carolina7,790

BY CONCENTRATION

Highest Burmese share

NATIONAL PROFILE · 2024 ACS 1-YEAR

How the group compares

Median household income

$75,272

US overall: $82,259

Bachelor's degree or higher

26.8%

US overall: 35.6%

Poverty rate

18.2%

US overall: 12.5%

Homeownership

67.3%

US overall: 65.0%

Median age

28.0

US overall: 38.9

Median home value

$275,700

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 Burmese Americans earn the most


New Jersey	$115,982	60.0%	16.2%	48.4%	1,621
Massachusetts	$87,147	33.7%	9.8%	47.4%	1,549
California	$86,199	56.0%	15.8%	54.9%	21,544
Virginia	$85,395	51.2%	10.8%	68.1%	2,180
Maryland	$77,401	38.0%	10.4%	75.8%	6,289
Washington	$67,375	31.6%	18.3%	65.3%	4,100
Utah	$63,100	1.4%	8.2%	66.5%	1,723
New York	$60,306	34.4%	21.8%	49.8%	18,308
Michigan	$58,264	11.4%	16.5%	56.6%	4,928
North Carolina	$57,561	11.4%	29.7%	58.9%	5,668
Colorado	$54,468	12.5%	15.5%	42.6%	4,095
Indiana	$54,421	12.5%	18.3%	68.7%	25,532
Iowa	$53,576	6.7%	19.2%	48.5%	7,061
Florida	$53,564	29.6%	27.8%	62.1%	5,936
Oregon	$53,452	21.9%	11.8%	26.1%	2,060
Nebraska	$53,063	4.6%	17.7%	50.6%	5,925
Arizona	$51,926	11.8%	17.8%	39.1%	3,258
Illinois	$47,250	20.6%	33.8%	51.8%	6,875
Tennessee	$46,848	15.1%	15.6%	66.2%	3,173
South Carolina	$45,583	21.7%	6.2%	72.4%	998
Texas	$44,901	13.1%	22.8%	35.4%	19,012
Kentucky	$44,650	8.4%	33.9%	43.4%	5,820
Wisconsin	$43,935	5.1%	41.2%	53.9%	6,077
Oklahoma	$40,982	11.7%	24.3%	47.7%	5,802
Pennsylvania	$40,769	30.4%	24.5%	53.3%	2,632
Minnesota	$38,141	8.5%	43.7%	38.8%	14,968
Ohio	$34,327	9.5%	53.0%	57.5%	2,218
Kansas	$32,418	10.1%	37.7%	52.7%	4,177
Georgia	$27,107	4.6%	45.9%	51.0%	6,608
Missouri	–	20.9%	36.3%	49.3%	1,674

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

Burmese Americans across metro areas


San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA	$118,021	54.4%	9.0%	65.1%	7,698
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$91,667	26.7%	27.2%	44.8%	1,064
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$86,125	48.8%	10.0%	71.1%	4,240
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$85,446	59.0%	15.2%	46.8%	7,984
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$83,661	23.8%	1.9%	50.4%	1,932
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	$82,675	53.7%	13.9%	50.1%	7,675
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$81,012	59.4%	7.1%	59.6%	1,050
Marshalltown, IA	$78,519	10.9%	0.0%	57.1%	959
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$76,757	30.9%	9.8%	74.4%	3,171
Battle Creek, MI	$69,688	5.2%	20.5%	74.0%	1,575
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	$65,990	12.9%	17.2%	52.8%	3,491
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$63,333	28.0%	23.0%	45.1%	2,284
Amarillo, TX	$61,700	0.0%	17.7%	69.1%	2,782
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	$60,515	13.3%	12.7%	73.9%	15,644
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$58,426	12.1%	18.1%	41.0%	3,160
Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI	$55,305	5.7%	3.1%	36.6%	1,768
Owensboro, KY	$54,077	18.1%	31.8%	53.6%	1,236
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	$53,807	3.5%	20.1%	56.6%	4,383
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	$52,849	0.4%	1.1%	56.8%	829
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$51,795	57.0%	14.1%	66.4%	619
Oklahoma City, OK	$51,689	4.3%	19.9%	55.6%	984
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$49,875	0.9%	28.8%	55.0%	1,489
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$47,386	7.8%	19.8%	80.2%	2,091
Austin, MN	$47,171	0.0%	44.2%	51.0%	1,465
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$46,705	69.3%	20.5%	78.1%	921
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$46,467	15.9%	14.7%	63.6%	3,002
Lincoln, NE	$46,053	10.7%	4.5%	37.8%	933
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$44,550	8.9%	23.5%	67.0%	1,335
Rochester, NY	$43,958	16.4%	47.3%	68.2%	698
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$43,797	5.2%	43.3%	55.3%	5,678
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$42,868	7.1%	26.7%	31.5%	9,178
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$42,719	8.6%	29.3%	54.0%	3,725
Syracuse, NY	$42,665	8.1%	15.5%	50.9%	1,669
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	$42,358	30.0%	39.0%	47.2%	4,471
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$42,225	8.7%	33.6%	36.8%	3,523
Fort Wayne, IN	$41,250	5.9%	29.1%	65.6%	8,318
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$41,167	35.1%	6.2%	65.3%	1,825
Bowling Green, KY	$40,794	2.3%	41.4%	28.8%	2,816
Utica-Rome, NY	$39,940	18.6%	36.2%	54.9%	3,111
Tulsa, OK	$39,759	13.3%	25.5%	45.4%	4,751
Jacksonville, FL	$39,449	30.7%	45.7%	46.1%	2,930
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	$37,576	37.2%	24.6%	19.2%	2,158
Kansas City, MO-KS	$36,209	9.2%	37.5%	57.2%	3,888
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$34,831	7.6%	47.3%	34.2%	11,892
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA	$29,909	6.0%	38.1%	52.3%	4,932
Akron, OH	$29,318	6.5%	62.7%	76.8%	1,778
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	–	33.7%	8.6%	44.3%	1,259
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	–	36.4%	53.5%	19.5%	1,723
St. Louis, MO-IL	–	24.3%	19.7%	55.6%	655
Salt Lake City, UT	–	1.7%	4.7%	75.4%	1,569
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	–	42.4%	24.6%	59.6%	1,104

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

Burmese Americans across cities


Fremont	$119,130	42.8%	14.3%	76.4%	1,603
San Jose	$118,235	67.5%	4.7%	49.2%	457
Daly City	$91,293	40.8%	26.1%	52.2%	1,373
New York	$79,668	51.6%	12.7%	50.2%	6,324
Marshalltown	$78,519	10.9%	0.0%	57.1%	959
Aurora	$70,000	10.3%	16.3%	54.0%	2,662
Los Angeles	$69,107	57.5%	12.0%	16.1%	1,238
San Francisco	$68,611	58.7%	7.7%	55.6%	754
Amarillo	$61,700	0.0%	17.7%	69.1%	2,782
Indianapolis city (balance)	$60,361	12.9%	12.1%	71.7%	13,681
Southport	$56,250	6.0%	2.4%	100.0%	491
Austin	$55,064	0.0%	45.3%	52.6%	1,410
Omaha	$53,466	3.3%	20.2%	56.3%	4,357
Rock Island	$53,028	0.0%	34.6%	58.5%	956
Waterloo	$52,849	0.4%	0.8%	56.8%	827
Lewisville	$51,902	2.3%	13.7%	36.8%	1,668
Oklahoma City	$50,912	4.6%	21.3%	55.1%	919
Phoenix	$48,712	9.6%	21.3%	40.0%	2,302
Charlotte	$46,193	4.9%	21.4%	73.7%	1,496
Lincoln	$46,053	10.7%	4.4%	37.8%	932
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)	$44,550	9.1%	24.1%	67.0%	1,255
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)	$43,333	19.7%	18.1%	53.8%	2,212
Des Moines	$42,563	8.0%	28.9%	60.9%	3,075
Buffalo	$41,360	5.0%	36.8%	30.7%	3,024
Syracuse	$41,333	8.1%	18.3%	55.3%	1,415
Bowling Green	$41,301	2.4%	43.1%	24.3%	2,703
Milwaukee	$41,250	3.8%	46.5%	53.3%	5,242
Fort Wayne	$40,842	5.5%	29.6%	64.7%	8,172
Utica	$39,940	18.6%	36.2%	54.9%	3,111
Jacksonville	$39,449	30.7%	45.7%	46.1%	2,930
Jenks	$39,286	12.8%	39.3%	94.7%	987
Dallas	$38,021	3.5%	52.8%	3.7%	2,850
San Diego	$37,697	22.0%	65.1%	13.5%	1,416
Tulsa	$37,674	14.1%	23.6%	25.1%	3,229
Houston	$36,328	7.9%	28.6%	0.0%	1,401
Kansas City	$36,169	5.6%	32.5%	57.6%	3,047
Fort Worth	$36,085	11.6%	24.9%	46.1%	2,089
Arbutus	$33,429	10.2%	28.4%	37.3%	795
St. Paul	$32,865	7.1%	48.9%	28.6%	10,870
Chicago	$31,136	8.7%	54.5%	8.6%	1,355
Akron	$29,545	3.7%	65.0%	78.4%	1,626
Tukwila	–	1.0%	43.7%	6.4%	696
Portland	–	18.0%	3.2%	22.0%	1,167

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 Burmese live in the United States?

About 222,221 US residents are of Burmese, roughly 0.1% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

Which US city has the largest Burmese population?

Indianapolis city, IN has the largest Burmese population of any US city, with about 14,848 residents of Burmese.

Which state has the most residents of Burmese?

Indiana leads all states with about 27,101 residents of Burmese.

What is the median household income of Burmese Americans?

Burmese Americans have a median household income of about $75,272, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.

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