Laotian Americans
About 173,695 US residents are of Laotian, 0.1% of the population · down 10.0% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.
Largest Laotian populations
Highest Laotian share
How the group compares
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.
Where Laotian Americans earn the most
| New Jersey | $137,750 | 35.5% | 4.8% | 44.1% | 838 |
| Connecticut | $121,303 | 31.4% | 1.1% | 70.6% | 3,909 |
| Rhode Island | $113,073 | 22.7% | 8.4% | 63.0% | 3,790 |
| Colorado | $105,486 | 19.4% | 11.0% | 82.5% | 2,876 |
| Idaho | $100,825 | 11.0% | 5.4% | 96.7% | 1,253 |
| South Carolina | $97,917 | 34.0% | 7.3% | 90.7% | 2,331 |
| Virginia | $93,402 | 31.4% | 2.7% | 59.2% | 5,439 |
| Massachusetts | $92,893 | 22.7% | 9.6% | 48.3% | 4,443 |
| Washington | $90,467 | 17.9% | 6.6% | 66.0% | 12,654 |
| Indiana | $89,006 | 40.8% | 9.7% | 71.0% | 1,595 |
| New Hampshire | $87,742 | 3.2% | 0.0% | 53.1% | 1,043 |
| Hawaii | $87,676 | 13.5% | 13.5% | 24.1% | 2,575 |
| Iowa | $82,862 | 12.5% | 5.0% | 83.0% | 6,930 |
| Oregon | $77,833 | 20.4% | 9.2% | 60.7% | 5,861 |
| California | $74,147 | 18.9% | 15.8% | 45.9% | 70,277 |
| Texas | $73,009 | 22.1% | 8.7% | 73.8% | 18,524 |
| Alaska | $72,961 | 3.7% | 6.0% | 60.9% | 1,531 |
| New York | $72,171 | 16.6% | 14.4% | 68.7% | 4,772 |
| Georgia | $71,417 | 16.0% | 18.9% | 68.5% | 6,616 |
| Arizona | $70,385 | 21.3% | 8.2% | 56.6% | 3,192 |
| Utah | $69,854 | 17.5% | 7.2% | 81.7% | 3,133 |
| Illinois | $67,500 | 30.0% | 14.7% | 57.9% | 6,580 |
| Florida | $66,392 | 19.2% | 10.7% | 66.6% | 8,381 |
| Maryland | $65,809 | 11.6% | 4.8% | 66.0% | 1,369 |
| Missouri | $65,128 | 33.5% | 15.1% | 89.9% | 1,301 |
| Tennessee | $64,838 | 17.0% | 10.9% | 82.8% | 9,184 |
| Oklahoma | $64,044 | 13.3% | 8.8% | 52.4% | 2,131 |
| Nevada | $63,558 | 12.5% | 9.6% | 59.3% | 2,982 |
| North Carolina | $62,775 | 23.3% | 12.8% | 76.9% | 7,120 |
| Pennsylvania | $61,622 | 16.6% | 21.6% | 62.1% | 4,500 |
| Ohio | $60,198 | 19.7% | 11.6% | 69.1% | 5,028 |
| Nebraska | $59,611 | 16.1% | 15.2% | 85.5% | 1,348 |
| Kansas | $58,199 | 13.9% | 9.5% | 59.7% | 5,508 |
| Minnesota | $58,195 | 13.4% | 14.9% | 70.0% | 13,430 |
| Arkansas | $55,874 | 8.2% | 12.1% | 80.3% | 6,698 |
| Louisiana | $50,842 | 12.4% | 13.2% | 66.4% | 3,247 |
| Michigan | $50,344 | 12.8% | 13.6% | 59.3% | 4,618 |
| Wisconsin | $49,125 | 16.7% | 24.5% | 57.1% | 5,572 |
| Alabama | $47,375 | 13.7% | 16.2% | 57.7% | 1,031 |
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.
Laotian Americans across metro areas
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $141,179 | 38.7% | 9.4% | 56.7% | 2,173 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | $136,210 | 26.7% | 7.7% | 56.2% | 2,080 |
| Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT | $127,551 | 32.9% | 1.4% | 72.8% | 1,342 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | $120,141 | 30.8% | 0.0% | 67.1% | 1,205 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $117,350 | 33.1% | 9.7% | 44.4% | 9,054 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $114,219 | 22.3% | 8.8% | 63.9% | 3,870 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | $102,614 | 20.0% | 12.3% | 80.2% | 2,493 |
| Modesto, CA | $97,958 | 12.9% | 7.5% | 33.6% | 1,477 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $92,557 | 28.2% | 3.3% | 60.5% | 5,328 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $92,440 | 17.3% | 5.4% | 63.9% | 10,497 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $89,904 | 22.7% | 6.4% | 46.5% | 2,898 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | $89,386 | 19.9% | 10.1% | 44.1% | 10,402 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $86,189 | 11.8% | 16.1% | 25.4% | 2,166 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $84,643 | 19.0% | 10.3% | 57.9% | 5,830 |
| Wichita, KS | $83,056 | 7.0% | 8.1% | 66.1% | 2,212 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $81,154 | 23.5% | 9.4% | 71.6% | 10,283 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $79,278 | 20.3% | 12.8% | 56.5% | 3,776 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA | $78,625 | 18.6% | 11.5% | 70.4% | 4,852 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $76,799 | 14.7% | 6.1% | 78.2% | 3,123 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $73,723 | 14.0% | 1.6% | 73.3% | 885 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | $73,280 | 35.7% | 12.1% | 62.5% | 4,363 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $71,000 | 26.0% | 17.3% | 35.2% | 1,234 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | $70,797 | 27.9% | 21.2% | 77.5% | 1,966 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | $70,517 | 14.2% | 13.2% | 51.8% | 1,622 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $70,192 | 23.2% | 9.1% | 57.7% | 2,738 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $68,847 | 21.9% | 7.3% | 87.3% | 2,188 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $68,531 | 19.3% | 13.9% | 51.4% | 9,572 |
| Spartanburg, SC | $68,317 | 29.0% | 3.5% | 85.0% | 920 |
| Merced, CA | $68,286 | 10.9% | 7.0% | 51.9% | 1,762 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $67,019 | 15.3% | 33.6% | 67.6% | 2,808 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $66,290 | 8.9% | 10.2% | 78.4% | 2,779 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | $66,250 | 12.8% | 10.1% | 62.6% | 2,817 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $66,146 | 22.5% | 11.5% | 65.7% | 2,403 |
| Rochester, MN | $65,396 | 21.4% | 0.0% | 91.3% | 1,092 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $63,105 | 16.1% | 11.4% | 82.0% | 7,802 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $62,847 | 22.9% | 9.9% | 86.3% | 2,708 |
| Stockton, CA | $62,019 | 11.6% | 28.9% | 36.2% | 3,803 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $60,375 | 16.4% | 16.0% | 44.5% | 11,074 |
| Chico, CA | $60,156 | 8.9% | 21.1% | 44.5% | 541 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $59,803 | 18.3% | 15.3% | 75.1% | 3,679 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $59,487 | 14.2% | 15.3% | 66.4% | 9,354 |
| Columbus, OH | $57,417 | 16.2% | 14.6% | 61.5% | 2,327 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $54,975 | 14.4% | 26.5% | 65.0% | 2,371 |
| Rochester, NY | $53,500 | 15.6% | 12.5% | 60.1% | 1,366 |
| Lafayette, LA | $51,528 | 16.5% | 20.1% | 56.3% | 2,024 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $51,283 | 13.4% | 5.2% | 53.2% | 1,397 |
| Rockford, IL | $50,609 | 19.8% | 19.3% | 42.5% | 1,454 |
| Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI | $50,217 | 7.2% | 7.2% | 72.0% | 2,451 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | $49,313 | 6.5% | 16.7% | 83.1% | 2,744 |
| Amarillo, TX | $44,276 | 10.0% | 8.6% | 90.7% | 2,010 |
| Visalia, CA | $44,250 | 2.0% | 25.4% | 52.7% | 1,880 |
| Fresno, CA | $37,233 | 11.7% | 30.6% | 38.4% | 8,087 |
| Vallejo, CA | – | 11.5% | 2.8% | 63.1% | 1,211 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | – | 21.3% | 4.9% | 77.9% | 3,165 |
| Anchorage, AK | – | 2.7% | 6.8% | 64.7% | 1,351 |
| Bakersfield, CA | – | 12.7% | 28.8% | 47.4% | 848 |
| Redding, CA | – | 6.2% | 32.5% | 54.4% | 922 |
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.
Laotian Americans across cities
| Elk Grove | $155,417 | 33.4% | 1.8% | 87.1% | 1,225 |
| New York | $136,968 | 23.8% | 9.7% | 54.5% | 1,194 |
| San Jose | $133,021 | 34.8% | 3.8% | 50.0% | 1,521 |
| Grand Prairie | $108,712 | 36.6% | 13.8% | 90.7% | 1,051 |
| Lowell | $103,173 | 8.8% | 3.7% | 47.7% | 1,352 |
| Modesto | $99,542 | 8.6% | 6.8% | 37.3% | 1,063 |
| Tacoma | $98,508 | 12.9% | 3.6% | 74.2% | 1,112 |
| Woonsocket | $98,493 | 16.5% | 12.4% | 46.4% | 1,553 |
| Haltom City | $95,315 | 0.0% | 9.7% | 87.8% | 1,221 |
| Oakland | $88,049 | 22.4% | 14.5% | 28.0% | 1,997 |
| Fort Worth | $85,786 | 22.1% | 12.0% | 58.2% | 2,518 |
| Portland | $84,038 | 20.9% | 12.0% | 63.5% | 2,392 |
| Wichita | $84,028 | 9.8% | 9.3% | 65.7% | 1,614 |
| Merced | $80,795 | 14.2% | 7.9% | 56.2% | 1,307 |
| Anchorage | $74,539 | 3.0% | 5.6% | 69.3% | 1,277 |
| Chicago | $73,882 | 70.7% | 10.5% | 53.5% | 866 |
| Los Angeles | $73,750 | 43.6% | 9.9% | 33.0% | 1,040 |
| San Diego | $73,562 | 18.2% | 15.1% | 45.8% | 6,696 |
| Des Moines | $73,125 | 11.2% | 7.2% | 93.6% | 1,863 |
| Urban Honolulu | $70,500 | 11.9% | 16.3% | 35.0% | 1,067 |
| Richmond | $68,601 | 9.2% | 11.5% | 43.2% | 1,995 |
| Las Vegas | $66,806 | 16.1% | 11.1% | 71.1% | 630 |
| Elgin | $63,472 | 27.4% | 12.7% | 66.7% | 1,150 |
| Seattle | $62,843 | 31.5% | 11.4% | 50.9% | 1,409 |
| Brooklyn Park | $59,211 | 7.5% | 1.7% | 81.9% | 1,607 |
| Sacramento | $54,949 | 14.3% | 22.2% | 41.7% | 5,536 |
| Charlotte | $54,688 | 19.4% | 10.6% | 84.6% | 1,513 |
| Fort Smith | $54,355 | 1.3% | 13.2% | 80.5% | 2,313 |
| Stockton | $53,850 | 5.5% | 38.1% | 21.6% | 2,749 |
| Columbus | $49,375 | 17.2% | 19.5% | 67.0% | 1,661 |
| Milwaukee | $48,875 | 12.6% | 35.8% | 67.3% | 1,678 |
| Amarillo | $44,603 | 10.7% | 9.0% | 89.9% | 1,912 |
| Philadelphia | $40,060 | 7.2% | 53.3% | 69.7% | 1,409 |
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) | $36,992 | 12.6% | 17.9% | 83.5% | 1,784 |
| Fresno | $36,348 | 8.6% | 32.6% | 36.9% | 6,394 |
| Rockford | – | 24.0% | 24.7% | 19.3% | 1,136 |
| St. Petersburg | – | 12.0% | 14.9% | 77.9% | 1,606 |
| San Francisco | – | 35.7% | 17.4% | 10.8% | 1,094 |
| Murfreesboro | – | 29.3% | 3.1% | 63.6% | 1,703 |
| Kent | – | 9.0% | 22.4% | 59.5% | 948 |
| Rochester | – | 9.4% | 18.7% | 54.6% | 565 |
| Phoenix | – | 16.7% | 8.8% | 57.6% | 1,257 |
| Long Beach | – | 4.4% | 7.9% | 23.2% | 1,544 |
| Minneapolis | – | 29.2% | 41.6% | 31.2% | 1,169 |
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.
Frequently asked
About 173,695 US residents are of Laotian, roughly 0.1% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.
San Diego, CA has the largest Laotian population of any US city, with about 4,649 residents of Laotian.
California leads all states with about 41,034 residents of Laotian.
Laotian Americans have a median household income of about $90,610, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.
Other asian origin groups
DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR DETAILED-ORIGIN TABLES (B03001 / B02015 / B02019 / B04006) · PROFILE: ACS 1-YEAR S0201 · UPDATED 2024