Malaysian Americans
About 25,653 US residents are of Malaysian, 0.0% of the population · up 23.6% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.
Largest Malaysian populations
Highest Malaysian share
Where Malaysian Americans earn the most
| California | $121,875 | 64.9% | 10.1% | 49.2% | 6,606 |
| Washington | $121,250 | 89.7% | 13.7% | 41.2% | 1,338 |
| Georgia | $113,227 | 64.9% | 3.4% | 83.6% | 972 |
| Virginia | $113,000 | 79.3% | 0.0% | 55.0% | 1,110 |
| Illinois | $111,161 | 67.2% | 11.6% | 27.4% | 1,783 |
| Florida | $108,148 | 69.4% | 14.7% | 97.0% | 1,261 |
| Minnesota | $91,719 | 69.6% | 13.8% | 51.8% | 572 |
| Texas | $90,661 | 70.5% | 7.5% | 63.0% | 3,627 |
| New York | $83,854 | 59.0% | 9.0% | 45.9% | 4,741 |
| Wisconsin | $78,826 | 46.2% | 42.5% | 44.4% | 1,008 |
| Ohio | $64,509 | 71.6% | 15.8% | 30.5% | 817 |
| Pennsylvania | $60,833 | 67.5% | 13.0% | 33.9% | 1,043 |
| Massachusetts | – | 93.6% | 5.7% | 35.8% | 1,063 |
| New Jersey | – | 63.8% | 8.2% | 65.1% | 828 |
| Michigan | – | 82.6% | 2.3% | 44.4% | 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 state only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller states are absent by design.
Malaysian Americans across metro areas
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $158,452 | 83.5% | 8.7% | 50.8% | 811 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | $140,580 | 84.0% | 9.5% | 34.0% | 1,682 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $125,789 | 88.0% | 9.7% | 46.2% | 961 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | $117,722 | 67.3% | 12.5% | 24.1% | 1,545 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $114,250 | 84.1% | 4.9% | 54.3% | 1,549 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $110,833 | 61.8% | 9.9% | 45.3% | 2,023 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | $93,859 | 83.9% | 7.0% | 66.6% | 1,410 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | $80,731 | 59.1% | 9.0% | 44.7% | 5,012 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $78,466 | 63.5% | 4.4% | 72.6% | 1,260 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | – | 93.6% | 5.2% | 34.4% | 997 |
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.
Frequently asked
About 25,653 US residents are of Malaysian, roughly 0.0% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.
New York, NY has the largest Malaysian population of any US city, with about 3,350 residents of Malaysian.
California leads all states with about 4,327 residents of Malaysian.
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