Nepalese Americans
About 227,585 US residents are of Nepalese, 0.1% of the population · up 39.6% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.
Largest Nepalese populations
Highest Nepalese 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 Nepalese Americans earn the most
| Oregon | $212,891 | 62.7% | 12.6% | 58.4% | 1,047 |
| Indiana | $177,976 | 96.5% | 2.6% | 74.5% | 818 |
| New Jersey | $153,325 | 60.9% | 8.7% | 62.9% | 2,305 |
| Washington | $110,114 | 55.8% | 2.5% | 48.4% | 4,072 |
| Arizona | $104,559 | 53.2% | 20.8% | 27.8% | 1,621 |
| Virginia | $103,654 | 58.2% | 4.7% | 66.7% | 10,460 |
| Colorado | $98,693 | 40.3% | 3.5% | 60.6% | 6,738 |
| California | $97,581 | 53.8% | 12.6% | 39.2% | 15,786 |
| North Carolina | $89,063 | 54.1% | 11.0% | 45.2% | 5,676 |
| Minnesota | $84,877 | 61.6% | 9.9% | 43.0% | 2,809 |
| Maryland | $79,237 | 52.1% | 13.7% | 54.4% | 10,005 |
| Massachusetts | $78,934 | 48.4% | 8.2% | 46.2% | 7,450 |
| Utah | $75,438 | 65.9% | 23.7% | 39.9% | 1,365 |
| Tennessee | $73,529 | 28.6% | 23.3% | 52.4% | 2,449 |
| Missouri | $73,188 | 52.1% | 13.0% | 22.5% | 2,303 |
| New York | $72,888 | 35.3% | 16.3% | 18.3% | 20,109 |
| Texas | $70,320 | 55.0% | 11.5% | 45.4% | 28,144 |
| Pennsylvania | $69,766 | 28.4% | 12.1% | 32.8% | 11,410 |
| Connecticut | $69,545 | 58.1% | 2.4% | 29.7% | 941 |
| Wisconsin | $67,222 | 55.8% | 18.5% | 31.8% | 1,227 |
| Georgia | $66,250 | 34.4% | 10.0% | 53.3% | 5,484 |
| Oklahoma | $62,639 | 79.6% | 15.5% | 14.0% | 744 |
| Illinois | $62,442 | 49.8% | 20.6% | 36.4% | 3,284 |
| Kansas | $56,917 | 64.8% | 27.1% | 38.3% | 1,567 |
| Iowa | $55,652 | 20.2% | 5.2% | 39.1% | 2,392 |
| New Hampshire | $53,731 | 51.7% | 23.4% | 54.9% | 2,661 |
| Ohio | $53,458 | 19.9% | 18.1% | 47.9% | 16,083 |
| Kentucky | $52,363 | 29.5% | 20.5% | 54.8% | 3,285 |
| Michigan | $49,583 | 46.2% | 19.8% | 41.0% | 2,929 |
| Nebraska | $44,901 | 36.9% | 24.2% | 34.1% | 2,695 |
| Vermont | $43,138 | 5.6% | 24.6% | 11.8% | 1,632 |
| Louisiana | $37,825 | 47.6% | 41.2% | 16.5% | 1,273 |
| Alabama | $31,300 | 72.8% | 39.0% | 28.2% | 867 |
| Florida | – | 59.5% | 26.1% | 65.3% | 1,746 |
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.
Nepalese Americans across metro areas
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $114,531 | 52.6% | 2.4% | 53.0% | 3,112 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $114,243 | 61.4% | 16.8% | 24.1% | 2,186 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $106,328 | 58.0% | 23.9% | 32.2% | 1,219 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $106,250 | 67.8% | 1.5% | 55.5% | 1,796 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $105,696 | 58.5% | 4.3% | 65.9% | 12,420 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $98,750 | 59.3% | 9.7% | 45.0% | 2,019 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $98,306 | 52.9% | 12.7% | 41.8% | 3,310 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | $97,955 | 42.0% | 4.0% | 57.6% | 4,110 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | $95,821 | 60.4% | 5.1% | 54.8% | 3,608 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | $95,063 | 46.0% | 12.2% | 27.2% | 5,558 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $93,582 | 53.9% | 16.6% | 42.4% | 3,952 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $92,926 | 54.4% | 8.1% | 50.6% | 5,323 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $92,331 | 65.0% | 3.5% | 51.0% | 2,136 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $84,750 | 40.1% | 17.8% | 27.3% | 1,494 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | $84,415 | 42.7% | 9.6% | 22.1% | 15,905 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $80,518 | 48.6% | 36.4% | 56.3% | 1,107 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $75,250 | 61.9% | 15.5% | 41.7% | 1,177 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $71,533 | 56.2% | 12.6% | 42.3% | 17,474 |
| Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX | $70,909 | 44.5% | 4.4% | 58.9% | 3,306 |
| Syracuse, NY | $70,714 | 16.2% | 18.1% | 42.2% | 852 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | $69,076 | 51.9% | 6.0% | 63.6% | 1,265 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $67,283 | 64.7% | 0.0% | 73.7% | 987 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $65,977 | 14.3% | 8.7% | 65.8% | 2,847 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $63,929 | 18.0% | 31.4% | 75.6% | 1,750 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $63,672 | 22.4% | 6.6% | 48.5% | 2,889 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $63,554 | 48.0% | 20.0% | 50.0% | 6,148 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA | $61,875 | 33.2% | 10.0% | 53.7% | 5,307 |
| Rochester, NY | $60,787 | 23.4% | 13.8% | 37.9% | 2,543 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $60,711 | 16.9% | 3.2% | 34.7% | 1,719 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | $60,262 | 44.5% | 21.0% | 34.1% | 2,915 |
| Akron, OH | $55,106 | 12.6% | 24.2% | 37.8% | 4,127 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | $54,417 | 66.6% | 15.2% | 66.1% | 1,669 |
| Erie, PA | $54,271 | 13.3% | 20.2% | 15.7% | 997 |
| Springfield, MA | $52,893 | 18.0% | 11.0% | 30.1% | 1,433 |
| Columbus, OH | $48,456 | 19.1% | 16.7% | 51.9% | 6,589 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | $46,029 | 32.9% | 25.9% | 34.0% | 2,489 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $44,926 | 20.9% | 31.7% | 42.2% | 1,428 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $43,319 | 4.7% | 17.2% | 12.5% | 1,468 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $41,543 | 21.1% | 20.0% | 25.9% | 3,781 |
| Cleveland-Elyria, OH | $40,545 | 15.6% | 22.6% | 42.7% | 1,921 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $29,295 | 9.2% | 60.9% | 17.9% | 1,566 |
| Boulder, CO | – | 40.1% | 7.2% | 60.0% | 1,028 |
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.
Nepalese Americans across cities
| Fort Worth | $102,143 | 46.7% | 6.8% | 70.1% | 4,969 |
| Sunnyvale | $94,792 | 61.7% | 21.8% | 18.1% | 1,123 |
| Los Angeles | $91,076 | 55.2% | 5.3% | 38.3% | 1,027 |
| Euless | $78,393 | 62.4% | 0.0% | 61.7% | 1,664 |
| El Cerrito | $76,429 | 44.4% | 18.1% | 0.0% | 882 |
| New York | $74,017 | 38.2% | 10.0% | 12.8% | 12,472 |
| Austin | $69,080 | 47.1% | 0.0% | 53.7% | 1,253 |
| Lexington-Fayette urban county | $68,913 | 52.1% | 6.1% | 63.3% | 1,250 |
| Aurora | $68,750 | 32.5% | 7.0% | 57.8% | 1,029 |
| Irving | $62,417 | 57.2% | 24.4% | 6.5% | 4,591 |
| Rochester | $61,204 | 22.1% | 22.5% | 0.0% | 1,450 |
| Des Moines | $59,250 | 0.0% | 4.2% | 30.7% | 1,300 |
| Erie | $54,271 | 13.6% | 20.4% | 15.7% | 986 |
| Chicago | $48,887 | 48.6% | 13.5% | 18.0% | 1,068 |
| Columbus | $47,689 | 13.9% | 20.8% | 38.5% | 4,486 |
| Omaha | $43,553 | 29.0% | 28.1% | 18.5% | 1,682 |
| Akron | $40,701 | 14.2% | 34.2% | 28.9% | 2,876 |
| Buffalo | $28,494 | 6.2% | 65.2% | 10.2% | 1,415 |
| Pittsburgh | – | 26.6% | 13.3% | 6.3% | 1,029 |
| Manchester | – | 56.6% | 23.0% | 36.2% | 1,101 |
| Charlotte | – | 41.3% | 18.2% | 25.7% | 2,109 |
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 227,585 US residents are of Nepalese, roughly 0.1% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.
New York, NY has the largest Nepalese population of any US city, with about 14,671 residents of Nepalese.
Texas leads all states with about 37,316 residents of Nepalese.
Nepalese Americans have a median household income of about $103,466, 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