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 Pakistani Americans earn the most


Rhode Island	$230,669	67.3%	27.9%	86.1%	769
Delaware	$148,846	51.3%	1.8%	76.0%	1,257
Washington	$135,899	62.3%	14.5%	51.3%	9,318
New Jersey	$121,986	61.6%	8.5%	62.7%	39,238
Oregon	$119,716	71.6%	3.3%	50.7%	1,689
Massachusetts	$118,968	71.4%	6.9%	50.3%	11,701
Kansas	$116,563	71.4%	1.0%	71.4%	1,797
Virginia	$111,261	56.4%	7.3%	66.8%	39,136
California	$110,554	58.5%	15.4%	53.3%	77,215
Michigan	$108,359	70.7%	15.2%	65.0%	14,882
Ohio	$103,361	66.1%	20.4%	58.3%	6,682
Connecticut	$100,346	49.2%	10.7%	57.4%	7,943
Maryland	$96,306	57.1%	14.1%	64.6%	25,219
Colorado	$94,434	64.4%	8.6%	42.4%	3,155
South Carolina	$94,286	55.4%	21.1%	70.5%	1,431
Minnesota	$94,109	81.0%	7.6%	74.2%	4,476
Wisconsin	$92,813	58.3%	17.9%	56.4%	4,179
Florida	$90,096	62.6%	13.3%	67.3%	17,716
Missouri	$89,097	65.2%	13.1%	62.8%	4,131
Texas	$89,028	58.4%	11.1%	60.6%	91,756
Arizona	$88,344	69.8%	7.5%	58.5%	3,855
Utah	$88,155	48.7%	5.7%	74.0%	2,398
Illinois	$86,103	63.8%	14.4%	62.3%	43,762
Georgia	$85,769	54.9%	12.7%	56.3%	13,688
Arkansas	$83,796	63.4%	17.4%	39.1%	1,516
Indiana	$82,000	67.8%	8.9%	64.1%	4,478
Kentucky	$81,167	66.4%	15.4%	52.0%	1,726
New York	$80,657	49.8%	17.8%	39.8%	91,146
Tennessee	$77,731	57.2%	2.7%	65.8%	3,658
Pennsylvania	$76,635	61.6%	15.6%	43.5%	15,228
Iowa	$75,583	64.9%	8.8%	57.2%	2,061
Nevada	$71,765	68.3%	7.8%	46.5%	2,586
North Carolina	$71,042	43.2%	20.3%	54.4%	8,869
Alabama	$63,750	37.0%	13.8%	66.4%	2,586
Oklahoma	$61,719	57.7%	8.6%	64.0%	2,851
Louisiana	$61,295	49.2%	36.4%	60.6%	3,065
West Virginia	–	76.0%	6.2%	36.5%	806
District of Columbia	–	98.0%	16.9%	33.7%	729
Nebraska	–	68.0%	10.4%	52.3%	487

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

Pakistani Americans across metro areas


San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$205,661	78.4%	8.0%	46.3%	5,504
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA	$189,777	71.8%	7.7%	49.6%	15,562
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$170,658	72.8%	1.7%	81.1%	959
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	$160,688	44.8%	5.5%	66.0%	2,761
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$151,895	74.1%	8.8%	76.6%	1,121
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$141,943	73.1%	9.2%	72.8%	2,670
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$137,073	64.5%	15.1%	48.6%	8,543
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$125,412	59.9%	8.8%	66.4%	45,286
Pittsburgh, PA	$123,649	76.4%	11.2%	46.9%	1,827
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$123,455	74.6%	6.1%	49.0%	8,462
Springfield, MA	$117,071	41.9%	2.7%	48.0%	1,567
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$116,875	41.4%	43.9%	69.3%	1,646
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$116,587	66.8%	9.5%	68.9%	3,356
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$112,346	63.7%	6.9%	62.4%	32,135
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX	$111,821	54.8%	8.1%	50.6%	6,037
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$111,796	71.7%	13.4%	68.0%	11,276
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$111,250	63.2%	2.4%	43.3%	1,378
Kansas City, MO-KS	$110,000	63.5%	9.9%	74.9%	2,299
Richmond, VA	$106,938	43.2%	17.1%	68.8%	2,378
Ann Arbor, MI	$104,792	69.1%	21.5%	55.0%	1,566
Cleveland-Elyria, OH	$103,097	67.5%	0.0%	60.2%	856
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL	$102,750	59.2%	13.0%	61.9%	7,527
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT	$101,905	54.7%	12.1%	61.9%	2,834
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$99,479	67.3%	5.5%	66.2%	3,075
Raleigh-Cary, NC	$97,889	32.6%	19.2%	55.0%	1,738
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$97,808	62.8%	15.2%	45.5%	21,122
Columbus, OH	$97,143	60.8%	20.7%	65.3%	2,062
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	$96,979	66.1%	8.8%	44.0%	2,601
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$94,276	84.2%	3.4%	77.3%	3,706
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	$93,571	65.9%	5.9%	64.3%	3,010
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$92,143	59.8%	21.9%	62.7%	2,447
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	$89,198	53.2%	14.5%	46.4%	113,219
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	$87,351	63.6%	13.8%	62.6%	41,661
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$87,318	71.9%	15.0%	70.5%	1,126
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA	$87,120	55.5%	10.3%	59.2%	11,454
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$85,750	55.3%	13.1%	27.5%	3,120
St. Louis, MO-IL	$85,583	74.7%	16.2%	60.5%	2,685
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$83,398	54.5%	11.7%	66.5%	12,506
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	$80,591	55.3%	11.9%	62.8%	46,844
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$78,611	66.9%	3.2%	76.5%	886
Tulsa, OK	$78,250	47.0%	8.3%	69.3%	1,238
Salt Lake City, UT	$78,098	56.2%	8.1%	67.3%	1,459
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY	$77,109	34.8%	1.3%	50.5%	901
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$74,002	28.4%	5.5%	20.5%	1,045
New Haven-Milford, CT	$73,516	48.3%	14.9%	41.6%	2,048
Fresno, CA	$72,898	51.2%	20.1%	69.5%	1,143
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$71,203	56.7%	18.7%	48.8%	13,053
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$71,090	65.9%	12.0%	74.0%	3,423
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$70,833	62.1%	19.5%	66.0%	7,790
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$70,114	67.1%	25.7%	58.4%	1,360
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	$66,597	70.4%	9.4%	49.2%	2,126
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	$65,625	48.3%	4.9%	53.1%	1,703
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$65,023	52.4%	15.8%	42.9%	1,750
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$56,103	44.6%	19.0%	60.5%	8,063
Stockton, CA	$55,063	19.7%	29.3%	56.0%	10,532
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$52,321	36.1%	34.2%	55.5%	1,590
Greensboro-High Point, NC	$37,028	28.9%	28.2%	53.1%	3,065
Charlottesville, VA	$31,750	39.8%	0.0%	19.5%	480
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$29,167	27.9%	50.3%	24.7%	1,103
Birmingham-Hoover, AL	–	20.9%	1.0%	78.6%	805
Binghamton, NY	–	37.7%	26.7%	86.6%	785
Syracuse, NY	–	46.9%	28.7%	35.4%	633
Worcester, MA-CT	–	76.2%	10.7%	63.2%	1,240
Oklahoma City, OK	–	64.9%	9.8%	53.4%	1,311
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	–	51.9%	33.3%	62.5%	2,019
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	–	60.2%	38.3%	54.1%	2,006
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	–	56.1%	13.8%	53.3%	1,583
Rochester, NY	–	69.9%	1.6%	59.2%	1,391

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

Pakistani Americans across cities


Ellicott City	$250,001	70.4%	2.0%	75.2%	713
Union City	$221,667	42.1%	0.5%	89.2%	866
San Francisco	$217,321	86.4%	0.7%	20.3%	1,179
San Ramon	$217,109	83.8%	3.8%	84.1%	956
Bellevue	$208,684	82.9%	0.0%	29.9%	1,026
San Jose	$200,147	71.0%	15.5%	41.6%	2,552
Irvine	$190,112	86.0%	4.4%	65.3%	1,867
Santa Clara	$184,500	76.8%	0.0%	26.3%	454
Frisco	$166,318	68.2%	7.7%	80.4%	2,433
Richardson	$153,492	64.1%	6.2%	55.7%	1,778
Fremont	$153,125	70.2%	6.7%	34.3%	2,648
Anaheim	$143,491	70.2%	15.4%	63.8%	1,296
San Diego	$140,532	76.4%	12.3%	61.6%	1,508
McKinney	$137,687	52.5%	2.3%	83.9%	1,170
Bayonne	$135,219	53.6%	9.8%	54.5%	1,220
Naperville	$134,375	69.2%	14.2%	71.7%	1,059
Lake Ridge	$133,068	55.7%	3.1%	90.5%	616
Seattle	$131,753	92.7%	18.1%	39.8%	1,048
Overland Park	$125,921	79.6%	2.6%	70.7%	689
Carrollton	$125,875	57.5%	0.4%	74.1%	2,622
Tampa	$124,597	77.4%	8.8%	69.2%	1,579
Columbia	$123,750	57.2%	4.2%	66.4%	1,036
Plano	$123,237	64.4%	10.0%	62.5%	4,500
Euless	$118,250	38.7%	0.0%	69.5%	1,283
Troy	$111,830	89.2%	10.4%	82.4%	1,185
Ashburn	$106,304	71.0%	0.0%	51.2%	1,220
Niles	$105,463	48.7%	30.0%	84.7%	707
Richmond	$103,681	43.0%	21.8%	47.6%	1,041
Corona	$102,000	79.2%	13.8%	72.5%	645
Sugar Land	$99,992	53.8%	7.6%	66.5%	5,572
Lombard	$95,404	72.6%	17.7%	84.7%	898
Fort Worth	$93,794	52.7%	0.0%	60.7%	2,482
Dale City	$93,214	45.7%	1.6%	89.6%	1,931
Elmont	$88,355	61.7%	14.3%	37.2%	1,717
Woodlawn CDP (Baltimore County)	$88,136	43.3%	18.0%	42.0%	1,075
Aurora	$86,169	62.4%	6.8%	93.9%	808
Irving	$85,833	74.6%	2.9%	39.5%	3,796
Dallas	$84,152	75.5%	16.8%	40.4%	1,873
Reisterstown	$83,424	42.4%	9.5%	86.2%	810
Hanover Park	$81,471	53.7%	14.5%	76.2%	1,003
Jersey City	$79,867	43.1%	5.8%	48.5%	4,250
Sacramento	$78,869	44.4%	17.1%	70.0%	3,381
Arlington	$78,750	44.5%	6.7%	75.1%	857
Phoenix	$77,875	83.8%	8.0%	53.0%	948
Skokie	$75,111	52.0%	8.1%	70.3%	2,062
Boston	$74,722	85.4%	24.9%	23.5%	862
New York	$74,511	45.9%	22.1%	27.9%	53,811
Schaumburg	$73,571	81.5%	3.8%	90.3%	789
Austin	$73,448	66.8%	10.3%	23.3%	2,568
Bolingbrook	$67,045	56.6%	4.4%	68.1%	691
Houston	$62,640	58.6%	19.2%	30.4%	11,370
Riverside	$60,083	67.0%	39.5%	43.6%	1,770
Chicago	$54,550	62.0%	27.0%	28.3%	9,140
Los Angeles	$54,493	58.8%	24.1%	22.0%	5,368
Centereach	$54,412	58.6%	21.4%	56.7%	512
Lodi	$53,299	8.7%	24.4%	35.9%	4,243
Charlotte	$52,038	47.8%	19.1%	33.9%	1,382
Arlington	$50,341	46.1%	27.1%	15.3%	1,459
Springfield	$49,031	7.8%	0.5%	45.8%	1,257
Philadelphia	$47,090	60.3%	20.7%	35.7%	4,370
Stockton	$45,450	19.3%	38.0%	68.3%	4,558
High Point	$45,074	34.1%	19.8%	57.1%	2,255
Torrance	$38,947	41.3%	34.1%	9.7%	1,233
Milwaukee	$25,350	32.9%	53.6%	32.9%	661
Oklahoma City	–	55.2%	5.0%	71.4%	857
Indianapolis city (balance)	–	77.3%	17.4%	19.7%	819
Elk Grove	–	56.9%	7.9%	42.1%	787
Buffalo	–	57.1%	68.5%	71.8%	748
Washington	–	98.0%	16.9%	33.7%	729
Kansas City	–	43.5%	20.2%	54.6%	722
Glendale Heights	–	55.6%	1.6%	64.6%	928
Valley Stream	–	67.2%	2.8%	91.8%	665
Yonkers	–	35.7%	27.5%	39.0%	1,096
Morton Grove	–	53.6%	46.0%	65.2%	1,274
San Antonio	–	45.4%	42.8%	53.1%	1,321

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 Pakistani live in the United States?

About 576,166 US residents are of Pakistani, roughly 0.2% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

Which US city has the largest Pakistani population?

New York, NY has the largest Pakistani population of any US city, with about 49,138 residents of Pakistani.

Which state has the most residents of Pakistani?

Texas leads all states with about 97,985 residents of Pakistani.

What is the median household income of Pakistani Americans?

Pakistani Americans have a median household income of about $112,528, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.

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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