ANCESTRY
Romanian Americans
About 452,669 US residents are of Romanian ancestry, 0.1% of the population · down 3.1% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.
BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE
Largest Romanian populations
BY CONCENTRATION
Highest Romanian share
NATIONAL PROFILE · 2024 ACS 1-YEAR
How the group compares
Median household income
$104,234
US overall: $82,259
Bachelor's degree or higher
58.9%
US overall: 35.6%
Poverty rate
9.2%
US overall: 12.5%
Homeownership
68.7%
US overall: 65.0%
Median age
42.0
US overall: 38.9
Median home value
$479,700
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 Romanian Americans earn the most
| District of Columbia | $168,065 | 87.2% | 3.2% | 56.7% | 1,390 |
| Maryland | $131,452 | 74.4% | 5.1% | 68.2% | 7,101 |
| Connecticut | $125,556 | 67.2% | 8.1% | 79.9% | 6,777 |
| New Jersey | $118,125 | 63.5% | 4.1% | 68.7% | 18,511 |
| Massachusetts | $113,825 | 70.1% | 7.4% | 66.1% | 8,679 |
| New Hampshire | $109,615 | 73.1% | 5.7% | 79.6% | 1,399 |
| New York | $105,878 | 63.0% | 12.8% | 53.2% | 55,037 |
| Georgia | $100,825 | 50.7% | 5.0% | 79.7% | 12,676 |
| North Carolina | $100,378 | 52.0% | 9.0% | 67.0% | 9,597 |
| Texas | $98,693 | 60.1% | 6.9% | 65.4% | 18,225 |
| Washington | $96,178 | 43.5% | 9.0% | 60.7% | 21,289 |
| California | $95,436 | 55.0% | 9.8% | 52.9% | 59,507 |
| Hawaii | $95,000 | 64.1% | 18.5% | 68.5% | 867 |
| Colorado | $94,864 | 66.1% | 7.2% | 70.0% | 6,330 |
| Virginia | $92,961 | 65.4% | 3.0% | 55.2% | 8,211 |
| Delaware | $91,161 | 69.5% | 1.5% | 80.7% | 768 |
| Nebraska | $90,638 | 50.4% | 2.4% | 74.5% | 1,169 |
| Iowa | $89,531 | 62.1% | 9.5% | 79.8% | 1,327 |
| Kansas | $86,528 | 57.1% | 5.9% | 74.9% | 1,478 |
| Pennsylvania | $84,674 | 55.9% | 6.9% | 69.6% | 18,581 |
| Illinois | $81,809 | 48.5% | 7.8% | 67.2% | 34,958 |
| Nevada | $78,407 | 46.4% | 7.6% | 61.4% | 6,358 |
| Minnesota | $77,721 | 54.5% | 11.0% | 73.3% | 5,774 |
| Rhode Island | $75,417 | 50.7% | 3.8% | 57.2% | 1,272 |
| North Dakota | $73,393 | 52.6% | 9.5% | 78.6% | 705 |
| Florida | $73,224 | 49.8% | 10.0% | 74.6% | 36,323 |
| Michigan | $71,831 | 40.1% | 11.0% | 79.1% | 27,433 |
| Wisconsin | $71,830 | 50.9% | 8.5% | 62.3% | 4,516 |
| Missouri | $69,707 | 38.5% | 8.8% | 72.2% | 4,987 |
| Indiana | $69,503 | 36.6% | 12.9% | 71.3% | 8,255 |
| Arizona | $68,269 | 40.2% | 11.7% | 67.0% | 13,491 |
| Ohio | $67,720 | 40.7% | 10.6% | 71.2% | 26,011 |
| Utah | $67,470 | 53.9% | 8.4% | 67.5% | 1,916 |
| South Carolina | $66,518 | 53.6% | 1.6% | 73.6% | 3,587 |
| Idaho | $66,486 | 32.6% | 9.8% | 55.3% | 2,408 |
| Oregon | $64,068 | 40.8% | 13.2% | 57.5% | 9,898 |
| Oklahoma | $63,700 | 44.1% | 9.8% | 55.5% | 1,592 |
| Alaska | $62,699 | 61.7% | 5.9% | 56.0% | 746 |
| Louisiana | $62,607 | 50.6% | 20.1% | 56.0% | 2,554 |
| Kentucky | $58,617 | 63.7% | 3.9% | 61.9% | 1,345 |
| Tennessee | $57,352 | 40.1% | 7.9% | 68.5% | 4,849 |
| Maine | $50,571 | 69.4% | 31.4% | 70.4% | 875 |
| New Mexico | $46,711 | 62.9% | 22.9% | 66.7% | 858 |
| Arkansas | $45,785 | 38.8% | 26.8% | 53.1% | 1,127 |
| West Virginia | $45,547 | 39.8% | 19.8% | 47.6% | 1,094 |
| Vermont | $39,549 | 61.4% | 15.4% | 48.2% | 808 |
| Alabama | $39,224 | 42.9% | 24.6% | 60.4% | 1,696 |
| Montana | $36,000 | 57.0% | 14.4% | 75.6% | 928 |
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
Romanian Americans across metro areas
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $170,833 | 78.7% | 3.0% | 55.5% | 3,287 |
| New Haven-Milford, CT | $155,917 | 62.6% | 17.2% | 73.5% | 1,398 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $155,313 | 68.0% | 1.7% | 81.0% | 1,126 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $153,711 | 54.5% | 8.8% | 43.0% | 1,023 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | $152,534 | 74.2% | 4.3% | 48.7% | 7,440 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $145,417 | 76.3% | 4.2% | 62.7% | 9,833 |
| Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT | $133,750 | 61.9% | 2.3% | 67.7% | 1,249 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $132,560 | 63.9% | 0.5% | 76.0% | 3,324 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $131,975 | 71.0% | 2.2% | 71.4% | 3,079 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $123,125 | 54.2% | 9.0% | 47.8% | 1,668 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $121,850 | 79.4% | 6.3% | 69.8% | 6,691 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $121,000 | 66.5% | 1.2% | 75.2% | 1,045 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | $114,659 | 71.0% | 7.0% | 83.6% | 3,511 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | $113,025 | 65.0% | 10.3% | 55.7% | 60,292 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $112,131 | 81.9% | 6.9% | 62.5% | 1,128 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $111,418 | 50.7% | 4.7% | 59.6% | 14,024 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $109,095 | 48.6% | 13.9% | 62.8% | 3,387 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | $106,809 | 67.3% | 9.3% | 65.7% | 6,384 |
| Boulder, CO | $106,645 | 78.4% | 13.0% | 69.5% | 604 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $106,118 | 62.9% | 9.0% | 74.5% | 1,492 |
| Columbus, OH | $105,761 | 56.9% | 4.7% | 76.4% | 2,401 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $105,547 | 57.3% | 6.6% | 61.5% | 5,694 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $105,150 | 59.5% | 22.1% | 63.4% | 1,946 |
| Rochester, NY | $104,205 | 72.1% | 6.7% | 85.8% | 661 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | $104,063 | 68.1% | 4.6% | 74.5% | 3,673 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $102,344 | 17.0% | 4.5% | 71.5% | 1,147 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $101,135 | 60.2% | 5.7% | 67.6% | 10,007 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA | $101,050 | 52.1% | 5.4% | 81.0% | 9,990 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $98,056 | 65.3% | 6.3% | 55.0% | 3,840 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | $97,813 | 49.6% | 3.5% | 71.7% | 1,742 |
| Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX | $94,764 | 71.5% | 5.0% | 66.8% | 2,140 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $93,438 | 54.5% | 1.0% | 72.9% | 973 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $92,734 | 29.7% | 27.5% | 78.1% | 799 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $91,635 | 52.6% | 0.5% | 69.2% | 1,918 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | $90,724 | 50.4% | 1.2% | 72.3% | 871 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $87,461 | 58.3% | 8.2% | 79.1% | 4,641 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $87,194 | 59.4% | 7.0% | 76.2% | 1,237 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $85,280 | 59.9% | 10.9% | 49.4% | 23,540 |
| Reading, PA | $83,529 | 62.1% | 0.2% | 76.8% | 1,440 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | $82,750 | 47.4% | 7.4% | 68.1% | 35,388 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $82,679 | 66.1% | 8.5% | 75.7% | 3,291 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $81,438 | 48.1% | 10.5% | 67.1% | 2,112 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $80,798 | 35.8% | 9.6% | 62.5% | 4,602 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $80,000 | 68.8% | 4.1% | 70.8% | 677 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $78,643 | 46.6% | 6.7% | 81.4% | 4,216 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | $78,587 | 43.7% | 6.3% | 61.6% | 5,132 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $78,412 | 49.7% | 3.2% | 63.0% | 1,524 |
| North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | $77,891 | 55.4% | 16.8% | 85.3% | 1,479 |
| Akron, OH | $77,667 | 46.8% | 7.0% | 71.5% | 2,559 |
| Toledo, OH | $76,938 | 35.6% | 11.3% | 59.1% | 800 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $76,528 | 42.4% | 5.6% | 77.5% | 2,839 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $76,382 | 57.2% | 3.7% | 70.4% | 1,028 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $75,778 | 44.6% | 4.0% | 72.1% | 2,234 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $74,355 | 39.9% | 7.5% | 81.6% | 19,095 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | $73,822 | 50.2% | 14.8% | 61.6% | 2,244 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $73,000 | 46.1% | 5.4% | 75.1% | 2,025 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | $71,493 | 54.5% | 9.0% | 73.8% | 16,346 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | $70,335 | 36.5% | 10.0% | 68.4% | 3,013 |
| Madison, WI | $69,605 | 68.8% | 7.6% | 52.4% | 856 |
| Tulsa, OK | $69,509 | 51.5% | 4.3% | 72.4% | 552 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $67,600 | 48.7% | 20.6% | 72.9% | 1,121 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | $67,202 | 55.5% | 5.4% | 36.0% | 1,278 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $66,574 | 36.9% | 10.6% | 69.5% | 11,285 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $66,074 | 44.7% | 4.9% | 72.4% | 1,094 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $66,064 | 28.2% | 12.6% | 54.9% | 10,465 |
| Tucson, AZ | $65,536 | 63.4% | 7.1% | 70.4% | 903 |
| Cleveland-Elyria, OH | $64,578 | 38.5% | 11.2% | 73.2% | 9,711 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | $63,627 | 34.3% | 22.2% | 53.4% | 2,419 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $63,033 | 35.4% | 13.4% | 57.6% | 10,864 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $60,521 | 50.5% | 33.2% | 64.4% | 1,109 |
| Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI | $54,276 | 40.9% | 10.6% | 65.8% | 1,032 |
| Richmond, VA | $52,266 | 63.3% | 3.5% | 47.5% | 1,109 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | $51,338 | 34.3% | 8.9% | 75.4% | 3,032 |
| Springfield, MA | $46,847 | 27.0% | 13.7% | 36.1% | 1,195 |
| Knoxville, TN | $44,464 | 24.8% | 6.7% | 64.6% | 1,245 |
| Springfield, MO | $32,225 | 29.2% | 6.7% | 73.0% | 1,193 |
| Reno, NV | – | 66.9% | 7.3% | 55.5% | 1,050 |
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
Romanian Americans across cities
| San Jose | $179,125 | 74.9% | 5.9% | 58.0% | 1,084 |
| Washington | $168,065 | 87.2% | 3.2% | 56.7% | 1,390 |
| San Francisco | $149,938 | 80.2% | 6.3% | 30.3% | 1,563 |
| Kirkland | $149,349 | 69.8% | 4.4% | 45.5% | 963 |
| Rochester Hills | $124,750 | 48.8% | 8.3% | 94.3% | 795 |
| Aurora | $122,679 | 47.3% | 0.0% | 86.1% | 1,193 |
| Farmington Hills | $121,838 | 53.3% | 5.9% | 100.0% | 1,048 |
| Denver | $116,375 | 82.3% | 2.3% | 72.9% | 832 |
| Boston | $113,382 | 98.5% | 10.7% | 45.8% | 797 |
| Troy | $112,019 | 58.4% | 0.1% | 95.2% | 759 |
| Charlotte | $110,483 | 67.2% | 0.7% | 43.1% | 1,141 |
| Skokie | $107,795 | 50.2% | 10.3% | 86.0% | 982 |
| Bellevue | $105,911 | 65.5% | 4.1% | 63.0% | 1,296 |
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) | $101,875 | 52.4% | 0.0% | 61.8% | 798 |
| New York | $101,822 | 65.1% | 13.3% | 38.2% | 30,259 |
| Las Vegas | $100,804 | 39.2% | 10.4% | 65.2% | 1,573 |
| Austin | $98,590 | 72.9% | 4.6% | 60.7% | 1,343 |
| San Diego | $95,375 | 69.6% | 7.8% | 42.1% | 1,816 |
| Dallas | $95,319 | 69.7% | 14.4% | 57.6% | 823 |
| Anaheim | $94,038 | 33.9% | 20.0% | 40.1% | 779 |
| Seattle | $91,339 | 80.3% | 6.7% | 37.4% | 1,580 |
| San Antonio | $91,250 | 45.5% | 0.7% | 66.1% | 1,407 |
| Los Angeles | $85,087 | 62.2% | 9.8% | 45.1% | 8,659 |
| Omaha | $81,806 | 64.6% | 0.0% | 64.0% | 459 |
| Peoria | $80,221 | 29.8% | 13.0% | 82.8% | 1,219 |
| Renton | $79,875 | 19.8% | 21.3% | 51.0% | 680 |
| Columbus | $78,333 | 53.7% | 11.4% | 55.3% | 933 |
| Parma | $75,809 | 16.0% | 7.2% | 85.8% | 1,182 |
| Pittsburgh | $75,163 | 91.5% | 14.6% | 44.6% | 628 |
| Jacksonville | $73,338 | 48.6% | 5.7% | 77.5% | 1,187 |
| Houston | $71,667 | 77.5% | 10.8% | 44.1% | 1,791 |
| Glendale | $71,484 | 46.9% | 6.0% | 71.2% | 1,065 |
| Philadelphia | $70,417 | 64.0% | 9.9% | 43.1% | 2,110 |
| Sterling Heights | $70,313 | 44.6% | 16.1% | 83.6% | 1,425 |
| Chicago | $66,859 | 56.1% | 10.8% | 53.0% | 9,166 |
| Morton Grove | $62,283 | 32.8% | 9.7% | 92.0% | 958 |
| Ann Arbor | $61,736 | 70.7% | 46.5% | 39.9% | 800 |
| Hollywood | $60,760 | 36.3% | 15.7% | 64.3% | 1,116 |
| Rancho Cordova | $59,531 | 3.7% | 15.0% | 50.2% | 865 |
| Citrus Heights | $57,969 | 45.9% | 9.8% | 56.6% | 803 |
| Kiryas Joel | $57,782 | 9.8% | 36.9% | 53.7% | 1,194 |
| Phoenix | $53,478 | 33.6% | 16.3% | 59.1% | 5,029 |
| Portland | $48,682 | 50.0% | 14.6% | 45.9% | 2,061 |
| Vancouver | $43,636 | 25.9% | 31.1% | 38.9% | 1,517 |
| Sacramento | $38,839 | 25.4% | 13.1% | 40.4% | 1,354 |
| Cleveland | $32,455 | 36.4% | 39.7% | 68.8% | 1,505 |
| Kaser | $23,250 | 0.0% | 59.2% | 0.0% | 654 |
| Livonia | – | 27.0% | 3.3% | 79.4% | 702 |
| Indianapolis city (balance) | – | 45.1% | 28.8% | 56.2% | 1,071 |
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 Romanian ancestry live in the United States?
About 452,669 US residents are of Romanian ancestry, roughly 0.1% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.
Which US city has the largest Romanian population?
New York, NY has the largest Romanian population of any US city, with about 26,182 residents of Romanian ancestry.
Which state has the most residents of Romanian ancestry?
California leads all states with about 59,874 residents of Romanian ancestry.
What is the median household income of Romanian Americans?
Romanian Americans have a median household income of about $104,234, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.
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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR DETAILED-ORIGIN TABLES (B03001 / B02015 / B02019 / B04006) · PROFILE: ACS 1-YEAR S0201 · UPDATED 2024