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Russian Americans

About 2,223,882 US residents are of Russian ancestry, 0.7% of the population · down 12.4% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.

BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE

Largest Russian populations

BY CONCENTRATION

Highest Russian share

NATIONAL PROFILE · 2024 ACS 1-YEAR

How the group compares

Median household income
$102,435
US overall: $82,259
Bachelor's degree or higher
64.2%
US overall: 35.6%
Poverty rate
8.5%
US overall: 12.5%
Homeownership
66.1%
US overall: 65.0%
Median age
45.6
US overall: 38.9
Median home value
$529,300
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 Russian Americans earn the most

District of Columbia$149,49297.0%4.9%50.9%10,562
Maryland$125,40276.1%4.4%77.1%62,465
Massachusetts$116,15476.1%6.4%69.9%91,511
Virginia$115,67774.7%5.0%69.1%47,031
New Jersey$112,61868.3%4.9%74.8%152,621
Connecticut$110,03368.3%5.5%74.9%49,404
California$105,40865.1%8.0%57.5%354,766
New York$102,66269.1%8.7%56.9%357,721
Illinois$101,81967.8%7.6%69.6%105,957
Delaware$99,01159.1%6.3%82.4%7,182
Georgia$96,03968.9%6.5%72.4%42,079
Rhode Island$93,48469.5%8.0%61.1%9,033
Texas$91,55266.3%7.7%66.2%75,211
Colorado$90,61161.6%8.4%67.3%55,916
Washington$87,13149.7%10.9%60.2%83,302
Hawaii$86,49255.3%12.2%58.3%6,442
North Dakota$85,51929.3%6.1%76.0%19,205
South Carolina$82,94655.1%10.4%77.6%19,980
North Carolina$82,21562.4%7.9%64.8%40,870
Utah$80,22451.5%6.0%61.6%11,066
Pennsylvania$79,46154.7%8.1%70.3%161,508
New Mexico$77,17463.0%5.9%67.3%7,565
Mississippi$76,52445.0%1.8%64.3%3,557
Michigan$75,68950.6%9.4%74.7%61,494
Alabama$75,53850.9%8.2%69.1%7,084
New Hampshire$75,37354.1%7.1%76.9%12,197
Missouri$74,93355.6%9.4%70.6%24,215
Minnesota$74,62248.8%8.9%68.2%35,705
Nebraska$74,33441.4%5.5%69.4%10,092
Tennessee$73,66252.4%8.4%65.8%18,413
Arizona$73,45656.0%9.5%69.3%45,721
Ohio$72,91552.0%9.1%70.3%63,112
Florida$72,73858.8%7.4%75.9%196,097
West Virginia$72,65034.1%14.6%73.6%5,807
Oregon$71,56945.7%12.3%65.4%42,575
Maine$71,36860.1%12.7%74.2%8,116
Wisconsin$71,03946.6%10.0%65.2%37,247
Indiana$69,57551.8%10.8%65.2%18,334
Nevada$68,05045.8%9.9%63.2%22,863
South Dakota$66,76927.7%8.4%73.9%8,943
Kansas$65,38346.5%10.0%70.3%17,502
Oklahoma$63,80843.7%8.3%61.0%10,190
Vermont$63,75072.4%11.5%63.7%7,036
Iowa$62,37044.7%10.2%60.9%8,480
Montana$61,86537.5%7.7%69.7%8,805
Louisiana$61,51359.9%14.2%67.9%7,286
Idaho$60,90832.1%7.0%75.6%9,080
Alaska$60,06036.1%16.4%60.2%8,121
Wyoming$60,00030.9%12.6%67.5%4,286
Kentucky$57,79849.0%14.3%59.6%10,290
Arkansas$50,35135.3%15.8%60.1%4,210

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

Russian Americans across metro areas

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$167,53982.4%5.2%56.7%21,995
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$148,98984.7%3.8%68.0%66,270
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA$144,47978.8%4.9%55.4%61,170
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT$127,77977.3%5.1%77.0%17,904
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$126,84879.6%6.3%68.4%72,051
Boulder, CO$125,38182.7%11.1%77.5%4,728
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$120,71772.7%5.0%76.4%29,313
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY$115,15858.6%5.2%74.9%8,394
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$113,61573.7%3.8%77.1%6,287
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$113,50076.1%7.1%60.5%3,805
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA$110,99071.1%7.4%60.1%415,525
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT$108,93268.8%5.7%75.5%14,176
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$108,41359.7%7.5%58.8%49,375
Raleigh-Cary, NC$107,73369.3%4.5%55.8%9,087
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX$107,35770.4%5.3%70.8%21,046
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI$105,43468.2%6.8%70.5%99,289
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA$104,52174.5%5.4%73.8%32,915
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX$104,32378.8%5.1%61.0%12,847
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$102,92066.6%8.4%54.3%142,026
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$102,70856.4%4.7%71.3%9,471
Ann Arbor, MI$102,18874.7%13.7%67.3%5,131
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$98,42668.2%8.0%60.7%28,743
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$97,50061.2%4.8%64.8%6,471
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$97,29868.3%6.4%71.0%92,295
Urban Honolulu, HI$96,06265.1%14.0%49.2%3,346
Naples-Marco Island, FL$95,59571.5%2.4%85.1%3,761
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$95,14367.0%7.5%62.1%12,287
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$94,94465.8%7.5%69.3%23,100
Richmond, VA$94,08668.8%4.6%74.9%6,074
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$93,83657.0%3.9%83.7%3,464
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN$93,73169.9%6.9%70.2%5,850
Fort Collins, CO$93,05649.4%13.4%57.6%4,237
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$92,41769.4%9.7%76.0%3,598
New Haven-Milford, CT$92,35860.1%7.4%70.4%11,267
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$91,76588.6%11.9%65.0%3,864
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO$91,72965.2%7.8%65.3%31,771
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$91,11661.3%6.1%73.2%5,604
Colorado Springs, CO$90,35754.6%7.9%57.5%5,021
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$90,14748.9%6.5%73.8%17,312
Kansas City, MO-KS$90,14258.6%5.8%73.8%9,783
Bismarck, ND$89,00032.1%5.2%80.4%7,216
Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI$87,43847.7%6.2%75.8%3,794
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA$86,87555.1%6.3%72.4%4,019
Worcester, MA-CT$86,55461.4%6.8%79.5%7,961
St. Louis, MO-IL$86,27666.7%5.3%77.8%14,430
Salt Lake City, UT$86,06755.4%6.8%62.7%5,312
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$85,09548.6%9.4%69.8%9,650
Lancaster, PA$84,52644.4%8.8%64.9%3,417
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$84,24070.4%9.5%63.8%3,600
Columbus, OH$84,14966.1%9.5%62.2%10,282
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$84,13758.5%6.6%69.0%12,845
Madison, WI$83,79580.5%13.8%61.5%5,078
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$83,33363.2%9.3%65.4%3,406
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$83,20359.1%7.9%70.4%17,781
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$81,51855.5%9.3%70.4%31,654
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$81,41052.9%6.5%76.3%34,790
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$80,65852.0%8.3%68.7%27,859
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$80,15358.4%5.1%63.3%7,322
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC$80,08558.0%5.1%74.4%7,693
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$80,02959.6%8.6%60.7%11,057
Rochester, NY$79,86067.9%10.7%71.6%7,798
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$79,30654.3%5.5%78.7%3,987
Greenville-Anderson, SC$79,18261.1%10.1%80.3%4,047
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL$78,65360.8%4.7%77.2%10,334
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$77,38663.5%7.3%71.7%8,943
Portland-South Portland, ME$77,04572.3%8.1%73.1%4,280
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$76,56752.1%7.8%66.4%12,632
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$76,06846.5%12.3%62.7%33,609
Port St. Lucie, FL$75,17244.7%3.0%89.5%3,671
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$75,01950.7%14.0%66.8%4,398
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$74,55979.4%12.3%56.1%3,222
Manchester-Nashua, NH$74,29651.4%10.7%63.4%3,804
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$74,10940.4%11.9%52.7%30,832
Anchorage, AK$73,72540.5%13.7%59.9%4,852
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL$73,53861.8%7.5%77.3%91,578
Jacksonville, FL$72,59156.1%4.4%72.7%8,854
Salem, OR$72,54014.8%9.7%61.7%6,481
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$72,24048.7%9.1%68.4%8,571
Cleveland-Elyria, OH$71,84751.9%8.1%74.5%21,764
Tucson, AZ$71,59768.1%9.2%66.1%8,269
Oklahoma City, OK$71,20357.6%4.5%56.4%3,610
Springfield, MA$70,42655.2%6.0%70.0%8,330
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$69,12354.9%7.4%80.9%5,802
Pittsburgh, PA$68,81546.4%7.8%74.2%31,948
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV$68,12545.9%9.0%64.4%17,531
Syracuse, NY$64,65056.0%11.0%73.5%5,794
Eugene-Springfield, OR$64,18459.6%18.8%56.7%3,347
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$64,11156.8%9.7%70.3%22,672
Albuquerque, NM$63,64160.4%5.3%58.1%3,959
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$63,41759.2%9.9%59.4%3,613
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$62,73230.3%8.1%70.6%16,570
Fresno, CA$62,67642.0%14.3%59.6%3,661
Akron, OH$62,21048.5%7.7%70.4%6,049
Boise City, ID$62,11137.6%5.3%75.6%4,924
Wichita, KS$60,13238.2%6.5%76.2%3,511
Erie, PA$57,54741.5%13.8%67.1%3,452
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA$57,45036.0%9.0%71.6%3,906
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$55,46526.8%14.3%54.6%6,647
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$54,98544.4%10.8%69.2%4,583
Binghamton, NY$51,54837.2%14.1%68.5%4,052

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

Russian Americans across cities

Bethesda$250,00196.2%2.7%83.5%3,362
Johns Creek$221,66781.3%0.5%80.7%2,483
Potomac$193,41790.9%1.7%89.5%2,266
Plainview$180,62581.5%2.7%94.9%2,171
Newton$176,29389.1%1.9%77.7%4,561
Highland Park$175,31384.1%1.7%91.4%2,930
Deerfield$165,57787.6%3.4%91.1%2,659
Arlington$162,30888.4%3.8%44.7%4,273
Framingham$161,36479.5%2.7%81.3%2,363
San Jose$160,26079.2%5.6%57.9%8,231
Miami Beach$157,50878.0%2.3%66.9%2,427
Washington$149,49297.0%4.9%50.9%10,562
Berkeley$148,05687.9%8.7%56.8%2,964
Cambridge$145,61496.6%4.0%52.1%2,734
Buffalo Grove$144,12578.2%2.7%90.1%3,510
Carlsbad$142,05975.7%6.1%71.7%2,177
Mountain View$140,55689.6%2.9%43.8%2,359
Glenview$134,58381.5%3.6%78.2%2,300
Fair Lawn$133,48272.4%9.4%82.1%2,888
San Francisco$132,98181.9%6.7%35.9%16,407
Coral Springs$130,67370.9%3.8%89.7%2,168
Oakland$130,20888.7%4.5%51.0%4,457
Thousand Oaks$127,75062.1%4.0%81.6%2,946
Rockville$126,56886.2%1.0%63.8%2,530
Seattle$124,81478.9%6.8%50.4%10,958
Jersey City$123,47286.7%3.5%25.6%2,779
Boulder$122,22294.6%15.4%73.7%2,255
Atlanta$120,66886.0%5.3%63.9%4,376
Boca Raton$116,45879.1%4.1%80.9%4,476
North Bethesda$116,37586.5%7.1%59.6%2,172
Sandy Springs$115,70787.5%2.6%67.7%2,252
Stamford$114,00087.5%3.6%70.9%2,753
Bellevue$113,00976.6%9.8%50.6%2,234
Irvine$113,00980.0%17.9%55.1%4,340
Walnut Creek$112,93880.4%5.2%70.7%2,312
Brookline$112,25089.7%7.9%60.7%3,542
Long Beach$111,57667.0%10.5%57.9%3,028
Baltimore$111,02781.0%5.9%58.7%4,435
Pikesville$110,00077.0%6.2%81.6%3,207
Boston$108,75087.2%12.4%45.9%7,364
Indianapolis city (balance)$108,20075.6%7.7%74.6%2,191
Santa Monica$106,89380.1%6.4%31.5%4,387
Ann Arbor$106,04991.1%11.9%63.6%2,234
Skokie$105,59562.9%5.9%70.7%2,571
Palm Beach Gardens$105,27874.4%7.3%79.2%2,204
Chandler$104,81348.7%5.5%83.8%2,346
Huntington Beach$103,87565.4%2.5%65.3%3,976
Austin$103,69886.1%6.7%50.5%6,702
Orlando$103,51273.8%8.4%50.3%2,173
Santa Clarita$102,83353.8%5.4%82.6%3,543
Glendale$102,56367.5%12.0%46.7%2,896
Chicago$101,73280.2%8.4%49.5%25,504
Beverly Hills$101,58378.9%5.2%49.4%2,279
Charlotte$99,61272.2%6.6%61.0%4,713
Houston$99,53775.4%4.9%60.3%7,795
Madison$99,07686.2%22.1%48.6%2,958
New York$96,78972.3%10.7%42.3%196,019
Los Angeles$96,19767.4%9.4%51.0%68,106
Scottsdale$93,32367.6%4.9%74.5%4,280
Miami$92,07784.0%8.6%42.5%2,334
San Diego$90,98177.6%9.1%54.3%14,026
Overland Park$87,80872.2%7.0%68.5%2,158
Henderson$85,14745.3%8.5%72.6%3,720
Denver$84,13075.6%8.1%48.8%9,489
Bismarck$83,54233.5%7.3%72.8%3,858
Dallas$83,42776.8%10.5%58.2%4,689
Raleigh$81,10077.4%5.1%50.7%3,215
Virginia Beach$79,70465.1%1.8%75.6%2,541
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)$77,81372.5%4.8%57.2%3,541
Phoenix$77,77058.6%14.3%59.4%10,522
Sacramento$76,78652.0%6.3%45.9%4,987
Wheeling$75,88459.1%14.6%66.1%2,449
Philadelphia$75,55467.1%15.3%54.4%21,212
Aventura$74,90762.8%6.0%68.2%2,839
Anchorage$74,58348.2%16.3%56.3%3,518
Minneapolis$73,25069.6%13.6%59.6%3,943
Hollywood$72,99161.6%7.2%71.2%2,642
Portland$72,50059.4%13.2%58.0%11,409
Columbus$70,48162.3%16.4%50.3%4,269
St. Paul$70,38570.5%13.6%62.0%2,180
Pittsburgh$70,20670.8%10.4%59.0%5,379
San Antonio$69,93163.8%3.4%58.6%2,763
Colorado Springs$68,88955.9%10.9%49.2%3,442
Tampa$68,47475.8%8.0%64.7%2,631
Fort Lauderdale$65,71467.8%7.3%58.4%2,586
Eugene$64,54969.7%21.1%44.7%2,159
Las Vegas$64,42344.8%11.5%64.0%5,570
Jacksonville$64,25450.3%4.7%71.4%4,707
Aurora$64,19152.2%13.1%67.9%3,491
Albuquerque$63,95366.0%5.4%49.6%2,760
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)$63,63142.7%18.0%56.2%2,316
Vancouver$63,41722.3%8.3%35.1%4,377
Tucson$62,54866.8%17.3%55.4%3,994
Spring Valley$54,77152.4%9.2%55.5%2,274
Milwaukee$52,25442.8%16.0%53.1%2,827
Sunny Isles Beach$47,53266.1%19.8%76.2%2,372
West Sacramento$44,39823.5%13.0%29.1%2,888
Spokane$43,03631.9%24.3%40.6%2,606
West Hollywood$32,03159.9%27.5%9.3%2,590
Hallandale Beach61.5%33.4%56.0%2,118

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 Russian ancestry live in the United States?

About 2,223,882 US residents are of Russian ancestry, roughly 0.7% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

Which US city has the largest Russian population?

New York, NY has the largest Russian population of any US city, with about 159,691 residents of Russian ancestry.

Which state has the most residents of Russian ancestry?

California leads all states with about 322,532 residents of Russian ancestry.

What is the median household income of Russian Americans?

Russian Americans have a median household income of about $102,435, 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

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