Distribution of Asian Only People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Asian Only

KEY
3.55%
7.1%
10.65%
14.2%
21.3%
28.4%
35.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Honolulu County, Hawaii	42.51%
2	Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska	40%
3	Santa Clara County, California	35.85%
4	San Francisco County, California	34.21%
5	Kauai County, Hawaii	34.01%
6	Alameda County, California	29.59%
7	Maui County, Hawaii	29.16%
8	San Mateo County, California	28.11%
9	Kalawao County, Hawaii	28%
10	Aleutians East Borough, Alaska	25.64%
11	Queens County, New York	25.26%
12	Middlesex County, New Jersey	23.92%
13	Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska	23.03%
14	Hawaii County, Hawaii	22.52%
15	Orange County, California	20.09%
16	Fort Bend County, Texas	19.91%
17	Fairfax County, Virginia	18.98%
18	Loudoun County, Virginia	17.97%
19	Howard County, Maryland	17.73%
20	Somerset County, New Jersey	17.36%

Top Counties by Population of Asian Only

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	1,469,968
2	Santa Clara County, California	689,176
3	Orange County, California	635,672
4	Queens County, New York	580,709
5	Alameda County, California	486,434
6	Honolulu County, Hawaii	419,852
7	San Diego County, California	390,418
8	Cook County, Illinois	376,115
9	King County, Washington	370,908
10	Harris County, Texas	320,575
11	Kings County, New York	306,829
12	San Francisco County, California	297,667
13	Sacramento County, California	235,474
14	Fairfax County, Virginia	217,066
15	San Mateo County, California	215,337
16	Clark County, Nevada	205,824
17	Middlesex County, New Jersey	197,711
18	New York County, New York	196,347
19	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	186,123
20	Contra Costa County, California	185,065

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Hawaii	37.75%	536,842
2	California	14.32%	5,604,339
3	New Jersey	9.37%	832,403
4	Washington	8.33%	607,429
5	New York	8.31%	1,630,341
6	Nevada	8.03%	234,693
7	Massachusetts	6.48%	442,574
8	Virginia	6.32%	531,503
9	Alaska	6.3%	46,556
10	Maryland	6.23%	374,277
11	Illinois	5.39%	690,822
12	Minnesota	4.75%	262,359
13	Texas	4.69%	1,308,257
14	Connecticut	4.43%	158,817
15	Oregon	4.28%	174,510
16	Georgia	3.91%	402,501
17	District of Columbia	3.9%	26,718
18	Delaware	3.87%	36,723
19	Rhode Island	3.38%	35,663
20	Pennsylvania	3.35%	427,892
21	Arizona	3.29%	228,887
22	Colorado	3.12%	172,695
23	Michigan	3.06%	304,403
24	Kansas	2.87%	83,531
25	North Carolina	2.78%	282,264
26	Wisconsin	2.76%	159,356
27	Florida	2.71%	559,168
28	New Hampshire	2.69%	36,124
29	Iowa	2.4%	75,083
30	Nebraska	2.32%	44,105
31	Utah	2.29%	69,810
32	Indiana	2.18%	144,991
33	Ohio	2.15%	249,741
34	Oklahoma	2.13%	83,392
35	Missouri	1.92%	116,720
36	Louisiana	1.71%	79,872
37	Tennessee	1.7%	112,915
38	Vermont	1.69%	10,579
39	South Carolina	1.52%	75,084
40	New Mexico	1.51%	31,513
41	Arkansas	1.47%	43,988
42	South Dakota	1.46%	12,660
43	North Dakota	1.44%	10,814
44	Kentucky	1.41%	62,802
45	Idaho	1.41%	23,758
46	Alabama	1.33%	64,609
47	Maine	1.12%	14,917
48	Mississippi	0.95%	28,313
49	Wyoming	0.82%	4,756
50	West Virginia	0.79%	14,534
51	Montana	0.76%	7,947
52	Puerto Rico	0.2%	6,684

Top States and Territories by Population of Asian Only

#	State	Population
1	California	5,604,339
2	New York	1,630,341
3	Texas	1,308,257
4	New Jersey	832,403
5	Illinois	690,822
6	Washington	607,429
7	Florida	559,168
8	Hawaii	536,842
9	Virginia	531,503
10	Massachusetts	442,574
11	Pennsylvania	427,892
12	Georgia	402,501
13	Maryland	374,277
14	Michigan	304,403
15	North Carolina	282,264
16	Minnesota	262,359
17	Ohio	249,741
18	Nevada	234,693
19	Arizona	228,887
20	Oregon	174,510
21	Colorado	172,695
22	Wisconsin	159,356
23	Connecticut	158,817
24	Indiana	144,991
25	Missouri	116,720
26	Tennessee	112,915
27	Kansas	83,531
28	Oklahoma	83,392
29	Louisiana	79,872
30	South Carolina	75,084
31	Iowa	75,083
32	Utah	69,810
33	Alabama	64,609
34	Kentucky	62,802
35	Alaska	46,556
36	Nebraska	44,105
37	Arkansas	43,988
38	Delaware	36,723
39	New Hampshire	36,124
40	Rhode Island	35,663
41	New Mexico	31,513
42	Mississippi	28,313
43	District of Columbia	26,718
44	Idaho	23,758
45	Maine	14,917
46	West Virginia	14,534
47	South Dakota	12,660
48	North Dakota	10,814
49	Vermont	10,579
50	Montana	7,947
51	Puerto Rico	6,684
52	Wyoming	4,756

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.