Distribution of Chinese, except Taiwanese People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Chinese, except Taiwanese

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1.9%
3.8%
5.7%
7.6%
11.4%
15.2%
19%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	San Francisco County, California	22.96%
2	Kalawao County, Hawaii	17.33%
3	Honolulu County, Hawaii	16.46%
4	San Mateo County, California	12.9%
5	Alameda County, California	11.47%
6	Santa Clara County, California	10.79%
7	Queens County, New York	10.61%
8	Hawaii County, Hawaii	10.6%
9	Maui County, Hawaii	9.4%
10	Kings County, New York	8.13%
11	Kauai County, Hawaii	7.25%
12	New York County, New York	6.98%
13	Norfolk County, Massachusetts	5.91%
14	Yolo County, California	5.79%
15	Tompkins County, New York	5.62%
16	Contra Costa County, California	5.45%
17	King County, Washington	5.43%
18	Whitman County, Washington	5.11%
19	Los Angeles County, California	5%
20	Champaign County, Illinois	4.69%

Top Counties by Population of Chinese, except Taiwanese

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	504,758
2	Queens County, New York	243,850
3	Kings County, New York	211,519
4	Santa Clara County, California	207,419
5	San Francisco County, California	199,748
6	Alameda County, California	188,612
7	Honolulu County, Hawaii	162,576
8	Orange County, California	121,934
9	King County, Washington	117,463
10	New York County, New York	113,908
11	San Mateo County, California	98,795
12	Cook County, Illinois	88,597
13	San Diego County, California	79,863
14	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	72,395
15	Harris County, Texas	61,814
16	Contra Costa County, California	61,810
17	Sacramento County, California	59,020
18	Montgomery County, Maryland	48,059
19	Clark County, Nevada	42,430
20	San Bernardino County, California	41,953

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Hawaii	14.36%	204,251
2	California	4.39%	1,717,255
3	New York	3.72%	729,668
4	Massachusetts	2.63%	179,589
5	Washington	2.27%	165,592
6	New Jersey	1.88%	167,162
7	Nevada	1.65%	48,159
8	Maryland	1.59%	95,266
9	Oregon	1.33%	54,285
10	District of Columbia	1.29%	8,802
11	Connecticut	1.22%	43,699
12	Illinois	1.15%	147,497
13	Virginia	1.1%	92,887
14	Delaware	1.02%	9,666
15	Pennsylvania	0.97%	123,890
16	Rhode Island	0.95%	10,028
17	Texas	0.83%	232,290
18	Arizona	0.82%	56,669
19	Colorado	0.81%	44,639
20	Utah	0.72%	21,984
21	New Hampshire	0.7%	9,440
22	Minnesota	0.69%	38,238
23	Michigan	0.67%	66,857
24	Georgia	0.66%	68,428
25	Florida	0.61%	126,211
26	Indiana	0.58%	38,810
27	Alaska	0.58%	4,259
28	Vermont	0.56%	3,471
29	North Carolina	0.55%	55,470
30	Kansas	0.54%	15,574
31	Ohio	0.53%	61,514
32	Iowa	0.52%	16,249
33	Missouri	0.51%	31,241
34	Idaho	0.5%	8,476
35	Wisconsin	0.49%	28,574
36	New Mexico	0.41%	8,585
37	Nebraska	0.4%	7,676
38	Maine	0.4%	5,328
39	Oklahoma	0.39%	15,469
40	South Carolina	0.37%	18,092
41	North Dakota	0.35%	2,619
42	Tennessee	0.34%	22,379
43	Alabama	0.3%	14,809
44	Louisiana	0.3%	13,923
45	South Dakota	0.28%	2,456
46	Arkansas	0.27%	8,187
47	Kentucky	0.26%	11,464
48	Montana	0.25%	2,643
49	Wyoming	0.24%	1,376
50	West Virginia	0.21%	3,839
51	Mississippi	0.21%	6,155
52	Puerto Rico	0.06%	1,945

Top States and Territories by Population of Chinese, except Taiwanese

#	State	Population
1	California	1,717,255
2	New York	729,668
3	Texas	232,290
4	Hawaii	204,251
5	Massachusetts	179,589
6	New Jersey	167,162
7	Washington	165,592
8	Illinois	147,497
9	Florida	126,211
10	Pennsylvania	123,890
11	Maryland	95,266
12	Virginia	92,887
13	Georgia	68,428
14	Michigan	66,857
15	Ohio	61,514
16	Arizona	56,669
17	North Carolina	55,470
18	Oregon	54,285
19	Nevada	48,159
20	Colorado	44,639
21	Connecticut	43,699
22	Indiana	38,810
23	Minnesota	38,238
24	Missouri	31,241
25	Wisconsin	28,574
26	Tennessee	22,379
27	Utah	21,984
28	South Carolina	18,092
29	Iowa	16,249
30	Kansas	15,574
31	Oklahoma	15,469
32	Alabama	14,809
33	Louisiana	13,923
34	Kentucky	11,464
35	Rhode Island	10,028
36	Delaware	9,666
37	New Hampshire	9,440
38	District of Columbia	8,802
39	New Mexico	8,585
40	Idaho	8,476
41	Arkansas	8,187
42	Nebraska	7,676
43	Mississippi	6,155
44	Maine	5,328
45	Alaska	4,259
46	West Virginia	3,839
47	Vermont	3,471
48	Montana	2,643
49	North Dakota	2,619
50	South Dakota	2,456
51	Puerto Rico	1,945
52	Wyoming	1,376

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.