Distribution of Japanese People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Japanese

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2.05%
4.1%
6.15%
8.2%
12.3%
16.4%
20.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Honolulu County, Hawaii	24.42%
2	Hawaii County, Hawaii	18.26%
3	Kauai County, Hawaii	16.74%
4	Kalawao County, Hawaii	16%
5	Maui County, Hawaii	13.73%
6	Buena Vista city, Virginia	4.3%
7	Petersburg Borough, Alaska	3.38%
8	Denali Borough, Alaska	2.37%
9	Guadalupe County, New Mexico	2.37%
10	Santa Clara County, California	2.15%
11	Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska	2.03%
12	San Mateo County, California	1.97%
13	King County, Washington	1.95%
14	San Francisco County, California	1.93%
15	Costilla County, Colorado	1.9%
16	Skagway Municipality, Alaska	1.89%
17	King and Queen County, Virginia	1.74%
18	Orange County, California	1.73%
19	Niobrara County, Wyoming	1.47%
20	Caribou County, Idaho	1.46%

Top Counties by Population of Japanese

#	County	Population
1	Honolulu County, Hawaii	241,159
2	Los Angeles County, California	141,444
3	Orange County, California	54,611
4	King County, Washington	42,089
5	Santa Clara County, California	41,261
6	San Diego County, California	36,681
7	Hawaii County, Hawaii	36,097
8	Alameda County, California	23,902
9	Maui County, Hawaii	22,700
10	Clark County, Nevada	21,335
11	Sacramento County, California	20,943
12	Cook County, Illinois	19,752
13	San Francisco County, California	16,770
14	Contra Costa County, California	15,932
15	Maricopa County, Arizona	15,866
16	New York County, New York	15,819
17	San Mateo County, California	15,110
18	Riverside County, California	12,891
19	Kauai County, Hawaii	11,948
20	San Bernardino County, California	11,231

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Hawaii	21.93%	311,916
2	California	1.18%	463,114
3	Washington	1.14%	83,096
4	Nevada	0.88%	25,582
5	Oregon	0.75%	30,619
6	Alaska	0.53%	3,904
7	Utah	0.51%	15,611
8	Colorado	0.44%	24,428
9	Idaho	0.42%	7,035
10	District of Columbia	0.4%	2,757
11	Arizona	0.35%	24,043
12	Virginia	0.33%	27,537
13	New York	0.28%	54,962
14	New Mexico	0.28%	5,805
15	Maryland	0.27%	16,320
16	Massachusetts	0.27%	18,483
17	Illinois	0.26%	33,374
18	Wyoming	0.23%	1,358
19	New Jersey	0.23%	20,387
20	Connecticut	0.21%	7,395
21	Nebraska	0.21%	3,913
22	Michigan	0.2%	20,010
23	Montana	0.19%	2,003
24	Oklahoma	0.19%	7,499
25	Rhode Island	0.18%	1,942
26	Minnesota	0.18%	10,057
27	Texas	0.18%	50,528
28	Kansas	0.18%	5,248
29	Georgia	0.18%	18,206
30	Ohio	0.17%	20,210
31	Vermont	0.17%	1,054
32	New Hampshire	0.17%	2,255
33	Indiana	0.17%	11,089
34	Kentucky	0.17%	7,355
35	North Carolina	0.16%	16,413
36	Florida	0.16%	32,625
37	Tennessee	0.15%	9,971
38	Delaware	0.15%	1,384
39	Maine	0.13%	1,782
40	North Dakota	0.13%	1,001
41	Missouri	0.13%	7,921
42	Wisconsin	0.13%	7,440
43	Pennsylvania	0.12%	15,629
44	Alabama	0.12%	5,820
45	South Carolina	0.12%	5,901
46	Iowa	0.12%	3,659
47	South Dakota	0.11%	935
48	Arkansas	0.1%	3,101
49	Mississippi	0.08%	2,413
50	Louisiana	0.08%	3,739
51	West Virginia	0.07%	1,368
52	Puerto Rico	0.01%	220

Top States and Territories by Population of Japanese

#	State	Population
1	California	463,114
2	Hawaii	311,916
3	Washington	83,096
4	New York	54,962
5	Texas	50,528
6	Illinois	33,374
7	Florida	32,625
8	Oregon	30,619
9	Virginia	27,537
10	Nevada	25,582
11	Colorado	24,428
12	Arizona	24,043
13	New Jersey	20,387
14	Ohio	20,210
15	Michigan	20,010
16	Massachusetts	18,483
17	Georgia	18,206
18	North Carolina	16,413
19	Maryland	16,320
20	Pennsylvania	15,629
21	Utah	15,611
22	Indiana	11,089
23	Minnesota	10,057
24	Tennessee	9,971
25	Missouri	7,921
26	Oklahoma	7,499
27	Wisconsin	7,440
28	Connecticut	7,395
29	Kentucky	7,355
30	Idaho	7,035
31	South Carolina	5,901
32	Alabama	5,820
33	New Mexico	5,805
34	Kansas	5,248
35	Nebraska	3,913
36	Alaska	3,904
37	Louisiana	3,739
38	Iowa	3,659
39	Arkansas	3,101
40	District of Columbia	2,757
41	Mississippi	2,413
42	New Hampshire	2,255
43	Montana	2,003
44	Rhode Island	1,942
45	Maine	1,782
46	Delaware	1,384
47	West Virginia	1,368
48	Wyoming	1,358
49	Vermont	1,054
50	North Dakota	1,001
51	South Dakota	935
52	Puerto Rico	220

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.