Distribution of Malaysian People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Malaysian

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0.08%
0.12%
0.16%
0.2%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Story County, Iowa	0.26%
2	Centre County, Pennsylvania	0.22%
3	Ravalli County, Montana	0.2%
4	McCone County, Montana	0.18%
5	Clarke County, Virginia	0.18%
6	Twin Falls County, Idaho	0.18%
7	Monroe County, Indiana	0.15%
8	North Slope Borough, Alaska	0.14%
9	Klickitat County, Washington	0.14%
10	Fauquier County, Virginia	0.13%
11	Alexandria city, Virginia	0.12%
12	Rowan County, Kentucky	0.12%
13	Indian River County, Florida	0.12%
14	McLeod County, Minnesota	0.12%
15	Jackson County, Illinois	0.11%
16	Adair County, Missouri	0.1%
17	Ellsworth County, Kansas	0.1%
18	Columbiana County, Ohio	0.09%
19	Fairfax city, Virginia	0.09%
20	Windsor County, Vermont	0.09%

Top Counties by Population of Malaysian

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	1,360
2	Santa Clara County, California	1,256
3	Queens County, New York	1,119
4	New York County, New York	988
5	Orange County, California	882
6	King County, Washington	783
7	Cook County, Illinois	639
8	Harris County, Texas	634
9	Fairfax County, Virginia	516
10	San Francisco County, California	494
11	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	491
12	San Diego County, California	471
13	Kings County, New York	455
14	Alameda County, California	393
15	Centre County, Pennsylvania	357
16	San Bernardino County, California	343
17	Riverside County, California	335
18	Maricopa County, Arizona	334
19	Tarrant County, Texas	328
20	Montgomery County, Maryland	312

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	California	0.02%	7,200
2	Vermont	0.02%	110
3	Washington	0.02%	1,274
4	New York	0.02%	3,380
5	District of Columbia	0.02%	104
6	Virginia	0.01%	1,238
7	Kansas	0.01%	428
8	Maryland	0.01%	870
9	Alaska	0.01%	106
10	Massachusetts	0.01%	958
11	Minnesota	0.01%	761
12	Montana	0.01%	138
13	Iowa	0.01%	386
14	Oklahoma	0.01%	449
15	Illinois	0.01%	1,416
16	Indiana	0.01%	728
17	Nevada	0.01%	321
18	Idaho	0.01%	184
19	Texas	0.01%	2,669
20	Pennsylvania	0.01%	1,182
21	Utah	0.01%	275
22	New Jersey	0.01%	778
23	Hawaii	0.01%	121
24	Nebraska	0.01%	162
25	Connecticut	0.01%	299
26	Colorado	0.01%	451
27	Oregon	0.01%	308
28	Michigan	0.01%	724
29	Wisconsin	0.01%	416
30	Tennessee	0.01%	471
31	New Hampshire	0.01%	77
32	Ohio	0.01%	666
33	Arizona	0.01%	383
34	Rhode Island	0.01%	56
35	Florida	0.01%	1,047
36	Georgia	0.01%	525
37	Missouri	0%	259
38	Louisiana	0%	169
39	Arkansas	0%	105
40	Alabama	0%	169
41	North Carolina	0%	338
42	New Mexico	0%	57
43	Mississippi	0%	65
44	Kentucky	0%	97
45	West Virginia	0%	32
46	South Dakota	0%	15
47	Delaware	0%	16
48	Maine	0%	21
49	South Carolina	0%	42
50	Wyoming	0%	4
51	Puerto Rico	0%	0
52	North Dakota	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of Malaysian

#	State	Population
1	California	7,200
2	New York	3,380
3	Texas	2,669
4	Illinois	1,416
5	Washington	1,274
6	Virginia	1,238
7	Pennsylvania	1,182
8	Florida	1,047
9	Massachusetts	958
10	Maryland	870
11	New Jersey	778
12	Minnesota	761
13	Indiana	728
14	Michigan	724
15	Ohio	666
16	Georgia	525
17	Tennessee	471
18	Colorado	451
19	Oklahoma	449
20	Kansas	428
21	Wisconsin	416
22	Iowa	386
23	Arizona	383
24	North Carolina	338
25	Nevada	321
26	Oregon	308
27	Connecticut	299
28	Utah	275
29	Missouri	259
30	Idaho	184
31	Louisiana	169
32	Alabama	169
33	Nebraska	162
34	Montana	138
35	Hawaii	121
36	Vermont	110
37	Alaska	106
38	Arkansas	105
39	District of Columbia	104
40	Kentucky	97
41	New Hampshire	77
42	Mississippi	65
43	New Mexico	57
44	Rhode Island	56
45	South Carolina	42
46	West Virginia	32
47	Maine	21
48	Delaware	16
49	South Dakota	15
50	Wyoming	4
51	North Dakota	0
52	Puerto Rico	0

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.