Distribution of Okinawan People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Okinawan

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0.55%
1.1%
1.65%
2.2%
3.3%
4.4%
5.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Kalawao County, Hawaii	6.67%
2	Haines Borough, Alaska	1.43%
3	Honolulu County, Hawaii	0.65%
4	Crowley County, Colorado	0.55%
5	Maui County, Hawaii	0.4%
6	Henry County, Missouri	0.25%
7	Kauai County, Hawaii	0.15%
8	Attala County, Mississippi	0.13%
9	Wyoming County, New York	0.1%
10	Hawaii County, Hawaii	0.1%
11	Wasco County, Oregon	0.07%
12	Cowley County, Kansas	0.07%
13	Newton County, Arkansas	0.06%
14	Grays Harbor County, Washington	0.06%
15	Roscommon County, Michigan	0.05%
16	Ohio County, West Virginia	0.05%
17	Cache County, Utah	0.05%
18	Dubois County, Indiana	0.05%
19	Kankakee County, Illinois	0.05%
20	Mifflin County, Pennsylvania	0.05%

Top Counties by Population of Okinawan

#	County	Population
1	Honolulu County, Hawaii	6,396
2	Maui County, Hawaii	655
3	Los Angeles County, California	296
4	San Diego County, California	262
5	Clark County, Nevada	198
6	Hawaii County, Hawaii	191
7	Denton County, Texas	157
8	King County, Washington	148
9	Orange County, California	129
10	Maricopa County, Arizona	121
11	Pierce County, Washington	118
12	Sacramento County, California	116
13	Alameda County, California	113
14	Kauai County, Hawaii	105
15	San Francisco County, California	95
16	Hillsborough County, Florida	87
17	Okaloosa County, Florida	82
18	Washington County, Oregon	79
19	Pima County, Arizona	75
20	Multnomah County, Oregon	73

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Hawaii	0.52%	7,352
2	Oregon	0.01%	345
3	Alaska	0.01%	62
4	Nevada	0.01%	237
5	Washington	0.01%	478
6	Nebraska	0.01%	106
7	Arizona	0%	285
8	California	0%	1,352
9	Wyoming	0%	18
10	District of Columbia	0%	19
11	West Virginia	0%	51
12	Missouri	0%	162
13	Utah	0%	76
14	Florida	0%	457
15	Idaho	0%	36
16	Kansas	0%	61
17	Tennessee	0%	118
18	North Carolina	0%	172
19	Delaware	0%	14
20	Montana	0%	16
21	Michigan	0%	133
22	Colorado	0%	71
23	Wisconsin	0%	70
24	South Carolina	0%	59
25	Indiana	0%	78
26	Maryland	0%	66
27	Texas	0%	301
28	Arkansas	0%	29
29	Ohio	0%	122
30	Massachusetts	0%	64
31	Oklahoma	0%	37
32	Mississippi	0%	25
33	Illinois	0%	108
34	Georgia	0%	67
35	Virginia	0%	58
36	Alabama	0%	36
37	New York	0%	137
38	Pennsylvania	0%	78
39	Iowa	0%	18
40	New Jersey	0%	41
41	Minnesota	0%	25
42	Connecticut	0%	14
43	North Dakota	0%	0
44	Puerto Rico	0%	0
45	Rhode Island	0%	0
46	New Mexico	0%	0
47	South Dakota	0%	0
48	New Hampshire	0%	0
49	Vermont	0%	0
50	Maine	0%	0
51	Louisiana	0%	0
52	Kentucky	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of Okinawan

#	State	Population
1	Hawaii	7,352
2	California	1,352
3	Washington	478
4	Florida	457
5	Oregon	345
6	Texas	301
7	Arizona	285
8	Nevada	237
9	North Carolina	172
10	Missouri	162
11	New York	137
12	Michigan	133
13	Ohio	122
14	Tennessee	118
15	Illinois	108
16	Nebraska	106
17	Pennsylvania	78
18	Indiana	78
19	Utah	76
20	Colorado	71
21	Wisconsin	70
22	Georgia	67
23	Maryland	66
24	Massachusetts	64
25	Alaska	62
26	Kansas	61
27	South Carolina	59
28	Virginia	58
29	West Virginia	51
30	New Jersey	41
31	Oklahoma	37
32	Idaho	36
33	Alabama	36
34	Arkansas	29
35	Minnesota	25
36	Mississippi	25
37	District of Columbia	19
38	Wyoming	18
39	Iowa	18
40	Montana	16
41	Delaware	14
42	Connecticut	14
43	North Dakota	0
44	Puerto Rico	0
45	Rhode Island	0
46	New Mexico	0
47	South Dakota	0
48	New Hampshire	0
49	Maine	0
50	Vermont	0
51	Louisiana	0
52	Kentucky	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.