Distribution of Okinawan People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Okinawan

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

Percent of County
Ethnic Group Pop
County Pop

Top 20 Counties by % Population

# County Percentage
1Kalawao County, Hawaii6.67%
2Haines Borough, Alaska1.43%
3Honolulu County, Hawaii0.65%
4Crowley County, Colorado0.55%
5Maui County, Hawaii0.4%
6Henry County, Missouri0.25%
7Kauai County, Hawaii0.15%
8Attala County, Mississippi0.13%
9Wyoming County, New York0.1%
10Hawaii County, Hawaii0.1%
11Wasco County, Oregon0.07%
12Cowley County, Kansas0.07%
13Newton County, Arkansas0.06%
14Grays Harbor County, Washington0.06%
15Roscommon County, Michigan0.05%
16Ohio County, West Virginia0.05%
17Cache County, Utah0.05%
18Dubois County, Indiana0.05%
19Kankakee County, Illinois0.05%
20Mifflin County, Pennsylvania0.05%

Top Counties by Population of Okinawan

# County Population
1Honolulu County, Hawaii6,396
2Maui County, Hawaii655
3Los Angeles County, California296
4San Diego County, California262
5Clark County, Nevada198
6Hawaii County, Hawaii191
7Denton County, Texas157
8King County, Washington148
9Orange County, California129
10Maricopa County, Arizona121
11Pierce County, Washington118
12Sacramento County, California116
13Alameda County, California113
14Kauai County, Hawaii105
15San Francisco County, California95
16Hillsborough County, Florida87
17Okaloosa County, Florida82
18Washington County, Oregon79
19Pima County, Arizona75
20Multnomah County, Oregon73

Top States and Territories by Percentage

# State Percentage Population
1Hawaii0.52%7,352
2Oregon0.01%345
3Alaska0.01%62
4Nevada0.01%237
5Washington0.01%478
6Nebraska0.01%106
7Arizona0%285
8California0%1,352
9Wyoming0%18
10District of Columbia0%19
11West Virginia0%51
12Missouri0%162
13Utah0%76
14Florida0%457
15Idaho0%36
16Kansas0%61
17Tennessee0%118
18North Carolina0%172
19Delaware0%14
20Montana0%16
21Michigan0%133
22Colorado0%71
23Wisconsin0%70
24South Carolina0%59
25Indiana0%78
26Maryland0%66
27Texas0%301
28Arkansas0%29
29Ohio0%122
30Massachusetts0%64
31Oklahoma0%37
32Mississippi0%25
33Illinois0%108
34Georgia0%67
35Virginia0%58
36Alabama0%36
37New York0%137
38Pennsylvania0%78
39Iowa0%18
40New Jersey0%41
41Minnesota0%25
42Connecticut0%14
43North Dakota0%0
44Puerto Rico0%0
45Rhode Island0%0
46New Mexico0%0
47South Dakota0%0
48New Hampshire0%0
49Vermont0%0
50Maine0%0
51Louisiana0%0
52Kentucky0%0

Top States and Territories by Population of Okinawan

# State Population
1Hawaii7,352
2California1,352
3Washington478
4Florida457
5Oregon345
6Texas301
7Arizona285
8Nevada237
9North Carolina172
10Missouri162
11New York137
12Michigan133
13Ohio122
14Tennessee118
15Illinois108
16Nebraska106
17Pennsylvania78
18Indiana78
19Utah76
20Colorado71
21Wisconsin70
22Georgia67
23Maryland66
24Massachusetts64
25Alaska62
26Kansas61
27South Carolina59
28Virginia58
29West Virginia51
30New Jersey41
31Oklahoma37
32Idaho36
33Alabama36
34Arkansas29
35Minnesota25
36Mississippi25
37District of Columbia19
38Wyoming18
39Iowa18
40Montana16
41Delaware14
42Connecticut14
43North Dakota0
44Puerto Rico0
45Rhode Island0
46New Mexico0
47South Dakota0
48New Hampshire0
49Maine0
50Vermont0
51Louisiana0
52Kentucky0

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.

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