Distribution of Vietnamese People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Vietnamese

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0.65%
1.3%
1.95%
2.6%
3.9%
5.2%
6.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Santa Clara County, California	7.52%
2	Orange County, California	7.09%
3	Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska	3.51%
4	Clayton County, Georgia	3.13%
5	Fairfax County, Virginia	3.03%
6	Fort Bend County, Texas	2.94%
7	Alameda County, California	2.49%
8	Gregory County, South Dakota	2.45%
9	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	2.43%
10	Multnomah County, Oregon	2.38%
11	Gwinnett County, Georgia	2.38%
12	King County, Washington	2.34%
13	San Francisco County, California	2.33%
14	Harris County, Texas	2.3%
15	Saline County, Nebraska	2.28%
16	Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana	2.11%
17	Sacramento County, California	2.1%
18	Sebastian County, Arkansas	2.07%
19	Seward County, Kansas	2.06%
20	Sedgwick County, Kansas	2.06%

Top Counties by Population of Vietnamese

#	County	Population
1	Orange County, California	224,497
2	Santa Clara County, California	144,562
3	Los Angeles County, California	114,740
4	Harris County, Texas	105,640
5	San Diego County, California	60,266
6	King County, Washington	50,705
7	Alameda County, California	40,925
8	Tarrant County, Texas	37,885
9	Dallas County, Texas	35,214
10	Fairfax County, Virginia	34,594
11	Sacramento County, California	31,636
12	Maricopa County, Arizona	26,527
13	Fort Bend County, Texas	21,709
14	Gwinnett County, Georgia	21,442
15	San Francisco County, California	20,267
16	Riverside County, California	19,974
17	Multnomah County, Oregon	18,998
18	Cook County, Illinois	18,756
19	Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania	17,674
20	Montgomery County, Maryland	15,787

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	California	1.89%	738,195
2	Washington	1.21%	88,215
3	Hawaii	1.04%	14,857
4	Texas	1.03%	287,127
5	Oregon	0.87%	35,522
6	Massachusetts	0.82%	56,021
7	Virginia	0.82%	68,658
8	Louisiana	0.78%	36,337
9	Kansas	0.61%	17,880
10	Minnesota	0.59%	32,622
11	Oklahoma	0.58%	22,812
12	Georgia	0.57%	58,294
13	Nevada	0.56%	16,243
14	Colorado	0.53%	29,036
15	Maryland	0.52%	31,075
16	Arizona	0.5%	34,494
17	Nebraska	0.45%	8,477
18	Florida	0.41%	83,722
19	Pennsylvania	0.4%	50,611
20	Iowa	0.38%	12,048
21	North Carolina	0.37%	37,472
22	Utah	0.36%	10,874
23	District of Columbia	0.34%	2,336
24	Connecticut	0.33%	11,986
25	Missouri	0.31%	18,673
26	New Jersey	0.28%	24,848
27	Illinois	0.27%	34,926
28	New Hampshire	0.27%	3,578
29	New Mexico	0.26%	5,422
30	Alaska	0.26%	1,886
31	Mississippi	0.25%	7,614
32	Arkansas	0.24%	7,076
33	Rhode Island	0.24%	2,497
34	Delaware	0.23%	2,164
35	Alabama	0.22%	10,604
36	Tennessee	0.21%	14,250
37	Michigan	0.2%	20,363
38	South Carolina	0.2%	9,830
39	New York	0.19%	38,001
40	Indiana	0.18%	12,001
41	Kentucky	0.18%	7,862
42	Ohio	0.18%	20,405
43	Maine	0.16%	2,144
44	Idaho	0.14%	2,403
45	Vermont	0.14%	878
46	South Dakota	0.13%	1,144
47	Wisconsin	0.13%	7,538
48	North Dakota	0.13%	970
49	West Virginia	0.09%	1,617
50	Montana	0.06%	669
51	Wyoming	0.04%	205
52	Puerto Rico	0.01%	276

Top States and Territories by Population of Vietnamese

#	State	Population
1	California	738,195
2	Texas	287,127
3	Washington	88,215
4	Florida	83,722
5	Virginia	68,658
6	Georgia	58,294
7	Massachusetts	56,021
8	Pennsylvania	50,611
9	New York	38,001
10	North Carolina	37,472
11	Louisiana	36,337
12	Oregon	35,522
13	Illinois	34,926
14	Arizona	34,494
15	Minnesota	32,622
16	Maryland	31,075
17	Colorado	29,036
18	New Jersey	24,848
19	Oklahoma	22,812
20	Ohio	20,405
21	Michigan	20,363
22	Missouri	18,673
23	Kansas	17,880
24	Nevada	16,243
25	Hawaii	14,857
26	Tennessee	14,250
27	Iowa	12,048
28	Indiana	12,001
29	Connecticut	11,986
30	Utah	10,874
31	Alabama	10,604
32	South Carolina	9,830
33	Nebraska	8,477
34	Kentucky	7,862
35	Mississippi	7,614
36	Wisconsin	7,538
37	Arkansas	7,076
38	New Mexico	5,422
39	New Hampshire	3,578
40	Rhode Island	2,497
41	Idaho	2,403
42	District of Columbia	2,336
43	Delaware	2,164
44	Maine	2,144
45	Alaska	1,886
46	West Virginia	1,617
47	South Dakota	1,144
48	North Dakota	970
49	Vermont	878
50	Montana	669
51	Puerto Rico	276
52	Wyoming	205

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.