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[[File:Asian Americans by state.svg|thumb|upright=2.5|<div style="text-align: center">Proportion of Asian Americans in each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States Census</div>]]
[[File:Asian Americans by county.png|thumb|upright=2.5|<div style="text-align: center">Proportion of [[Asian Americans]] in each county of the [[List of states and territories of the United States|fifty states]], the [[District of Columbia]], and [[Puerto Rico]] as of the [[2020 United States Census]]</div>]]

The '''demographics of Asian Americans''' describe a [[Homogeneity and heterogeneity#Heterogeneity|heterogeneous]] group of people in the [[United States]] who trace their ancestry to one or more [[Asia]]n countries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asian Population in U.S. Grew by 70% in the 80's |author=Felicity Barringer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/02/us/asian-population-in-us-grew-by-70-in-the-80-s.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=March 2, 1990 |access-date=January 10, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Lowe |first=Lisa |chapter=Heterogeneity, Hybridity, Multiplicity: Marking Asian American Differences |title=A Companion to Asian American Studies |series=Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hb-jKArjedIC |editor1-first=Kent A. |editor1-last=Ono |access-date=January 10, 2013 |year=2004 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-4051-1595-7 |page=272 }}</ref><ref name="C4WDefault-10.1353/dsp.1991.0014">{{cite journal |title=Heterogeneity, Hybridity, Multiplicity: Marking Asian American Differences |date=Spring 1991 |issn=1911-1568 |doi=10.1353/dsp.1991.0014 |issue=1 |volume=1 |pages=24–44 |journal=Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies |first=Lisa |last=Lowe|s2cid=145316941 }}</ref>

[[Filipinos|Manilamen]] began to reside in Louisiana as the first Asian Americans to live in the continental in the United States.<ref name="Saint Malo" /> Most Asian Americans have arrived after 1965.<ref name="T2012" /> These individuals make up one-quarter of all immigrants who have arrived in the U.S. since 1965, and 59% of Asian Americans are foreign-born.<ref name="PewApr2010" /> During the [[2010 United States Census]] the largest ethnic groups were [[Chinese American]], [[Filipino Americans]], [[Indian Americans]], [[Vietnamese Americans]], [[Korean Americans]], and [[Japanese Americans]].<ref name="PCT7 2010USC" />

The [[2020 United States Census]] reported approximately 19.9 million people identified as Asian alone in 2020. Adding in the 4.1 million respondents who identified as Asian in combination with another race group, the Asian American population comprised 24 million people (7.2% of the total population).<ref name="2020census-improved-composition">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/08/improved-race-ethnicity-measures-reveal-united-states-population-much-more-multiracial.html |title=2020 Census Illuminates Racial and Ethnic Composition of the Country |year=2020 |publisher=[[United States Census]] |access-date=September 4, 2021}}</ref>

The overall population is highly urbanized<ref name="Lott2004" /> and is concentrated in the [[West Coast of the United States]] and [[New York metropolitan area]].<ref name="PewApr2010" /> Generally, Asian Americans are well educated,<ref name="CensusEdu2003" /> and Asian American households have higher average incomes.<ref name="IPHICUS2005" /> However, socioeconomic status is not uniform among their population.<ref name=WeingartenSmith>{{cite web |url=http://academiccommons.columbia.edu/download/fedora_content/download/ac:124622/CONTENT/pols_w3245_2009_weingarten.pdf |title=Asian American Immigration Status |first1=Liza |last1=Weingarten |first2=Raymond Arthur |last2=Smith |year=2009 |work=Majority Rule and Minority Rights Issue Briefs |publisher=[[Columbia University]] |access-date=March 4, 2012}}</ref> Asian Americans hold diverse religious views, with substantial numbers being religiously unaffiliated or secular, Christian, [[Hinduism|Hindu]], and [[Islam|Muslim]].<ref name="PewRPL2008" /> About 4-5% of Asian Americans identify as LGBT.<ref name="LGBT" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/234863/estimate-lgbt-population-rises.aspx|title=In U.S., Estimate of LGBT Population Rises to 4.5%|first1=Frank|last1=Newport|date=22 May 2018|website=Gallup.com|language=en-us|access-date=10 December 2019}}</ref>

== Background ==
{{Main|History of Asian Americans|History of Asian American immigration}}
The first recorded Asian Americans in the continental United States were a group of [[Filipino people|Filipino]] men who established the small settlement of [[Saint Malo, Louisiana]], after fleeing mistreatment aboard [[New Spain|Spanish]] [[Manila galleon|ships]].<ref name="Saint Malo">{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/ancestorsintheamericas/time_06.html |title=Filipinos in Louisiana |website=[[PBS]] |access-date=January 5, 2011}}</ref> Since there were no women with them, the [[Manilamen]], as they were known, married [[Cajun]] and [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] women.<ref>{{cite book |title=Southeast Asian Americans |last=Wachtel |first=Alan |year=2009 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-0-7614-4312-4 |page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_SzmVM1lCAC&q=louisiana+manilamen+marriage&pg=PR4 |access-date=December 5, 2010}}</ref> In 1778, [[Chinese people|Chinese]] and [[Europe]]an explorers [[First contact (anthropology)|first arrived]] in [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/132/1/JL08005.pdf |title=Chinese Merchant-Adventurers and Sugar Masters in Hawaii: 1802–1852 |author=Wai-Jane Cha |publisher=[[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa]] |access-date=January 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?id=57438&authorid=77566 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117093945/http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?id=57438&authorid=77566 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |title=The Chinese Experience in Hawaii |author=Kalikiano Kalei |date=August 12, 2010 |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |access-date=January 14, 2011 }}</ref> Numerous Chinese and [[Japanese people|Japanese]] began immigrating to the US in the mid-19th century;<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Walter |first1=Yvonne |year=2000 |title=Asian Americans and American Immigration and Naturalization Policy |journal=American Studies Journal |volume=45 |issue=Summer |issn=1433-5239
 |url=http://www.asjournal.org/archive/49/15.html |access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref> numerous Chinese immigrants worked as laborers on the [[First transcontinental railroad]], many who immigrated due to overpopulation and poverty experienced in [[Guangdong]] (Canton).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tcrr-cprr/ |title=General Article: Workers of the Central Pacific Railroad |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2010 |work=WGBH Educational Foundation |publisher=Public Broadcasting Service |access-date=January 6, 2013 |archive-date=March 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318015825/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tcrr-cprr/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the mid-20th century, [[Refugees#Southeast Asia (Vietnam War)|refugees]] from [[Southeast Asia]] fled wars in the homelands to come to the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://seaa.lib.uci.edu/ |title=Southeast Asian Archive |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |work=University of California, Irvine Libraries |publisher=The Regents of the University of California |access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref> Most Asian Americans who immigrated to the United States arrived after 1965, due to [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965|immigration reform]] that ended an [[Asian immigration to the United States|earlier era of exclusion of Asian immigrants]].<ref name=T2012>{{cite news |title=Fueled by immigration, Asians are fastest-growing U.S. group |author=Rebecca Trounson |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2012-jun-18-la-me-asian-americans-20120619-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=June 18, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref>

== Population ==
[[File:Asian-census density map.png|400px|thumb|left|Asian population density]]
{{Historical populations|type=USA|align=right
|1860|34933
|1870|63254
|1880|105613
|1890|109527
|1900|114189
|1910|146863
|1920|182137
|1930|264766
|1940|254918
|1950|321033
|1960|980337
|1970|1538721
|1980|3500439
|1990|6908638
|2000|11896828
|2010|17320856
|2020|24000998
|footnote=Sources<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/appC.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327164259/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/appC.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-03-27 |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States |author=Campbell Gibson |author2=Kay Jung |date=September 2002 |work=Population Division |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 17, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Asian Population 2010" /><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_16_1YR_S0201&prodType=table|title=American FactFinder – Results|website=Factfinder.census.gov|access-date=August 17, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214011051/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_16_1YR_S0201&prodType=table|archive-date=February 14, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Beginning in 2000 and continuing through the latest census, figures now include Multiracial Asian American Americans<br />1910, 1920, 1930, 1960, 1970, and 1980 include [[Pacific Islands American]] population numbers<ref name="census.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-90.html |title=Most Children Younger Than Age 1 are Minorities, Census Bureau Reports – Population – Newsroom – U.S. Census Bureau |publisher=United States Census Bureau |date=May 17, 2012 |access-date=November 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=PEP_2013_PEPALL5N&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212212835/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=PEP_2013_PEPALL5N&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=American FactFinder – Results|website=Factfinder2.census.gov|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
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According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Asian American population, including those of [[Multiracial American|multiracial]] and [[Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic and Latino]] ancestry, per its 2017 [[American Community Survey]] was about 22,408,464.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/B02018 |title=Asian Alone or in Any Combination by Selected Groups |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=American Fact Finder |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=24 February 2019 |quote=Total Groups Tallied: 22,408,464 +/-43,477 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213004629/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/B02018 |archive-date=13 February 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

During the [[2010 United States Census]], there were a total of 17,320,856 Asian Americans, including Multiracial Americans identifying as part Asian. This made Asian Americans 5.6 percent of the total American population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429214029/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-29 |title=Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010 |first1=Karen R. |last1=Humes |first2=Nicholas A. |last2=Jones |first3=Roberto R. |last3=Ramirez |date=March 2011 |work=[[United States Census Bureau]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]] |access-date=December 25, 2011 }}</ref> The largest [[ethnic group]]s represented in the census were Chinese (3.79 million), Filipino (3.41 million), [[Indian people|Indian]] (3.18 million), [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] (1.73 million), [[Koreans|Korean]] (1.7 million), and Japanese (1.3 million).<ref name="PCT7 2010USC">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_PCT7&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213039/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_PCT7&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |title=ASIAN ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OR MORE OTHER RACES, AND WITH ONE OR MORE ASIAN CATEGORIES FOR SELECTED GROUPS |year=2011 |work=[[United States Census Bureau]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]] |access-date=December 25, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/pdf/cb14-ff13_asian_graphic.pdf |title=The Asian Population in the United States |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=United States Census Bureau |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerece |access-date=18 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083247/https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/pdf/cb14-ff13_asian_graphic.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other sizable ethnic groups include [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] (409,000), [[Demographics of Cambodia|Cambodian]] (276,000), [[Hmong people|Hmong]] (260,000), [[Thai people|Thai]] (237,000), [[Lao people|Laotian]] (232,000), [[Demographics of Bangladesh|Bangladeshi]] (147,000), and [[Bamar|Burmese]] (100,000).<ref name="PCT7 2010USC" /> The total population of Asian Americans grew by 46 percent from 2000 to 2010 according to the Census Bureau, which constituted the largest increase of any major racial group during that period.<ref name="FFFCENSUS2011">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb11-ff06.html |title=Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2011 |date=December 7, 2011 |work=Facts for Features |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 4, 2012}}</ref> In 2010, there were an estimated 11,284,000 foreign born individuals who were born in Asia, of whom 57.7% had become [[United States nationality law#Naturalization|naturalized citizens]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-19.pdf |title=The Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2010 |author=Elizabeth M. Grieco |author2=Yesenia D. Acosta |author3=G. Petricia de la Cruz |author4=Christine Gambino |author5=Thomas Gryn |author6=Luke J. Larsen |author7=Edward N. Trevelyan |author8=Nathan P. Walters |date=May 2012 |work=American Community Survey Reports |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209224630/http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-19.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Additionally, 209,128 were Hispanic and Latino, of whom the largest population (101,654) claim [[Mexico]] as their nation of origin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf |title=The Hispanic Population: 2010 |author=Sharon R. Ennis |author2=Merays Rios-Vargas |author3=Nora G. Albert |date=May 2011 |website=United States Census Bureau |publisher=United States Department of Commerce |access-date=May 26, 2013}}</ref>

The [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]] recorded 11.9 million people (4.2 percent of the total population) who reported themselves as having either full or partial [[Race (U.S. census)|Asian]] heritage.<ref name="1-16" /> The largest ethnic subgroups were Chinese (2.7 million), Filipino (2.4 million), Indian (1.9 million), Vietnamese (1.2 million), Korean (1.2 million), and Japanese (1.1 million). Other sizable groups included Cambodians (206,000), Pakistanis (204,000), Lao (198,000), Hmong (186,000), and Thais (150,000).<ref name="1-16">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/c2kbr01-16.pdf |title=The Asian Population: 2000 |last1=Barnes |first1=Jessica S. |last2=Bennett |first2=Claudette E. |date=February 2002 |work=Census 2000 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 10, 2013}}</ref> About one-half of the Asian American population lived in the [[West Coast of the United States|West]], with [[California]] having the most total Asian Americans of any state, at 4.2 million.<ref name="1-16" /> As a proportion of the total population, Hawaii is the only state with an Asian American majority population, at 58 percent;<ref name="1-16" />{{refn|group=note|In terms of Asians alone (not mixed with any other race), Hawaii's population was 37.6% Asian in 2019 (a plurality of the population).<ref>https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/HI/ U.S. Census Bureau. QuickFacts – Hawaii. Retrieved July 26, 2020.</ref>}} [[Honolulu County, Hawaii|Honolulu County]] had the highest percentage of Asian Americans of any [[County (United States)|county]] in the nation, with 62 percent.<ref name="1-16" /> In 2000, 69 percent of all Asian Americans were [[foreign born]], except [[Japanese American]]s, 60 percent of whom were born in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/censr-17.pdf |title=We the People: Asians in the United States |date=December 2004 |work=[[United States Census Bureau]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]] |access-date=March 10, 2011}}</ref>

The [[1990 United States Census|Twenty-first United States Census]], conducted in 1990, recorded 6.9 million people who were called American Asians.<ref name="WtAAsians1990">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/apsd/wepeople/we-3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970318080304/http://www.census.gov/apsd/wepeople/we-3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 18, 1997 |title=We the Americans: Asians |last1=Paisano |first1=Edna L. |last2=Carroll |first2=Deborah L. |last3=June H. |first3=Cowles |last4=DeBarros |first4=Kymberly A. |last5=Robinson |first5=Ann J. |last6=Miles |first6=Kenya N. |last7=Harrison |first7=Roderick J. |date=September 1993 |work=Bureau of the Census |publisher=United States Department of Commerce |access-date=January 10, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The largest ethnic groups were Chinese (23.8 percent), Filipino (20.4 percent), Japanese (12.3 percent), Indian (11.8 percent), Korean (11.6 percent), Vietnamese (8.9 percent), and Laotian (2.2 percent).<ref name="WtAAsians1990" /> Smaller populations, of less than two percent, were documented of the following ethnicities: Cambodian, Thai, Hmong, Pakistani, [[Indonesian American|Indonesian]], [[Malay American|Malay]], Bangladeshi, [[Sri Lankan American|Sri Lankan]], and Burmese.<ref name="WtAAsians1990" /> Two thirds of "American-Asians" lived in the five states of California, New York, Hawaii, Texas, and Illinois.<ref name="WtAAsians1990" /> Additionally their highest population concentrations were in California, New York, and Hawaii.<ref name="WtAAsians1990" /> In 1990, 66 percent of American Asians were foreign-born, with Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians having this highest foreign born populations.<ref name="WtAAsians1990" />

== Distribution ==
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The Asian American population is greatly [[Urbanization|urbanized]], with nearly three-quarters of them living in metropolitan areas with population greater than 2.5 million.<ref name=Lott2004>{{cite report |last=Lott |first=Juanita Tamayo|author-link=Juanita Tamayo Lott |date=9 January 2004 |title=Asian-American Children Are Members of a Diverse and Urban Population |url=https://www.prb.org/asianamericanchildrenaremembersofadiverseandurbanpopulation/ |publisher=Population Reference Bureau |access-date=6 April 2018 }}<br />{{cite journal |last1=Hune |first1=Shirley |date=16 April 2002 |title=Demographics and Diversity of Asian American College Students |journal=New Directions for Student Services |volume=2002 |issue=97 |pages=11–20 |doi=10.1002/ss.35 }}<br />{{cite book|author=Franklin Ng|title=The History and Immigration of Asian Americans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGa42b0VqMEC&pg=PA211|year=1998|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8153-2690-8|page=211}}<br />{{cite book|author1=Xue Lan Rong|author2=Judith Preissle|title=Educating Immigrant Students in the 21st Century: What Educators Need to Know|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KUhOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA133|date=26 September 2008|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4522-9405-6|page=133}}</ref> The three metropolitan areas with the highest Asian American populations are the [[Greater Los Angeles Area]] (1.868 million in 2007), the [[New York metropolitan area]] (1.782 million in 2007), and the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] (1,577,790 in 2007).<ref>{{cite web |title=Selected Population Profile in the United States |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-context=ip&-reg=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201:031;ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201PR:031;ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201T:031;ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201TPR:031&-qr_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201PR&-qr_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201T&-qr_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201TPR&-ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_&-tree_id=3307&-geo_id=31000US16980&-geo_id=31000US19100&-geo_id=31000US31100&-geo_id=31000US35620&-geo_id=31000US41740&-geo_id=31000US41860&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |work=[[United States Census Bureau]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]] |access-date=June 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212041712/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-context=ip&-reg=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201:031;ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201PR:031;ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201T:031;ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201TPR:031&-qr_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201PR&-qr_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201T&-qr_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S0201TPR&-ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_&-tree_id=3307&-geo_id=31000US16980&-geo_id=31000US19100&-geo_id=31000US31100&-geo_id=31000US35620&-geo_id=31000US41740&-geo_id=31000US41860&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |url-status=dead }}<br />{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Sharon M. |year=1998 |title=Asian Americans: Diverse and Growing |journal=Population Bulletin |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=1–40 |publisher=Population Reference Bureau |pmid=12321628 |url=http://www.prb.org/Source/53.2AsianAmerican.pdf |access-date=March 9, 2013 |archive-date=January 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116005353/http://www.prb.org/Source/53.2AsianAmerican.pdf |url-status=dead }}<br />{{cite book |last=Ng |first=Franklin |title=The History and Immigration of Asian Americans |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGa42b0VqMEC&q=Asian%20American%20population%20highly%20urbanized&pg=PA211 |access-date=March 9, 2013 |year=1998 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-8153-2690-8 |page=211 }}</ref> [[New York City]] proper, according to the [[United States 2010 Census]], is home to more than one million Asian Americans, greater than the combined totals of [[San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/nyregion/asian-new-yorkers-asian-new-yorkers-seek-power-to-match-surging-numbers.html?scp=1&sq=asians&st=cse |title=Asian New Yorkers Seek Power to Match Numbers |first=Kirk |last=Semple |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 23, 2011 |access-date=June 24, 2011 |quote=Asians, a group more commonly associated with the West Coast, are surging in New York, where they have long been eclipsed in the city's kaleidoscopic racial and ethnic mix. For the first time, according to census figures released in the spring, their numbers have topped one million — nearly 1 in 8 New Yorkers — which is more than the Asian population in the cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles combined.}}</ref> This trend of a largely urban population continues to be observed in 2015, with significant populations in more expensive coastal cities, and less than five percent living in rural areas.<ref>{{cite news |last=Guo |first=Jeff |date=29 December 2016 |title=The Asian American 'advantage' that is actually an illusion |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/29/the-asian-american-advantage-that-is-actually-an-illusion/ | newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=17 March 2017 }}</ref> Among the ten largest US cities, [[San Diego]] has the greatest proportion of Asian Americans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ameredia.com/resources/demographics/asian_american.html |title=Asian American Statistics |publisher=© 2011 Améredia Incorporated |access-date=June 25, 2011}}<br />{{cite book|author=Jessica S. Barnes|title=Asian Population: 2000: Census 2000 Brief|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vp-Qe1i2jDQC&pg=PA7|date=January 2010|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=978-1-4379-2104-5|page=7}}</ref> As of 2017, West (45%) and California (31%) had the most significant concentrations of the total Asian American populations;<ref name=PewApr2010>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/08/key-facts-about-asian-americans/ |title=Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population |last1=Lopez |first1=Gustavo |last2=Ruiz |first2=Niel G. |last3=Patten |first3=Eileen |date=8 September 2017 |website=FactTank |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> this keeps with historic trends of Asian Americans primarily residing in the [[Western United States]], although there is a shift towards other regions of the United States beginning in the late 20th century.<ref>{{cite book|author=Edith Wen-Chu Chen|title=Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R_t3yQiWKQEC&pg=PA7|year=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-34751-1|page=7}}<br />{{cite book|author=Pyong Gap Min|title=Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tKM5DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA186|year=2006|publisher=Pine Forge Press|isbn=978-1-4129-0556-5|page=186}}<br />{{cite book|author1=Mary Yu Danico|author2=Franklin Ng|title=Asian American Issues|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=stW1ZIQ1f_0C&pg=PR14|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31965-5|page=14}}</ref>

According to the 2010 Census almost three quarters of all Asian Americans live in California, [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Texas]], [[New Jersey]], Hawaii, [[Illinois]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[Florida]], [[Virginia]], and Pennsylvania.<ref name="Asian Population 2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-11.pdf |title=The Asian Population: 2010 |author=Elizabeth M. Hoeffel |author2=Sonya Rastogi |author3=Myoung Ouk Kim |author4=Hasan Shahid |date=March 2012 |work=2010 Census Briefs |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 17, 2012}}</ref> A large proportion of all Asian Americans live in California (5.6 million in 2010),<ref name="FFFCENSUS2011" /><ref>{{cite news |author=Dan Walters |title=California has by far nation's largest Asian-American population |url=http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/03/california-has-by-far-nations-largest-asian-american-population.html |newspaper=Sacramento Bee |date=21 March 2012 |access-date=22 January 2015 }}</ref> [[New York (state)|New York]] (1.6 million in 2010),<ref name="FFFCENSUS2011" /> and Texas (1.1 million in 2010).<ref name="Asian Population 2010" /> Another state with a significant Asian American population is [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlid=53 |title=Asian American/Pacific Islander Profile |date=January 24, 2012 |work=Office of Minority Health |publisher=[[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] |access-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204024943/http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlid=53 |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hawaii had the largest proportion of Asian Americans, with 57% of the state population identifying as Asian or multiracial with at least one part Asian.<ref name="FFFCENSUS2011" /> In [[Vermont]] in 2008, Asian Americans were the largest minority.<ref name="RB1MAY2008">{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Bernstein |title=U.S. Hispanic Population Surpasses 45 Million |url=https://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/011910.html |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080831081414/http%3A//www%2Ecensus%2Egov/Press%2DRelease/www/releases/archives/population/011910%2Ehtml |archive-date= August 31, 2008 |work=[[United States Census Bureau]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]] |date=May 1, 2008 |access-date=August 24, 2009}}</ref> Also, two [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territories]] ([[Guam]] and the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]) have large Asian populations — in 2010, Guam's population was 32.2% Asian, and the population of the Northern Mariana Islands was 49.9% Asian.<ref name="Guam_CNMI">https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DPGU_GUDP1&prodType=table {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413071617/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DPGU_GUDP1&prodType=table |date=April 13, 2016 }} <br /> https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DPMP_MPDP1&prodType=table {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106145130/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DPMP_MPDP1&prodType=table |date=November 6, 2018 }} <br /> American FactFinder. Guam / Northern Mariana Islands Demographic Profile Data (2010). Retrieved July 26, 2020 (archived).</ref>

Asian American populations have grown significantly since the 1970s. However, they are underrepresented in several large urban areas, such as [[Chicago]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Dallas]] and [[Atlanta]], although in some cases, Asian Americans are concentrated in specific urban neighborhoods or [[suburb]]s of these cities.

In regions with large numbers of Asian Americans, communities have developed that are heavily or predominantly Asian. Schools in these areas may offer instruction in languages such as [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]]. These communities are often given unofficial names to reflect their populations, such as [[Chinatown]], [[Little Manila]], [[Little India]], [[Japantown]], [[Little Pakistan]], [[Koreatown]], [[Little Saigon]], and [[Little Cambodia]].
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{|class="wikitable sortable" style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:15px;"
|+'''Metropolitan areas with the highest population of Asian Americans (greater than 250,000 people)(2010 Census)'''<ref>{{cite web |title=America's Asian Population Patterns 2000–2010 |url=http://proximityone.com/cen2010_asian.htm |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=July 19, 2012}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EFEFEF;"
!Metropolitan area
!width="75"| Total
!width="75"|% of total population
|-
|[[Los Angeles]]-[[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]-[[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]], CA [[Greater Los Angeles Area|Metro Area]]
|1,884,669
|14.7%
|-
|[[New York City|New York]]-[[New York metropolitan area|Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area]]
|1,878,261
|9.9%
|-
|[[San Francisco]]-[[Oakland, California|Oakland]]-[[Fremont, California|Fremont]], CA [[San Francisco Bay Area|Metro Area]]
|1,005,823
|23.2%
|-
|[[San Jose, California|San Jose]]-[[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]]-[[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara, CA]] Metro Area
|571,967
|31.1%
|-
|[[Chicago metropolitan area|Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Metro Area]]
|532,801
|5.6%
|-
|[[Washington metropolitan area|Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area]]
|517,458
|9.3%
|-
|[[Honolulu County, Hawaii|Honolulu, HI Metro Area]]
|477,503
|43.9%
|-
|[[Seattle metropolitan area|Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area]]
|392,961
|11.4%
|-
|[[Houston]]-[[Greater Houston|Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro Area]]
|389,007
|6.5%
|-
|[[Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex|Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area]]
|341,503
|5.4%
|-
|[[San Diego]]-[[Carlsbad, California|Carlsbad]]-[[San Marcos, California|San Marcos, CA]] [[San Diego County, California|Metro Area]]
|336,091
|10.9%
|-
|[[Delaware Valley|Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area]]
|295,766
|5.0%
|-
|[[Greater Boston|Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro Area]]
|294,503
|6.5%
|-
|[[Inland Empire (California)|Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area]]
|259,071
|6.1%
|-
|[[Sacramento metropolitan area|Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metro Area]]
|255,995
|11.9%
|-
|[[Atlanta metropolitan area|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area]]
|254,307
|4.8%
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:15px;"
|+'''Metropolitan Areas with the Highest Proportion of Asian Americans (2010 Census)'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/02/0203000.html |title=Anchorage (municipality) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2019-02-19 |archive-date=2012-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905020052/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/02/0203000.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EFEFEF;"
!Metropolitan Area
!width="75"|Total population
!width="75"|% of Asian Americans
|-
|[[Honolulu]], HI MSA
|953,207
|43.9
|-
||[[San Francisco Bay Area]]
|8,153,696
|23.3
|-
||[[Greater Los Angeles Area]]
|17,877,006
|14.7
|-
||[[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]/[[Yolo County, California|Yolo]], CA CMSA
|2,414,783
|11.9%
|-
||[[Puget Sound|Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area]]
|4,274,767
|11.4%
|-
||[[San Diego]], CA MSA
|3,095,313
|10.9%
|-
|[[New York metropolitan area]]
|23,076,664
|9.9%
|-
||[[Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area|Baltimore-Washington]] (''[[Greater Washington Area Asian American Demographics|AA demographics]]'')
|7,608,070
|9.3%
|-
||[[Greater Houston]]
|5,920,416
|6.5
|}
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== Trends ==
Asian Americans, on average, have higher incomes and education levels than [[White American]]s. However, they also have higher poverty rates and lower home ownership rates.<ref name="Broad racial disparities persist">{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15704759 |title=Broad racial disparities persist |work=[[NBC News]] |date=14 November 2006 |access-date=December 18, 2006}}</ref> In addition, homeownership among Asian Americans has increased by twice as much as white Americans in recent years (see [[Homeownership in the United States]]).

=== Education ===
{{See also|Education outcomes in the United States by race and other classifications}}

Asian Americans have the highest [[Educational attainment in the United States#Ethnicity and race|educational attainment]] of any racial group in the country; about 49.8% of them have at least a [[bachelor's degree]].<ref name="CensusEdu2003">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p20-550.pdf |title=Educational Attainment in the United States: 2003 |first=Nicole |last=Stoops |date=June 2004 |work=[[United States Census Bureau]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]] |access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref> Since the 1990s, Asian American students often have the highest math averages in [[standardized test]]s such as the [[SAT]]<ref name="UCRhandbook">{{cite web |url=http://www.mfas.ucr.edu/publications/Handbook_of_Asian_American_Psychology_Chapter-Ruth_6-27-05.doc |title=School Performance |year=2004 |work=The Multicultural Families and Adolescents Study |publisher=[[University of California, Riverside]] |access-date=February 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221225215/http://www.mfas.ucr.edu/publications/Handbook_of_Asian_American_Psychology_Chapter-Ruth_6-27-05.doc |archive-date=February 21, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Students' SAT Scores Stay in Rut |first=Stephanie |last=Banchero |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703466704575489573310055484 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=September 14, 2010 |access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref> and [[Graduate Record Examination|GRE]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/RR-96-25-Grandy.pdf |title=Differences in the Survey Responses of Asian American and White Science and Engineering Students |first=Jerille |last=Grandy |date=July 1996 |work=Graduate Record Examinations Board |publisher=[[Educational Testing Service]] |access-date=February 26, 2012 |quote=Self-perceived abilities were consistent with GRE scores. The Asian American sample did, in fact, earn higher average GRE quantitative scores and lower average verbal and analytical scores than the White sample did.}}</ref> Their combined scores are usually higher than those of white Americans.<ref name="UCRhandbook" /> The proportion of Asian Americans at many selective educational institutions exceeds the national population rate. Asians constitute around 10–20 percent of those attending [[Ivy League]] and other elite universities.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/02/08/do_colleges_redline_asian_americans/|title=Do colleges redline Asian-Americans?|author=Kara Miller|date=February 8, 2010|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=February 26, 2012|quote=Indeed, as Princeton's Nieli suggests, most elite universities appear determined to keep their Asian-American totals in a narrow range. Yale's class of 2013 is 15.5 percent Asian-American, compared with 16.1 percent at Dartmouth, 19.1 percent at Harvard, and 17.6 percent at Princeton.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/43824/20100817/asian-american-college-ivy-league.htm|title=Asian-Americans in the Ivy League: A Portrait of Privilege and Discrimination|last=Ghosh|first=Palash R.|date=August 17, 2010|newspaper=[[International Business Times]]|access-date=February 26, 2012|archive-date=January 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103175516/http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/43824/20100817/asian-american-college-ivy-league.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Asian Americans are the largest racial group on seven of the nine [[University of California]] campuses,<ref>{{cite news |title=The New Chinese Exclusion Act |author=Charles C. Johnson |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304803104576428230249769142 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=July 29, 2011 |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> are the largest racial group of [[Undergraduate student|undergraduates]] in the system,<ref>{{cite news |title=Asian-Americans blast UC admissions policy |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30393117 |newspaper=[[Associated Press]] |date=April 24, 2009 |access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref> and make up more than a quarter of [[Graduate students|graduate]] and professional students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://accountability.universityofcalifornia.edu/documents/diversity_subreport_2010.pdf |title=Diversity: Annual Accountability Sub-Report |date=September 2010 |publisher=[[University of California]] |access-date=December 30, 2014 |archive-date=February 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226090809/http://accountability.universityofcalifornia.edu/documents/diversity_subreport_2010.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Asian Americans are more likely to attend college,<ref>{{cite book |title=Whitewashing race: the myth of a color-blind society |last=Brown |first=Michael K. |year=2003 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-23706-3 |page=121 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_EwuLgYWeYMC&q=Asian%20Americans%20more%20likely%20to%20attend%20college&pg=PA121 |access-date=February 26, 2012 |quote=While Asian Americans are far more likely to attend college and are somewhat more likely to complete it, Asian American college graduates earn slightly less than whites.}}</ref> are more likely to apply to competitive colleges,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/08/22/a_new_comparison_of_minority_and_non_minority_college_applicants |title=Who Applies (and Gets in) |first=Scott |last=Jaschik |date=August 22, 2011 |website=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref> and have significantly higher college completion level than other races.<ref name="CensusEdu2003" /> According to a poll targeting Asian Americans in 14 states and the [[District of Columbia]] conducted by the [[Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund]] in 2013, 40 percent of Asian Americans have a [[Academic degree|college degree]], with almost a quarter of them having achieved an education attainment greater than a bachelor's degree.<ref>{{cite news |title=10 Surprising Statistics on the Political Leanings of Asian-American Voters |author=Doris Nhan |url=http://mobile.nationaljournal.com/thenextamerica/politics/10-surprising-statistics-on-the-political-leanings-of-asian-american-voters-20130118 |newspaper=[[National Journal]] |date=January 18, 2013 |access-date=January 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216123217/http://mobile.nationaljournal.com/thenextamerica/politics/10-surprising-statistics-on-the-political-leanings-of-asian-american-voters-20130118 |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> That same year, Asian Americans in their late thirties had the highest percentage (65%) of college graduates for that age group than any other race or ethnicity in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Bloomberg |last=Sunstein |first=Cass |date=3 March 2015 |title=Asian-Americans will soon be wealthiest Americans |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/chi-asian-americans-wealthiest-20150303-story.html |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=6 March 2015 }}</ref> These high education attainment statistics contribute to a stereotype of academic and vocational excellence for Asian Americans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2016/04/11/why-asian-americans-are-the-most-educated-group-in-america/ |title=Why Asian Americans Are the Most Educated Group in America |last=Mekouar |first=Dora |date=11 April 2016 |website=All About America |publisher=Voice of America |access-date=7 October 2018  }}</ref>

However, there are concerns that the goal of [[Multiculturalism|diversity]] in American higher education has had a negative effect on Asians, with charges of [[Racial quota|quotas]] and [[Racial discrimination|discrimination]] starting in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aaads.berkeley.edu/2011/01/what-really-happened-to-diversity/ |title=What Really Happened to Diversity? |first1=Christine |last1=Hong |first2=Catherine |last2=Lee |first3=Andrew |last3=Leong |date=January 17, 2011 |work=Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies |publisher=[[University of California, Berkeley]] |access-date=February 26, 2012 }}<br />{{cite news |title=What Harvard Owes Its Top Asian-American Applicants |first=Stephen |last=Hsu |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/02/03/bloomberg_articlesLYSL8I07SXKY01-LYSL8.DTL |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=February 5, 2012 |access-date=February 26, 2012 }}<br />{{cite web |url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/02/03/federal-probe-raises-new-questions-discrimination-against-asian-american-applicants |title=Is it Bias? Is it Legal? |first=Scott |last=Jaschik |date=February 3, 2012 |website=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |access-date=February 26, 2012 }}<br />{{cite web |url=http://www.asianam.org/statistics%20reverse.htm |title=Statistics on Reverse Discrimination |first=Don W. |last=Joe |publisher=Asian-American Politics |access-date=February 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308152122/http://www.asianam.org/statistics%20reverse.htm |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Asian American test scores are also [[Bimodal distribution|bimodal]]—Asians are over represented both at high scores and low scores.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Junn |first1=Jane |author-link1=Jane Junn |last2=Masuoka |first2=Natalie |year=2008 |title=Asian American Identity: Shared Racial Status and Political Context |journal=Perspectives on Politics |url=http://www.apsanet.org/media/pdfs/popdec08junn.pdf |access-date=February 26, 2012 |doi=10.1017/s1537592708081887 |volume=6 |issue=4 |page=729 |s2cid=144081361 }}<br />{{cite web |url=http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/list/asian-americans-initiative/policymaking.ppt |title=The Need for Disaggregated and Cross-Tabulated Data in Higher Education Policymaking |first=Robert T. |last=Teranishi |work=National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=February 26, 2012 }}<br />{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/these-groups-of-asian-americans-rarely-attend-college-but-california-is-trying-to-change-that |title=These groups of Asian-Americans rarely attend college, but California is trying to change that |last=Krupnick |first=Matt |date=21 May 2015 |website=News Hour |publisher=The Public Broadcasting Service |access-date=12 April 2018 }}<br />{{cite report |author=Mitchell Chang |author2=Gordon Fung |author3=Don Nakanishi |author4=Rodney Ogawa |author5=Katharya Um |author6=Lois Takahashi |author7=Melany De La Cruz-Viesca |author8=Yen Ling Shek |author9=Annie Kuo |author10=Laura Russ |date=September 2012 |title=The State of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Education in California |url=https://www.calstate.edu/externalrelations/documents/API-Education-MRP-Report.pdf |publisher=University of California Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Multicampus Research Program |access-date=7 October 2018 |archive-date=13 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213234007/http://www.calstate.edu/externalrelations/documents/API-Education-MRP-Report.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> A stereotype has been created that Asian Americans only study [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] and health-related fields at their universities (to become engineers, doctors, etc.).<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Williams |first1=Joan C. |last2=Multhaup |first2=Marina |last3=Korn |first3=Rachel |date=31 January 2018 |title=The Problem With 'Asians Are Good at Science' |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/asian-americans-science-math-bias/551903/ |magazine=The Atlantic |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=The Atlantic Monthly Group |access-date=12 April 2018 }}<br />{{cite journal |last1=Weseley |first1=Allyson J. |last2=Chai |first2=Daniel |date=2017 |title=Is STEM running out of steam for Asian Americans? College admissions officers' perceptions of applicants |journal=Asian Journal of Social Psychology |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=45–53 |doi=10.1111/ajsp.12165 |s2cid=151975259 }}</ref> But according to a report by the [[College Board]], Asian Americans do have academic interest in fields like social science, humanities, and education.<ref name=NYCB2008>{{cite report |first1=Robert |last1=Teranishi |first2=John Kuo Wei |last2=Tchen |first3=Elizabeth R. |last3=OuYang |first4=Helen |last4=Zia |first5=Karen |last5=Yoshino |first6=Laurie |last6=Behringer |first7=Tu Lien |last7=Nguyen |first8=Thuy Linh Nguyen |last8=Tu |first9=Stephen J. |last9=Handel |date=2008 |title=Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Facts, Not Fiction: Setting The Record Straight |url=https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/professionals/asian-americans-and-pacific-islanders-facts-not-fiction.pdf |publisher=College Board |docket=National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education |access-date=12 April 2018 }}</ref> According to an opinion piece written in ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]'', Asian Americans are "over-represented" in [[higher education in the United States]], specifically at elite colleges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/12/1/asian-americans-are-overrepresented-at-elite/ |title=Asian Americans Are Overrepresented At Elite Colleges |last=Coscetta |first=Michael T. |date=1 December 2006 |website=The Crimson |access-date=12 April 2018 }}</ref> This includes [[Harvard University]] & [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], where over a fifth of undergraduates are Asian American.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2017/08/07/look-data-and-arguments-about-asian-americans-and-admissions-elite |title=The Numbers and the Arguments on Asian Admissions |last=Jaschik |first=Scott |date=7 August 2017 |website=Inside Higher Ed |publisher=Quad Partners |access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref> Similar increases in Asian American enrollment was found in the University of California system, especially in the late 20th century.<ref name=LeeAALJ2008>{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Sharon S. |date=January 2008 |title=The De-Minoritization of Asian Americans: A Historical Examination of the Representations of Asian Americans in Affirmative Action Admissions Policies at the University of California |url=https://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1144&context=aalj |journal=Asian American Law Journal |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=129–152 |doi=10.15779/Z388P3M |access-date=12 April 2018 |archive-date=4 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904091032/http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1144&context=aalj |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, only a small number of institutions are presented, usually selective enrollment institutions, thus making it appear that Asian Americans make up a large part of a university's student population.<ref name=NYCB2008 /> Moreover, this discrimination brought upon Asian Americans in education has encouraged the [[model minority]] stereotype in American society.<ref name=LeeAALJ2008 /><ref>{{cite report |first1=Nathan |last1=Joo |first2=Richard V. |last2=Reeves |first3=Edward |last3=Rodrigue |date=20 April 2016 |title=Asian-American success and the pitfalls of generalization |url=https://www.brookings.edu/research/asian-american-success-and-the-pitfalls-of-generalization/ |publisher=[[Brookings Institution]] |access-date=12 April 2018 }}</ref> The high expectations placed on Asian American students often cause the problems faced by these students to be overlooked.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=3 October 2015 |title=The model minority is losing patience |url=https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21669595-asian-americans-are-united-states-most-successful-minority-they-are-complaining-ever |magazine=[[The Economist]] |location=London |access-date=12 April 2018 }}<br />{{cite web |url=https://www.uvm.edu/~vtconn/v16/mooko.html |title=The Asian American College Student as Model Minority: The Myth, The Paradox and The Deception |last=Mooko |first=Daren R. |date=1995 |website=The Vermont Connection |publisher=University of Vermont |access-date=12 April 2018 }}<br />{{cite magazine |last=Wong |first=Alia |date=3 August 2017 |title=The Thorny Relationship Between Asians and Affirmative Action |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/08/asians-affirmative-action/535812/ |magazine=The Atlantic |access-date=12 April 2018 }}</ref> Issues related to social pressure and mental health are often overlooked due to the idea of the model minority.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Yeh |first1=Theresa Ling |date=16 April 2002 |title=Asian American College Students Who Are Educationally at Risk |journal=New Directions for Student Services |volume= 2002|issue=97 |pages=61–72 |doi=10.1002/ss.39 }}</ref> Education is one of the main aspects that are given a high regard in the social expectations of Asian Americans.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kiang |first1=Lisa |last2=Huynh |first2=Virginia W. |first3=Charissa S. L. |last3= Cheah |first4=Yijie |last4= Wang |first5= Hirokazu |last5=Yoshikawa |author5-link=Hirokazu Yoshikawa |date=2017 |title=Moving Beyond the Model Minority |journal=Asian American Journal of Psychology |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.1037/aap0000070 }}</ref>

=== Income ===
{{Further|Income in the United States}}
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While Asian Americans have higher [[Household income in the United States|household]] and [[Personal income in the United States|personal income]] levels than any other racial demographic, the Asian [[Poverty in the United States|poverty rate]] is higher than that of European Americans.<ref name="Census Income 2005">US Census Bureau publication p&nbsp;60–231 {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p60-231.pdf |title=Income, Poverty and Health Insurance in the United States: 2005 |access-date=December 18, 2006 }}</ref> In 2005, the median per capita income for Asian Americans was estimated at $27,331, compared to $26,496 for [[White American|Whites]], $16,874 for [[African American]]s, and $14,483 for those identifying as [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]; the median household income of Asian Americans was estimated at $61,094, compared to $48,554 for European Americans.<ref name=IPHICUS2005>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p60-231.pdf |title=Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005 |author=Carmen DeNavas-Walt |author2=Bernadette D. Proctor |author3=Cheryll Hill Lee |date=August 2006 |work=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 2, 2013}}</ref> Additionally 28 percent of Asian American households had [[Six figure income|incomes exceeding $100,000]], compared to 18 percent of the overall population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/microsites/publicaffairs/StateoftheAsianAmericanConsumerReport.pdf |title=State of the Asian American Consumer |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2012 |publisher=The Nielsen Company |access-date=April 2, 2013}}</ref> In 2006, Asian American households were slightly larger than other households, with fewer households with no earners.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/06/art2full.pdf |title=Food-at-home expenditures of Asian households |author=Shiao-Lin Shirley Tsai |author2=Lucilla Tan |date=June 2006 |publisher=Bureau of Labor Statistics |access-date=April 2, 2013}}</ref>

In 2008, Asian American households had the highest median income in the US, at $65,637; however, 11.8 percent of Asians were in poverty in 2004, higher than the 8.6 percent rate for non-Hispanic whites.<ref name=Income2008>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-236.pdf |title=Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008 |year=2009 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=9}}</ref> This is largely due to the fact that a high percentage of Asian Americans are immigrants, and independently of race, immigrants are more likely than the native-born to be poor. Once country of birth and other demographic factors are taken into account, Asian Americans are no more likely than non-Hispanic whites to live in poverty.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Poverty among Asian Americans in the 21st Century|first1=Isao|last1=Takei|first2=Arthur|last2=Sakamoto|date=August 17, 2018|journal=Sociological Perspectives|volume=54|issue=2|pages=251–276|doi=10.1525/sop.2011.54.2.251|jstor=10.1525/sop.2011.54.2.251|s2cid=147015408}}</ref> Much of this poverty is concentrated in ethnic enclaves, such as [[Chinatowns]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080616082623/http://sampan.org/pastissues/2005/0401/FinancingHousing.htm Financing Affordable Housing: A Primer By Rick Liu, Sampan] (archived from [http://sampan.org/pastissues/2005/0401/FinancingHousing.htm the original] on June 16, 2008)</ref> {{Col-2}}
[[File:Race Income.png|thumb|Median household and personal income along racial lines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/perinc/new03_000.htm |title=Table PINC-03. Educational Attainment—People 25 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Earnings in 2005, Work Experience in 2005, Age, Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex. |date=August 29, 2006 |work=Annual Demographic Survey |publisher=U.S. Census |access-date=June 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104105554/http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/perinc/new03_000.htm |archive-date=January 4, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/hhinc/new06_000.htm |title=Table HINC-06. Income Distribution to $250,000 or More for Households: 2005 |date=August 29, 2006 |work=Annual Demographic Survey |publisher=U.S. Census |access-date=June 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104041530/http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/hhinc/new06_000.htm |archive-date=January 4, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref>]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:80%; margin-right:10px"
|+ '''Household income distribution, by race/ethnicity, 2009'''
|+ ''Source: United States Census Bureau''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0690.pdf |title=Table 690. Money Income of Households—Percent Distribution by Income Level, Race, and Hispanic Origin, in Constant (2009) Dollars: 1990 to 2009 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2012 |work=[[United States Census Bureau]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]] |access-date=22 October 2014}}</ref>
!Race/ethnic group
!Type of income
!<$15k
!$15k-<br />$25k
!$25k-<br />$35k
!$35k-<br />$50k
!$50k-<br />$75k
!$75k-<br />$100k
!>$100k
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!rowspan=1|All [[Americans]]
|[[Household income in the United States|Households]]||13.0%||11.9%||11.1%||14.1%||18.1%||11.5%||20.1%
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!rowspan=1|[[European Americans]]
|[[Household income in the United States|Households]]||11.4%||11.6%||10.8%||14.2%||18.7%||12.0%||21.4%
|-
!rowspan=1|[[African American]]s
|[[Household income in the United States|Households]]||23.5%||15.4%||13.4%||14.5%||15.1%||8.7%||9.3%
|-
!rowspan=1|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] & [[Pacific Islands American|Pacific Islanders]]
|[[Household income in the United States|Households]]||11.7%||7.9%||8.2%||11.1%||16.9%||11.8%||32.4%
|-
!rowspan=1|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|[[Household income in the United States|Households]]||16.5%||15.2%||14.3%||15.4%||17.6%||9.1%||11.7%
|}
{{Col-end}}In 2010, the median household income of Asian Americans had increased to $67,022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb12-ff09.html|title=Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2012|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=March 21, 2012|work=United States Census Bureau|publisher=United States Department of Commerce|access-date=April 2, 2013}}</ref> As with educational achievement, economic prosperity is not uniform among all Asian American groups.<ref name="WeingartenSmith2">{{cite web|url=http://academiccommons.columbia.edu/download/fedora_content/download/ac:124622/CONTENT/pols_w3245_2009_weingarten.pdf|title=Asian American Immigration Status|last1=Weingarten|first1=Liza|last2=Smith|first2=Raymond Arthur|year=2009|work=Majority Rule and Minority Rights Issue Briefs|publisher=[[Columbia University]]|access-date=March 4, 2012}}</ref> In 2005 Census figures show that an average white male with a college diploma earns around $66,000 a year, while similarly educated Asian men earn around $52,000 a year.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRgXgVf59vEC&pg=PA85|title=New Directions in Diversity: A New Approach to Covering America's Multicultural Communities|author=George Padgett|publisher=Marion Street Press|year=2006|isbn=978-1-933338-04-0|page=85}}<br />{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJkUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA159|title=Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women|author=T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting|date=September 2008|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-4064-4|page=159}}<br />{{cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/black-asian-women-with-college-degree-outearn-white-women/|title=Black, Asian women with college degree outearn white women|last=Armas|first=Genaro C.|date=28 March 2018|work=Seattle Times|access-date=10 October 2018|quote=A white male with a college diploma earns far more than any similarly educated man or woman — in excess of $66,000 a year, according to the Census Bureau. Among men with bachelor’s degrees, Asians earned more than $52,000 a year, Hispanics earned $49,000 and blacks earned more than $45,000.}}</ref>

However, by 2008, according to the College Board and United States Census Bureau, Asian American males with similar education achievement as their White American male counterparts earned more than their White American male counterparts (median AM = $71K, median WM = $66K). Asian American females also earned more than their White American female counterparts (median AF = $67K, median WF = $51K).<ref>{{cite report|url=https://trends.collegeboard.org/education-pays/figures-tables/median-earnings-race-ethnicity-gender-and-education-level-2008|title=Median Earnings by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Education Level, 2008|date=2009|publisher=College Board|access-date=31 October 2018}}</ref>

As of 2015, that trend continued.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://trends.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/education-pays-2016-full-report.pdf|title=Education Pages 2016: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society|author=Jennifer Ma|author2=Matea Pender|date=2016|publisher=College Board|page=21|author3=Meredith Welch|access-date=31 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/01/racial-gender-wage-gaps-persist-in-u-s-despite-some-progress/|title=Racial, gender wage gaps persist in U.S. despite some progress|website=Pew Research Center|date=July 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref>

=== Population growth ===
Asian American population growth is fueled largely by [[immigration]]. Natural population growth accounts for a small proportion of the 43 percent increase in total Asian American population between 2000 and 2010.<ref name="Asian Population 2010" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf |title=Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010 |author=Karen R. Hume |author2=Nicholas A. Jones|author3=Roberto R. Ramirez |date=March 2011 |work=U.S. Census Bureau |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce |access-date=31 May 2011 |quote=Table 8. The Asian Population and Largest Multiple-Race Combinations by Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States:2010. Asian Alone or in Combination/Hispanic or Latino/598,146/100.0/(X) | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110602011039/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf| archive-date= 2 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/cenbr01-1.pdf |title=Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2000 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

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==== Asian American 2022 Population Estimates ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Ancestry !! Population estimate <ref name="auto1">{{cite web | url=http://facts.aapidata.com/nationaldata/ | title=Community Facts }}</ref>
|-
| Bangladeshi || 213,372
|-
| Burmese || 189,250
|-
| Cambodian || 300,360
|-
| Chinese || 5,205,461
|-
| Desi/Indian || 4,506,308
|-
| Filipino || 4,089,570
|-
| Hmong || 320,164
|-
| Indonesian || 126,935
|-
| Japanese || 782,772
|-
| Korean || 1,468,279
|-
| Laotian || 262,229
|-
| Nepalese || 175,005
|-
| Pakistani || 526,956
|-
| Sri Lankan || 52,448
|-
| Taiwanese || 213,774
|-
| Thai || 329,343
|-
| Vietnamese || 2,162,610
|-
| Other Asian,<br />specified || 7,815
|-
| Other Asian,<br />not specified || 673,674
|-
| '''Total''' || '''22,408,464'''
|}
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==== Ancestry By Country Region ====

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Ancestry !! Population<br />2022<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.census.gov/about/partners/cic/resources/data-links/asian/acs.html | title=Asian American: American Community Survey (ACS) Reports }}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| [[South Asian Americans|South Asians]] || 6,268,769
|-
| [[East Asian Americans|East Asians]] || 6,258,943
|-
| [[Southeast Asian Americans|Southeast Asians]] || 7,780,461
|}
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==== Asian American alone ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Ancestry !! Population<br />2000 !! Population<br />2010 !! Population<br />2023 !!Percent Change 2000-2010
|-
| [[Bangladeshi Americans|Bangladeshi]] || 46,905 || 142,080 || 289,423 || 202.9%
|-
| [[Bhutanese Americans|Bhutanese]] || 192 || 18,814 || 15,037 || 9,699.0%
|-
| [[Burmese Americans|Burmese]] || 14,620 || 95,536 || 220,379 || 553.5%
|-
| [[Cambodian Americans|Cambodian]] || 183,769 || 255,497 || 257,203 || 39.0%
|-
| [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]] || 2,564,190 || 3,535,382 || 4,228,441 || 37.9%
|-
| [[Filipino Americans|Filipino]] || 1,908,125 || 2,649,973 || 3,103,814 || 38.9%
|-
| [[Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] || 119,829 || – || – || – 
|-
| [[Hmong Americans|Hmong]] || 174,712 || 252,323 || 337,925 || 44.4%
|-
| [[Indian Americans|Indian]] || 1,718,778 || 2,918,807 || 4,713,643 || 69.8%
|-
| [[Indonesian American|Indonesian]] || 44,186 || 63,383 || 76,478 || 69.7%
|-
| [[Japanese Americans|Japanese]] || 852,237 || 841,824 || 725,773 || −1.2%
|-
| [[Korean Americans|Korean]] || 1,099,422 || 1,463,474 || 1,466,761 || 33.1%
|-
| [[Laotian Americans|Laotian]] || 179,103 || 209,646 || 176,801 || 17.1%
|-
| [[Malaysian Americans|Malaysian]] || 15,029 || 21,868 || 26,002 || 45.5%
|-
| [[Maldivian Americans|Maldivian]] || 29 || 102 || – || 251.7%
|-
| [[Mongolian Americans|Mongolian]] || 3,699 || 15,138 || 39,237 || 309.2%
|-
| [[Nepalese Americans|Nepalese]] || 8,209 || 57,209 || 208,748 || 596.9%
|-
| [[Pakistani Americans|Pakistani]] || 164,628 || 382,994 || 607,713 || 132.6%
|-
| [[Ryukyuan Americans|Ryukyuan]] || 6,138 || 5,681 || – || −7.4%
|-
| [[Singaporean Americans|Singaporean]] || 2,017 || 4,569 || 7,733 || 126.5%
|-
| [[Sri Lankan Americans|Sri Lankan]] || 21,364 || 41,456 || 68,525 || 94.0%
|-
| [[Taiwanese Americans|Taiwanese]] || 118,827 || 199,387 || 262,269 || 67.6%
|-
| [[Thai Americans|Thai]] || 120,918 || 182,872 || 202,982 || 51.2%
|-
| [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]] || 1,169,672 || 1,632,717 || 1,908,676 || 39.6%
|-
| Other Asian,<br />not specified || 162,913 || 238,332 || 235,482 || 46.3%
|-
| '''Total''' || '''10,242,998''' || '''14,674,252''' || '''20,052,323''' || '''43.3%'''
|}
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==== With multiracial identifiers ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Ancestry !! Population<br />2000 !! Population<br />2010 !! Population<br />2023 !! Percent Change 2000–2010
|-
| Bangladeshi || 57,412 || 147,300 || 304,245 || 156.6%
|-
| Bhutanese || 212 || 19,439 || 20,462 || 9,069.3%
|-
| Burmese || 16,720 || 100,200 || 240,805 || 499.3%
|-
| Cambodian || 206,052 || 276,667 || 361,760 || 34.3%
|-
| Chinese || 2,865,232 || 4,010,114 || 5,457,033 || 40.0%
|-
| Filipino || 2,364,815 || 3,416,840 || 4,640,313 || 44.5%
|-
| Hispanic || – || 598,146 || – || – 
|-
| Hmong || 186,310 || 260,073 || 363,565 || 39.6%
|-
| Indian || 1,899,599 || 3,183,063 || 5,160,203 || 67.6%
|-
| Indonesian || 63,073 || 95,270 || 147,014 || 51.0%
|-
| Japanese || 1,148,932 || 1,304,286 || 1,646,953 || 13.5%
|-
| Korean || 1,228,427 || 1,706,822 || 2,023,517 || 38.9%
|-
| Laotian || 198,203 || 232,130 || 245,045 || 17.1%
|-
| Malaysian || 18,566 || 26,179 || 48,179 || 41.0%
|-
| Maldivian || 51 || 127 || – || 149.0%
|-
| Mongolian || 5,868 || 18,344 || 51,954 || 212.6%
|-
| Nepalese || 9,399 || 59,490 || 223,930 || 532.9%
|-
| Pakistani || 204,309 || 409,163 || 684,438 || 100.3%
|-
| Ryukyuan || 10,599 || 11,326 || – || 6.9%
|-
| Singaporean || 2,394 || 5,347 || 12,435 || 123.4%
|-
| Sri Lankan || 24,587 || 45,381 || 84,526 || 84.6%
|-
| Taiwanese || 132,038 || 215,582 || 331,224 || 65.2%
|-
| Thai || 150,283 || 237,583 || 343,265 || 58.1%
|-
| Vietnamese || 1,223,736 || 1,737,433 || 2,347,344 || 42.0%
|-
| Other Asian,<br />not specified || 376,723 || 623,761 || 623,703 || 65.6%
|-
| '''Total''' || '''11,898,828''' || '''17,320,856''' || '''25,887,478''' || '''45.6%'''
|}
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== Language ==
{{Main|Languages of the United States}}
According to the [[2000 United States Census|2000 Census]], the more prominent languages of the Asian American community include the Chinese languages (Mandarin, [[Standard Cantonese|Cantonese]], [[Taishanese]], and [[Hokkien]]), Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Gujarati.<ref name="CensusLang">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-29.pdf|title=Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2000: Census 2000 Brief|website=census.gov|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> In 2008, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese languages were all used in elections in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Texas, and Washington state.<ref name="AsianLang">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080731133121/http://www.eac.gov/News/press/eac-issues-glossaries-of-election-terms-in-five-asian-languages/ EAC Issues Glossaries of Election Terms in Five Asian Languages Translations to Make Voting More Accessible to a Majority of Asian American Citizens]. Election Assistance Commission. June 20, 2008. (archived from [http://www.eac.gov/News/press/eac-issues-glossaries-of-election-terms-in-five-asian-languages/ the original] on July 31, 2008)</ref>

In 2010, there were 2.8 million people (5 and older) who spoke a [[Chinese language]] at home;<ref name="AHM2012" /> after the [[American English|English]] and [[Spanish language]]s, it is the third most common language in the United States.<ref name="AHM2012">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb12-ff09.html |title=Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2012 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=March 21, 2012 |work=United States Census Bureau |publisher=United States Department of Commerce |access-date=January 12, 2013}}</ref> Other sizeable [[Languages of Asia|Asian languages]] are [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], [[Hindustani language|Hindi/Urdu]], and [[Korean language|Korean]], with all four having more than 1 million speakers in the United States.<ref name="AHM2012" /><ref name="2011 survey">{{Citation|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acs-22.pdf|title=Table 53. Languages Spoken At Home by Language: 2011|work=Language use in the United States, August 2013|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2016-02-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205101044/http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acs-22.pdf|archive-date=February 5, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B16001&prodType=table|title=American FactFinder – Results|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213140/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B16001&prodType=table|archive-date=February 12, 2020|df=mdy-all|access-date=August 16, 2017}}</ref>

In 2012, [[Alaska]], California, Hawaii, [[Illinois]], Massachusetts, [[Michigan]], [[Nevada]], [[New Jersey]], New York, Texas and Washington were publishing election material in Asian languages in accordance with the [[Voting Rights Act]].<ref name="TPratt18OCT12NYT" /> These include Tagalog, [[Mandarin Chinese]], Vietnamese, [[Standard Hindi|Hindi]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]].<ref name="TPratt18OCT12NYT">{{cite news |title=More Asian Immigrants Are Finding Ballots in Their Native Tongue |author=Timothy Pratt |location=Las Vegas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/us/politics/more-asian-immigrants-are-finding-ballots-in-their-native-tongue.html?_r=0 |newspaper=New York Times |date=October 18, 2012 |access-date=January 12, 2013}}</ref> Election materials were also available in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Khmer language|Khmer]], Korean, and [[Thai language|Thai]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Five new Asian languages make their debut at the polls |author=Leslie Berestein Rojas |url=http://www.scpr.org/blogs/multiamerican/2012/11/06/10917/five-new-asian-languages-make-their-debut-polls/ |newspaper=KPCC |date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=January 12, 2013}}</ref> According to a 2013 poll conducted by the [[Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund]], 48 percent of Asian Americans considered [[Ethnic media|media in their native language]] as their primary news source.<ref>{{cite news |title=Half of Asian Americans rely on ethnic media: poll |author=Shaun Tandon |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j9a2fd2pl5VdCcAJ4QPD4ou3HsuQ?docId=CNG.bef0de9c35071a6327f04b90055f047a.71 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216042259/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j9a2fd2pl5VdCcAJ4QPD4ou3HsuQ?docId=CNG.bef0de9c35071a6327f04b90055f047a.71 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |date=January 17, 2013 |access-date=January 25, 2013}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Language !! Population<br />2016 !! Speak English<br />"very well" !! Speak English<br />less than "very well"
|-
| [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || 3,372,930 || 1,518,619 || 1,854,311
|-
| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || 1,701,960|| 1,159,211 || 542,749
|-
| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || 1,509,994 || 634,273 || 875,720
|-
| [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] || 1,285,358 || 985,291 || 304,227
|-
| [[Korean language|Korean]] || 1,088,788 || 505,734 || 583,054
|-
| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || 464,535 || 265,552 || 197,983
|-
| [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] || 407,520 || 265,219 || 139,612
|-
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || 365,566 || 264,368 || 143,152
|-
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || 324,008 || 182,447 || 141,561
|-
| [[Tai-Kadai languages|Tai-Kadai]] || 307,442 || 152,210 || 155,212
|-
| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || 287,491 || 168,743 || 118,748
|-
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || 273,332 || 221,997 || 51,355
|-
| [[Hmong languages|Hmong]] || 224,133 || 133,163 || 90,970
|-
| [[Khmer language|Khmer]] || 203,115 || 102,364 || 100,751
|-
| [[Austronesian languages|Other Austronesian languages]] || 467,718 || 291,405 || 176,313
|-
| [[Indo-Aryan languages|Other Indic languages]] || 409,631 || 244,847 || 164,784
|-
| [[Dravidian languages|Other Dravidian languages]] || 241,678 || 184,233 || 57,445
|-
| [[Languages of Asia|Other languages of Asia]] || 384,154 || 175,146 || 209,008
|}

== Religion ==
{{See also|Religion in the United States}}
Asian American [[religion|religious]] preferences are wide-ranging and tend to be more diverse than those other races in the United States.<ref>{{cite book |title=Religion, race, and the American presidency |last=Espinosa |first=Gastón |year=2008 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=[[Lanham, Maryland]] |isbn=978-0-7425-6321-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/religionraceamer0000espi/page/188 188] |url=https://archive.org/details/religionraceamer0000espi |url-access=registration |quote=Religions Asian Americans. |access-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> The growth of Asian American immigration since 1965 has contributed to this diversity.<ref name="PHarvey2012">{{cite book |title=The Columbia Guide to Religion in American History |last=Harvey |first=Paul |year=2012 |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |isbn=978-0-231-14020-1 |page=330 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5jxoW5s1rkC&q=Religions%20%22Asian%20Americans%22&pg=PT331 |access-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> Until recently, a dearth of scholarship regarding Asian American religious beliefs led to a [[stereotype]] that Asian Americans are not religious or [[Spirituality|spiritual]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Asian American religions: the making and remaking of borders and boundaries |last1=Carnes |first1=Tony |first2=Fenggang |last2=Yang |year=2004 |publisher=[[New York University]] Press |isbn=978-0-8147-1630-4 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HAsavm4R-GIC&q=asian%20american%20religion&pg=PA3 |access-date=March 7, 2012}}</ref> Although 59 percent of Asian Americans believe strongly in the existence of [[Monotheism|one]] or [[Polytheism|more]] [[Deity|gods]], 30 percent identify as "[[Secularity|secular]]" or "somewhat secular." Only 39 percent of Asian American households belong to a local church or [[temple]], due to [[atheism]] or adherence to [[Eastern religions]] without congregational traditions.<ref>{{cite book |title=Religion in a free market: religious and non-religious Americans, who, what, why, where |last1=Kosmin |first1=Barry Alexander |first2=Ariela |last2=Keysar |year=2006 |publisher=Paramount Market Publishing |location=[[Ithaca, New York]] |isbn=978-0-9766973-6-7 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/religioninfreema0000kosm/page/241 241]–242 |url=https://archive.org/details/religioninfreema0000kosm |url-access=registration |quote=Religions Asian Americans. |access-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref>

No religious affiliation claims a majority of Asian Americans. The [[Trinity College, Hartford|Trinity College]] American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) in 2008 found that of Asian Americans, 27% identified as none or agnostic, 21% identified with an Eastern religion, 17% identified as [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]], 10% identified as generically [[Christianity in the United States|Christian]], 6% identified as [[mainline Protestant]], 3% identified as Baptist, 2% identified as Penecostal or other Protestant, and 8% identified as [[Islam in the United States|Muslim]].<ref name="ARIS2008">{{cite web |url=http://commons.trincoll.edu/aris/files/2011/08/ARIS_Report_2008.pdf |title=American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS 2008) |first1=Barry A. |last1=Kosmin |first2=Ariela |last2=Keysar |date=March 2009 |work=Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society & Culture |publisher=[[Trinity College, Hartford|Trinity College]] |access-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref><ref name="ANORGrelig">{{cite web |url=http://www.asian-nation.org/religion.shtml |title=Religion, Spirituality, and Faith |first=C.N. |last=Le |year=2012 |publisher=Asian-Nation.org |access-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> A separate 2008 survey of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that 17% of Asians identify as Catholic, 17% as evangelical Protestant, 14% as Hindu, 11% as secular, 3% as atheist, 4% as agnostic, and 5% as other unaffiliated.<ref name="PewRPL2008">{{cite web |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2008/02/01/chapter-3-religious-affiliation-and-demographic-groups/|title=U.S. Religious Landscape Survey: Religious Affiliation: Diverse and Dynamic |first=Luis |last=Lugo |author2=Sandra Stencel |author3=John Green |author4=Gregory Smith |author5=Dan Cox |author6=Allison Pond |author7=Tracy Miller |author8=Elizabeth Podrebarac |author9=Michelle Ralston |date=February 2008 |work=Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]] |access-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> In 2012, a [[Pew Research Center]] survey of the Faiths of Asian Americans found that a plurality of Asian American respondents (42%) were Christian, followed by those who were [[Irreligion in the United States|unaffiliated]] (26%), [[Buddhism in the United States|Buddhist]] (14%), [[Hinduism in the United States|Hindu]] (10%), and Muslim (4%).<ref name="JUL12PRC">{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/Asian-Americans-A-Mosaic-of-Faiths-overview.aspx |title=Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths |date=July 19, 2012 |work=The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=August 12, 2012 |archive-date=July 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716064702/http://www.pewforum.org/Asian-Americans-A-Mosaic-of-Faiths-overview.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> The 2008 Pew survey found that about a third of American Buddhists are Asian.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2008/02/01/u-s-religious-landscape-survey-religious-affiliation/|title=U.S. Religious Landscape Survey: Religious Affiliation|publisher=Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life|date=February 1, 2008}}</ref>

Both the 2008 ARIS survey and the 2008 Pew survey found that of all major U.S. demographics, Asian Americans had the highest number of respondents who did not claim a religion or refused to divulge their religious affiliation.<ref name="PewRPL2008" /><ref name="ARIS2008" /> A [[The Gallup Organization|Gallup]] poll conducted in 2010 found that Asian Americans were the group least likely to say that religion was important in their daily lives, although a 54 percent majority of respondents still said that religion was important in their daily lives.<ref name=Gallup>{{cite web |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/125579/asian-americans-lean-left-politically.aspx|title=Asian-Americans Lean Left Politically |first=Jeffrey M. |last=Jones |date=February 3, 2010 |publisher=Gallup |access-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref>

Filipino Americans are majority Catholic, and a significant minority of Vietnamese Americans are as well.<ref name="PHarvey2012" />  Most Muslim Asian Americans come from, or trace their ancestry to, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite thesis |degree=Master of Arts |title=Integration and Isolation: A Comparative Study of Immigrant Muslims in the United States and the United Kingdom |url=http://lauder.wharton.upenn.edu/pages/pdf/Integration_and_Isolation_A_Comparative_Study_of_Immigrant_Muslims_in_the_US_and_UK.pdf |last=Syed |first=Farhan A. |year=2006 |publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania]] |access-date=May 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720214954/http://lauder.wharton.upenn.edu/pages/pdf/Integration_and_Isolation_A_Comparative_Study_of_Immigrant_Muslims_in_the_US_and_UK.pdf |archive-date=July 20, 2011 }}</ref>

== Sexuality ==
According to a Gallup survey conducted from June to September 2012, 4.3 percent of Asian Americans self identify as [[LGBT]]. This compares with [[African-American LGBT community|4.6 percent of African-Americans]], 4 percent of Hispanic-Americans, 3.2 percent of Caucasian-Americans, and the overall 3.4 percent of American adults that self identify as LGBT in the total population.<ref name=LGBT>{{cite news |title=Gallup study: 3.4 percent of US adults are LGBT |author=David Crary |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.wtop.com/?nid=893&sid=3083798 |newspaper=[[WTOP-FM|WTOP]] |date=October 18, 2012 |access-date=October 23, 2012}}<br />{{cite web |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/158066/special-report-adults-identify-lgbt.aspx |title=Special Report: 3.4% of U.S. Adults Identify as LGBT |author=Gary J. Gates |author2=Frank Newport |date=October 18, 2012 |website=Gallup |access-date=17 March 2017 |quote=Nonwhites are more likely than white segments of the U.S. population to identify as LGBT. The survey results show that 4.6% of African-Americans identify as LGBT, along with 4.0% of Hispanics and 4.3% of Asians. The disproportionately higher representation of LGBT status among nonwhite population segments corresponds to the slightly below-average 3.2% of white Americans who identified as LGBT. }}</ref>

In a Gallup survey conducted in 2017, 4.9 percent of Asian Americans identified as LGBT, representing the second-highest growth of LGBT representation among African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Caucasian Americans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/234863/estimate-lgbt-population-rises.aspx|title=In U.S., Estimate of LGBT Population Rises to 4.5%|last=Inc|first=Gallup|date=2018-05-22|website=Gallup.com|language=en-us|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>

== U.S. states and territories ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! State/Territory !!data-sort-type="number"|Asian American<br />Population<br />(2010)<ref name="Asian Population 2010" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~031 |title=Total Population: Asian Alone or in combination with one or more other races |work=2010 Census Summary File 2 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214004626/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~031 |archive-date=14 February 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> !!data-sort-type="number"|Percentage<br />Asian American<br />(2010)<ref name="Asian Population 2010" /> !!data-sort-type="number"|Asian American<br />Population<br />(2020)<ref name="Asian Population 2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States|date=August 12, 2021 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=August 17, 2021}}</ref> !!data-sort-type="number"|Percentage<br />Asian American<br />(2020)<ref name="Asian Population 2020" />
|-
| {{flag|Alabama}} || 67,036 || 1.4 || 102,777 || 2.0
|-
| {{flag|Alaska}} || 50,402 || 7.1 || 61,460 || 8.4
|-
| {{flag|American Samoa}} || 1,994 || 3.6 || - || -
|-
| {{flag|Arizona}} || 230,907 || 3.6 || 351,132 || 4.9
|-
| {{flag|Arkansas}} || 44,943 || 1.5 || 68,568 || 2.6
|-
| {{flag|California}} || 5,556,592 || 14.9  ||  7,045,163 || 17.8
|-
| {{flag|Colorado}} || 185,589 || 3.7 || 285,784 ||  4.9
|-
| {{flag|Connecticut}} || 157,088 || 4.4 || 205,693 || 5.7
|-
| {{flag|Delaware}} || 33,701 || 3.8 || 50,969 || 5.1
|-
| {{flag|District of Columbia}} || 26,857 || 4.5 || 45,465 || 6.6
|-
| {{flag|Florida}} || 573,083 || 3.0 || 843,005 || 3.9
|-
| {{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] || 365,497 || 3.8 || 565,644 || 5.3
|-
| {{flag|Guam}} || 51,381 || 32.2 || - ||  -
|-
| {{flag|Hawaii}} || 780,968 || 57.4 || 824,143 ||  56.6
|-
| {{flag|Idaho}} || 29,698 || 1.9 || 47,513 || 2.6
|-
| {{flag|Illinois}} || 668,694 || 5.2 || 875,488 || 6.8
|-
| {{flag|Indiana}} || 126,750 || 2.0 || 212,649 || 3.1
|-
| {{flag|Iowa}} || 64,512 || 2.1 || 96,861 || 3.0
|-
| {{flag|Kansas}} || 83,930 || 2.9 || 112,195 || 3.8
|-
| {{flag|Kentucky}} || 62,029 || 1.4 || 98,763 || 2.2
|-
| {{flag|Louisiana}} || 84,335 || 1.9 || 111,836 || 2.4
|-
| {{flag|Maine}} || 18,333 || 1.4 || 25,473  || 1.9
|-
| {{flag|Maryland}} || 370,044 || 6.4 || 502,173 || 8.1
|-
| {{flag|Massachusetts}} || 394,211 || 6.0 || 582,484 || 8.3
|-
| {{flag|Michigan}} || 289,607 || 2.9 || 411,928 || 4.1
|-
| {{flag|Minnesota}}<ref name="auto3">{{cite web |url=http://www.capm.state.mn.us/pdf/2012aptownhall.pdf |title=2012 Asian Pacific Town Hall |author=Brian Kao |work=Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans |publisher=State of Minnesota |access-date=September 11, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> || 247,132 || 4.7 || 357,704 || 6.3
|-
| {{flag|Mississippi}} || 32,560 || 1.1 || 44,931 || 1.5
|-
| {{flag|Missouri}} || 123,571 || 2.1 || 179,336 || 2.9
|-
| {{flag|Montana}} || 10,482 || 1.1 || 16,889 || 1.6
|-
| {{flag|Nebraska}} || 40,561 || 2.2 || 69,006 || 3.5
|-
| {{flag|Nevada}} || 242,916 || 9.0 || 353,593 || 11.4
|-
| {{flag|New Hampshire}} || 34,522 || 2.6 || 46,861 || 3.4
|-
| {{flag|New Jersey}} || 795,163 || 9.0 || 1,046,732 || 11.3
|-
| {{flag|New Mexico}} || 40,456 || 2.0 || 55,997 || 2.6
|-
| {{flag|New York}} || 1,579,494 || 8.2 || 2,173,719 || 10.8
|-
| {{flag|North Carolina}} || 252,585 || 2.6 || 425,449 || 4.1
|-
| {{flag|North Dakota}} || 9,193 || 1.4 || 18,675  || 2.4
|-
| {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} || 26,908 || 49.9 || - || -
|-
| {{flag|Ohio}} || 238,292 || 2.1 || 377,303 || 3.2
|-
| {{flag|Oklahoma}} || 84,170 || 2.2 ||  123,614 || 3.1
|-
| {{flag|Oregon}} || 186,281 || 4.9 || 275,296  || 6.5
|-
| {{flag|Pennsylvania}} || 402,587 || 3.2 || 603,726 || 4.6
|-
| {{flag|Puerto Rico}} || 10,464 || 0.3 || 8,904 || 0.3
|-
| {{flag|Rhode Island}} || 36,763 || 3.5 || 48,450 || 4.4
|-
| {{flag|South Carolina}} || 75,674 || 1.6 || 123,666 || 2.4
|-
| {{flag|South Dakota}} || 10,216 || 1.3 || 18,489 || 2.1
|-
| {{flag|Tennessee}} || 113,398 || 1.8 || 178,683 || 2.6
|-
| {{flag|Texas}} || 1,110,666 || 4.4 || 1,849,226 || 6.3
|-
| {{flag|Utah}} || 77,748 || 2.8 || 125,088  || 3.8
|-
| {{flag|Vermont}} || 10,463 || 1.7 || 16,182 || 2.5
|-
| {{flagicon|US Virgin Islands}} [[U.S. Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands (U.S.)]] || 1,457 || 1.4 || - || -
|-
| {{flag|Virginia}} || 522,199 || 6.5 || 757,282 || 8.8
|-
| {{flag|Washington}} || 604,251 || 9.0 || 939,846 || 12.2
|-
| {{flag|West Virginia}} || 16,465 || 0.9 || 22,281 || 1.2
|-
| {{flag|Wisconsin}} || 151,513 || 2.7 || 216,345 || 3.7
|-
| {{flag|Wyoming}} || 6,729 || 1.2 || 9,473 || 1.6
|-
| ''{{flag|United States of America}}'' || 17,320,856 || 5.6 || 24,000,998 || 7.2
|}

<small>''The above list displays the population of Asian Americans ("Alone, [[Multiracial American|or in combination]]") in US states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, according to the [[2010 United States Census]]''</small>

== Origins of the Asian population (2010 Census) ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! State/Territory !!data-sort-type="number"|[[Chinese American|Chinese]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~035 |title=Total Population: Chinese alone or in any combination |work=2010 Census Summary File 2 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214004620/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~035 |archive-date=14 February 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> !!data-sort-type="number"|[[Filipino American|Filipino]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~038 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212200818/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~038 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 February 2020 |title=Total Population: Filipino alone or in any combination |work=2010 Census Summary File 2 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=4 May 2019 }}</ref> !!data-sort-type="number"|[[Indian American|Indian]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~032 |title=Total Population: Asian Indian alone or in any combination |work=2010 Census Summary File 2 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214004639/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~032 |archive-date=14 February 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> !!data-sort-type="number"|[[Japanese American|Japanese]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~041 |title=Total Population: Japanese alone or in any combination |work=2010 Census Summary File 2 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214004641/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~041 |archive-date=14 February 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> !!data-sort-type="number"|[[Korean American|Korean]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~042 |title=Total Population: Korean alone or in any combination |work=2010 Census Summary File 2 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214004615/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~042 |archive-date=14 February 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> !!data-sort-type="number"|[[Vietnamese American|Vietnamese]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~048 |title=Total Population: Vietnamese alone or in any combination |work=2010 Census Summary File 2 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214004645/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~048 |archive-date=14 February 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> !!data-sort-type="number"|Other Asian
|-
| {{flag|Alabama}} || 11,154 || 8,224 || 14,951 || 4,336 || 10,624 || 8,488 || 9,259
|-
| {{flag|Alaska}}  || 3,726 || 25,424 || 1,911 || 3,926 || 6,542 || 1,446 || 7,427
|-
| {{flag|American Samoa}} || 440 || 1,217 || 3 || 11 || 217 || 34 || 72
|-
| {{flag|Arizona}} || 42,331 || 53,067 || 40,510 || 19,611 || 21,125 || 27,872 || 26,391
|-
| {{flag|Arkansas}} || 6,301 || 6,396 || 7,973 || 2,384 || 3,247 || 6,302 || 12,340
|-
| {{flag|California}} || 1,451,537 || 1,474,707 || 590,445 || 428,014 || 505,225 || 647,589 || 459,075
|-
| {{flag|Colorado}} || 33,344 || 26,242 || 24,135 || 22,714 || 28,177 || 23,933 || 27,044
|-
| {{flag|Connecticut}} || 36,483 || 16,402 || 50,806 || 6,203 || 11,760 || 10,804 || 24,630
|-
| {{flag|Delaware}}  || 7,033 || 4,637 || 12,344 || 1,196 || 3,099 || 1,688 || 3,704
|-
| {{flag|District of Columbia}} || 6,583 || 3,670 || 6,417 || 2,010 || 2,990 || 1,856 || 3,331
|-
| {{flag|Florida}} || 94,244 || 122,691 || 151,438 || 25,747 || 35,629 || 65,772 || 77,562
|-
| {{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] || 54,298 || 28,528 || 105,444 || 14,247 || 60,836 || 49,264 || 52,880
|-
| {{flag|Guam}} || 2,617 || 41,944 || — || 2,368 || 3,437 || 337 || 678
|-
| {{flag|Hawaii}} || 199,751 || 342,095 || 4,737 || 312,292 || 48,699 || 13,266 || 139,872
|-
| {{flag|Idaho}} || 5,473 || 6,211 || 2,786 || 5,698 || 2,806 || 2,154 || 4,570
|-
| {{flag|Illinois}} || 119,308 || 139,090 || 203,669 || 28,623 || 70,263 || 29,101 || 78,640
|-
| {{flag|Indiana}} ||26,038 || 16,988 || 30,947 || 8,437 || 13,685 || 8,175 || 22,480
|-
| {{flag|Iowa}} || 11,494 || 6,026 || 12,525 || 2,854 || 7,375 || 9,543 || 14,695
|-
| {{flag|Kansas}} || 13,448 || 9,399 || 15,644 || 4,178 || 7,756 || 16,074 || 17,431
|-
| {{flag|Kentucky}} || 10,512 || 8,402 || 14,253 || 6,197 || 7,264 || 5,813 || 9,588
|-
| {{flag|Louisiana}} || 11,953 || 10,243 || 13,147 || 3,117 || 4,752 || 30,202 || 10,921
|-
| {{flag|Maine}} || 4,390 || 2,918 || 2,397 || 1,181 || 1,741 || 2,170 || 3,536
|-
| {{flag|Maryland}} || 79,660 || 56,909 || 88,709 || 12,826 || 55,051 || 26,605 || 50,284
|-
| {{flag|Massachusetts}} || 136,866 || 18,673 || 85,441 || 15,358 || 28,904 || 47,636 || 61,343
|-
| {{flag|Michigan}} || 51,525 || 32,324 || 84,750 || 17,412 || 30,292 || 19,456 || 53,848
|-
| {{flag|Minnesota}}<ref name="auto3"/> || 30,047 || 15,660 || 38,097 || 7,995 || 20,995 || 27,086 || 107,252
|-
| {{flag|Mississippi}} || 5,333 || 5,638 || 6,458 || 807 || 2,301 || 7,721 || 4,302
|-
| {{flag|Missouri}} || 26,001 || 17,706 || 26,263 || 7,084 || 12,689 || 16,530 || 17,298
|-
| {{flag|Montana}} ||  1,919 || 2,829 || 930 || 1,854 || 1,369 || 481 || 1,100
|-
| {{flag|Nebraska}} || 5,730 || 4,900 || 6,708 || 3,106 || 3,815 || 8,677 || 7,625
|-
| {{flag|Nevada}} ||39,448 || 123,891 || 14,290 || 21,364 || 18,518 || 12,366 || 13,039
|-
| {{flag|New Hampshire}} || 7,652 || 3,369 || 9,075 || 1,842 || 3,021 || 2,907 || 6,686
|-
| {{flag|New Jersey}} || 149,356 || 126,793 || 311,310 || 19,710 || 100,334 || 23,535 || 64,125
|-
| {{flag|New Mexico}} || 7,668 || 8,535 || 5,727 || 4,889 || 3,760 || 5,403 || 4,474
|-
| {{flag|New York}} || 615,932 || 126,129 || 368,767 || 51,781 || 153,609 || 34,510 || 228,763
|-
| {{flag|North Carolina}} || 40,820 || 29,314 || 63,852 || 12,878 || 25,420 || 30,665 || 49,636
|-
| {{flag|North Dakota}} || 1,762 || 1,704 || 1,740 || 628 || 933 || 791 || 1,635
|-
| {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} ||  3,659 || 19,017 || — || 795 || 2,253 || — || 1,184
|-
| {{flag|Ohio}} || 50,870 || 27,661 || 71,211 || 16,995 || 21,207 || 15,639 || 34,706
|-
| {{flag|Oklahoma}} || 11,658 || 10,850 || 14,078 || 5,580 || 9,072 || 18,098 || 14,834
|-
| {{flag|Oregon}} || 41,374 || 29,101 || 20,200 || 24,535 || 20,395 || 29,485 || 21,191
|-
| {{flag|Pennsylvania}} || 96,606 || 33,021 || 113,389 || 12,699 || 47,429 || 44,605 || 54,838
|-
| {{flag|Puerto Rico}} || 2,751 || 445 || 5,475 || 313 || 205 || 232 || 1,043
|-
| {{flag|Rhode Island}} || 8,228 || 4,117 || 5,645 || 1,455 || 2,658 || 1,615 || 13,045
|-
| {{flag|South Carolina}} || 11,706 || 15,228 || 17,961 || 4,745 || 7,162 || 7,840 || 11,032
|-
| {{flag|South Dakota}} || 1,570 || 1,864 || 1,433 || 696 || 1,179 || 1,002 || 2,472
|-
| {{flag|Tennessee}} || 18,313 || 14,409 || 26,619 || 6,955 || 13,245 || 11,351 || 22,506
|-
| {{flag|Texas}} || 182,477 || 137,713 || 269,327 || 37,715 || 85,332 || 227,968 || 170,134
|-
| {{flag|Utah}} || 16,358 || 10,657 || 7,598 || 12,782 || 7,888 || 9,338 || 13,127
|-
| {{flag|Vermont}} || 2,833 || 1,035 || 1,723 || 842 || 1,271 || 1,206 || 1,553
|-
| {{flagicon|US Virgin Islands}} [[U.S. Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands (U.S.)]] || — || — || — || — || — || — || 1,457
|-
| {{flag|Virginia}} || 72,585 || 90,493 || 114,471 || 20,138 || 82,006 || 59,984 || 82,522
|-
| {{flag|Washington}} || 120,814 || 137,083 || 68,978 || 67,597 || 80,049 || 75,843 || 53,887
|-
| {{flag|West Virginia}} || 3,208 || 3,059 || 3,969 || 1,159 || 1,571 || 1,104 || 2,395
|-
| {{flag|Wisconsin}} || 21,054 || 13,158 || 25,998 || 5,967 || 10,949 || 6,191 || 68,196
|-
| {{flag|Wyoming}} || 1,340 || 1,657 || 739 || 982 || 803 || 283 || 925
|-
| ''{{flag|United States of America}}'' || 4,010,114 || 3,416,840 || 3,183,063 || 1,304,286 || 1,706,822 || 1,737,433 || 1,962,298
|}
<small>''Chinese Americans figures include [[Taiwanese Americans]]; Data for the territories (except Puerto Rico) is from American FactFinder's 2010 United States Census data<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_ASSF_P3&prodType=table {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200214010627/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_ASSF_P3&prodType=table |date=2020-02-14 }} American FactFinder. Ethnic Origin Or Race; 2010 American Samoa Summary File. Retrieved November 9, 2018.</ref><ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_GUSF_P3&prodType=table {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200214010417/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_GUSF_P3&prodType=table |date=2020-02-14 }} American FactFinder. Ethnic Origin Or Race; 2010 Guam Summary File. Retrieved November 9, 2018.</ref><ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_MPSF_P3&prodType=table {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200214010347/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_MPSF_P3&prodType=table |date=2020-02-14 }} American FactFinder. Ethnic Origin Or Race; 2010 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Summary File. Retrieved November 9, 2018.</ref><ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_VISF_P3&prodType=table {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212211956/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_VISF_P3&prodType=table |date=2020-02-12 }} American FactFinder. Race; 2010 U.S. Virgin Islands Summary File. Retrieved November 9, 2018.</ref>''</small>

== See also ==
*[[List of U.S. cities with Asian American majority populations]]
*[[Middle Eastern Americans]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=note}}

== External links ==
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