Ranking of US States By Asian Alone Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all US states and DC, California had the highest number of people who identified their race as Asian Alone (5.87M), followed by New York (1.72M), and Texas (1.38M).

On the other hand, Wyoming had the lowest number of people that identified as Asian Alone (5.91K), followed by Montana (9.07K), and Vermont (11.10K).

The chart below shows the top 10 states, and the table below shows the ranking of all US states and DC. The information can also be found in the table below.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of US States By Asian Alone Population in 2016
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Rank State Asian Alone Population
1 California 5864838
2 New York 1718013
3 Texas 1379243
4 New Jersey 854615
5 Illinois 720753
6 Washington 638455
7 Florida 587438
8 Virginia 557603
9 Hawaii 535556
10 Massachusetts 460655
11 Pennsylvania 447091
12 Georgia 423322
13 Maryland 391460
14 Michigan 315107
15 North Carolina 299955
16 Minnesota 274219
17 Ohio 265162
18 Arizona 248969
19 Nevada 246563
20 Oregon 189067
21 Colorado 185377
22 Connecticut 168290
23 Wisconsin 167705
24 Indiana 151542
25 Missouri 122191
26 Tennessee 120302
27 Oklahoma 89949
28 Kansas 89781
29 Louisiana 83733
30 South Carolina 82078
31 Iowa 79146
32 Utah 75492
33 Alabama 70132
34 Kentucky 67831
35 Arkansas 48663
36 Nebraska 48046
37 Alaska 46931
38 New Hampshire 38964
39 Rhode Island 38277
40 Delaware 37735
41 New Mexico 36590
42 Mississippi 31363
43 District of Columbia 28903
44 Idaho 25683
45 Maine 16469
46 West Virginia 15547
47 South Dakota 12695
48 North Dakota 11584
49 Vermont 11103
50 Montana 9067
51 Wyoming 5914