Ranking of US States By Asian Alone Population in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all US states and DC, California had the highest number of people who identified their race as Asian Alone (6.00M), followed by New York (1.74M), and Texas (1.44M).

On the other hand, Wyoming had the lowest number of people that identified as Asian Alone (6.21K), followed by Montana (9.46K), and Vermont (12.06K).

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 2017
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Rank State Asian Alone Population
1 California 5994813
2 New York 1743582
3 Texas 1439902
4 New Jersey 876021
5 Illinois 736701
6 Washington 671670
7 Florida 608915
8 Virginia 574091
9 Hawaii 533171
10 Massachusetts 478140
11 Pennsylvania 460969
12 Georgia 439982
13 Maryland 400319
14 Michigan 326746
15 North Carolina 316148
16 Minnesota 282291
17 Ohio 278094
18 Arizona 256842
19 Nevada 254993
20 Oregon 196147
21 Colorado 191628
22 Wisconsin 172967
23 Connecticut 171335
24 Indiana 157605
25 Missouri 126718
26 Tennessee 125118
27 Oklahoma 91185
28 Kansas 90378
29 South Carolina 86286
30 Louisiana 84302
31 Iowa 82243
32 Utah 79510
33 Alabama 72154
34 Kentucky 70201
35 Arkansas 50050
36 Nebraska 50028
37 Alaska 48248
38 New Hampshire 39741
39 Delaware 38503
40 Rhode Island 38220
41 New Mexico 36816
42 Mississippi 31824
43 District of Columbia 30145
44 Idaho 26739
45 Maine 16786
46 West Virginia 15371
47 South Dakota 13907
48 North Dakota 13039
49 Vermont 12060
50 Montana 9457
51 Wyoming 6209