Population concentrations of Asian and Pacific Islander working-age population, 2024

State Asian overall Asian Indian Bangladeshi Burmese Cambodian Chinese Filipino Hmong Indonesian Japanese Korean Laotian Nepalese Pakistani Sri Lankan Taiwanese Thai Vietnamese Pacific Islander overall Chamorro Hawaiian Samoan Other Pacific Islander
Alabama 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.9% 0.5% 0.5% 0.6%
Alaska 0.2% 0.9% 0.3% 1.5%
Arizona 1.3% 1.5% 1.2% 1.1% 1.7% 1.6% 1.3% 0.7% 1.1% 2.0% 1.6% 2.3% 2.7% 1.5%
Arkansas 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 2.6% 0.3% 0.9% 2.1%
California 31.0% 19.5% 6.5% 11.9% 35.3% 36.0% 42.7% 31.4% 33.9% 33.0% 31.5% 24.7% 9.7% 12.9% 19.6% 44.6% 26.3% 36.2% 25.5% 26.9% 11.7% 32.9% 33.5%
Colorado 1.0% 0.8% 1.0% 0.8% 0.6% 1.2% 1.4% 1.5% 2.9% 0.9% 1.8% 1.3% 1.3%
Connecticut 0.9% 1.3% 1.4% 1.4% 0.9% 0.5% 0.4% 0.7% 2.4% 1.4% 0.5%
Delaware 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
Washington D.C. 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
Florida 3.3% 4.4% 3.3% 2.6% 2.7% 2.4% 4.0% 2.0% 1.8% 3.7% 1.2% 3.7% 2.1% 7.6% 4.7% 2.4% 2.3% 2.4%
Georgia 2.4% 3.8% 2.5% 3.1% 2.2% 1.7% 1.0% 1.4% 1.2% 4.1% 3.3% 1.8% 2.4% 1.5% 1.8% 3.3% 1.3%
Hawaii 2.8% 0.1% 1.4% 6.6% 24.3% 1.4% 0.6% 22.5% 47.0% 12.2% 12.6%
Idaho 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.5%
Illinois 3.8% 5.7% 1.7% 3.7% 1.3% 3.0% 4.5% 2.2% 3.9% 2.8% 1.9% 7.8% 2.9% 4.2% 1.6% 0.9% 1.4%
Indiana 0.9% 1.3% 11.1% 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 0.4%
Iowa 0.4% 0.4% 3.8% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 2.7% 0.5% 0.8%
Kansas 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 2.1% 0.8%
Kentucky 0.3% 0.4% 2.2% 0.2% 0.3% 0.5% 0.3% 1.8% 0.3%
Louisiana 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.5% 1.5%
Maine 0.1% 0.1%
Maryland 2.0% 2.3% 3.0% 3.4% 0.9% 1.9% 1.7% 3.4% 0.9% 3.1% 5.3% 4.2% 6.9% 2.1% 2.0% 1.3% 0.4%
Massachusetts 2.6% 2.9% 1.8% 11.0% 4.2% 0.5% 1.1% 1.8% 2.6% 4.1% 2.0% 3.6% 3.2% 2.0% 2.8%
Michigan 1.7% 2.8% 6.9% 1.3% 0.9% 2.7% 1.5% 1.8% 2.7% 1.1% 1.5% 1.0% 0.5%
Minnesota 1.4% 0.9% 7.6% 3.0% 0.7% 0.4% 28.4% 0.5% 1.1% 5.3% 1.3%
Mississippi 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4%
Missouri 0.7% 0.8% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.7% 0.7% 0.9% 1.4% 2.1%
Montana 0.0% 0.1%
Nebraska 0.2% 0.2% 2.9% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4%
Nevada 1.5% 0.4% 1.1% 4.6% 1.7% 1.2% 1.3% 1.0% 3.3% 0.8% 4.0% 4.4% 5.0% 4.8% 2.4%
New Hampshire 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
New Jersey 4.7% 9.1% 3.9% 3.7% 4.1% 2.6% 1.8% 6.6% 1.8% 6.6% 5.7% 3.9% 1.7% 1.2%
New Mexico 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3%
New York 9.1% 8.3% 44.2% 9.5% 1.9% 16.8% 4.0% 7.9% 4.7% 8.1% 1.6% 9.2% 15.0% 13.6% 7.8% 5.4% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5% 2.0%
North Carolina 1.7% 2.7% 2.9% 1.6% 1.1% 0.9% 4.3% 1.1% 1.5% 3.1% 3.0% 1.6% 1.2% 2.4% 1.8% 1.0%
North Dakota 0.1% 0.1%
Ohio 1.5% 2.2% 1.8% 1.2% 0.9% 1.2% 1.0% 2.2% 10.1% 1.2% 1.1% 1.8% 0.9% 0.9%
Oklahoma 0.5% 0.3% 2.9% 0.3% 0.3% 2.5% 0.3% 1.1% 0.9%
Oregon 1.0% 0.7% 1.1% 1.0% 0.8% 1.3% 1.8% 1.0% 1.6% 1.0% 1.9% 1.5% 2.6% 2.0% 3.7%
Pennsylvania 2.5% 3.5% 3.4% 4.9% 2.7% 1.1% 4.5% 0.8% 2.4% 5.5% 2.7% 1.8% 1.8% 2.4% 0.8%
Rhode Island 0.2% 0.2% 1.6% 0.2% 0.1% 2.1%
South Carolina 0.5% 0.7% 0.3% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.6%
South Dakota 0.1%
Tennessee 0.7% 0.8% 2.1% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.8% 3.6% 0.5% 0.7% 0.8%
Texas 8.2% 11.5% 6.8% 6.6% 6.4% 5.1% 5.0% 7.3% 3.5% 5.9% 8.5% 14.9% 17.0% 10.1% 8.2% 7.2% 15.3% 4.6% 10.3% 3.9% 3.6% 3.7%
Utah 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.8% 0.5% 0.5% 4.7% 8.1% 7.0%
Vermont 0.1%
Virginia 3.0% 3.5% 4.2% 2.4% 1.7% 2.5% 3.3% 1.3% 5.0% 1.9% 5.3% 7.3% 2.1% 3.7% 3.3% 0.9%
Washington 3.9% 3.5% 2.4% 8.1% 4.0% 3.7% 1.3% 5.4% 4.8% 4.9% 3.7% 1.8% 1.3% 4.8% 4.8% 4.6% 8.5% 15.3% 3.9% 13.2% 7.7%
West Virginia 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
Wisconsin 0.8% 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 17.3% 0.6% 0.4%
Wyoming 0.0%

 

Economic Policy Institute

Notes: Data are for single-race Asian or Pacific Islanders only and are available for states with sufficient sample sizes. Other Pacific Islander represents Fijian, Tongan, Marshallese, and Pacific Islanders who did not specify a detailed origin.

Source: Author's analysis of 2024 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) microdata accessed via IPUMS.

View the underlying data on epi.org.