List of U.S. communities with Asian-American majority populations
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The following list of ethnic groups is a partial list of United States cities and towns in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is Asian American or Asian, according to the United States Census Bureau. This list does not include cities in which, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, merely a plurality (as opposed to a majority) of the residents are Asian American. The list below is organized by state or territory and, within each state or territory, by population size. The percentage of each city's population that is Asian American is listed in parentheses next to the city's name.
There are 51 communities in four states and two territories with Asian-American majority populations.
Cities with the highest percentage of Asian-Americans
[edit]City | Total Population (2010) |
Asian-American, alone or with other races | Asian-American, alone | Mixed-race Asian-American | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Percentage of total population | Rank | Percentage of total population |
Rank | Percentage of total population | ||
Honolulu, HI | 337,256 | 1 | 68.2 | 2 | 54.8 | 1 | 13.4 |
Daly City, CA | 101,123 | 2 | 58.4 | 1 | 55.6 | 21 | 2.8 |
Fremont, CA | 214,089 | 3 | 54.5 | 3 | 50.6 | 5 | 3.9 |
Sunnyvale, CA | 140,081 | 4 | 43.7 | 4 | 40.9 | 19 | 2.8 |
Irvine, CA | 212,375 | 5 | 43.3 | 5 | 39.2 | 4 | 4.1 |
Santa Clara, CA | 116,468 | 6 | 40.8 | 6 | 37.7 | 11 | 3.2 |
Garden Grove, CA | 170,883 | 7 | 38.6 | 7 | 37.1 | 75 | 1.4 |
Torrance, CA | 145,438 | 8 | 38.2 | 8 | 34.5 | 6 | 3.6 |
San Francisco, CA | 805,235 | 9 | 35.8 | 9 | 33.3 | 25 | 2.6 |
San Jose, CA | 945,942 | 10 | 34.5 | 10 | 32.0 | 27 | 2.5 |
City | Total population (2010) |
Asian-American, alone or mixed with other races | Asian-American, alone | Mixed-race Asian-American | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Percent of total population |
Rank | Percent of total population |
Rank | Percent of total population | ||
Honolulu, HI | 337,256 | 1 | 68.2 | 2 | 54.8 | 1 | 13.4 |
Elk Grove, CA | 153,015 | 11 | 30.6 | 12 | 26.3 | 2 | 4.3 |
Fairfield, CA | 105,321 | 26 | 19.0 | 32 | 14.9 | 3 | 4.1 |
Irvine, CA | 212,375 | 5 | 43.3 | 5 | 39.2 | 4 | 4.1 |
Fremont, CA | 214,089 | 3 | 54.5 | 3 | 50.6 | 5 | 3.9 |
Torrance, CA | 145,438 | 8 | 38.2 | 8 | 34.5 | 6 | 3.6 |
Berkeley, CA | 112,580 | 21 | 22.8 | 22 | 19.3 | 7 | 3.6 |
Vallejo, CA | 115,942 | 13 | 28.3 | 15 | 24.9 | 8 | 3.3 |
Enterprise, NV | 108,481 | 20 | 24.5 | 20 | 21.2 | 9 | 3.3 |
Hayward, CA | 144,186 | 17 | 25.2 | 18 | 22.0 | 10 | 3.2 |
Cities with the highest number of Asian-Americans
[edit]City | Total population (2010) |
Asian-American, alone or mixed with other races |
Asian-American, alone |
Mixed-race Asian-American | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Number | Rank | Number | Rank | Number | ||
New York, NY | 8,175,133 | 1 | 1,134,919 | 1 | 1,038,388 | 1 | 96,531 |
Los Angeles, CA | 3,792,621 | 2 | 483,585 | 2 | 426,959 | 2 | 56,626 |
San Jose, CA | 945,942 | 3 | 326,627 | 3 | 303,138 | 5 | 23,489 |
San Francisco, CA | 805,235 | 4 | 288,529 | 4 | 267,915 | 6 | 20,614 |
San Diego, CA | 1,307,402 | 5 | 241,293 | 5 | 207,944 | 4 | 33,349 |
Honolulu, HI | 337,256 | 6 | 230,071 | 6 | 184,950 | 3 | 45,121 |
Chicago, IL | 2,695,598 | 7 | 166,770 | 7 | 147,164 | 7 | 19,606 |
Houston, TX | 2,099,451 | 8 | 139,960 | 8 | 126,378 | 9 | 13,582 |
Fremont, CA | 214,089 | 9 | 116,755 | 9 | 108,332 | 22 | 8,423 |
Philadelphia, PA | 1,526,006 | 10 | 106,720 | 10 | 96,405 | 14 | 10,315 |
Cities and census-designated places with Asian alone, Non-Hispanic majority populations
[edit]Following are cities with Asian alone, non-Hispanic majority populations
Population over 100,000
Population between 25,000 and 99,999
- Alhambra (2020, 51.35%)
- Arcadia (65.9%)
- Cerritos (65.2%)
- Cupertino (69.9%)
- Diamond Bar (2020, 59.24%)
- Dublin (53.7%)
- Foster City (54.7%)
- Hercules (50.6%)
- Milpitas (2020, 71.33%)
- Monterey Park (69.6%)
- Rosemead (67.0%)
- Rowland Heights (64.9%)
- San Gabriel (66.4%)
- San Ramon (2020, 50.89%)★
- Saratoga (54.4%)
- Temple City (65.1%)
- Union City (2020, 57.41%)
- Walnut (69.2%)
- Westminster (2020, 51.16%)★
Population less than 25,000
- Camino Tassajara CDP (2020, 57.46%)
- East San Gabriel CDP (57.8%)
- La Palma (53.4%)
- Millbrae (53.9%)
- Mountain House (57.6%)
- Norris Canyon CDP (69.2%)
- Post Mountain CDP (2020, 55.21%)
- San Marino (62.9%)
- South San Gabriel CDP (60.0%)
★ Asian-American majority as of the 2020 Census
Guam
[edit]Population less than 25,000
Hawaii
[edit]Population over 100,000
- Honolulu (2020, 52.34%)
Population between 25,000 and 99,999
- Waipahu (67.1%)
- Pearl City (53.2%)
Population less than 25,000
- Kaumakani (77.3%)
- 'Ewa Villages (70.4%)
- Whitmore Village (65.9%)
- Puhi (65.7%)
- 'Ele`ele (61.8%)
- Hamamaulu (61.5%)
- Lāna`i City (58.1%)
- Village Park (57.9%)
- 'Aiea (57.7%)
- Kea`au (57.7%)
- Waipio (54.7%)
- Pepe`ekeo (54.7%)
- Kahului (53.6%)
- Pāhoa (52.4%)
- Waialua (51.9%)
- Hālawa (51.6%)
- 'Ewa Gentry (51.4%)
New Jersey
[edit]Population over 100,000
- Edison (2020, 53.62%)★
Population between 25,000 and 99,000
- West Windsor (54.7%)
Population less than 25,000
★ Asian-American majority as of the 2020 Census
New York
[edit]Population less than 25,000
Northern Mariana Islands
[edit]Population between 25,000 and 100,000
- Saipan (50.9%) [3]
- Garapan, Saipan (81.2%) [3]
- Chalan Piao, Sapian (71.9%) [3]
- China Town, Saipan (77.2%) [3]
- Chalan Kanoa I, Saipan (66.9%) [3]
Pennsylvania
[edit]Population less than 25,000
- Millbourne (63.9%)
Virginia
[edit]Population less than 25,000
- Loudoun Valley Estates CDP (61.0%)
- Navy CDP (2020, 50.13%)★
- Sully Square CDP
★ New jurisdiction first appearing in the 2020 Census
See also
[edit]- Lists of United States cities with large ethnic minority populations
- List of U.S. cities with large Cambodian-American populations
- List of U.S. cities with significant Chinese-American populations
- List of U.S. cities with large Filipino-American populations
- List of U.S. cities with large Japanese-American populations
- List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations
- List of U.S. cities with large Vietnamese-American populations
References
[edit]- ^ a b c The Asian Population: 2010 (PDF) (Report). U.S. Census Bureau. Table 7.
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder - 2010 summary file [Geography set to "Tamuning village, Guam"]. URL unavailable.
- ^ a b c d e U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder. 2010 summary file [Geography set to "Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands"]. URL unavailable.