Asian Indian Was The Largest Asian Alone Population Group in 2020

The Asian Indian alone population became the nation’s largest Asian alone population group in 2020, growing by over 50% to 4,397,737 between 2010 and 2020.

The nation’s most populous Asian alone or in any combination group in 2020 was the Chinese, except Taiwanese population with 5.2 million, an increase of 37.2% since 2010.

The Asian Indian alone population increased 54.7% to 4,397,737 between 2010 and 2020 to become the most populous Asian alone group in the nation.

The next largest Asian alone groups and their population change from 2010 to 2020:

• Chinese, except Taiwanese alone, 4,128,718 (up 31.6%).
• Filipino alone, 3,076,108 (up 20.4%).
• Vietnamese alone, 1,951,746 (up 26.0%).
• Korean alone, 1,508,575 (up 6.0%).
• Japanese alone, 741,544 (down 3.2%).     
  

The Japanese alone population and the Laotian alone population were the only detailed Asian groups to experience a decrease during the decade but their alone or in any combination populations increased by 20.6% and 9.5%, respectively.

Of the six largest detailed Asian alone or in any combination groups, the largest share of each group (more than 18%) lived in California in 2020.

New York had the second largest proportions of the Chinese, except Taiwanese (15.9%) and Korean (8.1%) alone or in any combination populations in 2020.

Texas was the state with the second largest proportions of Asian Indian (10.6%) and Vietnamese (14.2%) alone or in any combination populations in 2020.

Hawaii had the second largest proportions of the Filipino (8.6%) and Japanese (19.7%) alone or in any combination populations in 2020.

Washington became an increasingly popular place of residence and is now in the top five home states for all but the Asian Indian alone or in any combination population. That’s a change from 2010 [PDF 2.6 MB] when Washington was in the top five only for the Filipino, Japanese and Vietnamese alone or in any combination populations.

Washington has now surpassed New Jersey to become the state with the fifth largest proportion of the Chinese, except Taiwanese alone or in any combination population and has surpassed Virginia as the state with the fifth largest proportion of the Korean alone or in any combination population.

The Chinese, except Taiwanese population was the largest detailed Asian alone or in any combination group in six of the 10 counties (Los Angeles, Santa Clara and Alameda in California, Queens and Kings counties in New York, and King County, Washington) with the largest Asian alone or in combination populations in 2020 (Table 2).

The Filipino population made up the largest share of the Asian alone or in combination population in both Honolulu County, Hawaii (42.9% or 271,235) and San Diego County, California (41.6% or 215,168).

The Asian Indian population was the largest detailed Asian alone or in any combination group in only one of the 10 counties: Cook County, Illinois (134,169).

Similarly, the Vietnamese population was the largest detailed group (241,557) in only one of the counties: Orange County, California.

The Korean population in Los Angeles County accounted for the third largest Asian alone or in any combination group in that county.

The Japanese population and the Pakistani population were the only groups to appear once among the top three largest Asian alone or in any combination groups.

The Japanese alone or in any combination population in Honolulu County, Hawaii (244,700) was the second largest Asian alone or in any combination group in that county.

The Pakistani alone or in any combination population in Kings County, New York accounted for the third largest Asian alone or in any combination group in that county.