Where are most Filipinos living in the USA?
Latest Filipino Population Census in the United States in 2020
Immigrants and their U.S.-born children now number approximately 90 million people, or 28 percent of the overall U.S. population, according to the 2019 Current Population Survey (CPS). Asians comprise 1 out of every 20 people. [Immigration policy]
Filipino-American overall ranking
- The 2020 U.S. Census predicts at least 4 million Filipino immigrants and American-born Filipinos living in the United States.
- Among Asian immigrants, Filipinos rank fourth after Chinese and Indian immigrants.
- Chinese and Indians are the largest Asian groups, Filipinos rank third overall.
Filipino population per state
- California: Continues to have the highest number of Filipino communities, with almost 2 million out of 38 million Americans.
- Hawaii: The island has nearly half a million Filipinos (out of 1.4 million) but mostly American-born.
- Texas, Washington, Nevada, Illinois, New York, Florida, New Jersey, Virginia: These states have at least 120,000 Filipinos.
- Maryland and Arizona: They have less than 100,000 Filipinos.
- Alaska: Filipinos were one of the early immigrants of Alaska. Today, it has approximately 28,000 Filipinos out of 740,000 Americans. One of its largest ethnic groups in the state.
- Vermont, Maine, Dakota, and Montana: These states have the least number of Filipinos, comprising only 1% of the state population.
Source: USA Rank
Top USA States with the highest Filipino demographic population in 2017
- California 1,651,933- (↓)
- Hawaii 367,364
- Texas 194,427+ (↑)
- Washington 178,300- (↓)
- Nevada 169,462+ (↑)
- Illinois 159,385- (↓)
- New York 144,436- (↓)
- Florida 143,481+ (↑)
- New Jersey 129,514
- Virginia 108,128- (↓)
- Maryland 71,858
- Arizona 70,333
TOTAL FILIPINO POPULATION IN 2017 4,037,564
Most populated US States in 2018
37,253,956 California
25,145,561 Texas
19,378,102 New York
18,801,310 Florida
12,830,632 Illinois
12,702,379 Pennsylvania
11,536,504 Ohio
9,883,640 Michigan
9,687,653 Georgia
9,535,483 North Carolina
8,791,894 New Jersey
8,001,024 Virginia
6,724,540 Washington
6,547,629 Massachusetts
6,483,802 Indiana
6,392,017 Arizona
6,346,105 Tennessee
5,988,927 Missouri
5,773,552 Maryland
5,686,986 Wisconsin
5,303,925 Minnesota
5,029,196 Colorado
4,779,736 Alabama
4,625,364 South Carolina
4,533,372 Louisiana
4,339,367 Kentucky
3,831,074 Oregon
3,751,351 Oklahoma
3,574,097 Connecticut
3,046,355, Iowa
2,967,297 Mississippi
2,915,918 Arkansas
2,853,118 Kansas
2,763,885 Utah
2,700,551 Nevada
2,059,179 New Mexico
1,852,994 West Virginia
1,826,341 Nebraska
1,567,582 Idaho
1,360,301 Hawaii
1,328,361 Maine
1,316,470 New Hampshire
1,052,567 Rhode Island
989,415 Montana
897,934 Delaware
814,180 South Dakota
710,231 Alaska
672,591 North Dakota
625,741 Vermont
601,723 District of Columbia
563,626 Wyoming
Census of immigrant population in 2020
In 2020, the population of the United States was 331 Million. The immigrant population is near 50 million, and 25% are Mexicans. Filipinos rank fourth at 4% after Indians and Chinese immigrants, who are 5-6 percent. [American Immigration Council]
Highest Asian Origin Groups in 2019
Chinese, Taiwanese
Indian
Filipino
Vietnamese
Korean
Japanese
5.4 Million
4.6 Million
4.2 Million
2.2 Million
1.9 Million
1.4 Million
Pakistani, Thai, Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Bangladeshi accounts from 200,000 to 550,000. Indonesians are about 129,000. Sri Lankan, Malaysian, Mongolian, Bhutanese, Okinawan account for 14,000 to 56,000. [Pew]
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