(ST-98-44) States ranked by Asian & Pacific Islander population in 1998 Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233 Internet Release date: September 15, 1999. First released as (ST-98-24). Tables re-numbered effective: October 6, 1999. Contact: Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, 301-457-2422 Estimated Asian and revised percent rank of Pacific Islander 4/1/90 change percent Asian and percent Rank STATE pop Census since 90 change Pacific Islander API 1 CALIFORNIA 3,937,722 2,947,392 990,330 33.6 12.1 2 2 NEW YORK 994,601 709,127 285,474 40.3 5.5 5 3 HAWAII 756,597 695,564 61,033 8.8 63.4 1 4 TEXAS 556,355 331,428 224,927 67.9 2.8 14 5 NEW JERSEY 452,524 277,024 175,500 63.4 5.6 4 6 ILLINOIS 403,247 292,421 110,826 37.9 3.3 11 7 WASHINGTON 329,980 215,454 114,526 53.2 5.8 3 8 FLORIDA 271,305 156,444 114,861 73.4 1.8 23 9 VIRGINIA 247,194 161,195 85,999 53.4 3.6 9 10 MASSACHUSETTS 222,965 146,030 76,935 52.7 3.6 10 11 MARYLAND 203,683 141,271 62,412 44.2 4.0 8 12 PENNSYLVANIA 198,364 139,966 58,398 41.7 1.7 25 13 MICHIGAN 158,046 106,210 51,836 48.8 1.6 26 14 GEORGIA 149,451 76,819 72,632 94.5 2.0 22 15 OHIO 128,639 91,929 36,710 39.9 1.1 35 16 MINNESOTA 124,171 78,577 45,594 58.0 2.6 15 17 OREGON 105,843 70,239 35,604 50.7 3.2 12 18 NORTH CAROLINA 99,509 53,102 46,407 87.4 1.3 30 19 ARIZONA 98,214 58,361 39,853 68.3 2.1 20 20 COLORADO 95,850 61,650 34,200 55.5 2.4 18 21 NEVADA 81,216 39,439 41,777 105.9 4.6 6 22 CONNECTICUT 80,490 51,807 28,683 55.4 2.5 17 23 WISCONSIN 79,778 54,217 25,561 47.1 1.5 27 24 MISSOURI 60,319 41,758 18,561 44.4 1.1 37 25 INDIANA 55,911 38,085 17,826 46.8 0.9 39 26 LOUISIANA 55,019 41,519 13,500 32.5 1.3 33 27 UTAH 53,479 34,024 19,455 57.2 2.5 16 28 TENNESSEE 52,564 32,104 20,460 63.7 1.0 38 29 KANSAS 46,367 32,422 13,945 43.0 1.8 24 30 OKLAHOMA 44,579 34,586 9,993 28.9 1.3 29 31 IOWA 36,242 25,715 10,527 40.9 1.3 32 32 SOUTH CAROLINA 34,355 22,680 11,675 51.5 0.9 40 33 ALABAMA 28,083 21,922 6,161 28.1 0.6 48 34 ALASKA 27,625 20,213 7,412 36.7 4.5 7 35 KENTUCKY 27,106 18,025 9,081 50.4 0.7 47 36 NEW MEXICO 25,651 15,148 10,503 69.3 1.5 28 37 RHODE ISLAND 22,955 18,906 4,049 21.4 2.3 19 38 NEBRASKA 21,838 12,629 9,209 72.9 1.3 31 39 MISSISSIPPI 19,308 13,094 6,214 47.5 0.7 46 40 ARKANSAS 18,529 12,661 5,868 46.3 0.7 44 41 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 15,939 11,556 4,383 37.9 3.0 13 42 DELAWARE 15,247 9,146 6,101 66.7 2.1 21 43 IDAHO 14,051 9,608 4,443 46.2 1.1 36 44 NEW HAMPSHIRE 14,038 9,376 4,662 49.7 1.2 34 45 WEST VIRGINIA 9,020 7,497 1,523 20.3 0.5 51 46 MAINE 8,963 6,711 2,252 33.6 0.7 45 47 NORTH DAKOTA 5,344 3,512 1,832 52.2 0.8 41 48 MONTANA 5,326 4,302 1,024 23.8 0.6 50 49 VERMONT 4,903 3,231 1,672 51.7 0.8 43 50 SOUTH DAKOTA 4,752 3,165 1,587 50.1 0.6 49 51 WYOMING 4,023 2,921 1,102 37.7 0.8 42