"States Ranked by Asian and Pacific Islander Population, July 1, 1999" Estimated Asian 4/1/90 Population 4-1-90 to 7-1-99 Percent Asian Rank of percent of Asian Rank STATE And Pacific Islander population Estimate base Numeric Change Percent change And Pacific Islander population And Pacific Islander population 1 CALIFORNIA "4,038,309" "2,951,722" "1,086,587" 36.8 12.2 2 2 NEW YORK "1,024,625" "709,127" "315,498" 44.5 5.6 5 3 HAWAII "753,691" "695,564" "58,127" 8.4 63.6 1 4 TEXAS "577,306" "331,428" "245,878" 74.2 2.9 14 5 NEW JERSEY "469,435" "277,024" "192,411" 69.5 5.8 4 6 ILLINOIS "416,006" "292,421" "123,585" 42.3 3.4 11 7 WASHINGTON "343,690" "215,454" "128,236" 59.5 6 3 8 FLORIDA "281,366" "156,444" "124,922" 79.9 1.9 23 9 VIRGINIA "258,371" "161,195" "97,176" 60.3 3.8 10 10 MASSACHUSETTS "233,239" "146,030" "87,209" 59.7 3.8 9 11 MARYLAND "209,147" "141,271" "67,876" 48 4 8 12 PENNSYLVANIA "202,969" "139,966" "63,003" 45 1.7 25 13 MICHIGAN "166,287" "106,210" "60,077" 56.6 1.7 26 14 GEORGIA "160,566" "76,819" "83,747" 109 2.1 22 15 OHIO "132,638" "91,929" "40,709" 44.3 1.2 35 16 MINNESOTA "130,537" "78,577" "51,960" 66.1 2.7 15 17 OREGON "110,015" "70,239" "39,776" 56.6 3.3 12 18 NORTH CAROLINA "105,689" "53,102" "52,587" 99 1.4 29 19 ARIZONA "102,539" "58,362" "44,177" 75.7 2.1 20 20 COLORADO "99,939" "61,650" "38,289" 62.1 2.5 18 21 NEVADA "88,208" "39,439" "48,769" 123.7 4.9 6 22 CONNECTICUT "84,337" "51,807" "32,530" 62.8 2.6 16 23 WISCONSIN "83,265" "54,217" "29,048" 53.6 1.6 27 24 MISSOURI "61,483" "41,758" "19,725" 47.2 1.1 37 25 INDIANA "58,665" "38,085" "20,580" 54 1 38 26 LOUISIANA "54,652" "41,519" "13,133" 31.6 1.3 33 27 UTAH "54,647" "34,024" "20,623" 60.6 2.6 17 28 TENNESSEE "54,053" "32,104" "21,949" 68.4 1 39 29 KANSAS "47,767" "32,422" "15,345" 47.3 1.8 24 30 OKLAHOMA "45,301" "34,586" "10,715" 31 1.3 31 31 IOWA "37,047" "25,715" "11,332" 44.1 1.3 32 32 SOUTH CAROLINA "35,604" "22,680" "12,924" 57 0.9 40 33 ALABAMA "28,435" "21,922" "6,513" 29.7 0.7 49 34 ALASKA "28,040" "20,213" "7,827" 38.7 4.5 7 35 KENTUCKY "27,662" "18,025" "9,637" 53.5 0.7 47 36 NEW MEXICO "26,427" "15,148" "11,279" 74.5 1.5 28 37 RHODE ISLAND "23,140" "18,906" "4,234" 22.4 2.3 19 38 NEBRASKA "22,574" "12,629" "9,945" 78.7 1.4 30 39 MISSISSIPPI "19,601" "13,094" "6,507" 49.7 0.7 46 40 ARKANSAS "18,790" "12,661" "6,129" 48.4 0.7 45 41 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA "16,120" "11,556" "4,564" 39.5 3.1 13 42 DELAWARE "16,054" "9,146" "6,908" 75.5 2.1 21 43 NEW HAMPSHIRE "14,974" "9,376" "5,598" 59.7 1.2 34 44 IDAHO "14,430" "9,608" "4,822" 50.2 1.2 36 45 MAINE "9,484" "6,711" "2,773" 41.3 0.8 44 46 WEST VIRGINIA "8,746" "7,497" "1,249" 16.7 0.5 51 47 MONTANA "5,391" "4,302" "1,089" 25.3 0.6 50 48 NORTH DAKOTA "5,272" "3,512" "1,760" 50.1 0.8 42 49 VERMONT "4,921" "3,231" "1,690" 52.3 0.8 43 50 SOUTH DAKOTA "4,876" "3,165" "1,711" 54.1 0.7 48 51 WYOMING "4,091" "2,921" "1,170" 40.1 0.9 41