The 10 Most Asian Cities In America For 2023

The 10 Cities In America With The Largest Asian Population For 2023

Fremont ranks as the city with the largest percentage of its population that is Asian according to the most recent Census data.

With over 57% of the population being of Asian descent, Fremont was a solid four percentage points ahead of the closest city in Honolulu. Futhermore, it's become more Asian over the past several years -- 24% more in fact.

Fremont is located outside of San Jose and San Francisco, across the Bay.

The second most Asian city in America is Honolulu -- the only other big city in the US that has greater than 50% Asian population.

Honolulu is incredibly diverse overall as a large percentage of its residents also identify as Hawaiian, which makes sense. It also makes sense that it would have such a large portion of its residents be Asian since it's so close to Asia.

Another Nor Cal city in the Silicon Valley area, Sunnyvale ranks as the third most Asian city in America.

The city has become 25% more Asian this decade and now a solid 44% of the residents are Asian.

Jumping back up to Nor Cal, we arrive in Santa Clara. In keep with the trend of these cities, it's about 41% Asian and becoming more so every year.

Santa Clara is located south of San Jose on the California coast.

The first city from So Cal, Irvine ranks as the city with the fourth highest Asian population.

Over 40% of the population is Asian in this Los Angeles suburb. Filipino and Korean communities in particular have been growing in recent years.

Hopping on the 5 back down to So Cal, we'll stop at Garden Grove.

The city is the first under 40% Asian on the list. It too has become more Asian this decade, just a bit slower than the cities ahead of it.

Rounding out the top 10 most Asian cities in the US is Bellevue, WA.

Yet another West Coast city, it's nice not to be in California any more. Further up the coast, this major Washington city has just over 33% Asian residents.

Next on the list we drive back up to Nor Cal for the next two cities on the list that just so happen to be some of the biggest in California.

First, we'll stop in San Jose. The city is over 34% Asian and increasing.

Right outside of Garden Grove is Torrance, the ninth most Asian city in America.

Much like every other city here, Torrance is a great place to live that has become progressively more Asian over the years.

Ahh San Francisco, we figured you'd be here.

Turns out San Francisco is pretty Asian, but not the most Asian according to the data. About a third of the city is Asian per the most recent data.

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Methodology: How We Determined The Most Asian Large Cities in The US

When we analyze what it's like to live in a certain place, we simply look at statistics. In particular, we can look to the recently released 2017-2021 American Community Survey for a detailed breakdown of race by city.

Specifically, we looked at table B03002 which has the breakdown of people by Hispanic/latino and race.

Limiting our analysis to only cities greater than 100,000 people, we looked at the percentage of the population of each city that identified as non-Hispanic/latino, Asian.

We then ranked each city from 1 to 272 in terms of that percentage with the city having the highest overall percentage being named the "City In America with the Largest Asian American population" -- Fremont, . You can download the data here.

The "least Asian American" city according to the data? That would be Jackson, < which is only 0.3% Asian American as of the latest data.

Summary: The Most Asian Cities in America For 2023

There you have it, the cities in America with the largest Asian population for 2023 with Fremont taking the top spot.

We expect the Asian population in America to keep increasing in the coming years. So it won’t be a surprise to you or us if these percentages get bigger next year.

And for now, we're off to get some Chinese food for dinner. Yum.

Here's a look at the poorest cities in America:

1. Jackson
2. Brownsville
3. Hialeah

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Asian Population By Major City In The United States For 2023