Most Asian cities in Pennsylvania research summary. We analyzed Pennsylvania’s most recent Census data to determine the most Asian cities in Pennsylvania based on the percentage of Asian residents. Here are the results of our analysis:
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The most Asian city in Pennsylvania is Franklin Park based on the most recent Census data.
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Franklin Park is 13.83% Asian.
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The least Asian city in Pennsylvania is Catasauqua.
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Catasauqua is 0.0% Asian.
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Pennsylvania is 3.7% Asian.
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Pennsylvania is the 18th most Asian state in the United States.
Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table
Here are the cities in Pennsylvania with the largest Asian population in 2025:
Which city in Pennsylvania had the largest Asian population? Franklin Park took the number one overall spot for the largest Asian in Pennsylvania for 2025. 13.83% of Franklin Park identify as Asian.
Read below to see how we crunched the numbers and how your town ranked.
To see where Pennsylvania ranked as a state on diversity, we have a ranking of the most diverse states in America.
And if you already knew these places were Asian, check out the best places to live in Pennsylvania or the most diverse places in Pennsylvania.
The 10 Most Asian Cities In Pennsylvania For 2025
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Population: 15,273
% Asian: 13.83%
# Of Asian Residents: 2,112
More on Franklin Park: Data
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Population: 18,865
% Asian: 12.73%
# Of Asian Residents: 2,402
More on Lansdale: Data
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Population: 14,863
% Asian: 12.22%
# Of Asian Residents: 1,816
More on Whitehall: Data
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Population: 40,669
% Asian: 10.35%
# Of Asian Residents: 4,209
More on State College: Data
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Population: 8,163
% Asian: 9.21%
# Of Asian Residents: 752
More on Downin: Data
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Population: 21,159
% Asian: 8.6%
# Of Asian Residents: 1,819
More on Baldwin: Data
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Population: 1,582,432
% Asian: 7.71%
# Of Asian Residents: 122,016
More on Philadelphia: Data
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Population: 6,524
% Asian: 7.36%
# Of Asian Residents: 480
More on Swarthmore: Data
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Population: 303,620
% Asian: 5.81%
# Of Asian Residents: 17,629
More on Pittsburgh: Data
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Population: 5,264
% Asian: 5.49%
# Of Asian Residents: 289
More on Fox Chapel: Data
Methodology: How We Determined The Cities In Pennsylvania With The Largest Asian Population For 2025
We used Saturday Night Science to compare Census data on race across every place in Pennsylvania.
The Census’s most recently available data comes from the 2019-2023 American Community Survey.
Specifically, we looked at table B03002: Hispanic OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:
- Hispanic or Latino
- White alone*
- Black or African American alone*
- American Indian and Alaska Native alone*
- Asian alone*
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone*
- Some other race alone*
- Two or more races*
Our particular column of interest here was the number of people who identified as Asian alone.
We limited our analysis to cities with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 185 cities.
We then calculated the percentage of residents that are Asian. The percentages ranked from 13.8% to 0.0%.
Finally, we ranked each city based on the percentage of Asian population, with a higher score being more Asian than a lower score. Franklin Park took the distinction of being the most Asian, while Catasauqua was the least Asian city.
We updated this article for 2025. This report reflects our tenth time ranking the cities in Pennsylvania with the largest Asian population.
Read on for more information on how the cities in Pennsylvania ranked by population of Asian residents or, for a more general take on diversity in America, head over to our ranking of the most diverse cities in America.
Summary: Asian Populations Across Pennsylvania
If you’re looking for a breakdown of Asian populations across Pennsylvania according to the most recent data, this is an accurate list.
The most Asian cities in Pennsylvania are Franklin Park, Lansdale, Whitehall, State College, Downin, Baldwin, Philadelphia, Swarthmore, Pittsburgh, and Fox Chapel.
If you’re curious enough, here are the least Asian places in Pennsylvania:
- Catasauqua
- Clairton
- Ambridge
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- Best Places To Raise A Family In Pennsylvania
Table: Asian Population By City In Pennsylvania
| Rank | City | Population | Asian Population | % Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franklin Park | 15,273 | 2,112 | 13.83% |
| 2 | Lansdale | 18,865 | 2,402 | 12.73% |
| 3 | Whitehall | 14,863 | 1,816 | 12.22% |
| 4 | State College | 40,669 | 4,209 | 10.35% |
| 5 | Downin | 8,163 | 752 | 9.21% |
| 6 | Baldwin | 21,159 | 1,819 | 8.6% |
| 7 | Philadelphia | 1,582,432 | 122,016 | 7.71% |
| 8 | Swarthmore | 6,524 | 480 | 7.36% |
| 9 | Pittsburgh | 303,620 | 17,629 | 5.81% |
| 10 | Fox Chapel | 5,264 | 289 | 5.49% |
| 11 | Gettysburg | 7,929 | 426 | 5.37% |
| 12 | Clifton Heights | 6,821 | 350 | 5.13% |
| 13 | Millersville | 8,711 | 434 | 4.98% |
| 14 | Morrisville | 9,740 | 472 | 4.85% |
| 15 | Scranton | 76,074 | 3,544 | 4.66% |
| 16 | Norwood | 5,915 | 273 | 4.62% |
| 17 | Lewisburg | 5,247 | 241 | 4.59% |
| 18 | Media | 5,868 | 263 | 4.48% |
| 19 | Dunmore | 14,123 | 620 | 4.39% |
| 20 | Hatboro | 8,219 | 355 | 4.32% |
| 21 | Canonsburg | 9,682 | 414 | 4.28% |
| 22 | Quake | 9,298 | 397 | 4.27% |
| 23 | Wilson | 8,196 | 340 | 4.15% |
| 24 | Palmyra | 7,769 | 305 | 3.93% |
| 25 | Moosic | 5,954 | 232 | 3.9% |
| 26 | Collingdale | 8,862 | 342 | 3.86% |
| 27 | Red Lion | 6,494 | 250 | 3.85% |
| 28 | Phoenixville | 19,062 | 732 | 3.84% |
| 29 | Collegeville | 5,226 | 199 | 3.81% |
| 30 | Ambler | 6,822 | 238 | 3.49% |
| 31 | Camp Hill | 8,149 | 280 | 3.44% |
| 32 | Swissvale | 8,499 | 290 | 3.41% |
| 33 | Jefferson Hills | 12,313 | 415 | 3.37% |
| 34 | Folcroft | 6,748 | 227 | 3.36% |
| 35 | Bethlehem | 77,069 | 2,467 | 3.2% |
| 36 | Souderton | 7,215 | 230 | 3.19% |
| 37 | Prospect Park | 6,402 | 199 | 3.11% |
| 38 | Middl | 9,567 | 295 | 3.08% |
| 39 | Carnegie | 8,015 | 244 | 3.04% |
| 40 | Pleasant Hills | 8,418 | 256 | 3.04% |
| 41 | New Holland | 5,743 | 168 | 2.93% |
| 42 | Carlisle | 21,335 | 624 | 2.92% |
| 43 | Lancaster | 57,683 | 1,601 | 2.78% |
| 44 | Castle Shannon | 8,237 | 225 | 2.73% |
| 45 | Harrisburg | 50,092 | 1,326 | 2.65% |
| 46 | Turtle Creek | 5,046 | 131 | 2.6% |
| 47 | East Stroudsburg | 9,278 | 238 | 2.57% |
| 48 | Stroudsburg | 5,898 | 151 | 2.56% |
| 49 | Allentown | 125,320 | 3,112 | 2.48% |
| 50 | Wyomissing | 11,100 | 273 | 2.46% |
| 51 | Erie | 94,156 | 2,299 | 2.44% |
| 52 | Bellefonte | 6,022 | 144 | 2.39% |
| 53 | Taylor | 6,261 | 148 | 2.36% |
| 54 | South Williamsport | 6,216 | 145 | 2.33% |
| 55 | Lititz | 9,599 | 211 | 2.2% |
| 56 | Lansdowne | 11,064 | 241 | 2.18% |
| 57 | Conshohocken | 9,235 | 200 | 2.17% |
| 58 | Wilkes-Barre | 44,217 | 920 | 2.08% |
| 59 | Pott | 23,392 | 463 | 1.98% |
| 60 | Clearfield | 5,918 | 116 | 1.96% |
| 61 | Grove City | 7,861 | 151 | 1.92% |
| 62 | West Chester | 19,235 | 361 | 1.88% |
| 63 | Wilkinsburg | 14,165 | 263 | 1.86% |
| 64 | Norri | 35,782 | 663 | 1.85% |
| 65 | Washington | 13,361 | 231 | 1.73% |
| 66 | Glenolden | 7,207 | 122 | 1.69% |
| 67 | Sharon Hill | 5,978 | 99 | 1.66% |
| 68 | Northampton | 10,366 | 168 | 1.62% |
| 69 | Brentwood | 9,927 | 158 | 1.59% |
| 70 | Doyle | 8,322 | 132 | 1.59% |
| 71 | Lehighton | 5,268 | 82 | 1.56% |
| 72 | Crafton | 5,995 | 92 | 1.53% |
| 73 | Carbondale | 8,820 | 134 | 1.52% |
| 74 | Bloomsburg | 12,906 | 195 | 1.51% |
| 75 | Elizabet | 11,857 | 178 | 1.5% |
| 76 | Dickson City | 6,022 | 89 | 1.48% |
| 77 | Connellsville | 6,914 | 101 | 1.46% |
| 78 | Milton | 6,582 | 93 | 1.41% |
| 79 | Chambersburg | 22,051 | 311 | 1.41% |
| 80 | Exeter | 5,514 | 77 | 1.4% |
| 81 | Easton | 29,079 | 399 | 1.37% |
| 82 | Huntingdon | 6,884 | 94 | 1.37% |
| 83 | Hanover | 16,483 | 223 | 1.35% |
| 84 | Nazareth | 6,032 | 79 | 1.31% |
| 85 | Edinboro | 5,303 | 69 | 1.3% |
| 86 | Beaver Falls | 8,885 | 115 | 1.29% |
| 87 | Mechanicsburg | 9,535 | 122 | 1.28% |
| 88 | Kingston | 13,333 | 169 | 1.27% |
| 89 | Greensburg | 14,777 | 187 | 1.27% |
| 90 | Meadville | 12,723 | 161 | 1.27% |
| 91 | Brookhaven | 8,288 | 101 | 1.22% |
| 92 | Lock Haven | 8,386 | 101 | 1.2% |
| 93 | California | 5,046 | 60 | 1.19% |
| 94 | Williamsport | 27,629 | 328 | 1.19% |
| 95 | Hollidaysburg | 5,581 | 66 | 1.18% |
| 96 | Old Forge | 8,533 | 100 | 1.17% |
| 97 | York | 44,830 | 503 | 1.12% |
| 98 | Mckees Rocks | 5,827 | 64 | 1.1% |
| 99 | Mckeesport | 17,520 | 191 | 1.09% |
| 100 | Indiana | 14,170 | 153 | 1.08% |
| 101 | Lewi | 8,505 | 91 | 1.07% |
| 102 | Titusville | 5,230 | 55 | 1.05% |
| 103 | Pittston | 7,618 | 80 | 1.05% |
| 104 | Plum | 26,873 | 275 | 1.02% |
| 105 | Emmaus | 11,727 | 120 | 1.02% |
| 106 | Selinsgrove | 5,655 | 57 | 1.01% |
| 107 | Jeannette | 8,719 | 86 | 0.99% |
| 108 | West Mifflin | 19,338 | 189 | 0.98% |
| 109 | Somerset | 5,984 | 57 | 0.95% |
| 110 | Uniontown | 9,819 | 89 | 0.91% |
| 111 | Sayre | 5,444 | 46 | 0.84% |
| 112 | Ridley Park | 7,245 | 61 | 0.84% |
| 113 | Lebanon | 26,600 | 223 | 0.84% |
| 114 | Helle | 6,119 | 51 | 0.83% |
| 115 | Oil City | 9,517 | 78 | 0.82% |
| 116 | Coatesville | 13,323 | 108 | 0.81% |
| 117 | Hermitage | 16,132 | 130 | 0.81% |
| 118 | Chester | 33,209 | 253 | 0.76% |
| 119 | Reading | 94,836 | 643 | 0.68% |
| 120 | Bristol | 9,874 | 66 | 0.67% |
| 121 | Waynesboro | 11,044 | 71 | 0.64% |
| 122 | Forest Hills | 6,332 | 39 | 0.62% |
| 123 | Mount Joy | 8,310 | 50 | 0.6% |
| 124 | New Kensington | 12,072 | 71 | 0.59% |
| 125 | Bellevue | 8,186 | 46 | 0.56% |
| 126 | Altoona | 43,508 | 227 | 0.52% |
| 127 | Dormont | 8,120 | 42 | 0.52% |
| 128 | Warren | 9,273 | 47 | 0.51% |
| 129 | Perkasie | 9,176 | 45 | 0.49% |
| 130 | Bradford | 7,738 | 37 | 0.48% |
| 131 | New Cumberland | 7,531 | 36 | 0.48% |
| 132 | Shillington | 5,462 | 25 | 0.46% |
| 133 | Dubois | 7,449 | 34 | 0.46% |
| 134 | Greenville | 5,533 | 25 | 0.45% |
| 135 | Aliquippa | 9,146 | 40 | 0.44% |
| 136 | Lower Burrell | 11,659 | 49 | 0.42% |
| 137 | Monaca | 5,557 | 23 | 0.41% |
| 138 | Shippensburg | 5,811 | 24 | 0.41% |
| 139 | West View | 6,582 | 27 | 0.41% |
| 140 | Corry | 6,162 | 25 | 0.41% |
| 141 | Ephrata | 13,729 | 50 | 0.36% |
| 142 | Munhall | 10,633 | 38 | 0.36% |
| 143 | Johnstown | 18,245 | 65 | 0.36% |
| 144 | Archbald | 7,348 | 26 | 0.35% |
| 145 | Butler | 13,306 | 46 | 0.35% |
| 146 | Coraopolis | 5,464 | 18 | 0.33% |
| 147 | Monessen | 6,825 | 21 | 0.31% |
| 148 | Ellwood City | 7,575 | 23 | 0.3% |
| 149 | Plymouth | 5,761 | 17 | 0.3% |
| 150 | Sharon | 13,019 | 38 | 0.29% |
| 151 | St. Marys | 12,612 | 35 | 0.28% |
| 152 | Oakmont | 6,712 | 18 | 0.27% |
| 153 | New Brighton | 5,600 | 15 | 0.27% |
| 154 | Yeadon | 12,091 | 30 | 0.25% |
| 155 | Clarks Summit | 5,058 | 12 | 0.24% |
| 156 | Franklin | 6,026 | 14 | 0.23% |
| 157 | Olyphant | 5,370 | 12 | 0.22% |
| 158 | Bangor | 5,158 | 11 | 0.21% |
| 159 | White Oak | 7,520 | 16 | 0.21% |
| 160 | Darby | 10,664 | 22 | 0.21% |
| 161 | Berwick | 10,291 | 19 | 0.18% |
| 162 | Kennett Square | 6,096 | 11 | 0.18% |
| 163 | Hazleton | 29,886 | 40 | 0.13% |
| 164 | Mount Carmel | 5,695 | 7 | 0.12% |
| 165 | Blakely | 6,661 | 7 | 0.11% |
| 166 | Pottsville | 13,374 | 11 | 0.08% |
| 167 | Economy | 9,042 | 6 | 0.07% |
| 168 | Columbia | 10,217 | 6 | 0.06% |
| 169 | Tyrone | 5,421 | 3 | 0.06% |
| 170 | Vandergrift | 5,028 | 1 | 0.02% |
| 171 | Steelton | 6,267 | 1 | 0.02% |
| 172 | Palmerton | 5,624 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 173 | Nanticoke | 10,610 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 174 | Schuylkill Haven | 5,247 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 175 | Birdsboro | 5,090 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 176 | New Castle | 21,727 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 177 | Tamaqua | 6,922 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 178 | Swoyersville | 5,014 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 179 | Shamokin | 6,890 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 180 | Punxsutawney | 5,689 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 181 | Sunbury | 9,643 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 182 | Duquesne | 5,186 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 183 | Ambridge | 6,912 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 184 | Clairton | 6,105 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 185 | Catasauqua | 6,491 | 0 | 0.0% |