{"id":223419,"date":"2025-05-01T13:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=fact-sheet&p=223419"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:02:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:02:39","slug":"asian-americans-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"fact-sheet","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/fact-sheet\/asian-americans-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts about Asians in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"
Fact Sheets: Asian Americans<\/a><\/div>
All Asians<\/a>Bangladeshis<\/a>Bhutanese<\/a>Burmese<\/a>Cambodians<\/a>Chinese<\/a>Filipinos<\/a>Hmong<\/a>Indians<\/a>Indonesians<\/a>Japanese<\/a>Koreans<\/a>Laotians<\/a>Malaysians<\/a>Mien<\/a>Mongolians<\/a>Nepalese<\/a>Pakistanis<\/a>Sri Lankans<\/a>Taiwanese<\/a>Thai<\/a>Uzbeks<\/a>Vietnamese<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

There were 24.8 million Asians in the United States in 2023, making up 7% of the total national population, according to estimates published by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Asian population has grown by 109% since 2000, when there were 11.9 million Asian people living in the U.S. Asians are the fastest-growing group among the country\u2019s largest racial or ethnic groups, outpacing the growth rate of the Hispanic, Black and White populations during the same time period.[1. Between 2000 and 2023, the U.S. Asian population grew at the fastest rate (109%), compared with the Hispanic (85%), Black (33%) and White (12%) populations, based on Pew Research Center analysis of estimates published by the U.S. Census Bureau. However, the Hispanic population had the largest increase in population by number <\/em>of people among these groups. Nearly 30 million more Hispanics were living in the U.S. in 2023 than 2000, compared with about 25 million more White Americans, 13 million more Asian Americans and 12 million more Black Americans. Hispanics are of any race. The Asian, Black and White populations include those who identify with the race alone or in combination with any other race or Hispanic ethnicity.] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Asian American population is diverse. It consists of people with varied Asian origins, racial and ethnic identities, and immigrant experiences. The population includes people who self-identify as Asian alone or in combination with any other race or ethnicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fact sheet is a profile of the geographic, social and demographic, and economic characteristics of the U.S. Asian population in 2023. It is based on Pew Research Center analysis of government data. (For more information, refer to the methodology<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n