This statistics shows the leading metropolitan areas in the United States in 2023 with the highest percentage of Asian population. Among the 81 largest metropolitan areas, Urban Honolulu, Hawaii was ranked first with 61.6 percent of residents reporting as Asian in 2023.
As of October 2023, approximately 20.4 thousand Japanese residents were registered in the San Francisco metropolitan area, the highest amount of the past decade. In the same year, the United States was the country with the highest number of Japanese residents by far. Within the observed time frame, the size of the Japanese population has been growing gradually each year, with 2020 being the only exception to this general upward trend.The statistic, which is based on the information gathered by Japanese diplomatic missions abroad, does not include descendants of Japanese emigrants (nikkeijin) who do not hold Japanese citizenship. People with multiple citizenship are counted.
More than 12.2 thousand Japanese residents were registered in the Chicago metropolitan area as of October 2018. In the same year, the United States was the country with the highest number of Japanese residents by far. The statistic, which is based on the information gathered by Japanese diplomatic missions abroad, does not include descendants of Japanese emigrants (nikkeijin) who do not hold Japanese citizenship. People with multiple citizenship are counted.
More than 5.8 thousand Japanese residents were registered in the Portland metropolitan area as of October 2018. In the same year, the United States was the country with the highest number of Japanese residents by far. The statistic, which is based on the information gathered by Japanese diplomatic missions abroad, does not include descendants of Japanese emigrants (nikkeijin) who do not hold Japanese citizenship. People with multiple citizenship are counted.
As of October 2019, about 40.5 thousand Japanese residents lived in the New York metropolitan area. In the same year, the United States was country with the highest number of Japanese residents by far. The statistic, which is based on the information gathered by Japanese diplomatic missions abroad, does not include descendants of Japanese emigrants (nikkeijin) who do not hold Japanese citizenship. People with multiple citizenship are counted.
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This statistics shows the leading metropolitan areas in the United States in 2023 with the highest percentage of Asian population. Among the 81 largest metropolitan areas, Urban Honolulu, Hawaii was ranked first with 61.6 percent of residents reporting as Asian in 2023.