AsianRanking

Top 30 Counties Ranked by Asian & Pacific Islander Population in 1997

Rank	County	1997 Asian, PI Population	1990 Asian, PI Population	1990-97 Change	Percent Asian, PI
1	Los Angeles County, California	1,187,392	993,626	93,766	13.0
2	Honolulu County, Hawaii	559,752	534,029	25,723	64.3
3	Orange County, California	344,330	252,829	91,501	12.9
4	Santa Clara County, California	343,387	266,482	76,905	21.3
5	Queens County, New York	317,893	242,673	75,220	16.1
6	San Diego County, California	280,096	206,713	73,383	10.3
7	San Francisco County, California	259,195	213,703	45,492	35.4
8	Alameda County, California	257,173	201,342	55,831	18.8
9	Cook County, Illinois	242,662	194,488	48,174	4.8
10	Harris County, Texas	175,201	114,357	60,844	5.5
11	King County, Washington	166,833	120,054	46,779	10.2
12	New York County, New York	151,725	112,938	38,787	9.9
13	Kings County, New York	145,112	114,741	30,371	6.5
14	San Mateo County, California	144,049	111067	32,982	20.8
15	Sacramento County, California	136,594	98,868	37,726	12.1
16	Contra Costa County, California	111,533	78,688	32,845	12.4
17	Fairfax County, Virginia	101,839	69,948	31,891	11.1
18	Montgomery County, Maryland	87,635	62,884	24,751	10.6
19	San Bernardino County, California	86,336	62,286	24,050	5.3
20	Bergen County, New Jersey	85,096	55,117	29,979	10.0
21	San Joaquin County, California	83,066	61,349	21,717	15.3
22	Hawaii County, Hawaii	82,329	70,036	12,293	58.2
23	Dallas County, Texas	82,180	54,330	27,850	4.1
24	Fresno County, California	78,678	60,491	18,187	10.4
25	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	75,912	52,159	23,753	5.4
26	Middlesex County, New Jersey	70,588	45,426	25,162	10.0
27	Maui County, Hawaii	70,526	58,764	11,762	59.4
28	Riverside County, California	65,705	44,232	21,473	4.5
29	Maricopa County, Arizona	62,837	38,308	24,529	2.3
30	Solano County, California	61,609	44,947	16,662	16.6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Internet Release Date: September 4, 1998.