Asian Americans in Washington (state)

Asian Americans in
Washington (state)

Washington Flag of Washington
Total population
730,596 (9.5%) in the 2020 census 843,791 (10.8%) in the 2023 estimate
Regions with significant populations
United States
Languages
English, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Hindustani, Korean, Japanese, other Languages of Asia
Religion
Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Irreligion, Others
Related ethnic groups
Asian Americans

Asian Washingtonians are residents of the state of Washington who are of Asian ancestry. As of the 2020 census, Asian-Americans were 730,596 (9.5%) of the state's population.

Distribution

Chinese Americans are the largest group at nearly 2% of the state’s population and 1.4% Chinese alone. Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Indians, and Filipinos are plentiful. Seattle is 5% Chinese, and 15% Asian. Nearby Bellevue has a larger Chinese and Asian/Asian Indian population, at least 25%.

Significant Asian Seattle communities include Chinatown-International District, Beacon Hill and Capitol Hill.

Most Asian people live in East King County (Bellevue area). Redmond is the 1st largest Asian percentage.

List of municipalities for Asian Americans only in the 2020 census

City	Population	Percentage
Aberdeen	315	1.9%
Airway Heights	513	4.8%
Albion	2	0.4%
Algona	488	14.8%
Almira	2	0.6%
Anacortes	419	2.4%
Arlington	632	3.2%
Asotin	2	0.2%
Auburn	11,438	13.1%
Bainbridge Island	847	3.4%
Battle Ground	408	2.0%
Beaux Arts Village	22	6.9%
Bellevue	61,684	40.6%
Bellingham	5,516	6.0%
Benton City	20	0.6%
Bingen	11	1.4%
Black Diamond	133	2.8%
Blaine	406	6.9%
Bonney Lake	761	3.4%
Bothell	8,503	17.7%
Bremerton	2,748	6.3%
Brewster	6	0.3%
Bridgeport	1	0.0%
Brier	632	9.6%
Buckley	65	1.3%
Bucoda	4	0.7%
Burien	7,357	14.1%
Burlington	255	2.8%
Camas	2,574	9.9%
Carbonado	0	0.0%
Carnation	140	6.5%
Cashmere	29	0.9%
Castle Rock	13	0.5%
Cathlamet	8	1.4%
Centralia	244	1.3%
Chehalis	90	1.2%
Chelan	39	0.9%
Cheney	438	3.3%
Chewelah	15	0.6%
Clarkston	77	1.1%
Cle Elum	31	1.4%
Clyde Hill	1,019	32.6%
Colfax	48	1.7%
College Place	183	1.8%
Colton	5	1.2%
Colville	44	0.9%
Conconully	1	0.5%
Concrete	9	1.1%
Connell	130	2.4%
Cosmopolis	31	1.9%
Coulee City	4	0.7%
Coulee Dam	12	1.0%
Coupeville	39	2.0%
Covington	2,453	11.8%
Creston	1	0.5%
Cusick	2	1.3%
Darrington	7	0.5%
Davenport	14	0.8%
Dayton	20	0.8%
Deer Park	29	0.7%
Des Moines	4,190	12.7%
DuPont	1,359	13.4%
Duvall	454	5.7%
East Wenatchee	170	1.2%
Eatonville	21	0.7%
Edgewood	807	6.5%
Edmonds	3,412	8.0%
Electric City	4	0.4%
Ellensburg	675	3.6%
Elma	59	1.7%
Elmer City	0	0.0%
Endicott	3	1.0%
Entiat	11	0.8%
Enumclaw	138	1.1%
Ephrata	79	0.9%
Everett	10,602	9.6%
Everson	28	1.0%
Fairfield	3	0.5%
Farmington	1	0.8%
Federal Way	15,617	15.5%
Ferndale	1,019	6.8%
Fife	1,739	15.8%
Fircrest	398	5.6%
Forks	48	1.4%
Friday Harbor	50	1.9%
Garfield	4	0.7%
George	1	0.1%
Gig Harbor	596	5.0%
Gold Bar	20	0.8%
Goldendale	27	0.8%
Grand Coulee	7	0.7%
Grandview	59	0.5%
Granger	7	0.2%
Granite Falls	116	2.6%
Hamilton	3	1.0%
Harrah	6	1.0%
Harrington	5	1.2%
Hartline	1	0.6%
Hatton	0	0.0%
Hoquiam	101	1.2%
Hunts Point	98	21.4%
Ilwaco	10	0.9%
Index	1	0.6%
Ione	0	0.0%
Issaquah	10,379	25.9%
Kahlotus	1	0.7%
Kalama	30	1.0%
Kelso	163	1.3%
Kenmore	3,585	15.0%
Kennewick	2,384	2.8%
Kent	32,240	23.6%
Kettle Falls	15	0.9%
Kirkland	16,485	17.9%
Kittitas	3	0.2%
Krupp	1	2.0%
La Center	66	1.9%
Lacey	4,859	9.1%
La Conner	16	1.7%
LaCrosse	1	0.3%
Lake Forest Park	1,529	11.2%
Lake Stevens	2,062	5.8%
Lakewood	5,807	9.1%
Lamont	1	1.3%
Langley	16	1.4%
Latah	0	0.0%
Leavenworth	19	0.8%
Liberty Lake	341	2.8%
Lind	4	0.7%
Long Beach	21	1.2%
Longview	952	2.5%
Lyman	1	0.2%
Lynden	564	3.6%
Lynnwood	7,399	19.2%
Mabton	4	0.2%
Malden	0	0.0%
Mansfield	0	0.0%
Maple Valley	2,500	8.9%
Marcus	1	0.5%
Marysville	5,303	7.5%
Mattawa	4	0.1%
McCleary	30	1.5%
Medical Lake	73	1.5%
Medina	851	29.2%
Mercer Island	5,924	23.0%
Mesa	8	2.1%
Metaline	0	0.0%
Metaline Falls	2	0.7%
Mill Creek	4,186	20.0%
Millwood	18	1.0%
Milton	575	6.6%
Monroe	791	4.0%
Montesano	72	1.7%
Morton	6	0.6%
Moses Lake	688	2.7%
Mossyrock	4	0.5%
Mount Vernon	1,292	3.7%
Mountlake Terrace	2,662	12.5%
Moxee	59	1.4%
Mukilteo	4,218	19.6%
Naches	6	0.6%
Napavine	22	1.2%
Nespelem	0	0.0%
Newcastle	4,533	34.8%
Newport	26	1.2%
Nooksack	16	1.1%
Normandy Park	426	6.3%
North Bend	305	4.1%
North Bonneville	12	0.9%
Northport	0	0.0%
Oakesdale	4	1.0%
Oak Harbor	2,524	10.3%
Oakville	7	1.0%
Ocean Shores	127	1.9%
Odessa	6	0.7%
Okanogan	23	1.0%
Olympia	3,745	6.7%
Omak	50	1.0%
Oroville	14	0.8%
Orting	233	2.6%
Othello	96	1.1%
Pacific	745	10.3%
Palouse	6	0.6%
Pasco	1,654	2.1%
Pateros	5	0.8%
Pe Ell	6	0.9%
Pomeroy	5	0.4%
Port Angeles	430	2.2%
Port Orchard	1,069	6.9%
Port Townsend	192	1.9%
Poulsbo	701	5.9%
Prescott	5	1.3%
Prosser	140	2.3%
Pullman	3,529	10.7%
Puyallup	2,434	5.7%
Quincy	67	0.9%
Rainier	47	2.0%
Raymond	181	5.9%
Reardan	3	0.5%
Redmond	30,061	41.0%
Renton	27,917	26.1%
Republic	11	1.1%
Richland	3,161	5.2%
Ridgefield	359	3.5%
Ritzville	13	0.7%
Riverside	0	0.0%
Rock Island	0	0.0%
Rockford	4	0.8%
Rosalia	1	0.2%
Roslyn	11	1.2%
Roy	28	3.4%
Royal City	1	0.1%
Ruston	71	6.7%
St. John	2	0.3%
Sammamish	24,164	35.8%
SeaTac	5,783	18.4%
Seattle	125,668	17.1%
Sedro-Woolley	150	1.2%
Selah	118	1.4%
Sequim	210	2.6%
Shelton	127	1.2%
Shoreline	9,383	16.0%
Skykomish	5	3.1%
Snohomish	243	2.4%
Snoqualmie	1,888	13.4%
Soap Lake	15	0.9%
South Bend	99	5.7%
South Cle Elum	0	0.0%
South Prairie	2	0.5%
Spangle	3	1.1%
Spokane	6,519	2.8%
Spokane Valley	1,970	1.9%
Sprague	0	0.0%
Springdale	0	0.0%
Stanwood	158	2.1%
Starbuck	1	0.8%
Steilacoom	492	7.3%
Stevenson	20	1.3%
Sultan	140	2.7%
Sumas	35	2.2%
Sumner	328	3.1%
Sunnyside	100	0.6%
Tacoma	20,268	9.2%
Tekoa	2	0.2%
Tenino	23	1.2%
Tieton	14	1.0%
Toledo	3	0.5%
Tonasket	5	0.5%
Toppenish	32	0.4%
Tukwila	5,709	26.2%
Tumwater	1,372	5.4%
Twisp	8	0.8%
Union Gap	38	0.6%
Uniontown	0	0.0%
University Place	3,796	10.9%
Vader	9	1.4%
Vancouver	10,364	5.4%
Waitsburg	5	0.4%
Walla Walla	621	1.8%
Wapato	117	2.5%
Warden	18	0.7%
Washougal	387	2.3%
Washtucna	1	0.5%
Waterville	4	0.4%
Waverly	0	0.0%
Wenatchee	465	1.3%
Westport	19	0.9%
West Richland	354	2.2%
White Salmon	22	0.9%
Wilbur	8	0.9%
Wilkeson	3	0.6%
Wilson Creek	0	0.0%
Winlock	4 0.3%	0.3%
Winthrop	0	0.0%
Woodinville	2,065	15.8%
Woodland	70	1.1%
Woodway	134	10.2%
Yacolt	2	0.1%
Yakima	1,418	1.5%
Yarrow Point	261	23.0%
Yelm	387	3.6%
Zillah	19	0.6%

See also

• Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience
• History of Chinese Americans in Seattle
• History of the Japanese in Seattle
• List of municipalities in Washington

External links

• A History Bursting With Telling: Asian Americans in Washington State