Summary
In 2023 20.7 million (6.2%) of the U.S. population were Asian American or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AAPI). Of the approximately 20.1 million Asian Americans, the largest ethnic groups were Asian Indian (4.7 million), Chinese (4.5 million), Filipino (3.1 million), Vietnamese (1.9 million), Korean (1.5 million), and Japanese (726,000). Of the 662,417 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander residents, 176,000 were Native Hawaiian, 126,000 were Samoan, and 84,000 were Chamorro. Among Asian American residents aged 25 or over, 57.8% had earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. Among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander residents aged 25 or over, 19.1% had earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. In 2013, the shares of bachelor’s degree or higher recipients for Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders were 51.3% and 16.0%, respectively.
