Population by State
Arab Population by State 2026
Arab %
0.5%
1%
1.5%
2%
State | Arab % 2023↓ | Arab Population 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Michigan | 2.08% | 212,828 |
 | New Jersey | 1.18% | 115,428 |
 | Massachusetts | 1.03% | 74,630 |
 | New York | 0.97% | 194,747 |
 | Virginia | 0.95% | 85,198 |
 | District of Columbia | 0.94% | 6,856 |
 | California | 0.83% | 330,264 |
 | Rhode Island | 0.77% | 8,697 |
 | Illinois | 0.77% | 98,368 |
 | Ohio | 0.71% | 85,508 |
 | Connecticut | 0.64% | 23,925 |
 | New Hampshire | 0.62% | 8,803 |
 | Pennsylvania | 0.58% | 77,208 |
 | Florida | 0.58% | 141,232 |
 | Tennessee | 0.57% | 42,465 |
 | Maryland | 0.57% | 36,457 |
 | Texas | 0.53% | 171,527 |
 | Arizona | 0.48% | 37,769 |
 | Louisiana | 0.48% | 22,270 |
 | Washington | 0.48% | 38,996 |
 | Oregon | 0.44% | 19,119 |
 | Nevada | 0.44% | 14,774 |
 | Minnesota | 0.44% | 25,680 |
 | Delaware | 0.44% | 4,733 |
 | Colorado | 0.42% | 25,741 |
 | North Carolina | 0.41% | 46,267 |
 | Nebraska | 0.41% | 8,284 |
 | Vermont | 0.38% | 2,487 |
 | Missouri | 0.37% | 23,184 |
 | West Virginia | 0.36% | 6,336 |
 | Maine | 0.34% | 4,884 |
 | Kentucky | 0.34% | 16,048 |
 | Indiana | 0.34% | 23,569 |
 | Kansas | 0.33% | 10,066 |
 | Georgia | 0.33% | 38,100 |
 | New Mexico | 0.3% | 6,530 |
 | South Carolina | 0.29% | 16,588 |
 | Iowa | 0.28% | 9,130 |
 | Oklahoma | 0.27% | 11,211 |
 | Wisconsin | 0.27% | 16,069 |
 | North Dakota | 0.26% | 2,111 |
 | Alabama | 0.25% | 13,351 |
 | Mississippi | 0.25% | 7,484 |
 | Idaho | 0.24% | 4,953 |
 | Utah | 0.23% | 8,423 |
 | South Dakota | 0.21% | 1,979 |
 | Alaska | 0.18% | 1,322 |
 | Arkansas | 0.17% | 5,328 |
 | Montana | 0.13% | 1,537 |
 | Hawaii | 0.13% | 1,902 |
 | Wyoming | 0.11% | 640 |
 | United States | 0.63% | 2,191,006 |
Michigan has the highest number and percentage of Arab Americans at 211,405 and 2.1%, respectively. New Jersey comes in second with 112,134 Arab Americans, representing 1.2% of the state’s population, while Massachusetts follows closely behind with 72,487 Arab Americans, accounting for 1% of the state’s population. New York and Virginia round out the top five states with the most Arab Americans, with 186,398 (1%) and 81,617 (0.9%) individuals, respectively.
At the other end of the spectrum, Wyoming has the fewest Arab Americans, with only 623 individuals, comprising just 0.1% of the state’s population. Alaska and Montana also have low percentages of Arab Americans, with 0.1% and 0.1%, respectively. However, even states with a low percentage of Arab Americans still have thousands of Arab Americans living within their borders, demonstrating the widespread distribution of this community throughout the United States.
