Population by State
Arab Population by State 2026
Arab %
0.5%
1%
1.5%
2%
State | Arab % 2024↓ | Arab Population 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Michigan | 2.15% | 218,643 |
 | New Jersey | 1.22% | 117,452 |
 | Massachusetts | 1.03% | 74,193 |
 | District of Columbia | 0.99% | 6,895 |
 | Virginia | 0.99% | 88,263 |
 | New York | 0.98% | 196,462 |
 | California | 0.88% | 344,369 |
 | Rhode Island | 0.79% | 8,808 |
 | Illinois | 0.78% | 99,348 |
 | Ohio | 0.75% | 89,373 |
 | Connecticut | 0.7% | 25,865 |
 | New Hampshire | 0.64% | 9,165 |
 | Florida | 0.64% | 151,491 |
 | Pennsylvania | 0.6% | 77,823 |
 | Maryland | 0.57% | 35,640 |
 | Tennessee | 0.56% | 41,581 |
 | Texas | 0.55% | 178,004 |
 | Arizona | 0.51% | 39,439 |
 | Washington | 0.5% | 40,373 |
 | Delaware | 0.49% | 5,291 |
 | Louisiana | 0.48% | 22,405 |
 | Oregon | 0.47% | 20,077 |
 | Nevada | 0.45% | 14,936 |
 | Minnesota | 0.45% | 26,405 |
 | North Carolina | 0.44% | 49,918 |
 | Nebraska | 0.43% | 8,725 |
 | Colorado | 0.42% | 25,432 |
 | Vermont | 0.41% | 2,610 |
 | Maine | 0.37% | 5,325 |
 | Kansas | 0.36% | 10,829 |
 | New Mexico | 0.36% | 7,695 |
 | West Virginia | 0.36% | 6,358 |
 | Kentucky | 0.35% | 16,181 |
 | Missouri | 0.35% | 21,909 |
 | Indiana | 0.35% | 24,278 |
 | Georgia | 0.33% | 37,609 |
 | South Carolina | 0.31% | 17,556 |
 | Iowa | 0.29% | 9,291 |
 | Oklahoma | 0.28% | 11,489 |
 | Wisconsin | 0.28% | 16,506 |
 | Alabama | 0.27% | 14,101 |
 | North Dakota | 0.26% | 2,088 |
 | Utah | 0.25% | 9,098 |
 | Mississippi | 0.25% | 7,473 |
 | Idaho | 0.25% | 5,075 |
 | South Dakota | 0.2% | 1,841 |
 | Arkansas | 0.18% | 5,504 |
 | Hawaii | 0.17% | 2,503 |
 | Alaska | 0.16% | 1,205 |
 | Montana | 0.15% | 1,783 |
 | Wyoming | 0.09% | 538 |
 | United States | 0.66% | 2,255,221 |
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.
