Population by State
Ethiopian Population by State 2026
Ethiopian %
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1%
1.2%
1.4%
State | Ethiopian % 2024↓ | Ethiopian Population 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | District of Columbia | 1.31% | 9,569 |
 | Maryland | 0.66% | 42,074 |
 | Minnesota | 0.54% | 31,589 |
 | Virginia | 0.46% | 41,193 |
 | Nevada | 0.34% | 11,580 |
 | Washington | 0.34% | 27,892 |
 | South Dakota | 0.31% | 2,876 |
 | Georgia | 0.24% | 27,006 |
 | Colorado | 0.22% | 13,102 |
 | Texas | 0.11% | 36,364 |
 | Oregon | 0.11% | 4,706 |
 | Kansas | 0.1% | 3,132 |
 | Massachusetts | 0.1% | 7,161 |
 | California | 0.09% | 36,738 |
 | Ohio | 0.09% | 10,949 |
 | North Carolina | 0.09% | 9,730 |
 | Iowa | 0.08% | 2,652 |
 | Tennessee | 0.06% | 4,663 |
 | Nebraska | 0.06% | 1,271 |
 | Arizona | 0.06% | 4,782 |
 | Illinois | 0.06% | 7,374 |
 | Missouri | 0.06% | 3,519 |
 | Delaware | 0.05% | 562 |
 | Indiana | 0.05% | 3,608 |
 | Pennsylvania | 0.05% | 6,411 |
 | New York | 0.05% | 9,569 |
 | Michigan | 0.04% | 4,236 |
 | New Jersey | 0.04% | 3,794 |
 | Rhode Island | 0.04% | 414 |
 | Kentucky | 0.03% | 1,588 |
 | Alaska | 0.03% | 242 |
 | Wisconsin | 0.03% | 1,704 |
 | Utah | 0.03% | 1,024 |
 | Florida | 0.03% | 6,316 |
 | West Virginia | 0.03% | 443 |
 | Louisiana | 0.02% | 1,108 |
 | Oklahoma | 0.02% | 969 |
 | Connecticut | 0.02% | 780 |
 | South Carolina | 0.02% | 1,081 |
 | New Mexico | 0.02% | 394 |
 | New Hampshire | 0.02% | 240 |
 | North Dakota | 0.02% | 132 |
 | Maine | 0.01% | 205 |
 | Idaho | 0.01% | 294 |
 | Montana | 0.01% | 146 |
 | Mississippi | 0.01% | 366 |
 | Alabama | 0.01% | 630 |
 | Vermont | 0.01% | 61 |
 | Wyoming | 0.01% | 51 |
 | Arkansas | 0.01% | 199 |
 | Hawaii | 0% | 45 |
 | United States | 0.11% | 386,534 |
The states with the highest number of Ethiopians are Maryland with 34,566 (0.56%) and Virginia with 38,394 (0.44%). Other states with significant Ethiopian populations include Minnesota with 26,926 (0.47%), Washington with 25,937 (0.33%), and California with 36,527 (0.09%). On the other hand, Arkansas has the smallest Ethiopian population with only 49 individuals (0.002%).
When examining the percentage of Ethiopian Americans per state, the District of Columbia has the highest concentration with 0.99%, followed by Maryland with 0.56% and Virginia with 0.44%. Other states with above-average concentrations of Ethiopian Americans include Minnesota with 0.47%, Nevada with 0.39%, and Washington with 0.33%. Conversely, Arkansas has the lowest concentration of Ethiopian Americans with only 0.0016%, followed by Hawaii with 0.0058% and Wyoming with 0.0092%.
