As of the 2020 Census, Filipino Americans were the largest population of Asian Americans in 11 states (
Alaska,
Arizona,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Montana,
Nevada,
New Mexico,
North Dakota,
South Dakota,
West Virginia, and
Wyoming), and the second largest population of Asian Americans in 15 states (
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Florida,
Illinois,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Mississippi,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
South Carolina,
Utah,
Virginia, and
Washington). The following is a list of states with Filipino American populations of over 70,000 in 2017. Filipino immigrants have dispersed across the United States, gravitating toward economic and
professional opportunities, independent of geographic location. Among the 1,814,000 Philippines-born Filipino Americans, the states with the largest concentrations are California (44.8%), Hawaii (6.2%), New Jersey (4.8%), Texas (4.8%), and Illinois (4.7%). In 2008, 35% of Filipino immigrants in the United States lived in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City metropolitan areas; by 2011, the percentage of the total Filipino immigrant population in the U.S. in those metropolitan areas was 33%.
California Although Filipinos first arrived in California in the 16th century, the first documentation of a Filipino residing in California did not occur until 1781, when Antonio Miranda Rodriguez was counted in the census as a "chino". In 1910, there were only five Filipinos in California; In 1930, there were about 35,000 Filipino agricultural laborers in
California's Central Valley where the majority of Filipinos in the United States resided. Filipino laborers tended to have better working conditions and earn more than their
Mexican or Japanese counterparts; in addition, they were described as "
dandies and sharp dressers". Before World War II,
Stockton had the largest population of Filipinos outside of the Philippine Islands, and during the harvest season, its Filipino population would swell to over 10,000. During the
Great Depression Filipinos in California were the target of
race riots, including the
Watsonville riots. By the end of World War II, the Filipino population in Stockton increased to over 15,000. In the late 1950s, Filipino Americans in California were concentrated around Stockton, the
Bay Area, and
Los Angeles with migrant laborers being a significant part of the population. By 1970, the Filipino population in Stockton was less than 5,000, and the once vibrant Filipino community of "
Little Manila" had been largely demolished except for a few blocks by 1999, mostly due to construction of the "
Crosstown Freeway". A population of Filipinos remains in the Central Valley region in the 21st century, however it is no longer a significant concentration. In 2019, it was estimated that Filipino Americans are the largest populations of Asian Americans in Stockton, and are about 28,000 people. In 1940, the Filipino population grew to 31,408 and continued to grow to 67,134 by 1960. It had nearly doubled to 135,248 by 1970, and by 1990 had grown to almost three quarters of a million people (733,941). In 1990, more than half (52%) of all Filipino Americans lived in California. additionally in 2000, California was home to nearly half (49%) of Filipino immigrants. In 2008, one out of every four Filipino Americans lived in
Southern California, numbering over one million. The
2010 Census, confirmed that Filipino Americans had grown to become the largest Asian American population in the state totaling 1,474,707 persons; 43% of all Filipino Americans live in California. As of 2011, California is home to 45% of all Filipino immigrants to the United States. a change from 22,484 in 2012, 20,261 in 2011, and 24,082 in 2010. 20% of California's
registered nurses were Filipino in 2013; according to the
California Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles County has the largest concentration of Filipino American nurses, who are 27% of nurses in the county. By 2021, the percentage of nurses in California who are Filipino American dropped down to 18%. By the
2020 Census, the share of Filipino Americans who lived in California decreased to 39.3% of all Filipino Americans living in the United States. Filipino Californians were spread out across the entire state, representing the largest share of Asian Americans in 30 out of California's 58 counties, with a notable majority in most of
Southern California (with the exception of greater Los Angeles),
Greater Sacramento, and
Gold Country.
Greater Los Angeles sign. Filipino pensionados began arriving to the region in 1903, including
Ventura County; others attended schools in Los Angeles County, including the
University of Southern California, and
University of California - Los Angeles. In the 1920s, the area now known as
Little Tokyo was known as Little Manila, where the first concentration of Filipino immigrants in Los Angeles lived. In 1930, one in five Filipinos in the United States called Los Angeles County home. The number of Filipinos in the area expanded in the winter season to work temporary jobs. In 1937, the first Filipina American graduated from
UCLA. In 1940, there were 4,503 Filipinos living in the City of
Los Angeles. Little Manila extended to the
Bunker Hill and
Civic Center areas of Los Angeles, but was forced to relocate to the Temple-Beverly Corridor in the 1950s and 1960s; it has since been largely forgotten. Long Beach community began in the 1940s, the Oxnard community saw significant growth after the 1960s. According to the
1970 United States census, the
Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area had the third largest Filipino American population in the United States at that time (32,018). In the 1980s, there were 219,653 Filipinos in Los Angeles County. In 1985,
Helen Agcaoili Summers Brown opened the Filipino American Reading Room and Library. In 1990, there were more Filipinos living in suburban Los Angeles (160,778), than in urban Los Angeles (135,336). In 1996 one in four of Asian Americans in Los Angeles was Filipino. In the last two decades of the 20th century Filipinos were the second-largest population of Asian Americans in the region, however one writer described the population as having a "residential invisibility", with other Asian American populations being more visible.
Greater Los Angeles is the metropolitan area home to the most Filipino Americans, with the population numbered around 606,657 in 2010; Los Angeles County alone accounted for over 374,285 Filipinos, the most of any single county in the U.S. The Los Angeles region has the second-largest concentrated population of Filipinos in the world, surpassed only by
Manila. Greater Los Angeles is also home to the largest number of Filipino immigrants (16% of the total Filipino immigrant population of the United States), as of 2011. however, in 2010, Filipinos were the largest population of Asian Americans within the city of Los Angeles. In 2016, among those surveyed for a report entitled
The Color of Wealth in Los Angeles, Filipino Americans had the second-largest proportion of college graduates, with 76.2% having at least a bachelor's degree. The city of Los Angeles designated a section of
Westlake as
Historic Filipinotown in 2002. It is now largely populated by
Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most Filipinos who resided in the area and the city in general have moved to the suburbs, particularly cities in the
San Gabriel Valley, including
West Covina and
Rowland Heights. Due to West Covina's significant concentration of Filipino Americans, it was proposed a business district be designated a "Little Manila". In 2014, about a quarter of Historic Filipinotown's population was Filipino, however the population did not have a significant "visible cultural impact"; in 2007, Filipinos were 15% of the area's population. Within the city of Los Angeles,
Eagle Rock has over 6,000 Filipinos calling the neighborhood home; additionally, as of 2000 the largest source of foreign-born individuals was the Philippines.
Panorama City is another Los Angeles neighborhood with a noticeable Filipino population. In 2010, 32.4% of Asians in
La Puente were foreign-born Filipino. Other significant concentrations of Filipino Americans in Los Angeles County are in
Carson, where "
Larry Itliong Day" was dedicated,
Cerritos, and
Glendale.
Orange County also has a sizable and growing Filipino population, whose population grew by 178% in the 1980s; by 2018 the population was estimated to be 89,000. The
Inland Empire also has a population of Filipinos, with an estimated 59,000 living in the region in 2003, a hundred years after the first Filipinos arrived in the area to attend
Riverside High School; of those about 2,400 lived in
Coachella Valley. By the early 2010s estimates were there were around 90,000 Filipinos living in the region—the largest group with Asian ancestry in the area. As of the 2020 Census, Filipino Americans were the second largest population of Asian Americans, after Chinese Americans, whose 419,187 persons made up 24.7% of all Asian Americans in Los Angeles County. Long Beach has over fourteen thousand Filipino residents; Filipinos are the largest Asian population of Long Beach.
San Francisco Bay Area in San Francisco during the dawn hours of 4 August 1977 One of the earliest records of a Filipino settling in the San Francisco Bay Area occurred in the mid-19th century, when a Filipino immigrant and his
Miwok wife settled in
Lairds Landing; many
Coast Miwok trace their lineage to this couple. Significant migration began in the early 20th century, including upper-class mestizo businessmen, mariners, and students (known as
pensionados). Another group of Filipinos who immigrated to the Bay Area was war brides, many of whom married African-American "
buffalo soldiers". Other immigrants came through the U.S. Military, some through the
Presidio of San Francisco, and others as
migrant workers on their way to points inland; many of these Filipinos would settle down permanently in the Bay Area, establishing
"Manilatown" on Kearny Street. the last of whom were evicted in August 1977 from the
International Hotel. After 1965, Filipinos from the Philippines began immigrating to San Francisco, concentrating in the
South of Market neighbourhood. By 1990, 30% of the population in South of Market was Filipino American. The 2000 Census showed that the greater San Francisco Bay Area was home to approximately 320,000 residents of Filipino descent, with the largest concentration living in
Santa Clara County. In the mid-2000s Filipino Americans were between one fifth and one fourth of the total population of
Vallejo, having been drawn there by agriculture and
Mare Island Naval Shipyard. In 2007, there were about a hundred thousand Filipino Americans living in the
East Bay alone. Santa Clara county continued to have the largest concentration in the area. In 2011, 9% of all Filipino immigrants to the United States reside in the
San Francisco metropolitan area, and an additional 3% resided in the
San Jose metropolitan area. In 2016, although the number of Filipinos living within the City of San Francisco has been reduced, a heritage district was designated
"SoMa Pilipinas".
South San Francisco and
San Bruno also have significant Filipino populations.
San Diego County and
warrant officers aboard the at
Naval Base San Diego.
San Diego has historically been a destination for Filipino immigrants and has contributed to the growth of its population. One of the earliest instances of a Filipino being in San Diego, occurred during the
Portolá expedition in 1769, while California was still part of
New Spain. The first documentation of Filipinos arriving in
San Diego, as part of the United States, occurred in 1903 when Filipino students arrived at
State Normal School; they were followed as early as 1908 by Filipino sailors serving in the United States Navy. Due to discriminatory housing policies of the time, the majority of Filipinos in San Diego lived
downtown around Market Street, Prior to World War II, due to
anti-miscegenation laws, multi-racial marriages with
Hispanic and Latino women were common, particularly with Mexicans. In the 1940s and 1950s, Filipino Americans were the largest population of Asians within the City of San Diego, with a population around 500. After World War II, the majority of Filipino Americans in San Diego were associated with the U.S. Navy in one form or another. Even in the late 1970s and early 1980s more than half of Filipino babies born in the greater San Diego area were born at
Balboa Naval Hospital. Many Filipino American veterans, after completing active duty, would move out of San Diego, to the suburbs of
Chula Vista and
National City. From a population of 799 in 1940, by the 2010 Census the population had grown to 182,248. In 1990 and 2000, San Diego was the only metropolitan area in the U.S. where, at more than fifty percent, Filipinos constituted the largest Asian American nationality. As of 2011, 5% of all Filipino immigrants in the United States call San Diego County home; Filipinos concentrated in the
South Bay, where they had been historically concentrated. Also, in 2015, it was documented that the county had the third largest concentration of Filipino Americans in the entire United States. By late 2016, the population in the county increased to almost 200 thousand. More affluent Filipino Americans moved into the suburbs of
North County, A portion of
California State Route 54 in San Diego is officially named the "Filipino-American Highway", in recognition of the Filipino American community. As of the 2020 Census, Filipino Americans were the plurality of all Asian Americans living in San Diego County, with their 215,168 people making up 41.6% of all Asian Americans within the county. According to the 2020 United States Census' American Community Survey, 2.8% of the total population of San Diego County spoke Tagalog. According to the 2022 United States Census' American Community Survey, non-Multiracial Filipinos were 4.4% of the total county population, had a median age of 43, had a median individual income of $51,125, 54.7% were male, 60.5% were homeowners, 2.9% were unemployed, 9.4% were military veterans, 47.5% had completed a bachelor's degree or greater, 12.6% had a disability, 64.3% were immigrants to the United States and of those who immigrated 84.9% were naturalized, 12.2% participated in SNAP, 3.6% lacked health insurance, and cancer was their leading cause of death. In 2025, there were 95,149 Filipinos in San Diego, 36,368 Filipinos in Chula Vista, and 9,456 in National City. While the majority of Filipino American high school students in San Diego County go on to enroll in college, less than half end up earning a college degree. By 2024, National City's Filipino population have dropped down being only a fifth of the city's population.
Hawaii 's
Gregorio del Pilar at
Pearl Harbor. From 1909 to 1934,
Hawaiian sugar plantations recruited Filipinos, later known as
sakadas; by 1932 Filipinos made up the majority of laborers on Hawaiian sugar plantations. By 1930, the population of Filipinos in Hawaii had nearly tripled to 63,052. As late as 1940, the population of Filipinos in the Territory of Hawaii outnumbered Filipinos in the continental United States. with over 191,000 living on the island of
Oahu; while making up the majority of the populations of
Kauaʻi and
Maui counties. In June 2002, representatives from the
Arroyo Administration and local leaders presided over the grand opening and dedication of the
Filipino Community Center in
Waipahu. In the
2010 census, Filipino Americans became the largest Asian ethnicity in Hawaii, partially due to the declining population of the state's Japanese Americans. In 2011, four percent of all Filipino immigrants in the U.S. resided in the Honolulu metro area, and were 43% of all immigrants in the Honolulu metro area as well. Filipino immigrants in Hawaii made up six per cent of all Filipino immigrants in the United States. In 2019 Filipino Americans were the second largest ethnicity in Hawaii, after European Americans. During the first year of the
COVID-19 pandemic, Filipino Americans were about a fifth of all COVID-19 cases in Hawaii.
2023 Hawaii wildfires on Maui significantly impacted the Filipino American community in Lahaina, where 40% of the community's population before the wildfires were Filipino Americans.
Texas dancers at the 2007
Texas State Fair The first Filipino known by name in
Texas was Francisco Flores, who came to Texas by way of
Cuba in the nineteenth century. Flores lived initially in
Port Isabel later moving to
Rockport. Following the annexation of the Philippines by the United States, Filipinos began migrating to Texas. After World War II, many Filipino professionals began immigrating to Texas; 2,000 Filipino nurses called
Houston home. their number had increased to 75,226 by 2000. With Texas being part of the
Bible Belt, it is often a popular destination for emigrating Filipino Protestants. In 2011, five percent (86,400) of all Filipino immigrants in the United States lived in Texas. As of the 2020 Census, there are 234,091 Filipinos in Texas.
Washington , 1952 The first documented Filipino in Washington state was a lumber mill employee at
Port Blakely in 1888, but there were some earlier instances of Filipino seamen settling in the
Puget Sound region. In 1910, the population of Filipinos in Washington was twelve times greater than in California. In 1920, there were almost a thousand (958) Filipinos in Washington. this population had declined to 2,200 by 1940. A significant population of these early Filipinos were migratory workers, working in the canneries in
Puget Sound, and harvesting crops in
Yakima Valley. In 1970, Filipino Americans were the fifth-largest minority population, with 11,462 persons, after African-Americans,
Hispanic and Latino Americans,
Native Americans, and Japanese Americans; they were 0.3% of the total population of Washington at the time; 87.2% lived in urban areas, and 7,668 Filipinos lived in the
Seattle–Tacoma–Everett metropolitan area. 60% of Filipino Americans living in Washington have arrived since 1965. As of the 2020 Census, there are 194,682 Filipinos in Washington. In 2000, Nevada was home to two percent (31,000) of all Filipino immigrants in the United States. More than half of Asian Americans in Nevada in 2010 were Filipino, and are Nevada's largest group of Asian Americans. In 2005, outside of
Las Vegas Valley, the only other area in Nevada with a significant population of Filipinos was
Washoe County. by 2015, it had risen to more than 138,000. In 2021, there were more than 200,000 Filipinos in Las Vegas. The first known Filipinos in
Clark County arrived from California during the
Great Depression. Filipinos arriving in the mid-20th century settled primarily around Fifth and Sixth Streets, and an enclave remains in this area. Beginning in 1995, five to six thousand Filipinos from Hawaii began to migrate to
Las Vegas. In 2013, according to the American Community Survey, 2011–2013, there were an estimated 114,989 Filipinos (+/-5,293), including multiracial Filipinos, in Clark County; according to other sources, there were about 140,000 Filipinos living in Las Vegas. According to
The Star-Ledger in 2014, more than 90,000
Filipino nationals resided in the Las Vegas area. By 2015, Filipino Americans are more than half of the population of Asian Americans in Las Vegas. In 2024 there were about 178,655 Filipino Americans in the state, there is a trend of Filipino Americans relocating from Hawaii and California to Nevada due to rising cost of living and housing prices.
Florida who fought at the
Battle of Bataan in Jacksonville In 1910, there was a single Filipino living in
Florida, this population increased to 11 in 1920, and 46 in 1930. Florida is home to 122,691 Filipino Americans, according to the 2010 Census. As of 2013, Filipinos are the largest group of Asian Americans in
Duval County. The 2000 Census reported there were around 15,000 Filipino Americans living in the
Jacksonville metropolitan area, though community leaders estimated the true number was closer to 25,000. Indeed, the 2010 Census found the community numbered at 25,033, about 20% of the state's Filipino Americans. Many of Jacksonville's Filipinos served in or otherwise had ties to, the United States Navy, which has two bases in Jacksonville. and the
Tampa Bay Area has 18,724.
Illinois Filipino migration to the Chicago area began in 1906 with the immigration of pensionados, consisting predominantly of men. A significant number of them married non-Filipinos, mainly
Eastern or
Southern European women. At one point, 300 of these early Chicago Filipinos worked for the
Pullman Company, and overall tended to be more educated than most men of their age. In 1930, there were 1,796 Filipinos living in Chicago. The population decreased to 1,740 in 1940 with men outnumbering women 25:1. By the 1970s, Filipinas outnumbered Filipinos, with a total of 9,497 Filipinos in the Chicago Area; Outside the Chicago metropolitan area, there were fewer Filipinos. In 2000, 100,338 Filipino Americans lived in Illinois— 95,928 in the
Chicago metropolitan area. In that same year, among ethnic groups in the Chicago metropolitan area, Filipinos had the highest proportion of foreign- born. 131,388 lived within the Chicago metropolitan area. As of 2010, Filipinos were the second-largest population of Asian Americans in Illinois after
Indian Americans. In 2011, five percent (84,800) of all Filipino immigrants in the United States lived in Illinois, the majority of whom (78,400) lived in the Chicago metropolitan area. often near hospitals. In 2010, there were 104,287 single-race Filipino Americans living in New York State. In 2011, five percent (84,400) of all Filipino immigrants in the United States lived in New York.
New York City metropolitan area In the 1970s and 1980s, Filipinos in New York and New Jersey had a higher educational and social status than the mainly working-class Filipinos elsewhere in the US; more than half of Filipino immigrants to the metropolitan area were healthcare or other highly trained
professionals, in contrast to established working-class Filipino American populations elsewhere. A profile of New York City's Filipino American population, based on an analysis of 1990 and 2000 U.S. census data, showed that Filipino New Yorkers surpassed non-Filipino New Yorkers as a whole in terms of income.
Median household income of Filipinos in New York City was $81,929 in 2013; 68% held a
bachelor's degree or higher. The high percentage of healthcare professionals continues; in 2013, 30% of Filipinos were nurses or other professionals in the healthcare industry. In 2010, according to the 2010 United States census, there were 217,349 Filipino Americans, including multiracial Filipino Americans, living in the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, (NY-NJ-PA) metropolitan area. In 2011, eight percent of all Filipino immigrants in the United States lived in the New York City metropolitan region, By 2013 Census estimates, the
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania MSA was estimated to be home to 224,266 Filipino Americans, 88.5% (about 200,000) of them single-race Filipinos. In 2013, 4,098 Filipinos legally immigrated to the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA core based statistical area; in 2012, this number was 4,879; 4,177 in 2011; 4,047 in 2010, 4,400 in 2009, and 5,985 in 2005. Little Manilas have emerged in the New York City metropolitan area, in
Woodside, Queens; Jersey City, New Jersey; and Bergenfield, New Jersey.
New York City '' at the
Philippine Independence Day Parade in
Midtown Manhattan. Filipinos have resided in New York City since the 1920s. In 1990, there were 43,229 Filipinos increasing to around 54,993 in 2000. New York City was home to an estimated 82,313 Filipinos in 2011, representing a 7.7% increase from the estimated 77,191 in 2008. In 2011, an estimated 56% of New York City's Filipino population, or about 46,000, lived in Queens. In 2014, Filipinos remained the fourth-largest population of Asian Americans in New York City, behind
Chinese,
Indians, and
Koreans. The annual Philippine Independence Day Parade is traditionally held on the first Sunday of June in
Manhattan. Woodside, Queens, is known for its concentration of Filipinos. Of Woodside's 85,000 residents, about 13,000 (or 15%) are of Filipino background. Along the
IRT Flushing Line (), known colloquially as the
Orient Express, the
69th Street station serves as the gateway to Queens' largest Little Manila, whose core spans
Roosevelt Avenue between 63rd and 71st Streets. The
Benigno Aquino Triangle is located on
Hillside Avenue in
Hollis, Queens, to commemorate the slain Filipino political leader and to recognize the large Filipino American population in the area; it was dedicated in 1987. In 2022, a street sign was placed on Roosevelt Avenue to co-name the street at its intersection with 70th Street as "Little Manila Avenue".
New Jersey Filipinos are the third largest group of Asian Americans in New Jersey after Indian and Chinese Americans. In 2010, there were 110,650 single-race Filipino Americans living in New Jersey. In 2011, New Jersey was home to five percent (86,600) of the United States' Filipino immigrants.
Bergen County,
Hudson County,
Middlesex County, and
Passaic County (all in
Northern and
Central New Jersey) have the state's largest Filipino populations, and are home to over half the Filipinos residing in New Jersey. In Bergen County in particular,
Bergenfield, along with
Paramus,
Hackensack,
New Milford,
Dumont,
Fair Lawn, and
Teaneck have become growing hubs for Filipino Americans. Taken as a whole, these municipalities are home to a significant proportion of Bergen County's Philippine population. A census-estimated 20,859 single-race Filipino Americans resided in Bergen County as of 2013, an increase from the 19,155 counted in 2010. Bergenfield has become known as Bergen County's Little Manila and hosts its annual Filipino American Festival. Within Bergen County, there are Filipino American organizations based in Paramus, Fair Lawn, and Bergenfield. In Hudson County,
Jersey City is home to the largest Filipino population in New Jersey, with over 16,000 Filipinos in 2010, accounting for seven percent the city's population. This is an increase from 11,677 in 1990. In the 1970s, to acknowledge the Filipinos immigrating to Jersey City, the city named a street Manila Avenue.
Virginia The first year that Filipinos were documented in
Virginia by the United States Census Bureau was in 1920 when 97 Filipinos were counted; by 1930, that population increased to 126. In 1970, there were 7,128 Filipinos living in Virginia, 5,449 of whom lived in the
Norfolk-Portsmouth metropolitan area. By 1980, there were 18,901 Filipinos in Virginia, with significant concentrations in
Norfolk, and
Virginia Beach. In the following decade, by 1990, the Filipino population in the Hampton Roads area increased by 116.8%, increasing to 19,977 in the area alone. In 1990, Filipinos were the largest population of Asian Pacific Americans in Virginia, followed by
Korean Americans. 39,720 of whom lived in the Virginia part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. Many Filipinos settled around the Hampton Roads region near the
Oceana Naval Air Station because the U.S. Navy had recruited them in the Philippines. In 2007, Filipino Americans made up one-quarter of all foreign-born residents of the area. In 2011, there were between 17,000 and 22,000 Filipino Americans living in
Virginia Beach. Filipino immigrants in that population represent one-fifth of all immigrants living in Virginia Beach. In the
Greater Richmond Region, they are the largest population of Asian Americans in
Prince George County. In 2025, there were 119,497 Filipinos in Virginia.
Elsewhere The first Filipino immigrated to
Annapolis after the
Spanish–American War when Filipinos served at the
United States Naval Academy. They dealt with
institutional racism and later established organizations to support their community, including the Filipino-American Friendly Association. According to the 2010 Census, there were 56,909 Filipino Americans living in
Maryland; Filipino Americans were the largest population of Asian Americans in
Charles County. In the neighboring
District of Columbia, there were 3,670 Filipino Americans in 2010, 12.78% of the District's Asian American population. In 2020, the population of Filipino Americans in the District of Columbia increased to 5,325.
Guam Filipinos on
Guam pre-date Guam becoming a territory of the United States, going back to the late 17th Century. In 1830, there were 2,596 Filipinos on Guam, who were 40% of the islands population. In 1920, there were 396 Filipinos on Guam; In 2010, of the 159,358 people on Guam, slightly more than one in four (26.3%) were Filipino; at the time, Filipinos were the second largest population by ethnicity on Guam. In 2020, there were 54,242 Filipinos on Guam.
Alaska Filipinos have been in Alaska since the 1700s and were the largest Asian American ethnicity in the state in 2000. In 2014, Filipinos made up 52% of Alaska's Asian American population. During the early 20th century, Alaska was the third-leading population center of Filipinos in the United States, after Hawaii and California; many worked seasonally in
salmon canneries. The first efforts to recruit Filipinos to work in the canneries began in the 1910s. By 1920, there were 82 Filipinos in Alaska, only one of whom was a Filipina. Filipinos were two-thirds of all Asians in Alaska in the 1930s. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, there were 12,712 Filipino Americans in Alaska; By the 2010 U.S. Census that number had increased to 25,424 (alone or in combination), constituting 49% of Asian Americans in Alaska. In 2011, more than one in four (26%) immigrants in Alaska was Filipino. In 2020, there was 32,401 Filipino Americans in Alaska.
Utah The first census that counted Filipinos in
Utah was the
1930 decennial census, with a reduction of the Filipino population in Utah by 1940, by 1950 there were no longer any Filipinos documented in the state, with the population re-establishing itself by 1960. The population of Filipino Americans doubled between 2000 and 2010, to 6,467, having the third-highest rate of growth by state of Filipinos in the nation behind
Texas and
Florida. Filipinos primary concentrated within the
Salt Lake City metropolitan area. In 2020, Filipino Americans were the second largest population of Asian Americans in Utah, with 20,132 individuals identifying themselves as Filipinos.
Other Insular areas and unincorporated territories In the United States'
insular areas in 1920 other than Guam, the
Philippine Islands had the largest Filipino population of 10,207,696; the
Panama Canal Zone 10, the
Virgin Islands seven; there was a single Filipino in
Puerto Rico. In 1939, the Commonwealth of the Philippines conducted a census, which found there to be 16,000,303 people in the islands; not all counted were Filipinos, as there were tens of thousands of individuals with other nationalities, including people from Japan, China, the United States, Spain, and elsewhere. In 2000, there were 394 Filipinos in Puerto Rico. Filipinos are the largest demographic in the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, making up 35% of its 53,833 people in 2010 and 2015. In 2020, Filipinos were the plurality of the population in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, with 17,719 of the commonwealths 47,329 people being Filipino. In
American Samoa, there were 50 Filipinos in 1980, 415 in 1990, and 792 resident in 2000. In 2010 the population increased to 1,217, or 2.2% of the total population. In 2020, there were 1,699 Filipinos in American Samoa, and were the largest Asian population. In 2013, there remains a Filipino American population in the
Virgin Islands; these Filipinos make up a few of the 6,648 persons counted as "Other races" in the 2010 Census. In 2023, there were around 500 Filipinos in the United States Virgin Islands; many of these Filipinos were employed as educators. There are some migrants from the
Philippines who work on
Guantanamo Naval Base in southeastern
Cuba; some youth who grew up on the base are Filipino or Filipino American.
U.S. metropolitan areas with large Filipino American populations (2010) Little Manilas In areas with sparse Filipino populations, they often form loose-knit social organizations aimed at maintaining a "sense of family", which is a key feature of Filipino culture. These organizations generally arrange social events, especially of a charitable nature, and keep members up-to-date with local events. They are often organized into regional associations, which are a small part of Filipino American life. Filipino Americans formed close-knit neighborhoods, notably in California and Hawaii. A few communities have "
Little Manilas", civic and business districts tailored to the Filipino American community. ==Language==