More Wasian Data

Deeper breakdowns for White, Wasian, and Asian Americans.

WhiteWasianAsianSource: U.S. Census ACS 2023 1-Year, Table S0201

Wasians Among Multiracial Americans

2,705,000 Wasians out of 33,800,000 multiracial Americans — about 8% — making White-Asian the 4th-largest multiracial combination in the U.S.

White & Some Other Race — mostly Hispanic identification

19.3M

White & American Indian

4.0M

White & Black

3.2M

White & Asian (Wasian)

2.7M

Black & Some Other Race

1.0M

Black & American Indian

0.80M

White & Native Hawaiian/PI

0.42M

Black & Asian

0.17M

U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census

Foreign-Born vs US-Born

White

Wasian

Asian

US-born

96%

75.5%

36.2%

Foreign-born

24.5%

63.8%

ACS 2023

Language Spoken at Home

White

Wasian

Asian

English only

94.6%

52.2%

27.7%

Other language

5.4%

47.8%

72.3%

ACS 2022, Table S0201

White Father More Common

White father + Asian mother

71%

Asian father + White mother

29%

Pew Research 2017 / Census 2010

States by Wasian Population Share

Hawaii has a native Asian/Pacific Islander population, Asian migration, and high intermarriage rates. The West Coast is high due to Asian immigration. You can find Wasians in all 50 states!

1Hawaii

4.48%

2Washington

1.82%

3California

1.42%

4Nevada

1.34%

5Oregon

1.33%

6Alaska

1.27%

7D.C.

1.22%

8Virginia

1.17%

9Colorado

1.02%

10Utah

0.94%

11Maryland

0.86%

12Idaho

0.82%

13Massachusetts

0.81%

14Arizona

0.78%

15Minnesota

0.77%

16New York

0.71%

17Illinois

0.68%

18New Jersey

0.67%

19N.H.

0.65%

20Connecticut

0.64%

21Rhode Island

0.62%

22Kansas

0.61%

23Nebraska

0.59%

24Vermont

0.59%

25Michigan

0.58%

26Montana

0.57%

27Delaware

0.54%

28Missouri

0.54%

29Florida

0.53%

30North Carolina

0.53%

31Texas

0.53%

32Pennsylvania

0.52%

33Wisconsin

0.52%

34Maine

0.51%

35Oklahoma

0.51%

36Georgia

0.5%

37North Dakota

0.5%

38Wyoming

0.5%

39Ohio

0.49%

40Iowa

0.46%

41Indiana

0.45%

42New Mexico

0.45%

43South Carolina

0.44%

44Tennessee

0.44%

45South Dakota

0.4%

46Arkansas

0.38%

47Kentucky

0.37%

48Alabama

0.36%

49Louisiana

0.35%

50West Virginia

0.3%

51Mississippi

0.27%

2020 Census DHC, Table P9

Income

Median Household Income

White

$82,531

Wasian

$101,039

Asian

$111,817

Per Capita Income

White

$49,507

Wasian

$34,348

Asian

$55,561

Wasians skew young — most are children of recent interracial marriages, still in school or early-career — so per-capita income lags White and Asian Americans largely because of age structure, not earning power. Household income reflects the (often dual-income, professional) Wasian parents.

ACS 2023, Table S0201

Education

White

Wasian

Asian

Grad/Professional

15.5%

20.1%

26.6%

Bachelor's

23.9%

33.7%

31.2%

Some college

28.7%

27.2%

16.8%

High school

25.8%

14.4%

13.8%

Less than HS

6.1%

4.6%

11.6%

ACS 2023, Table S0201

Occupation

White

Wasian

Asian

Management, business, science & arts

43.1%

49.7%

59%

Service

11.3%

13.5%

11.8%

Sales & office

14.5%

14.6%

12.3%

Natural resources, construction & maintenance

14.7%

9.1%

4.3%

Production, transportation & material moving

16.4%

13%

12.6%

ACS 2023, Table S0201