California is host to the most Aghans in the United States, which Virginia has the highest percentage of Afghan residents. Meanwhile there are 21 states with no Afghans as of the 2010 Census.
|
|
|
Afghan- American
Population
|
|
|
Afghan- Americans as
a Percentage of Total Population
|
|
|
United
States
|
79,775
|
1
|
Virginia
|
0.13%
|
|
1
|
California
|
36,038
|
2
|
California
|
0.10%
|
|
2
|
New
York
|
11,711
|
3
|
Nebraska
|
0.08%
|
|
3
|
Virginia
|
10,191
|
4
|
New
York
|
0.06%
|
|
4
|
New
Jersey
|
3,796
|
5
|
New
Jersey
|
0.04%
|
|
5
|
Texas
|
2,933
|
6
|
Arizona
|
0.04%
|
|
6
|
Arizona
|
2,427
|
|
United
States
|
0.03%
|
|
7
|
Nebraska
|
1,507
|
7
|
Nevada
|
0.02%
|
|
8
|
Missouri
|
1,282
|
8
|
Colorado
|
0.02%
|
|
9
|
Massachusetts
|
1,196
|
9
|
Missouri
|
0.02%
|
|
10
|
Colorado
|
1,129
|
10
|
Iowa
|
0.02%
|
|
11
|
Maryland
|
1,030
|
11
|
Massachusetts
|
0.02%
|
|
12
|
Pennsylvania
|
852
|
12
|
Maryland
|
0.02%
|
|
13
|
North
Carolina
|
677
|
13
|
Texas
|
0.01%
|
|
14
|
Indiana
|
634
|
14
|
Idaho
|
0.01%
|
|
15
|
Nevada
|
628
|
15
|
Connecticut
|
0.01%
|
|
16
|
Iowa
|
604
|
16
|
Indiana
|
0.01%
|
|
17
|
Washington
|
591
|
17
|
Washington
|
0.01%
|
|
18
|
Connecticut
|
406
|
18
|
New
Mexico
|
0.01%
|
|
19
|
Minnesota
|
354
|
19
|
District
of Columbia
|
0.01%
|
|
20
|
Oregon
|
291
|
20
|
Oregon
|
0.01%
|
|
21
|
Illinois
|
263
|
21
|
North
Carolina
|
0.01%
|
|
22
|
Ohio
|
245
|
22
|
Pennsylvania
|
0.01%
|
|
23
|
Georgia
|
212
|
23
|
Minnesota
|
0.01%
|
|
24
|
Idaho
|
180
|
24
|
Alabama
|
0.00%
|
|
25
|
New
Mexico
|
169
|
25
|
Kentucky
|
0.00%
|
|
26
|
Alabama
|
160
|
26
|
Georgia
|
0.00%
|
|
27
|
Kentucky
|
106
|
27
|
Ohio
|
0.00%
|
|
28
|
Florida
|
95
|
28
|
Illinois
|
0.00%
|
|
29
|
District
of Columbia
|
49
|
29
|
Florida
|
0.00%
|
|
30
|
Alaska
|
0
|
30
|
Alaska
|
0.00%
|
|
31
|
Arkansas
|
0
|
31
|
Arkansas
|
0.00%
|
|
32
|
Delaware
|
0
|
32
|
Delaware
|
0.00%
|
|
33
|
Kansas
|
0
|
33
|
Hawaii
|
0.00%
|
|
34
|
Louisiana
|
0
|
34
|
Kansas
|
0.00%
|
|
35
|
Maine
|
0
|
35
|
Louisiana
|
0.00%
|
|
36
|
Michigan
|
0
|
36
|
Maine
|
0.00%
|
|
37
|
New
Hampshire
|
0
|
37
|
Michigan
|
0.00%
|
|
38
|
Oklahoma
|
0
|
38
|
Mississippi
|
0.00%
|
|
39
|
Rhode
Island
|
0
|
39
|
Montana
|
0.00%
|
|
40
|
South
Carolina
|
0
|
40
|
New
Hampshire
|
0.00%
|
|
41
|
Tennessee
|
0
|
41
|
North
Dakota
|
0.00%
|
|
42
|
Utah
|
0
|
42
|
Oklahoma
|
0.00%
|
|
43
|
West
Virginia
|
0
|
43
|
Rhode
Island
|
0.00%
|
|
44
|
Wisconsin
|
0
|
44
|
South
Carolina
|
0.00%
|
|
45
|
Hawaii
|
0
|
45
|
South
Dakota
|
0.00%
|
|
46
|
Mississippi
|
0
|
46
|
Tennessee
|
0.00%
|
|
47
|
Montana
|
0
|
47
|
Utah
|
0.00%
|
|
48
|
North
Dakota
|
0
|
48
|
Vermont
|
0.00%
|
|
49
|
South
Dakota
|
0
|
49
|
West
Virginia
|
0.00%
|
|
50
|
Vermont
|
0
|
50
|
Wisconsin
|
0.00%
|
|
51
|
Wyoming
|
0
|
51
|
Wyoming
|
0.00%
|
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates