2025 American Community Survey: Asian Indian Alone Reaches 5.41 Million, Largest Asian Group; Chinese Alone 4.65 Million, 5.97 Million in Combination
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2025 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates on October 29. In the survey's detailed Asian-group table (Table B02015), 5,410,622 people in the United States reported Asian Indian alone in 2025, with a margin of error of about 77,464 — up from 5,094,694 in 2024, an increase of roughly 316,000 in one year. Counted alone, Asian Indians are the largest Asian group in the country.
The Chinese figures must be read under two definitions. The Census Bureau category is "Chinese, except Taiwanese": 4,645,729 people reported Chinese, except Taiwanese, alone in 2025. On the alone count, the Asian Indian population exceeded the Chinese population by about 765,000.
Under the broader alone-or-in-combination count (Table B02018), the order flips. The 2025 Asian Indian alone-or-in-combination total was 5,906,267, while the Chinese, except Taiwanese, alone-or-in-combination total was 5,971,959 — about 66,000 higher, putting the two groups at a similar scale.
Place-of-birth figures (Table B05006) come from the same survey. In 2025, 3,395,788 U.S. residents were born in India, up from 3,162,885 in 2024; 2,402,563 were born in China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan; 2,236,835 were born in the Philippines; and 10,613,032 were born in Mexico. The total foreign-born population in 2025 was estimated at 50,409,098, and the total U.S. population at 341,784,859.
The Census Bureau notes that ACS 1-year estimates cover areas with populations of 65,000 or more and span more than 40 topics, including language, education, commuting, employment, income, poverty and health insurance. All figures are survey estimates rather than exact counts, and should be read together with their definitions and margins of error.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Tables B02015, B02018, B05006 and B01003.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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