a third significant minority is the asian american population, comprising 19.4 million in 2013, or 6.0% of the u.s. population. california is home to 4.5 million asian americans, whereas 495,000 live in hawaii, where they compose the plurality, at 38.5% of the islands' people. this is their largest share of any state. historically first concentrated on hawaii and the west coast, asian americans now live across the country, living and working in large numbers in new york city, chicago, boston, houston, and other major urban centers. there are also many asians living in two pacific u.s. territories (guam and the northern mariana islands) — as of 2010, guam's population was 32.2% asian, and the population of the northern mariana islands was 49.9% asian. in 2017, hawaii's population was 38% asian (540,556 asians).