Identity & heritage community ranking

Top Malaysian communities in U.S. city markets.

Explore where this community is largest and where it represents the greatest share of the local city market. The default ranking lens is 2024 ACS detailed Asian group (B02015_015E).

Identity discovery only — never a score. Census ancestry, ethnicity, origin, race, and birthplace measures can overlap. V3.4.3 keeps those lenses separate and never adds them together. Identity context never changes the Follow Your Heart Index or any component score.

Top 10 by population

Largest communities

Estimated population under the governed default identity lens.

Rank	City and state	Community population	City-market population
#1	New York, New York	3,337	8,468,353
#2	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1,212	573,858
#3	Chicago, Illinois	373	2,694,535
#4	Newton, Massachusetts	367	80,025
#5	Houston, Texas	344	3,320,004
#6	Los Angeles, California	329	3,848,831
#7	Akron, Ohio	275	197,854
#8	San Jose, California	251	1,012,986
#9	Birmingham, Alabama	248	231,239
#10	San Diego, California	244	1,411,139

Top 10 by representation

Highest community share

Share of the full city-market population under the same governed lens.

Rank	City and state	Community share	City-market population
#1	Newton, Massachusetts	0.46%	80,025
#2	Yucaipa, California	0.37%	55,366
#3	State College, Pennsylvania	0.36%	64,751
#4	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	0.21%	573,858
#5	West Hartford, Connecticut	0.20%	63,441
#6	Columbia, Maryland	0.20%	99,756
#7	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	0.18%	87,167
#8	Johns Creek, Georgia	0.17%	64,546
#9	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	0.16%	63,051
#10	Rosenberg, Texas	0.15%	115,151

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Detailed Asian identity: 2024 ACS detailed Asian group (B02015_015E) — default ranking lens

The default lens controls this page's rankings. Secondary lenses remain preserved in the publication contract and are not combined with the default measure.

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