 As of the 2010 Census there were a total of 17,941,286 respondents who claimed to be Asian American and Asian.Out of these respondents in the United States, 30.9% live in California, with 5,556,592 Asian Americans being counted by the 2010 Census.This is a 1.5 million growth in population from the 2000 census, making Asian Americans 14.9 percent of the state's population.