More than 8 million naturalized citizens eligible to vote in the upcoming November midterms are Asian American, and nearly two-thirds of eligible Asian American voters are naturalized citizens—more than any other ethnic group.
The numbers come from a PEW Research Center report, which found that a total of 25 million naturalized citizens are eligible to vote, more than doubling between 2000 and 2024. The increase in eligible naturalized citizens from 2000-2024 surpasses the increase in total eligible voters in that same period.
In Washington, nearly 11% of eligible voters are naturalized citizens, representing the middle of the pack. The states with the highest number of naturalized citizens who are eligible to vote are California, New Jersey, New York, Florida, Hawaii, and Nevada.
Nationwide, after Mexico, most naturalized eligible voters come from the Philippines, India, China, and Vietnam. The Philippines surpassed both India and China as countries of origin in 2024. There are nearly as many naturalized eligible Asian American voters (32.3%) as there are Hispanic (33.2%), the report found.
But this number does not necessarily reflect the number of naturalized eligible Asian Americans who are registered to vote.
While the report did not touch on the number of registered voters, an AAPI Data survey recently found that 90% of all registered Asian Americans said they planned to vote in the upcoming midterms.
For information about registering to vote or casting a provisional ballot, readers can visit APIA Vote’s dedicated voting webpage—which includes language-accessible information—or call 1-888-API-VOTE for voting and election information in nine different Asian languages.
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