Table 5: Counties Ranked by Numeric Change in Asian and Pacific Islander Population: April 1, 1990 - July 1, 1999 Panel A. Ten Counties with the Largest Numeric Increases -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Population | | | | |-----------------------| Numeric | Percent Rank | County | Metropolitan Area | 1990 | 1999 | Change | Change -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles-Riversiede-Orange County, CA CMSA 993,626 1,253,291 259,665 26.1 2 Orange County, California Los Angeles-Riversiede-Orange County, CA CMSA 252,829 371,738 118,909 47.0 3 Queens County, New York New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA 242,673 340,901 98,228 40.5 4 San Diego County, California San Diego, CA MSA 206,713 304,755 98,042 47.4 5 Santa Clara County, California San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA 266,482 364,196 97,714 36.7 6 Harris County, Texas Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA 114,357 191,182 76,825 67.2 7 Alameda County, California San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA 201,342 277,707 76,365 37.9 8 Cook County, Illinois Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA 194,488 262,738 68,250 35.1 9 King County, Washington Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA 120,054 183,148 63,094 52.6 10 San Francisco County, California San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA 213,703 273,301 59,598 27.9 Panel B. Ten Counties with the Largest Numeric Declines or Smallest Numeric Increases -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Population | | | | |-----------------------| Numeric | Percent Rank | County | Metropolitan Area | 1990 | 1999 | Change | Change -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska - 1,031 742 -289 -28.0 2 Aleutians East Borough, Alaska - 477 404 -73 -15.3 3 Hancock County, West Virginia Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV MSA 113 106 -7 -6.2 4 Logan County, West Virginia - 187 200 13 7.0 5 Cassia County, Idaho - 104 119 15 14.4 6 Atchison County, Kansas - 133 151 18 13.5 7 Marion County, West Virginia - 149 167 18 12.1 8 Dallas County, Alabama - 129 149 20 15.5 9 Carbon County, Alabama - 105 125 20 19.0 10 Macon County, Alabama - 101 122 21 20.8 - not part of a metropolitan area Source: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: January 29, 2001