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Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2011
n 1978, a joint congressional resolution established Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week. The first 10 days of May were chosen to coincide with two impor- tant milestones in Asian/Pacific American history: the arrival in the United States of the first Japanese immigrants (May 7, 1843) and contributions of Chinese work- ers to the building of the transcontinental railroad, completed May 10, 1869. In 1992, Congress expanded the observance to a monthlong celebration. Per a 1997 Office of Management and Budget direc- tive, the Asian or Pacific Islander racial category was separated into two catego- ries: one being Asian and the other Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. Thus, this Facts for Features contains a section for each.
I Asians
„ 17.3 million The estimated number of U.S. resi-
dents of Asian descent, according to the 2010 Census. This group comprised 5.6 percent of the total population. This count includes those who said they were both Asian alone (14.7 million) and Asian in combination with one or more additional races (2.6 million).
„ 5.6 million The Asian alone or in combination population in California; the state had the largest Asian population in the 2010 Cen- sus, followed by New York (1.6 million). In Hawaii, Asians made up the highest proportion of the total population (57 per- cent).
„ 46% Percentage growth of the Asian alone
or in combination population between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, which was more than any other major race group.
„ 3.8 million Number of Asians of Chinese descent
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in the U.S. in 2009. Chinese-Americans were the largest Asian group, followed by Filipinos (3.2 million), Asian Indians (2.8 million), Vietnamese (1.7 million), Kore- ans (1.6 million) and Japanese (1.3 mil- lion). These estimates represent the num- ber of people who reported a specific Asian group alone, and people who re- ported that Asian group in combination with one or more other Asian groups or races.
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance
„ $68,780 Median household income for single-
race Asians in 2009. Median household income differed
greatly by Asian group. For Asian Indians, for example, the median income in 2009 was $90,429; for Bangladeshi, it was $46,657. (These figures represent the sin- gle-race population.)
„ 12.5% The poverty rate for single-race Asians in 2009, not statistically different from the
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2008 poverty rate. Between 2008 and 2009, the poverty rate increased for non- Hispanic whites (from 8.6 percent to 9.4 percent), for blacks (from 24.7 percent to 25.8 percent) and for Hispanics (from
23.2 percent to 25.3 percent). Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009
„ 17.2%
Percentage of single-race Asians with- out health insurance coverage in 2009, not
statistically different from 2008. Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009
Education
„ 50% The percentage of single-race Asians
25 and older who had a bachelor’s degree or higher level of education. This com- pared with 28 percent for all Americans 25 and older.
„ 85% The percentage of single-race Asians
25 and older who had at least a high school diploma. This is not statistically
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