Asian Americans

Axia College Material

Appendix E

Asian Americans According to the U.S. Census Bureau

Part I

Organize statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau on Asian American diversity using the matrix below. The Web site is available at http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/001738.html

Statistic 1 of the Cultural Makeup column is provided for your reference. Note: you will find only two statistics to place in the Financial row.

Statistic 1 Statistic 2 Statistic 3

Cultural Makeup 13.1 million U.S. residents are Asian or Asian in combination with other races 33.4 million

The projected number of U.S. residents who will identify themselves as Asian alone in 2050.. 213%

The projected percentage increase between 2000 and 2050 in the population of people whose only race is Asian.

Financial $52,018 The 2002 median income of households whose householders reported their race as either Asian or native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander (and who may or may not have reported any other race). 10.2%

The poverty rate in 2002 for those who reported their race as either Asian or native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander (and may or may not have reported any other race).

Nationality 2.0 million

The number of people who speak Chinese at home. Next to Spanish, Chinese is the most widely spoken non-English language in the country. 48%

The percentage of the foreign-born population from Asia who are naturalized U.S. citizens. The corresponding rate for the foreign-born population as a whole is 37 percent. 8.3 million

The number of foreign-born residents in the United States who were born in Asia. Asian-born residents comprise one-fourth of the nation’s total foreign-born population 1.5 million

The number of foreign-born people from China. Next to Mexico, China is the leading country of birth for the nation’s foreign-born. Also among the top 10 countries of birth for the foreign-born population are the Philippines, India, Vietnam...