Eth 125 Appendix E

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 and the Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2010 document. Use the following directions to locate the document:

• Go to the homepage of the U.S. Census Bureau website: http://www.census.gov/.

• Scroll down to Newsroom.

• Click on Facts for Features.

• Under the 2010 heading, select the document: March 2: Facts for Features: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2010 | PDF Version - 130K.

You may also locate the document under the Week 8 Materials tab on your student website.

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 |15.5 million U.S. residents are |943,000 U.S. residents say that |By the year 2050, 8% of the U.S. |

| |Asian or Asian in combination |they are Hawaiian or Pacific |population, or 33.4 million |

| |with other races. |Islander or are in combination with|citizens are expected to identify |

| | |other races |themselves solely as Asians. |

|Income |11. 8 % Poverty rate for single |17.6 % single race Asians without |16.3 percent poverty rate who |

| |race Asians in 2009, up from 10.2|health insurance- coverage in 2008 |classified themselves as single |

| |percent in 2007 | |race Native Hawaiian and other |

| |...