CB01-FF.06
May 4, 2001
Asian Pacific American Month: May 1-31
Note: The data in the "Population Distribution" section come from Census 2000;
information in the remaining sections come from other sources.
Income and Poverty
$51,205
The 1999 median income of Asian and Pacific Islander households, the highest
median income of any racial group. The 1999 income equaled the all-time high
for Asians and Pacific Islanders.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2000/cb00-158.html
10.7%
The poverty rate for Asians and Pacific Islanders in 1999. Down from 12.5
percent in 1998, the 1999 rate equaled the lowest the Census Bureau has
ever measured for this race group.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2000/cb00-158.html
1.2 million
The number of poor Asians and Pacific Islanders in 1999, down from 1.4
million in 1998.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2000/cb00-158.html
Education
44%
The percentage of Asians and Pacific Islanders age 25 and over with a
bachelor's degree or higher in 2000. The rate for non-Hispanic Whites was
28 percent. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2000/cb00-211.html
86%
The percentage of Asians and Pacific Islanders age 25 and over who were
high school graduates in 2000. This percentage is slightly lower than the
88 percent of non-Hispanic Whites.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2000/cb00-211.html
1 million
The number of Asians and Pacific Islanders with an advanced degree in 2000
(e.g., master's, Ph.D., M.D. or J.D.), comprising a ratio of 1 in every
7 Asians and Pacific Islanders age 25 and over.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2000/cb00-211.html
18%
Percentage of doctorates in engineering awarded in 1998 to non-Hispanic
Asians and Pacific Islanders.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-27.html
78%
Percentage of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the 1999 high school
graduating class who went immediately to college, the highest proportion
of any race group.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-52.html
29%
Percentage of Asian and Pacific Islander college students in graduate
school in 1999, higher than the corresponding rates for non-Hispanic
Whites and African Americans.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-52.html
308,000
Number of foreign (nonimmigrant) students from Asia enrolled in U.S.
colleges in fall 1998. This number comprises close to two-thirds of all
foreign students.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-27.html
Coming to America
7.2 million
The number of U.S. residents in 2000 who were born in Asia. This number
comprises 26 percent of the nation's total foreign-born population.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-04.html
88%
Percentage of Asian and Pacific Islander elementary and high school
students with at least one foreign-born parent in 1999, higher than the
corresponding proportions for non- Hispanic Whites and African Americans.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-52.html
44%
Percentage of the nation's Asian-born population who lived either in the
Los Angeles, New York or San Francisco metro areas in 1997.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2000/cb00-166.html
1.5 million
The number of U.S. residents in 1999 who were born in the Philippines.
China, India, Korea and Vietnam also were leading contributors to the
nation's Asian-born population.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-27.html
Population Distribution
10.2 million - 11.9 million
The number of U.S. residents who reported Asian alone and Asian alone or
in combination as their race in Census 2000. This number represented 3.6
percent - 4.2 percent of the total population.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn61.html
3.3 million - 5.0 million
The increase in the Asian alone and Asian alone or in combination population
since the 1990 census. The rate of increase was 48 percent - 72 percent.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn61.html
398,800 - 874,400
The number of U.S. residents who in Census 2000 reported that Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone and Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone or in combination was their race. This represents
0.1 percent - 0.3 percent of the total population.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn61.html
33,800 - 509,400
The increase in the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone and
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in combination
population from the 1990 census. The rate of increase was 9.3 percent -
139.5 percent.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn61.html
48.8% - 49.3%
Out of all people saying Asian alone and Asian alone or in combination was
their race in Census 2000, the percentage who lived in the West.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn64.html
3.7 million - 4.2 million
The number of California residents who said that Asian alone and Asian
alone or in combination was their race in Census 2000, making the Golden
State the state with the highest number of Asians. New York had 1.0
million - 1.2 million such persons.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn64.html
42% - 58%
Percentage of Hawaii's population who indicated in Census 2000 that Asian
alone and Asian alone or in combination was their race. Hawaii led all
states, with California, at 11 percent - 12 percent, a distant second.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn64.html
787,000 - 872,800
The number of people in New York city who in Census 2000 reported that
Asian alone and Asian alone or in combination was their race. This topped
the nation's cities. Los Angeles was second, with 369,300 - 407,400,
followed by San Jose, Calif. (240,400 - 257,600), San Francisco (239,600 -
253,500) and Honolulu (207,600 - 251,700).
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn64.html
56% - 68%
Percentage of residents of Honolulu who said in Census 2000 that Asian
alone and Asian alone or in combination was their race. Honolulu edged out
Daly City, Calif., among cities of 100,000 or more for the distinction of
having the highest proportion of Asians among its population; 51
percent-54 percent of Daly City's residents said they were Asian alone and
Asian alone or in combination.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn64.html
Languages
43,100
The number of registrations in Japanese courses at U.S. colleges and
universities in 1998, up from 11,500 as recently as 1980, making Japanese
the fifth most popular foreign language course taught in U.S. colleges.
The number of registrations in Chinese courses more than doubled over the
period, from 11,400 to 28,500, making it the sixth most popular.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-27.html
Internet Access
54%
Proportion of the nation's Asian adults 18 and over who, as of spring
2000, had accessed the Internet in the last 30 days.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-27.html
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