FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2000 Public Information Office CB00-177 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-1037 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Jesse McKinnon 301-457-2402 Census Bureau Releases Asian and Pacific Islander Population Report The Commerce Department's Census Bureau released a report today that brings together under one cover data on a wide range of topics related to the Asian and Pacific Islander population. The report, The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States: March 1999, is a compilation of data released on the Internet last May. The estimates are not from Census 2000. The first Census 2000 results will be released in late December. Subjects covered in the printed report include geographic distribution, age distribution, marital status, family type and family size, educational attainment, labor force participation, unemployment and occupation, family income and poverty status. Estimates in the report are based on data collected in the March 1999 Current Population Survey. As in all surveys, the estimates are subject to sampling and nonsampling error.-X-
