Appendix e Asian Culture

Appendix e Asian Culture

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Statistic 1
Statistic 2
Statistic 3
Cultural Makeup
13.1 million U.S.
residents are Asian or
Asian in combination
with other races
943,000 are native
Hawaiian and other Pacific
islander or native Hawaiian
and other Pacific islander
in combination with one or
more other races
33.4 million-U.S. residents
who will identify
themselves as Asian alone
in 2050
Financial
$52,018-income of
households whose
householders reported
their race as either Asian
or native Hawaiian and
other Pacific islander
10.2%-poverty rate in 2002
for those who reported
their race as either Asian or
native Hawaiian and other
Pacific islander
Nationality
A total of 2.7 million
Asian American
residents are Chinese
(excluding Taiwanese) or
Chinese (excluding
Taiwanese) in
combination with one or
more other races or
Asian groups
95%-The percentage of
Asian and Pacific islanders
who live in metropolitan
areas
The largest Pacific islander
groups are native Hawaiian
(401,000) and Samoan
(133,000)
Education
47%-percentage of
Asians and Pacific
islanders age 25 and over
with a bachelor’s degree
or higher
87%-The percentage of
Asians and Pacific
islanders 25 and over who
are high school graduates
16%-The percentage of
Asians and Pacific
islanders 25 and over with
an advanced degree
Career
About 75 percent of
Asian and Pacific
islander men age 16 and
over and 59 percent of
women are in the civilian
labor force
105,300-The number of
physicians and surgeons
who report Asian as their
only race and who are not
Hispanic
89,000 non-Hispanic Asian
postsecondary teachers;
43,000 chief executives;
20,000 lawyers; 3,000
news analysts, reporters
and correspondents; and
200 legislators.
Demographics
26%
The percentage of Asians
and Pacific islanders
who are under 18
7 percent are 65 or older
73%
The percentage of Asian
and Pacific islander
households made up of
families. Among these,
nearly 2-in-10...