Statistic 1 Statistic 2 Statistic 3

Cultural Makeup 13.1 million U.S. 943,000 are native 33.4 million-U.S. residents
residents are Asian or Hawaiian and other Pacific who will identify
Asian in combination islander or native Hawaiian themselves as Asian alone
with other races and other Pacific islander in 2050
in combination with one or
more other races
Financial $52,018-income of 10.2%-poverty rate in 2002
households whose for those who reported
householders reported their race as either Asian or
their race as either Asian native Hawaiian and other
or native Hawaiian and Pacific islander
other Pacific islander
Nationality A total of 2.7 million 95%-The percentage of The largest Pacific islander
Asian American Asian and Pacific islanders groups are native Hawaiian
residents are Chinese who live in metropolitan (401,000) and Samoan
(excluding Taiwanese) or areas (133,000)
Chinese (excluding
Taiwanese) in
combination with one or
more other races or
Asian groups
Education 47%-percentage of 87%-The percentage of 16%-The percentage of
Asians and Pacific Asians and Pacific Asians and Pacific
islanders age 25 and over islanders 25 and over who islanders 25 and over with
with a bachelor’s degree are high school graduates an advanced degree
or higher
Career About 75 percent of 105,300-The number of 89,000 non-Hispanic Asian
Asian and Pacific physicians and surgeons postsecondary teachers;
islander men age 16 and who report Asian as their 43,000 chief executives;
over and 59 percent of only race and who are not 20,000 lawyers; 3,000
women are in the civilian Hispanic news analysts, reporters
labor force and correspondents; and
200 legislators.
Demographics 26% 7 percent are 65 or older 73%
The percentage of Asians The percentage of Asian
and Pacific islanders and Pacific islander
who are under 18 households made up of
families. Among these,
nearly 2-in-10 have five or
more members
Lifestyle 351,000 8.3 million 2.0 million
The number of Asian The number of foreign- The number of people who
American military born residents in the speak Chinese at home.
veterans United States who were Next to Spanish, Chinese
born in Asia. Asian-born is the most widely spoken
residents comprise one- non-English language in
fourth of the nation’s total the country. French and
foreign-born population German rank third and
fourth, but Tagalog (1.2
million) ranks fifth,
Vietnamese (1.0 million)
sixth and Korean (894,000)
eighth. The number of
Vietnamese speakers and
the number of Italian
speakers (in seventhETH 125
place)
are not statistically
different.
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Appendix E

Part II
Next, answer the following questions:
a. What do these statistics reveal about Asian diversity in America?

These statistics show that Asian diversity in America great. It seems by looking at the
statistics there are just as many Asian Americans as there are Hispanics.

b. What do you believe is the future of Asian diversity in America?

I believe the future of Asian diversity in America is going to jump even higher than it is now. I
also believe that jobs and education will jump up in time.

Reference
U.S. Census Bureau. (2004, April 19). Asian Pacific American heritage month: May 2004.
Retrieved December 1, 2004, from http://www.census.gov/Press-
Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/001738.html

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