APA Facts
13.1 million - The estimated number of U.S. residents who say they are Asian or Asian in combination with one or more other races. This group comprises 5 percent of the total population. Since census 2000, the number of people who are part of this group has increased 19 percent, the highest growth rate of any race group.
943,000
The estimated number of U.S. residents who say they are native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander or native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander combination with one or more other races. This group comprises 0.3 percent of the total population. Since Census 2000, the number of people who are part of this group has increased 4 percent.
213%
The projected percentage increase between 2000 and 2050 in the population of people whose only race is Asian. This compares with 49 percent increase in the population as a whole over the same period.
Income and Poverty
$52,018
The 2002 median income of households whose householders reported their race as either Asian or native Hawaiian and other Pacific
Islander (and who may or may not have reported any other race). This income levelrepresented 4.5 percent decline in real dollars
from 2001, but is still much higher than the 2002 median of $42,409 for all households.
Education
47%
The percentage of Asians and Pacific Islanders age 25 and over with a bachelor's degree or higher. Asians and Pacific Islanders have the highest proportion of college graduates of any race or ethnic group in the country .The corresponding rate for all adults in this age group is 27 percent.
87%
The percentage of Asians and Pacific Islanders 25 and over who are high school graduates. The corresponding rate for all adults in
this age group is 84 percent.
16%
The percentage of Asians and pacific Islanders 25 and over with an advanced degree(e.g., master's, Ph.D.,M.D. or J.D.). This amounts to 1.3 million Asians and Pacific Islanders. The corresponding rate for all adults in this age group is 9 percent.
Languages
2.0 million
The number of people who speak Chinese at home. Next to Spanish, Chinese is the most widely spoken non-English language in the country. French and German rank third and fourth, but Tagalog (1.2 million) ranks fifth, Vietnamese(1.0 million) sixth and Korean(984,000) eighth. The number of Vietnamese speakers and the number of Italian speakers (in seventh place) are not statistically different.
