[Tlc] L-U.S. Census info.

[justinm at ucr.edu]

Forwarded from LANA.
Thanks,
justin

Food for thought:
 
Total U.S. approx. 500,000 Laotian/Hmong Americans and 135,000 live in California alone. In fact roughly 40% of ALL Asian Americans live in California alone, but relative to the total U.S. population 300,000,000, we ALL Asians make up 4.7% of total U.S. population, and in California only 12.1% Asians in the entire state). (Census 2000)
 
Demograhic Overview:
 
- 13.5 million Asians in the United States (4.7% of total U.S. population)
 
- 12.1 million individuals reported Asian as their only race (4.2% of the population)
 
- 5 distinct groups with a population of over 1 million (80% of Asian population): Chinese, Asian Indians, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean
 
- 6 other Asian groups account for about 15% of the Asian population: Japanese, Laotian, Pakistani, Cambodian, Hmong, Thai
 
(2000 US Census and 2004 American Community Survey, The United States of Asian America By Lisa Yong and Wai-Loong Lim of Y Studios LLC, Hyphen Magazine, The Road Trip Issue Fall 2008, Pgs 22-23)
 

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