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WHITE HOUSE
INITIATIVE ON ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS
KEY FACTS AND
FIGURES
TOTAL U.S.: Population is 307 million; 13.2 percent
live in poverty; 4.2 percent are unemployed; 15.0 percent haven't graduated high
school; 28.5 percent have only a high school degree; 28.8 percent have some
college education; 17.5 percent have a bachelor's degree; 10.2 percent have a
graduate or professional degree.
Asian American:
Population is 15.5 million; 11.8 percent live in poverty; 3.5 percent are
unemployed; 14.4 percent haven't graduated high school; 16.3 percent have only a
high school degree; 20.5 percent have some college education; 29.3 percent have
a bachelor's degree; 19.5 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Asian Indian:
Population is 2.73 million; 8.1 percent live in poverty; 3.6 percent are
unemployed; 10.0 percent haven't graduated high school; 10.5 percent have only a
high school degree; 11.3 percent have some college education; 31.9 percent have
a bachelor's degree; 36.3 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Bangladeshi:
Population is 107,728; 15.8 percent live in poverty; 3.7 percent are unemployed;
17.3 percent haven't graduated high school; 17.2 percent have only a high school
degree; 16.8 percent have some college education; 27.9 percent have a bachelor's
degree; 20.8 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Cambodian:
Population is 240,142; 19.4 percent live in poverty; 5.9 percent are unemployed;
40.3 percent haven't graduated high school; 24.3 percent have only a high school
degree; 21.4 percent have some college education; 11.0 percent have a bachelor's
degree; 3.0 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Chinese:
Population is 3.62 million; 11.3 percent live in poverty; 3.1 percent are
unemployed; 18.9 percent haven't graduated high school; 14.6 percent have only a
high school degree; 15.3 percent have some college education; 25.8 percent have
a bachelor's degree; 25.3 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Filipino:
Population is 3.09 million; 6.0 percent live in poverty; 3.7 percent are
unemployed; 8.2 percent haven't graduated high school; 15.7 percent have only a
high school degree; 30.0 percent have some college education; 37.5 percent have
a bachelor's degree; 8.6 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Hmong:
Population is 221,948; 23.2 percent live in poverty; 5.6 percent are unemployed;
39.6 percent haven't graduated high school; 19.8 percent have only a high school
degree; 27.2 percent have some college education; 10.7 percent have a bachelor's
degree; 2.7 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Indonesian:
Population is 78,999; 11.0 percent live in poverty; 4.0 percent are unemployed;
5.9 percent haven't graduated high school; 17.0 percent have only a high school
degree; 32.0 percent have some college education; 28.3 percent have a bachelor's
degree; 16.8 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Japanese:
Population is 1.3 million; 8.8 percent live in poverty; 2.9 percent are
unemployed; 7.9 percent haven't graduated high school; 20.2 percent have only a
high school degree; 27.0 percent have some college education; 29.8 percent have
a bachelor's degree; 15.1 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Korean:
Population is 1.61 million; 12.6 percent live in poverty; 3.3 percent are
unemployed; 10.1 percent haven't graduated high school; 19.6 percent have only a
high school degree; 21.6 percent have some college education; 32.7 percent have
a bachelor's degree; 16.0 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Laotian:
Population is 217,175; 12.0 percent live in poverty; 6.3 percent are unemployed;
31.6 percent haven't graduated high school; 30.0 percent have only a high school
degree; 24.6 percent have some college education; 11.3 percent have a bachelor's
degree; 2.6 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Pakistani:
Population is 349,685; 15.0 percent live in poverty; 4.3 percent are unemployed;
14.6 percent haven't graduated high school; 14.5 percent have only a high school
degree; 16.0 percent have some college education; 30.4 percent have a bachelor's
degree; 24.5 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Thai:
Population is 219,943; 13.8 percent live in poverty; 4.3 percent are unemployed;
16.6 percent haven't graduated high school; 16.7 percent have only a high school
degree; 24.2 percent have some college education; 25.6 percent have a bachelor's
degree; 17.0 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Vietnamese:
Population is 1.73 million; 12.6 percent live in poverty; 3.8 percent are
unemployed; 26.0 percent haven't graduated high school; 21.2 percent have only a
high school degree; 23.4 percent have some college education; 20.0 percent have
a bachelor's degree; 9.4 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Polynesians:
Population is 610,684; 12.4 percent live in poverty; 4.8 percent are unemployed;
10.6 percent haven't graduated high school; 34.8 percent have only a high school
degree; 37.6 percent have some college education; 11.5 percent have a bachelor's
degree; 5.6 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Native
Hawaiians: Population is 437,590; 11.0 percent live in poverty; 4.6
percent are unemployed; 8.7 percent haven't graduated high school; 35.0 percent
have only a high school degree; 38.0 percent have some college education; 12.2
percent have a bachelor's degree; 6.1 percent have a graduate or professional
degree.
Samoans:
Population is 126,194; 12.9 percent live in poverty; 4.8 percent are unemployed;
16.0 percent haven't graduated high school; 34.8 percent have only a high school
degree; 37.8 percent have some college education; 7.2 percent have a bachelor's
degree; 4.2 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Micronesians:
Population is 149,525; 18.7 percent live in poverty; 5.9 percent are unemployed;
12.0 percent haven't graduated high school; 29.9 percent have only a high school
degree; 43.0 percent have some college education; 11.2 percent have a bachelor's
degree; 3.9 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Guamanians or
Chamorros: Population is 99,176; 13.0 percent live in poverty; 5.7
percent are unemployed; 10.6 percent haven't graduated high school; 29.8 percent
have only a high school degree; 42.0 percent have some college education; 12.7
percent have a bachelor's degree; 4.9 percent have a graduate or professional
degree.
SOURCES: 2008 American Community
Survey http://factfinder.census.gov;
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/014227.html;
Population estimates
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/013733.html
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