Table 2-4: Selected Characteristics of the Asian Population in the Uni

Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Qu

Table 2-4. Selected Characteristics of the Asian Population in the United States

Asian Groups	Number^a (in 000s)	Percent of U.S. Asian Population	Percent of U.S. Population	Native Born (%)	Speak a Language Other Than English at Home and Speak English Less Than "Very Well" (%)	Less Than High School Graduation^b (%)	Poverty Rate (%)
Chinese	2,858	23.8	1.02	29.1	49.6	23.0	13.5
Filipino	2,385	18.3	0.85	32.3	24.1	12.7	6.3
Asian Indian	1,855	16.2	0.66	24.6	23.1	13.3	9.8
Vietnamese	1,212	10.9	0.43	23.9	62.4	38.1	16.0
Korean	1,226	10.5	0.44	22.3	50.5	13.7	14.8
Japanese	1,152	7.8	0.41	60.5	27.2	8.9	9.7
Cambodian	212	1.8	0.08	34.2	53.5	53.3	29.3
Hmong	184	1.7	0.07	44.4	58.6	59.6	37.8
Laotian	196	1.6	0.07	31.9	52.8	49.6	18.5
Pakistani	209	1.5	0.07	24.5	31.7	18.0	16.5
Thai	150	1.1	0.05	22.2	46.9	20.9	14.4
Other Asians^c	561	4.7	0.20	43.5	32.7	19.1	15.6
Total Asian	11,859	100	NA	31.1	39.5	19.6	12.6
Total U.S. Population	281,412	NA	4.21	88.9	8.1	19.6	12.4

^a Asian alone and in combination.
^b Population 25 and older.
^c Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Burmese, Indo Chinese, Indonesian, Iwo Jiman, Malaysian, Maldivian, Nepalese, Okinawan, Singaporean, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese.

Source: Barnes and Bennett, 2002; Reeves and Bennett, 2004.

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