Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month Facts & Figures

U.S. POPULATION Number of U.S. residents of Asian descent in 2010 % of Total Population by Ethnicity/Race (Estimated Projections)
Latino 23%

5.6%
17.3 million or of the population
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Black 13% Asian 6.3% Paci c Islander 0.2% American Indian 1.2%

Latino 26.7%

Black 13% Asian 7.1% Paci c Islander 0.3% American Indian 1.2% Other 0.9%

Latino 30.3%

Black 13% Asian 7.8% Paci c Islander 0.3% American Indian 1.2% Other 1.1%

2030
White 55.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010

2040
White 50.8%

2050
White 46.3%

Other 0.8%

Largest Asian Populations Breakdown

Chinese 3.3 million | Asian Indian 2.8 million | Filipino 2.5 million Korean 1.5 million | Vietnamese 1.6 million | Japanese 774,600

$65,469
MONEY AND FAMILY MATTERS Median household income for Asian-American families (2009)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010

Asian-American womens life expectancy is the highest of all racial/ethnic groups

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

85.8 years

EDUCATION

White $54,461 | Black $32,584 | Latino $38,039

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Buying Power % of Change in Buying Power by Race/Ethnicity (2009-2014)

36.9% 36.2%

36% 27.9% 24.9% 20.9%

White

Asian

Multiracial

Latino

American Indian

Black

Where Asians Spend More

Food housing clothing education personal insurance

Where Asians Spend Less

Utilities vehicles alcohol and tobacco healthcare entertainment

of Asian Americans have a bachelors degree or higher vs. 28% for all Americans
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010

50% 20%
of Asian Americans have graduate degrees vs. 10% for all Americans

Source: Selig Center for Economic Growth

2011 DIVERSITYINC TOP 50 VS. NATIONAL Asians on Board of Directors Asians in Workforce Asians in Total Management

DiversityInc Top 50 8% Fortune 500 2%

DiversityInc Top 50 7.7% EEOC 5.4%

DiversityInc Top 50 8.5% EEOC 4.9%

Source: DiversityInc, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Fortune

68%

of the 2011 DiversityInc Top 50 companies have employee-resource groups for Asians

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