These groups together largely shape the demographic characteristics of the overall U. Chinese-origin Asians are the largest single Asian origin group in the U. Those with roots in Vietnam 2. Demographically, these groups often differ greatly from the largest groups. Population growth varied across Asian origin groups between and Eleven of the Asian groups more than doubled in size during this span. Some of the smaller origin groups — such as Bhutanese , Nepalese and Burmese — experienced the fastest growth rates, with their populations growing tenfold or more between and Laotians and Japanese have had the slowest growth rates among U.
Asians since Which Asian origin group is largest varies by state. In 22 states that are largely concentrated in the Southeast and Midwest, Indian Americans are the largest Asian origin group. Chinese are the largest group in the District of Columbia and 12 states — predominantly in the West and Northeast — while Filipinos are the largest origin group in nine states.
Vietnamese Americans are the largest Asian origin group by population in four states Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Nebraska ; Hmong Americans are the largest in Minnesota and Wisconsin; and Korean Americans are the largest in Alabama. Many Indians, for example, have recently migrated to the U. Many Chinese Americans have taken those paths, too, but the Chinese population also has a long history in Western states , arriving in California as early as the 19th century.
Hmong Americans, meanwhile, entered the U. A third of Japanese Americans are multiracial non-Hispanic , by far the highest share among the six largest Asian origin groups. The Census Bureau only publishes multiple-race combination data for the six largest Asian American groups.
Many Asian American or pan-Asian groups mobilized in support of Murthy, but it was not an election-defining nomination fight, so groups were not trying to mobilize voters and donors in the same way. We would be in uncharted here if Srinivasan gets nominated, and we can see not only if Asian American voters and donors might get energized, but also other groups like immigrants, Latinos, African Americans, partisan Democrats, environmentalists, and so on.
This makes it very exciting for research as well as continuing our national conversation on race and identity. Where can I find out more about survey research on Asian American and Indian identity and politics? So here is a teachable moment on where Indians fit into the Asian American category, in a simple Q and A format: 1. Are Indians considered Asians in the United States?
Nearly six-in-ten U. Another quarter of the U. Nearly all U. About a third of U. Nearly two-thirds of U. Most Asian immigrants, by contrast, speak a language other than English at home. Asians who are immigrants are slightly more likely than U. Asians have a lower homeownership rate than the U. Immigrant Asians were slightly more likely than U. Among the entire U. On the whole, Asian Americans do well on measures of economic well-being compared with the overall U.
Foreign-born Asian households earned slightly more than those headed by U. These overall figures hide differences among Asian origin groups, however. All told, 12 Asian origin groups had higher median household incomes than the median among all Americans.
Poverty rates among U. Again, there are large differences in poverty rates among Asian subgroups. Most of the Asian origin groups analyzed 12 of 19 had poverty rates that were as high as or higher than the U. Similar shares of U. Both figures are substantially higher than the share of all U. Much like economic trends within the U. Asian population, there are wide disparities among origin groups. Along with questioning the safety of offering up personal information to the government — perhaps due to the fact that the government also used Census data to round up people of Japanese descent for imprisonment in camps during World War II — language barriers, feelings of neglect and lack of familiarity with the Census all play a part in discouraging Asian Americans from participating, according to the New York Times.
As part of an effort to address the situation, volunteers from civic organizations are canvassing to educate Asian populations about the Census and appease any fears.
Dillingham wrote back, in a letter shared with TIME, saying that the Census Bureau is in fact trying to expand the campaign to include content produced in South Asian languages. In terms of how resources get allocated for diversity and hiring, it is actually very critical to meet the needs of those communities, which can be very different.
Write to Anna Purna Kambhampaty at Anna. Protesters gather outside the U. Supreme Court as the court hears oral arguments in a Census-related case on April 23, in Washington, D.
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