Asian American Population Surpasses 15 Million
May 1, 2008
Now 5 Percent of Total U.S. Population
The nation’s Asian American population increased by 434,000 to surpass 15.2 million, or 5 percent of the estimated total U.S. population of 301.6 million, according to Census statistics released today.
Asians were the second fastest-growing minority group after Hispanics, with a 2.9 percent, or 434,000, population increase between 2006 and 2007.
Five million Asians live in California, which had the largest Asian population, as well as the largest numerical increase, of 106,000, during the 2006 to 2007 period. New York (1.4 million) and Texas (915,000) followed in population. Texas (44,000) and New York (33,000) followed in numerical increase.
In Hawaii, Asians made up the highest proportion of the total population (55 percent), with California (14 percent), and New Jersey and Washington (8 percent each) next. Asians were the largest minority group in Hawaii and Vermont.
The single-race Asian population in 2007 had a median age of 35.4, compared with the population as a whole at 36.6.
Census statistics released today also show that Hispanics remained the largest minority group, with blacks (single race or multiracial) second at 40.7 million in 2007. Blacks were the largest minority group in 24 states, compared with 20 states in which Hispanics were the largest minority group
American Indians and Alaska Natives totaled 4.5 million; and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders, 1 million. The population of whites (single race and not of Hispanic origin) totaled 199.1 million.
With a 3.3 percent increase between 2006 and 2007, Hispanics were the fastest-growing minority group. The white population grew by 0.3 percent during the one-year period.
Overall, the nation’s minority population reached 102.5 million in 2007 — 34 percent of the total. California had a minority population of 20.9 million — 20 percent of the nation’s total, Texas had a minority population of 12.5 million — 12 percent of the U.S. total.
Four states and the District of Columbia were “majority-minority” (i.e., more than 50 percent of their population is made up of people other than single-race non-Hispanic whites). Hawaii led the nation with a population that was 75 percent minority in 2007, followed by the District of Columbia (68 percent), New Mexico (58 percent), California (57 percent) and Texas (52 percent). Next in line, though not majority-minority, were Nevada, Maryland and Georgia, each with a minority population of 42 percent.
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*waves American flag* ^_^
wtf man???
i swear! it’s not done……….XD
american asians!!!!!!!! urgh! sucks they should go back to where they belong and asians should stop following americans, europeans, australians of africans!
they r behind their money!
lol
still diz is not done! all of america europe continent is being filled with asian! wat abt we then huh? we’ll disappear!
ok it’s fine europeans and americans!!
but asian-americans, asian-europeans! diz is no done!!!!
one day we white might disappear i mean they live there and do everything maryy americans! i mean people do u get what i mean to say????????
stop it!!!!!!!
15million man !!! its not a joke now we hav to send dose asians back to their continent! lol
What kind of pidgin is this?
Me no spika da lingo.
LOL or lol.
Edith Sitwell’s “Facade” makes sense, and is euphonious in the bargain.
But “binay,,” satirically or not, makes as much sense as our ongoing “foreign policy,:” give or take a homily or two, forget the actions.
The real question isn’t census/population studies, it’s whether or not Team Obama is just one more reconfiguration of Team Bushitters. Or Team Netanyahu/Livni.
That I should live so long as to witness BiBi identified as “left” of Avigdor is as instructive as learning that Kark was merely an economist.
P.S.: Nota bene: John Yoo is rising to the top as the “cream” of the Constitution and Geneva Convention busting crop. This guy is “Asian”? Oy, vey!!!
those who fear are losers.
you suckers
WFT?
why the hell you so afraid of asians for?
the reason why we even immigrate at all is because EUROPEANS and AMERICANS invade our countries and cause war!
fight for OUR LANDS! causing us to HAVE TO LEAVE OUR COUNTRIES!
so whatever the hell you want to say that we have to
come back to where we came from..
why don’t you go back to where WHITE people came from.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BELONG TO THE NATIVE AMERICANS ANYWAYS!
stupid ass
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Asian population…..well, maybe that there is not enough of them where I live. I totally love the different Asian cultures. I have always had an undeniable attraction for Asian women. Actually, it was a number of years ago when I decided to only date Asian, and since then I have only gone out with such. Anyway, I just read some of these comments and the negative ones sicken me. The level of maturity and logic some of these idiots possess is far less than that of three year old. I can’t believe they actually claim to be American with attitudes like that. Maybe I’ll justy pack up and move. Yeah, move to Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, or even Vietnam.
dude asians are poeple to you dunb asses so what you act like we dont hve room and ya they may get jobs hear but they are the ones that earn it crist you poeple are alwasy so self senterd
stfu you stupid white girl , stop being ractist aight .
To tell you the truth…the asian population will more than likely drop in America. All you see these days are asian females slander asian males with their narcissistic attitudes talking about how other males of different races are better. I personally believe the asian american population is going to decrease due to asian female’s egos.
Dear truth, First, I didn’t know Asian women had so much control over the growth of the Asian American population. The last time I checked Asian men also carried Asian genes. Second, inflated egos and narcissistic attitudes only take you so far until life smacks you back to reality. It’s usually around the time one gets their first job. Third, maybe you should diversify, especially among the Asian population–not all Asian females are egotistic or Asian male bashers. And if an Asian woman turns you down, perhaps it’s not your race that she dislikes.
I’m an asian girl, and actually find white men extremely unattractive. mostly because they tend to be overly hairy have a lot of acne and … other reasons.
sorry im not here to discriminate.
as for asian boys who choose white girls over asian girls, they obviously were raised as “white asians”, or just like white girls better, but they dont realize that most asian men choose asian girls because they have so much in common.
Binay, Asian belong in america just as much as white people do, we just didnt come here first to slander and rape and kill all the indians for this land :]
yeah, you heard me, we didnt destroy an entire culture.
and the other half of the reason why we belong here is because americans gave us no choice.
they would come over to asia not only to kill and destroy things during war, but to rape the women and take what was not theirs.
so stick that up your ass and watch it fall out of your empty head.
so whether you like it or not my parents came here and had me, and your grandparents grandparents illegitimately stole america.
oh, and heres one for the asian boys,
they’re extremely strong no matter they’re size or height.
and even if they tend to be on the short side all asian girls happen to be short, therefore it doesnt matter much, they’re very muscular.
they very rarely get acne, and if they do its not noticeable because they ted to have a nice shade of skin.
and even if they are “small” compared to other males, at least they know how to work it. I mean really work it :]
And they’re sense of style is quite superb compared to white boys with they’re uncoordinated outfits. and black boys with their oversized tee shirts.
sure asianess, if you’d gotten here first, your type would be pulling the revanchist landgrab on the natives ala Tibet and Xinjiang just the same, you ignorant racist bitch. Now go look up some big words you stupid
I have been Gandhian pacifist since childhood. The mother of a childhood friend was first Chinese admitted to US after the Korean War. The family of a current friend was the first admitted to US in flight from the “killing fields” of Cambodia.
I was raised in community which has 3rd largest Chinese American population in US, 2nd largest Korean community in US as well as major Japanese, Hindu and Sikh communities with growing Southeast Asian populations.
Five percent of the US population is Asian; 25% of my friends are Asian. I was trained as an ethnologist and am a private immigration lawyer by profession.
HIstorically, Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos have been groups with the largest populations in Asian American community. With recent migration, East Indians are a group with one of the largest Asian American populations.
1) I opposed Chinese inspired Vietnam War while the majority of Koreans kept silent much as majority of Vietnamese kept silent during the Chinese inspired Korean War. Antiwar movment had few Asian American participants.
2) Chinese do not condemn Korean secret prisons and North Koreans do not condemn secret Chinese prisons. In both cases, large numbers of political prisoners are held and there is substantial evidence of torture.
3) I opposed crackdown at Tienamen Square and have participated in many vigils related thereto where present are not many Asian Americans other than those of Chinese descent.
4) My parents opposed the Japanese internment during World War II whille the majority of Chinese and Filipino Americans kept silent.
5) I opposed the US supported Marcos regime in the Phillipines while the majority of Chinese and Japanese Americans kept silent.
6) I hold US at least partially responsbile for Cambodia “killing fields” However, it is the Khmer Rouge who attempted to exterminate the ethnic Chinese.
7) Thais and Cambodians have a major land dispute which has led to armed conflict.
8) I am a follower of Aung San Suu Kyi and thus opposed to the anti-democratic forces in Burma while the Cambodians have kept silent.
9) As one may see from the film “Slum Dog Millionaire,” Gandhi’s East Indians are very hostile toward Muslims which is very significant when one considers that India has the largest Muslim population of any country in the world.
10) There is a major land dispute between the Indians and the Pakistanis (for example, Punjab) which has led to armed conflict.
11) Indian Hindus and Pakistani Muslims hate one another — both India and Pakistan possessing nuclear weapons.
12) The Asian community in general and the Chinese, Korean and Filipino communities in particular believe that the worst occupation of their countries was perpetrated by the Japanese — not the Americans or any other Western nation.
13) I participated in protests demanding the Japanese at least apologize for the abuse of Korean “comfort women.” Outside of Korean Americans, there have not been significant numbers of Asian Americans participating in these protests.
14) Notwithstanding the longstanding conflict between India and Pakistan, the two nations were united in opposition to the creation of Bangladesh.
15) Their are ethnic Chinese throughout Southeast Asia and there is conflict between native populations and Chinese in almost all of those societies.
11) Well established is the Chinese persecution of minorities such as the Tibetans, Uighers and Taiwanese.
12) Nobody has cornered the market on racism. In fact, Asians are the people who say the worst things about Asians — there being no love lost between the: 1)Chinese and the Japanese; 2) Japanese and Koreans; 3) Vietnamese and Hmong; 4) Thais and Cambodians; 5) Indians and Pakistanis and 6) Pakistanis and Bangladeshis. This is equally true of Asian Americans who identify with the aforementioned subgroups.
The moral of the story: the fact that Asian Americans may know that they do not all look alike is very different than saying that they all like one another. Similarly, the fact that Occidental Americans may have difficulty telling Asian Americans apart does not necessarily mean that those Occidentals do not have better relationships with Asian Americans than they have with one another.