The Census Bureau -- the latest Chinese American population released

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May is the "Asia Pacific Tradition Month", the Federal Bureau of the Census released the latest APA data on the 1st, showing that the total population of Asian Americans has reached 21.4 million, of which most are Chinese Americans (including Taiwanese), more than 5.08 million . However, in terms of income, the median income of ethnic Chinese families is about 72,800 Dollars, which is slightly lower than the median income of Asian households. In addition, Asian Americans are still the most educated ethnic group.

The Chinese participated in the 2016 general election year actively. According to the latest Asian voting rate released by the Census Bureau, the voting rate for Asians was 49.9%, breaking the record of the 47.9% Asian voting rate in the 2012 election.

The Census Bureau pointed out that as of 2016, the number of Asian Americans has reached 21.41 million 9159, of which California continues to top the Asian population with more than 6.61 million, followed by more than 1.91 million Asian-Americans and 1.53 million more. Texas. According to ethnic groups, ethnic Chinese still topped 5.081 million people, including more than 4.88 million ethnic Chinese (excluding Taiwanese) and 193,642 ethnic groups; followed by 4.12 million and 3.91 million Indian and Filipino ethnic groups, respectively.

From the median household income, the median income of Asian households continues to lead the rest of the ethnic group with a value of 7,063,535 Dollars, followed by a median household income of $61,349. However, the median income of ethnic groups in the Asian community has a wide gap. The Indian with the highest median household income is more than 110,000 Dollars, followed by those with a median income of over 90,000 Taiwanese. Chinese families. (excluding Taiwanese) is slightly lower than the Asian average, about 72,827 Dollars, while Bangladesh is only 4,6806 Dollars. In terms of per capita income, Taiwanese people have the highest number of 4,911,112 Dollars, while Indians have 48,127 yuan, and ethnic Chinese (excluding Taiwanese) have 37,275 Dollars, slightly higher than Asian averages. The value of 3 4,031 Dollars.

Asian Americans are still the most educated ethnic group in the United States. Asian Americans over the age of 25 with a bachelor's degree or above account for 53.2%, far higher than the average of 31.2% in the United States. From a single point of view, Indians and Taiwanese have the highest level of education, with more than 40% of graduates or above, and more than 32% of bachelor's degrees. The percentage of Chinese students holding a bachelor's degree or higher is equal to 26.7% and 28.5%, respectively, but the proportion of graduates or above is higher than 23% of the Asian average. At the same time, Asian Americans are mostly concentrated in educational services, health care and social assistance, as well as in science, management, and administration, accounting for more than 39%; among them, ethnic Chinese (including Taiwanese) are engaged in educational services, health care, and social assistance. Ethnicity has a higher proportion in the science, management, and administration industries; in addition, only 11.5% of Asians work in the government.

Additionally, the Asian poverty rate is 11.8%, which is 0.2% lower than last year. Among them, the poverty rate of Chinese descent is 15.5% and that of Taiwanese is 11.9%, both slightly higher than average.