Asian Population Statistics

About Asian people and Asian cultures in the United States
and in New York City.

Asian Americans = 12 million or 4% of U.S. population; and 11% of New York City population.

Asian Cultures in NYC:

Asian Indian
Bangladeshi
Cambodian
Chinese
Filipino
Hmong
Indonesian
Japanese
Korean
Lao
Malaysian
Pakistanhi
Sri Lankan
Taiwanese
Thai
Vietnamese
Others

Five largest Asian American groups in NYC:

Chinese           374,321
Asian Indian      206,228
Korean             90,208
Filipino           62,058
Pakistani          34,310

Those who are Asian and immigrants in NYC:

35%  = percentage of NYC’s population that is immigrant
78%  = percentage of NYC’s Asian population that is immigrant

Poverty in NYC:

Poverty rate: 21%                Asian poverty rate: 20%
Child poverty rate: 30%        Asian child poverty rate: 24% 
Elderly poverty rate: 18%      Asian elderly poverty rate: 24%



The NYC data is from the Asian American Federation Census Information Center, www.aafny.org/cic. 

The U.S. Census Bureau has designated the federation as one of the 57 census information centers in the United States and the only center in New York to focus on Asian American communities.

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