Asian Americans

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'''Asian Americans''' are [[Americans]] of [[Asia]]n ancestry. The term refers to a group that includes diverse populations. They have ancestral origins in South Asia, East Asia. This includes people who indicate as "[[Chinese people|Chinese]], [[Filipinos|Filipino]], [[Indian people|Indian]], Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Other Asian". Asian Americans with no other ancestry comprise 5.4% of the U.S. population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf1.pdf|title=US Census 2000}}</ref> Asian Americans are by capita the richest and highest earning ethnic group in America, due to their high educational attainment and strong family values.

== Definition ==

The [[U.S. Census Bureau]] defines Asian as "A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam."

== Population ==
During the [[2010 United States Census]], the largest ethnic groups were [[Chinese American]], [[Filipino Americans]], [[Indian Americans]], [[Vietnamese Americans]], [[Korean Americans]], and [[Japanese Americans]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_PCT7&prodType=table|title=American FactFinder - Results|last=Bureau|first=U.S. Census|website=factfinder.census.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-10-05|archive-date=2017-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912060103/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_PCT7&prodType=table|url-status=dead}}</ref> The total population is 17,941,286.

===Asian American alone===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Ancestry !! Population 2000 !! Population 2010 !! Percent change
|-
| [[Bangladeshi American|Bangladeshi]] || 46,905 || 147,300 || 202.9%
|-
| [[Bhutanese American|Bhutanese]] || 192 || 19439 || 9,699.0%
|-
| [[Burmese American|Burmese]] || 14,620 || 95,536 || 553.5%
|-
| [[Cambodian American|Cambodian]] || 183,769 || 255,497 || 39.0%
|-
| [[Chinese American|Chinese]] || 2,564,190 || 3,535,382 || 37.9%
|-
| [[Filipino American|Filipino]] || 1,908,125 || 2,649,973 || 38.9%
|-
| [[Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] || 119,829 || – || –
|-
| [[Hmong American|Hmong]] || 174,712 || 252,323 || 44.4%
|-
| [[Indian American|Indian]] || 1,718,778 || 2,918,807 || 69.8%
|-
| [[Indonesian American|Indonesian]] || 44,186 || 63,383 || 69.7%
|-
| [[Japanese American|Japanese]] || 852,237 || 841,824 || −1.2%
|-
| [[Korean American|Korean]] || 1,099,422 || 1,463,474 || 33.1%
|-
| [[Laotian American|Laotian]] || 179,103 || 209,646 || 17.1%
|-
| [[Malaysian American|Malaysian]] || 15,029 || 21,868 || 45.5%
|-
| Maldivian || 29 || 102 || 251.7%
|-
| [[Mongolian American|Mongolian]] || 3,699 || 15,138 || 309.2%
|-
| [[Nepalese American|Nepalese]] || 8,209 || 57,209 || 596.9%
|-
| [[Okinawan American|Okinawan]] || 6,138 || 5,681 || −7.4%
|-
| [[Pakistani American|Pakistani]] || 164,628 || 382,994 || 132.6%
|-
| [[Singaporean American|Singaporean]] || 2,017 || 4,569 || 126.5%
|-
| [[Sri Lankan American|Sri Lankan]] || 21,364 || 41,456 || 94.0%
|-
| [[Taiwanese American|Taiwanese]] || 118,827 || 199,387 || 67.6%
|-
| [[Thai American|Thai]] || 120,918 || 182,872 || 51.2%
|-
| [[Vietnamese American|Vietnamese]] || 1,169,672 || 1,632,717 || 39.6%
|-
| Other Asian, not specified || 162,913 || 238,332 || 46.3%
|-
| '''Total''' || '''10,242,998''' || '''14,674,252''' || '''43.3%'''
|-
|}

===With multiracial identifiers===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Ancestry !! Population 2000 !! Population 2010 !! Percent change
|-
| Bangladeshi || 57,412 || 147,300 || 156.6%
|-
| Bhutanese || 212 || 19,439 || 9,069.3%
|-
| Burmese || 16,720 || 100,200 || 499.3%
|-
| Cambodian || 206,052 || 276,667 || 34.3%
|-
| Chinese || 2,865,232 || 4,010,114 || 40.0%
|-
| Filipino || 2,364,815 || 3,416,840 || 44.5%
|-
| Hispanic || – || 598,146 || –
|-
| Hmong || 186,310 || 260,073 || 39.6%
|-
| Indian || 1,899,599 || 3,183,063 || 67.6%
|-
| Indonesian || 63,073 || 95,270 || 51.0%
|-
| Japanese || 1,148,932 || 1,304,286 || 13.5%
|-
| Korean || 1,228,427 || 1,706,822 || 38.9%
|-
| Laotian || 198,203 || 232,130 || 17.1%
|-
| Malaysian || 18,566 || 26,179 || 41.0%
|-
| Maldivian || 51 || 127 || 149.0%
|-
| Mongolian || 5,868 || 18,344 || 212.6%
|-
| Nepalese || 9,399 || 59,490 || 532.9%
|-
| Okinawan || 10,599 || 11,326 || 6.9%
|-
| Pakistani || 204,309 || 409,163 || 100.3%
|-
| Singaporean || 2,394 || 5,347 || 123.4%
|-
| Sri Lankan || 24,587 || 45,381 || 84.6%
|-
| Taiwanese || 132,038 || 215,582 || 65.2%
|-
| Thai || 150,283 || 237,583 || 58.1%
|-
| Vietnamese || 1,223,736 || 1,737,433 || 42.0%
|-
| Other Asian, not specified || 376,723 || 623,761 || 65.6%
|-
| '''Total''' || '''11,898,828''' || '''17,320,856''' || '''45.6%'''
|-
|}

== References ==
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{{Demographics of the United States}}
{{Overseas Asians}}

[[Category:Ethnic groups in the United States]]
[[Category:Asian people]]

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