Why Asian Immigrants Come to the U.S. and How They View Life Here
Most say they’d move to the U.S. again if they could and cite a good comparative standard of living. But 59% also see major issues with the immigration system.
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Former Research Associate
Abby Budiman is a former temporary research associate focusing on race and ethnicity research at Pew Research Center.
Most say they’d move to the U.S. again if they could and cite a good comparative standard of living. But 59% also see major issues with the immigration system.
Among all Asian origin groups in the U.S., Chinese American households had the highest income inequality in 2022.
Overall, 64% of Asian American adults say they gave to a U.S. charitable organization in the 12 months before the survey. One-in-five say they gave to a charity in their Asian ancestral homeland during that time. And 27% say they sent money to someone living there.
An estimated 36.2 million Hispanics are eligible to vote this year, up from 32.3 million in 2020.
Asian Americans have been the fastest-growing group of eligible voters in the United States over roughly the past two decades and since 2020.
97% of Asian Americans registered to vote say a candidate’s policy positions are more important than their race or ethnicity when deciding whom to vote for.
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The Asian population in the U.S. grew 81% from 2000 to 2019, from roughly 10.5 million to a record 18.9 million people.
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