{"id":4313,"date":"2017-09-08T09:11:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T14:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/demographic-characteristics-of-u-s-burmese-population\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T22:40:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T03:40:13","slug":"demographic-characteristics-of-u-s-burmese-population","status":"publish","type":"chart","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/demographic-characteristics-of-u-s-burmese-population\/","title":{"rendered":"Demographic characteristics of U.S. Burmese population, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color: #999; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;\">% (unless otherwise noted)<\/p>\n\n<table>\n<thead style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<th style=\"height: 24px;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"height: 24px;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center; height: 24px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;\" colspan=\"3\">Among Burmese in the U.S.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<th style=\"text-align: center; height: 24px;\" colspan=\"1\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center; height: 24px;\">All Asians\nin the U.S.<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center; height: 24px;\">All<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center; height: 24px;\">U.S. born<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Foreign born<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"text-align: left; height: 24px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left; height: 24px;\"><strong>MEDIAN AGE<\/strong> (in years)<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; text-align: center;\" title=\"All Asian Americans\">34<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; text-align: center;\" title=\"All Burmese Americans\">27<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; text-align: center;\" title=\"U.S. born Burmese Americans\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; text-align: center;\" title=\"Foreign born Burmese Americans\">31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left; height: 24px; border-bottom: none;\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>AGE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left; height: 24px;\">Younger than 5<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; text-align: center;\" title=\"All Asian Americans\">7<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; text-align: center;\" title=\"All Burmese Americans\">12<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; text-align: center;\" title=\"U.S. born Burmese Americans\">63<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; text-align: center;\" title=\"Foreign born Burmese Americans\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left; height: 24px;\">5-17<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; text-align: center;\" title=\"All Asian Americans\">18<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; text-align: center;\" title=\"All Burmese Americans\">21<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; text-align: center;\" title=\"U.S. born Burmese Americans\">26<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; text-align: center;\" title=\"Foreign born Burmese Americans\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left; height: 24px;\">18-29<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; 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