{"id":9110,"date":"2021-04-29T13:57:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T18:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:57:01","slug":"key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/04\/29\/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Key facts about Asian origin groups in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asian Americans are the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/04\/29\/key-facts-about-asian-americans\/\">fastest-growing major racial or ethnic group<\/a> in the United States. More than 22 million Asians live in the U.S., and almost all trace their roots to specific countries or populations from East and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The largest Asian origin groups in the U.S. differ significantly by income, education and other characteristics. These differences highlight the wide diversity of the nation\u2019s Asian population and provide a counterpoint to the \u201cmodel minority\u201d myth and the description of the population as monolithic. Highlighting these differences within the Asian population has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/08\/05\/541844705\/protests-against-the-push-to-disaggragate-asian-american-data\">central to debates<\/a> about how data about the group should be collected by <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/asians-could-opt-out-of-naming-a-country-of-origin-on-the-2020-census-a-policymakers-nightmare-92714\">governments<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/asians-could-opt-out-of-naming-a-country-of-origin-on-the-2020-census-a-policymakers-nightmare-92714\">colleges and universities<\/a> and other organizations, and how it can be used to shape policies impacting the diverse U.S. Asian population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s a look at some of these differences, as well as how individual origin groups compare with the nation\u2019s overall Asian American population.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"is-style-alternate wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This analysis and the accompanying fact sheets about the Asian population in the United States combines the latest data available from multiple data sources. The main source used is a three-year dataset constructed from the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s 2017-2019 American Community Survey\u2019s public-use files obtained from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS). The ACS is used to present demographic and economic characteristics for each group. Additional data on population totals was obtained from the Census Bureau\u2019s 2012 report \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/prod\/cen2010\/briefs\/c2010br-11.pdf\">The Asian Population: 2010<\/a>\u201d (2000 and 2010) and &nbsp;a <a href=\"https:\/\/data.census.gov\/cedsci\/table?q=asians%202019&amp;tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B02018\">Census Bureau tabulation<\/a> for the full ACS for 2019; these tables provide separate information for \u201cOkinawan,\u201d Taiwanese\u201d and \u201cChinese, except Taiwanese.\u201d For more about measuring the Taiwanese population in the U.S., read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/pew-research-center-decoded\/how-many-taiwanese-live-in-the-u-s-its-not-an-easy-question-to-answer-315c042839dc\">How many Taiwanese live in the U.S.? It\u2019s not an easy question to answer<\/a>.\u201d Population projection figures are from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/data\/tables\/2017\/demo\/popproj\/2017-summary-tables.html\">Census Bureau\u2019s 2017 population projections<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Population estimates for all Asian groups include mixed-race and mixed-Asian group populations, regardless of Hispanic origin. As a result, there is some overlap in the numbers for the individual Asian groups because people with origins in more than one group are counted in each group to which they belong. For example, an individual identifying as \u201cChinese and Filipino\u201d would be included in the totals for all Chinese and all Filipinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All data was collected before the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-15360\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/04\/29\/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s\/ft_2021-09-08_asianamericanorigins_01a-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e1e4e2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e1e4e2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/ft_2021.09.08_asianamericanorigins_01a.png?resize=480,1077 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/ft_2021.09.08_asianamericanorigins_01a.png?resize=782,1754 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/ft_2021.09.08_asianamericanorigins_01a.png?resize=840,1884 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"942\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/ft_2021.09.08_asianamericanorigins_01a.png?w=420\" alt=\"A chart showing that six Asian origin groups in the U.S. had populations of at least 1 million people in 2019, accounting for 85% of the nation\u2019s Asian population\" class=\"wp-image-15360 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Six origin groups \u2013 Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese \u2013 accounted for 85% of all Asian Americans as of 2019.<\/strong> These groups together largely shape the demographic characteristics of the overall U.S. Asian population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese-origin Asians are the largest single Asian origin group in the U.S., making up 24% of the total, or 5.4 million people. The next two largest origin groups are Indian Americans, who account for 21% of the total (or 4.6 million people), and Filipinos, who account for 19% (or 4.2 million people). Those with roots in Vietnam (2.2 million), Korea (1.9 million) and Japan (1.5 million) each have populations of at least 1 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other 15 Asian origin groups in this analysis each make up about 2% or less of the nation\u2019s Asian population. Demographically, these groups often differ greatly from the largest groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Population growth varied across Asian origin groups<\/strong> <strong>between 2000 and 2019.<\/strong> Eleven of the Asian groups more than doubled in size during this span. Some of the smaller origin groups \u2013 such as <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/fact-sheet\/asian-americans-bhutanese-in-the-u-s\">Bhutanese<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/fact-sheet\/asian-americans-nepalese-in-the-u-s\">Nepalese<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/fact-sheet\/asian-americans-burmese-in-the-u-s\">Burmese<\/a> \u2013 experienced the fastest growth rates, with their populations growing tenfold or more between 2000 and 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/fact-sheet\/asian-americans-laotians-in-the-u-s\/\">Laotians<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/fact-sheet\/asian-americans-japanese-in-the-u-s\/\">Japanese<\/a> have had the slowest growth rates among U.S. Asians since 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Which Asian origin group is largest varies by state. <\/strong>In 22 states that are largely concentrated in the Southeast and Midwest, Indian Americans are the largest Asian origin group. Chinese are the largest group in the District of Columbia and 12 states \u2013 predominantly in the West and Northeast \u2013 while Filipinos are the largest origin group in nine states. Vietnamese Americans are the largest Asian origin group by population in four states (Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Nebraska); Hmong Americans are the largest in Minnesota and Wisconsin; and Korean Americans are the largest in Alabama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The population concentrations of Asian Americans in each state reflect each origin group\u2019s migration patterns over time. Many Indians, for example, have recently migrated to the U.S. on <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2017\/04\/27\/key-facts-about-the-u-s-h-1b-visa-program\/\">work visas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/fact-sheet\/foreign-students-in-the-u-s\/\">student visas<\/a>. Many Chinese Americans have taken those paths, too, but the Chinese population also has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/ancestorsintheamericas\/program2_1.html\">long history in Western states<\/a>, arriving in California as early as the 19th century. Hmong Americans, meanwhile, entered the U.S. starting in the late 20th century as refugees, with most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnopedia.org\/group\/indochinese-refugee-resettlement-office-1975-1986\">resettling in Minnesota<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-640-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-15336\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/04\/29\/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s\/ft_2021-04-29_asianorigins_02-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e4e6e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e4e6e3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_02.png?resize=480,423 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_02.png?resize=782,689 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_02.png?resize=960,846 960w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_02.png?resize=1200,1058 1200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_02.png?resize=1280,1128 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"564\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_02.png?w=640\" alt=\"Largest Asian origin groups by state, 2019\" class=\"wp-image-15336 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-640-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-15340\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/04\/29\/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s\/ft_2021-04-29_asianorigins_03a-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeede9\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeede9;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_03a.png?resize=480,866 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_03a.png?resize=782,1411 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_03a.png?resize=960,1733 960w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_03a.png?resize=1200,2166 1200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_03a.png?resize=1564,2823 1564w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_03a.png?resize=1600,2888 1600w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_03a.png?resize=1618,2920 1618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"1155\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_03a.png?w=640\" alt=\"Three largest Asian origin groups by state, 2019\" class=\"wp-image-15340 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A third of Japanese Americans are multiracial (non-Hispanic), by far the highest share among the six largest Asian origin groups. <\/strong>Filipinos are the next most likely to indicate their race is Asian and at least one other race, with 19% doing so. Nearly one-in-seven Koreans (15%) say they are multiracial, as do 8% of Chinese. Out of the six largest origin groups, Vietnamese (5%) and Indians (4%) are the least likely to indicate their race is Asian and at least one other race.(The Census Bureau only publishes multiple-race combination data for the six largest Asian American groups.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hmong, Burmese and Nepalese Americans are the youngest Asian origin groups in the U.S., while Thai and Japanese Americans are the oldest. <\/strong>The median age for Hmong, Burmese and Nepalese in 2019 was 30 or younger. Among <em>U.S.-born<\/em> Burmese and Nepalese, the median age was even younger \u2013 just 6 and 5, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thai and Japanese Americans, by contrast, had a median age of 41 in 2019. U.S.-born Japanese were the oldest by far among all Asians born in the country, with a median age of 36. Thai Americans were the second-oldest U.S.-born group, with a median age of 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The overall Asian population in the U.S. had a median age of 34 in 2019, including 19 for U.S.-born Asians and 45 for those born outside the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-640-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-15329\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/04\/29\/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s\/ft_2021-04-29_asianorigins_04-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"efeee8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #efeee8;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_04.png?resize=480,460 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_04.png?resize=782,749 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_04.png?resize=960,920 960w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_04.png?resize=1200,1149 1200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_04.png?resize=1280,1226 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"613\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_04.png?w=640\" alt=\"U.S.-born Asians are far younger, on average, than their foreign-born counterparts\" class=\"wp-image-15329 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-200-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-15350\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/04\/29\/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s\/ft_2021-09-08_asianamericanorigins_02-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0f0f0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0f0f0;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/ft_2021.09.08_asianamericanorigins_02.png?resize=400,1263 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"632\" width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/ft_2021.09.08_asianamericanorigins_02.png?w=200\" alt=\"A chart showing that 54% of U.S. Asians have a bachelor\u2019s degree or more education\" class=\"wp-image-15350 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The share of Asian Americans ages 25 and older with at least a bachelor\u2019s degree varies greatly by origin group.<\/strong> Those of Indian (75%), Malaysian (65%), Mongolian (60%) or Sri Lankan (60%) origin are <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2018\/09\/14\/education-levels-of-u-s-immigrants-are-on-the-rise\/\">more likely<\/a> than other Asian origin groups to have at least a bachelor\u2019s degree. By comparison, fewer than one-in-five Laotians (18%) and Bhutanese (15%) have at least a bachelor\u2019s degree. Roughly a third of <em>all<\/em> Americans ages 25 and older had a bachelor\u2019s degree or more education in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The differences in educational attainment among national origin groups partly reflect the levels of education immigrants bring to the U.S. For example, three-quarters of Indian Americans had a bachelor\u2019s degree or more education in 2019. Many of them already had a bachelor\u2019s degree when they arrived in the U.S. with visas for high-skilled workers. Since 2001, half of H-1B visas \u2013 which require a bachelor\u2019s degree or equivalent \u2013 have gone to Indians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>English proficiency varies considerably among Asian origin groups<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong> Among those ages 5 and older, large majorities of Japanese (85%), Filipinos (84%) and Indians (82%) speak English proficiently. By contrast, Bhutanese (36%) and Burmese (38%) \u2013 both groups with large populations of recently arrived immigrants \u2013 have some of the lowest rates of English proficiency. U.S.-born Asians (95%) are much more likely than foreign-born Asians (57%) to speak English proficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>There are wide disparities in income among Asian origin groups. <\/strong>Asian households in the U.S. had a median annual income of $85,800 in 2019, higher than the $61,800 among all U.S. households. But only two Asian origin groups had household incomes that exceeded the median for Asian Americans overall: Indians ($119,000) and Filipinos ($90,400). Most of the other origin groups were well below the national median for Asian Americans, including the two with the lowest median household incomes \u2013 Burmese ($44,400) and Nepalese ($55,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As with education and income, poverty rates vary widely among Asians in the U.S.<\/strong> Asians Americans had a poverty rate of 10% in 2019, 3 percentage points lower than the overall U.S. poverty rate (13%). Mongolian and Burmese had the highest poverty rates among all Asian origin groups, at 25% \u2013 more than twice the national average and about four times the poverty rates among Indians (6%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-640-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-15353\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/04\/29\/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s\/ft_2021-09-08_asianamericanorigins_03-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f1f1f0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f1f1f0;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/ft_2021.09.08_asianamericanorigins_03.png?resize=480,372 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/ft_2021.09.08_asianamericanorigins_03.png?resize=782,606 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/ft_2021.09.08_asianamericanorigins_03.png?resize=960,744 960w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/ft_2021.09.08_asianamericanorigins_03.png?resize=1200,930 1200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/ft_2021.09.08_asianamericanorigins_03.png?resize=1280,992 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"496\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/ft_2021.09.08_asianamericanorigins_03.png?w=640\" alt=\"A chart showing that median household income varies widely among Asian origin groups in the U.S., as does the share who live in poverty\" class=\"wp-image-15353 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-15327\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/04\/29\/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s\/ft_2021-04-29_asianorigins_07-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e1e6e4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e1e6e4;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_07.png?resize=480,1037 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_07.png?resize=620,1340 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"670\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_07.png?w=310\" alt=\"Among Asian origin groups in U.S., Bhutanese are most likely to live in a multigenerational household\" class=\"wp-image-15327 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Around a quarter of Asian Americans (27%) live in multigenerational households, but some origin groups are far more likely than others to do so. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2016\/08\/11\/a-record-60-6-million-americans-live-in-multigenerational-households\/\">Multigenerational households<\/a> include two or more adult generations or both grandparents and grandchildren. More than half of Bhutanese (56%) and a large percentage of Cambodians (42%) and Laotians (40%) live in multigenerational households. On the other hand, only 16% of Malaysians and 13% of Mongolians live in multigenerational households. Among Americans overall, 20% live in multigenerational households.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vietnamese Americans have the highest homeownership rate among Asian Americans (67%). <\/strong>That is comparable to the homeownership rate among all Americans (64%).Many other Asian American origin groups havelower homeownership rates.For example, only a third of Nepalese Americans and fewer than half of Bangladeshi (45%) and Burmese Americans (46%) owned their home in 2019. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-200-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-15322\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/04\/29\/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s\/ft_2021-04-29_asianorigins_08-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeefee\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeefee;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_08.png?resize=404,1080 404w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"535\" width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/04\/ft_2021.04.29_asianorigins_08.png?w=200\" alt=\"Immigrant shares vary by Asian origin group\" class=\"wp-image-15322 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Immigrants make up a higher share of some Asian origin groups than others.<\/strong> Among all Asians in the U.S., nearly six-in-ten (57%) were foreign born in 2019, significantly higher than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewhispanic.org\/2017\/05\/03\/2015-statistical-information-on-immigrants-in-united-states\/\">immigrant share among Americans<\/a> overall (14%) and other racial and ethnic groups that same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Asian groups have arrived as immigrants more recently than others. For instance, 78% of Burmese in the U.S. are foreign born, and many of them arrived as refugees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewglobal.org\/2017\/10\/12\/appendix-b-detailed-data-tables-u-s-refugees\/\">starting in 2007<\/a>. About two-thirds (68%) of Burmese immigrants have been in the country for 10 years or less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By contrast, the first Japanese immigrants came to the U.S. in the 19th century as plantation workers in what is now Hawaii. Fewer Japanese immigrants have arrived in the U.S. in recent years compared with other Asian origin groups. This history is reflected in the relatively low share of Japanese Americans who are immigrants (27%). Among Japanese immigrants, 63% have been in the country for more than 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>CORRECTION (Sept. 8, 2021): The Asian origin shares of the Asian population shown in the April 2021 analysis originally represented the shares of Asian race <\/em>responses<em> to the race question, but this figure counts many individuals twice if they reported two or more Asian identities. The revised figures represent shares of the Asian <\/em>population<em>, the 22.4 million individuals, in 2019, reporting at least one Asian race. No other findings in the report have been affected by these changes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: This is an update of a post originally published May 22, 2019. On Sept. 8, 2021, data for 2000, 2010 and 2019 for \u201cTaiwanese,\u201d \u201cChinese, except Taiwanese\u201d and \u201cOkinawan\u201d was added to the first table to encompass the full <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/data.census.gov\/cedsci\/table?q=asians%202019&amp;tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B02018\"><em>Census Bureau tabulation<\/em><\/a><em>. For more about measuring the Taiwanese population in the U.S., read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/pew-research-center-decoded\/how-many-taiwanese-live-in-the-u-s-its-not-an-easy-question-to-answer-315c042839dc\">How many Taiwanese live in the U.S.? 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