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The Asian and Pacific Islander
Population in the United States:
March 2002 Issued May 2003

Population Characteristics
P20-540

This report presents data on the demo- Current
graphic, social, and economic character- "Asian" refers to those having origins
istics of the Asian and Pacific Islander in any of the original peoples of the
Population
population in the United States, based on Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Reports
the Annual Demographic Supplement to Indian subcontinent including, for
By
the March 2002 Current Population example, Cambodia, China, India, Terrance Reeves
Survey (CPS).1 The topics covered are Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the and
Claudette Bennett
geographic distribution; age distribution; Philippine Islands, Thailand, and
marital status; family type and family Vietnam. "Pacific Islander" refers to
size; educational attainment; labor force those having origins in any of the
participation, unemployment, and occu- original peoples of Hawaii, Guam,
pation; family income; and poverty sta- Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. The
tus.2 Data for these characteristics are Asian and Pacific Islander population
compared with those of the non-Hispanic is not a homogeneous group; rather,
White population.3 it comprises many groups who differ
in language, culture, and length of
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION residence in the United States. Some
of the Asian groups, such as the
One-half of Asians and Pacific
Chinese and Japanese, have been in
Islanders live in the West.4
the United States for several genera-
In March 2002, 12.5 million Asians and tions. Others, such as the Hmong,
Pacific Islanders lived in the United States, Vietnamese, Laotians, and
representing 4.4 percent of the civilian Cambodians, are comparatively
noninstitutionalized population. While recent immigrants. Relatively few of
one-half lived in the West (51 percent), the Pacific Islanders are foreign born.
19 percent lived in the South, 12 percent

1
The data in this report are from the Annual approximately 2.4 percent of the Asian and Pacific
Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Islander population.
Population Survey. The population represented (the 4
The four regions of the United States for which
population universe) is the civilian noninstitutional- data are presented in this report are as follows:
ized population of the United States. Members of Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
the Armed Forces living off base or with their fami- Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
lies on post are included if there is at least one civil- Rhode Island, and Vermont; Midwest: Illinois,
ian adult living in the household. Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
2
Data on income and poverty in this report refer Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South
to the calendar year before the survey. For example, Dakota, and Wisconsin; South: Alabama, Arkansas,
income information collected in March 2002 refers to Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,
calendar year 2001. Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North
3
Because Hispanics or Latinos may be of any Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
race, data in this report for Asians and Pacific Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; West: Alaska,
Islanders overlap slightly with data for Hispanics. Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,
Data for Asians and Pacific Islanders include Hispanic Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah,
Asians and Pacific Islanders, who made up Washington, and Wyoming.
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in the Midwest, and 19 percent in
the Northeast (see Figure 1).5,6 In Figure 1.
comparison, 194.8 million (69 per- Region of Residence for Selected Groups: 2002
cent) of the United States popula- (Percent distribution of population)
tion was non-Hispanic White and
Asian and Pacific Islander
19 percent lived in the West,
Non-Hispanic White
33 percent in the South, 27 percent
in the Midwest, and 21 percent in 51.1
the Northeast.

Nearly all Asians and Pacific
Islanders live in metropolitan 33.3
areas.7 27.0
Ninety-five percent of all Asians 18.6 20.5 18.9 19.2
and Pacific Islanders lived in met-
ropolitan areas, a much greater 11.5
proportion than of non-Hispanic
Whites (78 percent). Of the two
populations, Asians and Pacific Northeast Midwest South West
Islanders were twice as likely to
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement to
live in central cities located in met- the March 2002 Current Population Survey.
ropolitan areas (41 percent com-
pared with 21 percent). However,
among those living in metropolitan
AGE DISTRIBUTION percentage of divorced Asians and
areas but not in central cities,
Pacific Islanders was one-half that
Asians and Pacific Islanders were The Asian and Pacific Islander of non-Hispanic Whites (5 percent
only 3 percentage points below population is young. compared with 10 percent, respec-
non-Hispanic Whites (54 percent
In 2002, Asians and Pacific tively). Asians and Pacific Islanders
and 57 percent, respectively).
Islanders were younger than were less likely than non-Hispanic
non-Hispanic Whites. Twenty-six Whites to be widowed (4 percent
percent of Asians and Pacific compared with 7 percent), but were
Islanders were under 18, compared more likely to have never married
with 23 percent of non-Hispanic (33 percent compared to 25 per-
Whites; while 7 percent of Asians cent, respectively).9
5
The estimates in this report are based and Pacific Islanders were 65 and
on responses from a sample of the popula- Marital status varied by sex for both
tion. As with all surveys, estimates may over, compared with 14 percent of
the Asian and Pacific Islander and
vary from the actual values because of sam- non-Hispanic Whites.
pling variation or other factors. All compar- non-Hispanic White populations (see
isons made in this report have undergone Table 1). Asian and Pacific Islander
statistical testing and are significant at the MARITAL STATUS
90-percent confidence level unless otherwise women were more likely than their
noted. male counterparts to be married,
The proportion of Asians and
6
The percentage of Asians and Pacific
Islanders living in the South was not statisti- Pacific Islanders who are widowed, separated, or divorced.
cally different from the percentage living in divorced is one-half that for However, in the non-Hispanic White
the Northeast. non-Hispanic Whites.
7
The general concept of a metropolitan
population, men were more likely to
area (MA) is a large population nucleus with Of the 9.8 million Asians and Pacific be married, but women were more
adjacent communities that have a high
Islanders and 158.3 million non- likely to be divorced, separated, or
degree of economic and social integration
with that nucleus. Some MAs are defined Hispanic Whites 15 and older in widowed.
around two or more nuclei. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), with techni- 2002, 57 percent of each popula-
cal assistance from the U.S. Census Bureau, tion was married,8 but the
published standards to define MAs for feder-
al agencies. See the Office of Management
9
No statistically significant difference
and Budget, Federal Register Notice, Vol. 55, existed between the proportions of Asians
No. 62, March 30, 1990 and OMB Bulletin, 8
Married includes those with a spouse and Pacific Islanders who are divorced and
No. 93-177, issued June 1993. present or a spouse absent. widowed.

2 U.S. Census Bureau
Table 1.
Marital Status by Sex for Selected Groups: 2002
(Percent distibution of population)

Asian and
Non-Hispanic White
Pacific Islander

90- 90- 90- 90- 90- 90-
Marital status percent percent percent percent percent percent
confi- confi- confi- confi- confi- confi-
dence dence dence dence dence dence
interval interval interval interval interval interval
Total (+/-) Male (+/-) Female (+/-) Total (+/-) Male (+/-) Female (+/-)

Total . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 - 100.0 - 100.0 - 100.0 - 100.0 - 100.0 -
Married, spouse
present . . . . . . . . . 53.3 0.016 50.9 0.023 55.5 0.022 56.3 0.003 58.5 0.005 54.3 0.005
Married, spouse
absent . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 0.006 3.8 0.009 2.8 0.007 0.8 0.001 0.8 0.001 0.8 0.001
Widowed . . . . . . . . . 4.2 0.006 1.5 0.006 6.8 0.011 6.9 0.002 2.7 0.002 10.9 0.003
Divorced . . . . . . . . . 5.0 0.007 3.6 0.009 6.2 0.011 10.0 0.002 8.8 0.003 11.1 0.003
Separated . . . . . . . . 1.4 0.004 0.9 0.004 1.8 0.006 1.5 0.001 1.3 0.001 1.6 0.001
Never married . . . . 32.9 0.015 39.3 0.023 26.9 0.020 24.5 0.003 28.0 0.004 21.3 0.004

- Represents zero.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey.

Figure 2.
Family Type by Size for Selected Groups: 2002*
(Percent distribution of families)
Two members Three members Four members Five or more members
Married couple
Asian and
Pacific Islander 28.0 24.6 27.5 19.9

Non-Hispanic White 47.0 19.7 21.2 12.1

Female householder, no spouse present
Asian and
Pacific Islander 42.9 28.9 15.4 12.7
Non-Hispanic White 54.9 29.6 10.7 4.8

Male householder, no spouse present
Asian and
Pacific Islander 56.2 24.2 11.4 8.1
Non-Hispanic White 61.2 26.0 8.5 4.3

*The race of the householder was used to determine the race of the family. Data do not include families in group quarters.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey.

FAMILY TYPE10 AND FAMILY households than nonfamily Asian and Pacific Islander families
SIZE households (73 percent compared had five or more members, com-
with 27 percent) in 2002. The pared with 11 percent of non-
The majority of Asian and same was true for the non-Hispanic Hispanic White families. At the
Pacific Islander households White population, but to a lesser same time, 30 percent of Asians
are family households.
degree (66 percent compared with and Pacific Islanders lived in two-
Asian and Pacific Islander house- 34 percent). member families, compared with
holds were more likely to be family 47 percent of non-Hispanic Whites.
Family size varied by family type. Twenty percent of Asian and Pacific
Asian and Pacific Islander families Islander married-couple families
10
The race of householder was used to were larger than their non-Hispanic
determine the race of the family. Data do consisted of five or more members,
not include families in group quarters. White counterparts: 18 percent of while 13 percent of families

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maintained by women with no
spouse present, and 8 percent of Figure 3.
Asian and Pacific Islander families Educational Attainment by Sex for
maintained by men with no spouse Selected Groups: 2002
present were that large (see Figure (Percent distribution of population 25 and over) Asian and Pacific Islander
Non-Hispanic White
2). In contrast, 12 percent of non- Men
Hispanic White married-couple fami- 10.5
lies, 5 percent of its families main- Less than high school
11.5
tained by women with no spouse 20.5
present, and 4 percent of the High school graduate
31.5
group's families maintained by men
Some college 18.1
with no spouse present had five or or associate degree 25.2
more members.11
Bachelor's degree 50.9
or more 31.7
EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT
Women
Asians and Pacific Islanders 14.5
are more likely than non- Less than high school
11.1
Hispanic Whites to have
23.2
earned at least a college High school graduate
degree, but are also more 34.3
likely to have less than a Some college 18.5
ninth-grade education. or associate degree 27.3

In 2002, 87 percent of the 7.9 mil- Bachelor's degree 43.8
or more 27.3
lion Asians and Pacific Islanders
and 89 percent of the 133.4 mil- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement
lion non-Hispanic Whites aged to the March 2002 Current Population Survey.

25 and older had earned at least a
high school diploma.
degree, (44 percent compared with LABOR FORCE
A substantial difference existed in
27 percent). PARTICIPATION,
the levels of higher education
UNEMPLOYMENT, AND
attained by Asian and Pacific A substantial difference existed at
OCCUPATION
Islander and non-Hispanic White lower educational levels: Asians and
men and women, specifically Pacific Islanders were almost twice Among Asians and Pacific
among those earning at least a as likely to have less than a ninth- Islanders, men are more likely
bachelor's degree (see Figure 3). grade education (7 percent) than than women to participate in
Asian and Pacific Islander men non-Hispanic Whites (4 percent). the civilian labor force.13
were much more likely than non- Although the percentages for men Similar proportions of Asians and
Hispanic White men to have earned were statistically different, the Pacific Islanders and non-Hispanic
at least a bachelor's degree numerical values were relatively Whites aged 16 and over were in
(51 percent compared with 32 per- close--5 percent compared with the labor force (67 percent and
cent, a difference of 19 percentage 4 percent. In contrast, the figures 66 percent, respectively) in March
points). Similarly, Asian and Pacific for women were very different: 2002. In both populations, men
Islander women were more likely 10 percent of Asian and Pacific
than non-Hispanic White women to Islander women, compared with
have earned at least a bachelor's 4 percent of non-Hispanic White 13
Civilian labor force data in this report
reflect characteristics of the civilian noninsti-
women.12 tutionalized population aged 16 and older
for March 2002 and are not adjusted for
11
No statistically significant difference seasonal changes. Data released by the
existed between the proportions of non- 12
There is a statistically significant differ- Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Hispanic Whites families maintained by men ence between the unrounded proportions of Statistics, may not agree entirely with data
or women with no spouse present with five non-Hispanic White men and women with shown in this report because they are sea-
or more members. less than a ninth-grade education. sonally adjusted.

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6 percent and 4 percent, respec-
Figure 4. tively. Among Asians and Pacific
Occupation Distribution of the Employed Civilian Islanders, no statistically signifi-
Labor Force by Sex for Selected Groups: 2002 cant difference existed between
(Percent distribution of population the 6 percent of men and 5 per-
16 years and over) Asian and Pacific Islander
Non-Hispanic White cent of women who were unem-
Men
ployed.15
Managerial and 41.0
professional 33.4 Asians and Pacific Islanders
Technical, sales, and 22.9 are concentrated in
administrative support 20.2
managerial and professional
specialty occupations.16
12.4
Service
8.4 In 2002, 6.1 million Asians and
Precision produciton, 9.4
Pacific Islanders and 97.8 million
craft, and repair 18.6
non-Hispanic Whites aged 16 and
older were employed. A higher
Operators, fabricators, 13.1
proportion of Asians and Pacific
and laborers 16.3
Islanders than of non-Hispanic
Farming, forestry, 1.1 Whites were concentrated in mana-
and fishing 3.0 gerial and professional specialty
occupations. Among both groups,
Women a large disparity existed between
Managerial and 37.2 the proportions of men and
professional 36.9 women in technical, sales, and
Technical, sales, and 33.5 administrative support jobs; an
administrative support 40.2 11 percentage point difference
separated Asian and Pacific
16.7
Service
15.2
Islander men and women (23 per-
cent and 34 percent, respectively),
Precision produciton, 3.4
craft, and repair
and a 20 percentage point differ-
1.8
ence separated non-Hispanic White
8.8
Operators, fabricators, men and women (20 percent and
and laborers 4.8
40 percent, respectively). For
Farming, forestry, 0.5 those employed within the preci-
and fishing 1.2 sion production, craft, and repair
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement
occupations, a smaller disparity
to the March 2002 Current Population Survey. existed between the sexes of the
Asian and Pacific Islander popula-
tion than between the sexes of the
had higher labor force participation Similar proportions of Asians non-Hispanic White population.
rates: 75 percent of men, com- and Pacific Islanders and non- Nine percent of Asian and Pacific
pared with 59 percent of women Hispanic Whites were Islander men and 3 percent of the
for Asians and Pacific Islanders, unemployed. women (a 6 percentage point
and 73 percent of men, compared Of the 6.5 million Asians and difference), and 19 percent of
with 60 percent of women for non- Pacific Islanders in the civilian
Hispanic Whites.14 labor force, 6 percent were unem- 15
There is no statistically significant dif-
ference in the 6 percent of Asian and Pacific
ployed, compared with 5 percent Islander and non-Hispanic White men unem-
of the 103 million non-Hispanic ployed. Also, the percentages of women
unemployed in these populations do not dif-
Whites, a difference that is not sta-
14
There is no statistical difference in the fer significantly.
proportions of Asian and Pacific Islander and tistically significant. However, the 16
They include occupations such as man-
non-Hispanic White men in the civilian labor difference between the proportions agers, executives, administrators, physicians,
force. Similarly, the percentages of women nurses, lawyers, architects, engineers, scien-
in these populations in the civilian labor of non-Hispanic White unemployed tists, and teachers. These data are based on
force do not differ significantly. men and women is significant: the respondent's current occupation.

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Figure 5.
Family Type by Family Income for Selected Groups: 2001*
(Percent distribution of families)

Less than $25,000- $35,000- $50,000- $75,000
$25,000 $34,999 $49,999 $74,999 and over

Married couple
Asian and
14.3 7.4 13.5 20.6 44.2
Pacific Islander
Non-Hispanic White 11.8 9.6 15.0 23.5 40.1

Female householder, no spouse present
Asian and
32.0 20.4 16.5 14.0 17.1
Pacific Islander
Non-Hispanic White 41.1 17.2 17.6 13.5 10.5

Male householder, no spouse present
Asian and
24.8 13.2 10.5 20.5 31.0
Pacific Islander
Non-Hispanic White 24.5 16.8 20.1 19.5 19.1

non-Hispanic White men and 2 per- $75,000 or more, about 4 percent- A large proportion of families in
cent of women (a 17 percentage age points higher than their both groups that were maintained
point difference) held jobs in this non-Hispanic White counterparts by women with no spouse present
category (see Figure 4). (see Figure 5). had incomes below $25,000:
32 percent of Asian and Pacific
FAMILY INCOME17 Among both groups, families main-
Islander families, compared with
tained by men with no spouse
41 percent non-Hispanic White
While Asian and Pacific present had higher incomes than
families. However, in both popula-
Islander families are more families maintained by women
likely than non-Hispanic White tions, 25 percent of families main-
with no spouse present. For fami-
families to have incomes of tained by men with no spouse
lies maintained by men with no
$75,000 or more, they are also present had incomes below
spouse present, 31 percent of
more likely to have incomes $25,000.
less than $25,000. Asian and Pacific Islander families
of this type had incomes of POVERTY STATUS19
In 2001, 40 percent of all Asian $75,000 or more, compared with
and Pacific Islander families had 19 percent of non-Hispanic White Asians and Pacific Islanders
incomes of $75,000 or more, com- families (a 12 percentage point dif- are more likely to live in
pared with 35 percent of non- ference). Among families main- poverty than non-Hispanic
Hispanic White families. However, tained by women with no spouse Whites.
17 percent of Asian and Pacific present, 17 percent of Asian and In 2001, 1.3 million Asians and
Islander families had incomes of Pacific Islander and 11 percent of Pacific Islanders (10 percent) and
less than $25,000, compared with non-Hispanic White families had 15.3 million non-Hispanic Whites
15 percent of non-Hispanic White incomes of $75,000 or more.18 (8 percent) lived below the poverty
families. Among married-couple
families, 44 percent of Asians and 19
In 2001, the poverty threshold for a
Pacific Islanders had incomes of family of four was $18,267. Poverty statistics
18
The 12 percentage point difference in exclude unrelated individuals under 15. For
the Asian and Pacific Islander and non- more information, see Bernadette Proctor and
17
Data for all families include a small Hispanic White families maintained by men Joseph Dalaker, U.S. Census Bureau, Current
number in group quarters. Income is the sum with incomes of $75,000 or more and the Population Report, Series P60-219, Poverty in
of wages and salaries, net income from self- 6 percentage point difference in families the United States: March 2001, U.S.
employment, and income other than earnings. maintained by women in these populations Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
Income data refer to calendar year 2001. are not statistically different. Poverty data refer to calendar year 2001.

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Table 2.
Poverty Status by Age for Selected Groups: 2001
(Percent distribution of population)

Asian and Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic White

90- 90- 90- 90- 90- 90-
Selected age percent percent percent percent percent percent
groups confi- confi- confi- confi- confi- confi-
dence dence dence dence dence dence
interval interval interval interval interval interval
Total (+/-) Male (+/-) Female (+/-) Total (+/-) Male (+/-) Female (+/-)

Total . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 0.005 10.1 0.007 10.4 0.007 7.8 0.001 6.9 0.002 8.8 0.002
Under 18 years . . . 11.5 0.010 11.5 0.014 11.4 0.015 9.5 0.003 9.6 0.004 9.5 0.004
18 to 64 years . . . . 9.7 0.006 9.1 0.008 10.4 0.009 7.2 0.001 6.2 0.002 8.2 0.002
65 years and over . 10.2 0.019 13.8 0.032 7.4 0.021 8.1 0.003 5.2 0.004 10.2 0.004

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey.

Table 3.
Poverty Status of Families by Type for Selected Groups: 2001*
(Percent distribution of population)

90-percent 90-percent
Family type Asian and confidence Non-Hispanic confidence
Pacific Islander interval (+/-) White interval (+/-)

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 - 100.0 -
Married-couple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 0.006 3.3 0.002
Male householder, no spouse present . . . . . . . 9.1 0.039 10.3 0.011
Female householder, no spouse present . . . . . 14.6 0.032 19.0 0.009

-Represents zero.
*The race of the householder was used to determine the race of the family. Data do not include families in group quarters.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey.

level. For each group, the highest Similarly, non-Hispanic White fami- collected in February and April.)
proportions living in poverty were lies maintained by women with no The institutionalized population,
those younger than 18 years old spouse present were more likely which is excluded from the popula-
(see Table 2).20 There was no sta- than married-couple families and tion universe, is composed primari-
tistically significant difference in families maintained by men with no ly of the population in correctional
the proportion of Asian and Pacific spouse present to live in poverty: institutions and nursing homes (91
Islander women and men living in 19 percent, 3 percent, and 10 per- percent of the 4.1 million institu-
poverty; however, non-Hispanic cent, respectively. tionalized population in Census
White women were more likely 2000).
than their male counterparts to live SOURCE OF DATA
in poverty. ACCURACY OF THE
The population represented (the
ESTIMATES
Asian and Pacific Islander families population universe) in the Annual
maintained by women with no Demographic Supplement to the Statistics from surveys are subject
spouse present were more likely March 2002 Current Population to sampling and nonsampling error.
than both married-couple families Survey is the civilian noninstitution- All comparisons presented in this
and families maintained by men alized population of the United report have taken sampling error
States. Members of the Armed into account and are significant at
with no spouse present to live in
Forces living off post or with their the 90-percent confidence level.
poverty: 15 percent, 7 percent, and
families on post are included if This means the 90-percent confi-
9 percent, respectively (see Table 3).
there is at least one civilian adult dence interval for the difference
20
There is no statistical difference in the living in the household. (Starting in between the estimates being com-
proportion of Asians and Pacific Islanders pared does not include zero.
under 18 and those 65 and over living in
2001, the Annual Demographic
poverty. Supplement includes some data Nonsampling errors in surveys may

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