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Asian Americans

Asian Americans. A cultural review. Asian Americans. Immigrated from more than 20 counties Speak over 100 languages Represent more than 60 different ethnicities. Religion.

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Asian Americans

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  1. Asian Americans A cultural review

  2. Asian Americans • Immigrated from more than 20 counties • Speak over 100 languages • Represent more than 60 different ethnicities

  3. Religion According to the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) (2008), the results of Asia Americans surveyed showed that • Agnostic 27% • Eastern Religion (i.e. Hindu) 21% • Christian (other than Catholic) 21% • Catholic 17% • Muslims 8% • No response 6%

  4. According to the US Bureau of Statistics (2000), 66% of all Asian Americans live in just 5 states. Hawaii 63.6% California 12.1% New York 5.6% Illinois 3.4% Texas 2.9% Demographics

  5. 57% of all Asian American live in just 6 metropolitan areas Honolulu 64.9% San Francisco 18.6% Los Angeles 11.4% New York 6.7% Washington DC 5.1% Chicago 4.2% According to the same report,

  6. Some facts that influenced their immigration • 1750 – Shortage of Africa Slaves. • 1848 – Gold Rush in California. - Contract laborers in Hawaiian sugarcane plantations. • 1945 – War Brides Act, after WWII • 1965 - Immigration Act of 1965, which abolished the 1924 act that was used stop Asia American immigration by quotas and preference systems.

  7. Education Of Asian Americans 25 years or older • 86% are high school graduates • 49% hold Bachelor’s degrees or higher. (This is the highest of any other race or ethnic group.) • 20% have advanced degrees (Master’s, PhD, M.D., J.D.), as compared to 10% of all Americans 25years +.

  8. Interesting facts • May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. • Celebrated by 14.9 million US residents that said that they were Asian or Asian combination in July 2006, that’s 5% of total population. • 33.4 million will be celebrating by 2050. This will be 8% of total population.

  9. Reference Kosmin, B.A. & Keysar, A. (2008). American Religious Identification Survey 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2009. http://b27.cc.trincoll.edu/weblogs/AmericanReligionSurvey-ARIS/ Le, C.N. (2009). Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America. Retrieved May 24, 2009. http://www.asian-nation.org/index.shtml US Census Bureau, (2008). Retrieved May 24, 2009). http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/api.html

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