Index of Slides : Graphic Version 800x600
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- The Asian Population and the Census
- Response Categories for Asians
- The question on race was changed for Census 2000.
- Reproduction of the Question on Race From Census 2000
- The data collected by Census 2000 on race can be divided into two broad categories: the race alone population and the race in combination population.
- Asians made up about four percent of the U.S. population in 2000
- Population by Race: 2000
- The Asian in Combination Population: 2000
- The Asian population increased faster than the total population between 1990 and 2000.
- Population Increase: 1990-2000
- About one-half of the United States Asian population lived in the West.
- Percent Distribution of the Asian Population by Region: 2000
- The West had the highest proportion of Asians in its total population as well as the largest total Asian population.
- Asian as a Percent of the Total Population: 2000
- Over half of all people who reported Asian lived in just three states: California, New York, and Hawaii.
- Ten States With the Largest Asian Populations: 2000
- States in Which the Asian Population Exceeded the U.S. Level of 4.2 Percent: 2000
- The Asian population was concentrated in counties in the West, especially in Hawaii and California.
- Map – Percent Asian Alone or In Combination: 2000
- The two places with the largest Asian population were New York and Los Angeles.
- Places With the Largest Asian Populations: 2000
- Place With the Highest Percentage of Asians: 2000
- Chinese was the largest Asian group in the United States, followed by Filipinos and Asian Indians.
- Selected Asian Groups: 2000 “Alone Or In Any Combination”
- Among the largest Asian groups, Japanese were most likely to report one or more other races or Asian groups
- Percent Distribution of Selected Detailed Asian Groups by Alone or in Combination Population: 2000
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