06/22/2004
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Asian Immigrant Poverty Rates |
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Total |
Poverty |
Poverty |
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Ethnic Group/Nativity |
Population |
Population |
Rate (%) |
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Indian |
1,229,148 |
118,501 |
9.6% |
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Bangladeshi |
34,114 |
7,394 |
21.7% |
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Cambodian |
115,788 |
29,478 |
25.5% |
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Chinese |
1,694,595 |
246,855 |
14.6% |
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Filipino |
1,251,277 |
71,743 |
5.7% |
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Hmong |
94,027 |
58,287 |
62.0% |
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Japanese |
306,383 |
52,447 |
17.1% |
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Korean |
819,412 |
126,278 |
15.4% |
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Pakistani |
116,865 |
20,181 |
17.3% |
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Sri Lankan |
15,493 |
1,703 |
11.0% |
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Thai |
84,945 |
12,361 |
14.6% |
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Vietnamese |
839,249 |
128,070 |
15.3% |
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Native born |
243,116,654 |
28,402,086 |
11.7% |
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Native born whites |
193,027,685 |
16,643,616 |
8.6% |
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Source: U.S. Census, Census 2000 Summary File 4 (SF 4), Table PCT147. |
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Immigrant Poverty Rates |
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Region |
All Years |
Pre-1970 |
1970s |
1980s |
1990s |
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Asia |
15.2% |
7.6% |
7.7% |
18.1% |
21.1% |
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Europe |
11.0% |
8.0% |
6.5% |
11.1% |
19.9% |
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Mexico |
33.3% |
20.9% |
26.5% |
35.1% |
46.3% |
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Central America |
25.4% |
14.9% |
17.2% |
26.7% |
33.0% |
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South America |
14.2% |
4.9% |
14.2% |
17.3% |
20.2% |
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Africa |
18.5% |
17.5% |
13.9% |
18.1% |
31.1% |
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All Immigrants |
21.8% |
11.4% |
16.1% |
25.4% |
30.7% |
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Source: Steven Camarota, "Importing Poverty," Center for Immigration Studies, 1999. Table 2 |
Edwin S. Rubenstein is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.