Social and Economic Characteristics of the Asian and Pacific Islander Population

As of March (6,679 represents 6,679,000). Excludes members of Armed Forces except those living off post or with their families on post. Data for 1990-93 are based on 1980 census population controls; beginning 1994 data are based on 1990 census population controls. The independent estimate of 9.3 mi Read more...

						1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Social and Economic Characteristics of the Asian and Pacific Islander Population^{1, 2}
15-44 Years Old	Number³					3,345	3,494	3,609	3,618	3,838	3,439	4,908	5,091	5,230	5,474	5,476
15-44 Years Old	Percent Distribution					50.1	49.8	50.2	49.7	51.6	51.7	50.8	50.6	49.8	50.2	50.1
45-64 Years Old	Number³					1,155	1,240	1,306	1,332	1,355	1,283	1,692	1,841	1,950	2,040	2,138
45-64 Years Old	Percent Distribution					17.3	17.6	18.2	18.3	18.2	19.3	17.5	18.3	18.5	18.7	19.6
5-14 Years Old	Number³					1,112	1,170	1,133	1,175	1,165	981	1,565	1,607	1,727	1,648	1,655
5-14 Years Old	Percent Distribution					16.6	16.7	15.8	16.1	15.7	14.7	16.2	16.0	16.4	15.1	15.1
65 Years Old And Over	Number³					465	514	555	530	503	513	622	647	705	785	800
65 Years Old And Over	Percent Distribution					7.0	7.3	7.7	7.3	6.8	7.7	6.4	6.4	6.7	7.2	7.3
Educational Attainment	College	1-3 Years	Number³			568	591	784¹⁰	768¹⁰	866¹⁰	913¹⁰	1,123¹⁰	1,194¹⁰	1,264¹⁰	1,326¹⁰	1,307¹⁰
		1-3 Years	Percent Distribution			14.3	14.2	17.8¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	19.6¹⁰
		4 Years Or More	Number³			1,578	1,623	1,737¹¹	1,874¹¹	1,872¹¹	1,605¹¹	2,369¹¹	2,576¹¹	2,684¹¹	2,772¹¹	2,929¹¹
		4 Years Or More	Percent Distribution			39.9	39.0	39.4¹¹	42.0¹¹	41.2¹¹	38.2¹¹	41.7¹¹	42.2¹¹	42.1¹¹	42.0¹¹	44.0¹¹
	Elementary	0-8 Years	Number³			543	515	489	488	444	418	582	599	570	539	564
	Elementary	0-8 Years	Percent Distribution			13.7	12.4	11.1	10.9	9.8	10.0	10.2	9.8	8.9	8.2	8.5
	High School	1-3 Years	Number³			234	243	229¹²	217¹²	248¹²	269¹²	370¹²	321¹²	397¹²	478¹²	392¹²
		1-3 Years	Percent Distribution			5.9	5.8	5.2¹²	4.9¹²	5.5¹²	6.4¹²	6.5¹²	5.3¹²	6.2¹²	7.3¹²	5.9¹²
		4 Years	Number³			1,038	1,186	1,171¹³	1,113¹³	1,115¹³	995¹³	1,233¹³	1,417¹³	1,466¹³	1,478¹³	1,474¹³
		4 Years	Percent Distribution			26.2	28.5	26.6¹³	24.9¹³	24.5¹³	23.7¹³	21.7¹³	23.2¹³	23.0¹³	22.4¹³	22.1¹³
	Persons 25 years old and over.	Number³				3,961	4,158	4,409	4,462	4,545	4,200	5,677	6,107	6,381	6,594	6,667
	Persons 25 years old and over.	Percent Distribution				100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Family Income In Previous Year In Constant (1999) Dollars	$10,000-$14,999	Number³				(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	120
	$10,000-$14,999	Percent Distribution				5.6	4.7	4.7	5.2	6.3	5.7	6.3	5.2	5.3	4.1	4.8
	15,000-24999	Number³				(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	225
	15,000-24999	Percent Distribution				10.1	10.2	11.0	10.6	11.1	9.2	9.5	10.2	8.9	9.5	9.0
	25,000-34999	Number³				(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	229
	25,000-34999	Percent Distribution				10.2	10.9	11.0	10.8	9.4	11.4	11.5	10.7	9.9	10.6	9.1
	35,000-49999	Number³				(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	372
	35,000-49999	Percent Distribution				15.0	14.4	15.3	16.4	13.8	14.8	16.5	15.9	17.7	15.8	14.8
	$5,000-$9,999	Number³				(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	94
	$5,000-$9,999	Percent Distribution				3.6	3.1	5.3	4.5	5.4	4.8	4.5	3.7	2.7	3.5	3.8
	$50,000 Or More	Number³				(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	1,397
	$50,000 Or More	Percent Distribution				53.1	53.0	48.9	49.3	50.4	50.8	49.0	50.4	52.5	52.8	55.7
	Less Than $5,000	Number³				(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	(NA)⁹	70
	Less Than $5,000	Percent Distribution				2.4	3.5	3.8	3.2	3.5	3.3	2.7	3.9	2.9	3.9	2.8
	Median Income⁴	Number³				54,213	52,687	49,036	49,092	50,147	50,728	49,580	51,014	52,657	53,993	56,316
	Median Income⁴	Percent Distribution				(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸
	Total Families	Number³				1,531	1,536	1,624	1,760	1,737	1,589	2,125	2,247	2,381	2,459	2,506
	Total Families	Percent Distribution				100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Family Type	Female Householder, No Spouse Present	Number³				188	194	237	232	232	200	260	297	278	318	331
	Female Householder, No Spouse Present	Percent Distribution				12.3	12.7	14.6	14.0	13.4	12.6	12.2	13.2	11.7	12.9	13.2
	Male Householder, No Spouse Present	Number³				86	112	103	95	79	98	173	186	157	176	179
	Male Householder, No Spouse Present	Percent Distribution				5.6	7.3	6.3	5.7	4.6	6.2	8.2	8.3	6.6	7.2	7.1
	Married Couple	Number³				1,257	1,230	1,284	1,335	1,426	1,290	1,692	1,763	1,946	1,966	1,996
	Married Couple	Percent Distribution				82.1	80.1	79.1	80.3	82.1	81.2	79.6	78.5	81.7	79.9	79.6
	Total Families	Number³				1,531	1,536	1,624	1,662	1,737	1,588	2,125	2,246	2,381	2,459	2,506
	Total Families	Percent Distribution				100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Housing Tenure	No Cash Rent	Number³				30	15	28	33	25	31	53	36	37	49	46
	No Cash Rent	Percent Distribution				1.5	0.8	1.3	1.6	1.1	1.5	1.9	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.4
	Owner Occupied	Number³				976	995	1,068	1,090	1,154	1,012	1,411	1,568	1,650	1,723	1,766
	Owner Occupied	Percent Distribution				49.1	50.8	51.0	51.5	51.7	49.6	50.8	52.3	52.8	52.1	52.9
	Renter Occupied	Number³				982	947	997	995	1,055	997	1,313	1,394	1,438	1,537	1,526
	Renter Occupied	Percent Distribution				49.4	48.4	47.6	47.0	47.2	48.9	47.3	46.5	46.0	46.5	45.7
	Total Occupied Units	Number³				1,988	1,958	2,094	2,118	2,233	2,040	2,777	2,998	3,125	3,308	3,337
	Total Occupied Units	Percent Distribution				100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Labor Force Status⁵	Civilians 16 Years Old And Over	Civilian Labor Force	Employed	Number³		3,079	3,054	3,255	3,297	3,310	3,125	4,408	4,797	5,023	5,156	5,246
			Employed	Percent Distribution		63.5	59.6	60.9	61.6	59.5	61.5	62.6	65.0	65.3	63.6	63.8
			Number³			3,216	3,261	3,473	3,498	3,540	3,288	4,641	5,036	5,263	5,383	5,458
			Percent Distribution			66.3	63.7	65.0	65.3	63.7	64.7	65.9	68.3	68.5	66.4	66.4
			Unemployed	Number³		136	207	218	201	230	163	233	239	240	227	212
				Percent Distribution		2.8	4.0	4.1	3.8	4.1	3.2	3.3	3.2	3.1	2.8	2.6
				Unemployment Rate⁶	Number³	4.2	6.3	6.3	5.7	6.5	5.0	5.0	4.7	4.6	4.2	3.9
				Unemployment Rate⁶	Percent Distribution	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸	(X)⁸
		Not In Labor Force	Number³			1,634	1,860	1,869	1,857	2,022	1,795	2,402	2,342	2,425	2,720	2,767
		Not In Labor Force	Percent Distribution			33.7	36.3	35.0	34.7	36.3	35.3	34.1	31.7	31.5	33.6	33.6
		Number³				4,849	5,121	5,342	5,355	5,562	5,083	7,044	7,378	7,689	8,103	8,225
		Percent Distribution				100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Poverty	Families Below Poverty Level⁷	Number³				182	169	210	200	235	208	264	284	244	270	258
	Families Below Poverty Level⁷	Percent Distribution				11.9	11.0	13.0	12.0	13.5	13.1	12.4	12.6	10.2	11.0	10.3
	Persons Below Poverty Level⁷	Number³				938	858	996	984	1,134	974	1,411	1,454	1,468	1,360	1,163
	Persons Below Poverty Level⁷	Percent Distribution				14.1	12.2	13.8	12.6	15.3	14.6	14.6	14.4	14.0	12.5	10.7
Total Persons	Number³					6,679	7,023	7,193	7,285	7,444	6,656	9,653	10,071	10,492	10,897	10,925
Total Persons	Percent Distribution					100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Under 5 Years Old	Number³					602	606	589	629	584	440	867	885	882	950	854
Under 5 Years Old	Percent Distribution					9.0	8.6	8.2	8.6	7.8	6.6	9.0	8.8	8.4	8.7	7.8

Footnotes

¹ (X) - Not applicable.

² Quantities in thousands.

³ Thousands

⁴ For definition of median, see Guide to Tabular Presentation.

⁵ Data beginning 1994 not directly comparable with earlier years. See text, Section 12, Labor Force.

⁶ Total unemployment as percent of civilian labor force.

⁷ For explanation of poverty level, see text, Section 13, Income.

⁸ Not applicable.

⁹ Not available.

¹⁰ Some College Or Associate Degree

¹¹ Bachelor's Or Advanced Degree

¹² Represents those who completed 9th to 12th grade, but have no high school diploma.

¹³ High School Graduate

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P20-459 and The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States: March 2000 (Update)"" (PPL-146).

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