| Asians the largest increase ethnic group, up to 3.54 million are Chinese |
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Ministry of Commerce Census Bureau announced on the 3rd, the National Asian Pacific American population statistics in 2007 more than 15.2 million people, from 2006 to 2007 the year, jumped 2.9 percent, the largest ethnic groups in the increase. Chinese are the largest Asian ethnic groups, by the end of 2007 the population size of 3,540,000. Census Bureau in May, before the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, announced the latest information on Asian Americans. Asian-American population is currently accounting for 5% of the U.S. population. According to their growth rate, Asian-American population in 2050 will reach 40.6 million people, more than 153 percent growth in 2008, accounting for 9% of the U.S. population. At the same time, the United States by an average of a population of only 44%. 3.54 million Chinese population claims its position as the largest ethnic group status, followed by the Philippines 3,050,000 and 2,770,000 Indian, and then followed by Vietnam, Korean and Japanese. More than 2.5 million speaking Chinese at home for age 5 or above, so that Chinese has become the second largest foreign language after the Spanish. Asian has the level of education at the highest among all ethnic groups. Among 25 years or older Asian American, 50% have a university degree, far higher than the U.S. average of 28 percent standard. Have a Master's degree for 20 percent of Asians, more than twice as high as the U.S. population the same age. Asian have families middle income at $66,103, also the highest among all ethnic groups. However, the Census Bureau also warns that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are a diverse ethnic mix, in the entire Asian Pacific American communities, various groups of educational attainment, household income, etc. are very different. Indian origin, income and education level are the first Asian-Habitat, in 2007, more than 68% of 25 years or older of Indian, with a university diploma, and have median household income at $83,820; In contrast, the Vietnamese descent two indicators are much lower, namely 27% and $54,048. Chinese people have a university degree of 25 years or older accounted for 52% of the population, family median income at $65,969. Asian poverty rate in 2007 was 10.2%. No health insurance of the population ratio of 16.8, which compare to 2006 having a 15.5 percent increase.
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