Table 1.
Annual population estimates and percentages, nativity, and language for each Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander population, and non-Hispanic Whites by SEER Registry Geographic Region and Census Year (1990, 2000, and 2010)
| White non-Hispanic | Chinese | Japanese | Filipino | Vietnamese | Korean | Native Hawaiian | Kampuchean | Laotian | Samoan | Asian Indian, Pakistani | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990
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| All SEER regions | 38,062,478 | 943,014 | 660,378 | 1,040,610 | 345,004 | 391,190 | 248,722 | 89,112 | 81,419 | 49,684 | 319,350 |
| Californiaa | 44.9% | 78.4% | 49.5% | 73.9% | 85.8% | 69.8% | 14.6% | 81.2% | 75.7% | 68.2% | 56.8% |
| Connecticut | 7.2% | 1.2% | <1% | <1% | 1.2% | 1.4% | <1% | 2.0% | 3.8% | <1% | 4.1% |
| Atlanta (metropolitan) | 3.7% | 1.0% | <1% | <1% | 1.7% | 2.5% | <1% | 2.3% | 3.6% | <1% | 2.5% |
| Hawaii | <1% | 7.3% | 39.7% | 14.7% | 1.6% | 5.2% | 82.4% | <1% | 2.1% | 19.6% | <1% |
| Iowa | 7.0% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1.2% | <1% | <1% | 4.1% | <1% | 1.1% |
| Detroit (metropolitan) | 7.4% | 1.0% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1.7% | <1% | <1% | 1.1% | <1% | 5.7% |
| New Jersey | 15.1% | 6.4% | 2.7% | 5.2% | 2.2% | 10.1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 27.6% |
| New Mexico | 2.0% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Utah | 4.1% | <1% | 1.0% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1.2% | 2.2% | 3.3% | <1% |
| Seattle (Puget Sound) | 7.7% | 3.3% | 4.6% | 4.0% | 4.9% | 7.0% | 1.7% | 11.8% | 6.1% | 7.9% | 1.7% |
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2000 | |||||||||||
| % Foreign-bornb | — | 63.9% | 29.2% | 55.8% | 73.5% | 69.9% | 1.9% | 64.4% | 65.8% | 16.6% | 73.0% |
| % Limited Englishc,d | — | 45.0% | 20.7% | 20.5% | 60.5% | 46.0% | 3.3% | 52.6% | 51.6% | 16.2% | 23.9% |
| All SEER regions | 37,943,386 | 1,396,938 | 660,856 | 1,420,523 | 591,877 | 557,799 | 293,023 | 100,909 | 85,658 | 75,620 | 685,041 |
| Californiaa | 43.1% | 75.6% | 52.2% | 71.6% | 79.3% | 65.2% | 13.9% | 77.2% | 70.9% | 58.2% | 53.2% |
| Connecticut | 7.0% | 1.5% | <1% | <1% | 1.4% | 1.4% | <1% | 2.6% | 3.6% | <1% | 4.1% |
| Atlanta (metropolitan) | 4.0% | 1.6% | <1% | <1% | 4.1% | 3.9% | <1% | 2.8% | 4.0% | <1% | 4.2% |
| Hawaii | <1% | 6.4% | 34.6% | 14.1% | 1.5% | 5.1% | 81.8% | <1% | 2.5% | 21.4% | <1% |
| Iowa | 7.2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1.3% | 1.0% | <1% | <1% | 5.2% | <1% | <1% |
| Detroit (metropolitan) | 7.3% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.0% | <1% | 1.6% | <1% | <1% | 1.4% | <1% | 6.6% |
| New Jersey | 14.9% | 7.6% | 2.6% | 6.4% | 2.7% | 12.2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 27.8% |
| New Mexico | 2.2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 0.6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Utah | 5.1% | <1% | 1.2% | <1% | 1.1% | <1% | <1% | 1.5% | 2.9% | 7.4% | <1% |
| Seattle (Puget Sound) | 8.6% | 4.4% | 6.0% | 5.1% | 7.3% | 8.4% | 2.4% | 14.0% | 8.4% | 10.9% | 2.6% |
| % Foreign-bornb | — | 61.2% | 27.4% | 52.8% | 63.6% | 64.6% | 1.3% | 55.3% | 54.4% | 10.4% | 69.5% |
| % Limited Englishc,d | — | 41.0% | 17.3% | 18.2% | 50.3% | 40.9% | 1.7% | 41.7% | 40.0% | 11.7% | 22.2% |
| All SEER regions | 36,786,858 | 1,764,410 | 715,300 | 1,793,997 | 788,310 | 729,707 | 392,188 | 125,941 | 92,331 | 95,658 | 1,179,826 |
| Californiaa | 42.1% | 77.0% | 49.3% | 74.8% | 78.3% | 65.9% | 12.3% | 75.1% | 69.4% | 53.3% | 51.9% |
| Connecticut | 7.0% | 1.9% | <1% | <1% | 1.3% | 1.5% | <1% | 2.4% | 4.0% | <1% | 4.7% |
| Atlanta (metropolitan) | 3.8% | 2.0% | <1% | <1% | 4.4% | 5.6% | <1% | 3.0% | 4.0% | <1% | 4.3% |
| Hawaii | <1% | 2.4% | 37.5% | 9.5% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 83.1% | <1% | 2.4% | 19.1% | <1% |
| Iowa | 7.4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1.1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5.7% | <1% | 1.1% |
| Detroit (metropolitan) | 6.9% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.0% | <1% | 1.5% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5.5% |
| New Jersey | 14.4% | 8.1% | 2.3% | 6.7% | 2.8% | 13.4% | <1% | 1.2% | <1% | <1% | 28.0% |
| New Mexico | 2.3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 0.6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Utah | 6.1% | <1% | 1.3% | <1% | 1.1% | <1% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 3.1% | 11.3% | <1% |
| Seattle (Puget Sound) | 9.2% | 5.5% | 6.2% | 5.7% | 8.0% | 8.9% | 2.3% | 15.2% | 9.2% | 14.8% | 4.1% |
| New Mexico | 2.2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 0.6% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Utah | 5.1% | <1% | 1.2% | <1% | 1.1% | <1% | <1% | 1.5% | 2.9% | 7.4% | <1% |
| Seattle (Puget Sound) | 8.6% | 4.4% | 6.0% | 5.1% | 7.3% | 8.4% | 2.4% | 14.0% | 8.4% | 10.9% | 2.6% |
Including Los Angeles, San Francisco/Oakland and San Jose/Monterey, and the Greater California registries.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 4, Matrices PCT38 (language), and PCT43 (nativity) for Asian detailed group or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in any combination; Chinese definition includes Taiwanese.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006–2010 American Community Survey for Asian detailed group or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in any combination; Chinese definition includes Taiwanese.
Speak English less than “very well”; among population 5 years and over.