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Poverty Among Massachusetts Asian Americans

Poverty Among Massachusetts Asian Americans. Mining the U.S. Census and a couple of other things. What’s “Asian American” in the Census?”. Using the Low Estimate of the Number of Asian Americans 1990: Asian Pacific Islander vs. 2000: Asian

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Poverty Among Massachusetts Asian Americans

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  1. Poverty Among Massachusetts Asian Americans Mining the U.S. Census and a couple of other things

  2. What’s “Asian American” in the Census?” • Using the Low Estimate of the Number of Asian Americans • 1990: Asian Pacific Islander vs. 2000: Asian • 1990: One Race vs. 2000: Multi-race (counted separately)

  3. What’s “Asian American” 2 • “Asian Americans” is an aggregate term that combines very complex and diverse communities • Ethnicities in “Asian America” are very bi-modal and multi-modal

  4. Asian Americans Are the Fastest Growing Group (% wise) in the U.S. and MA

  5. Asian Americans are Primarily in the Boston Metro Area

  6. Top Ten Chinese Cities/Towns

  7. Top Ten Cambodian Cities/Towns

  8. Demographics • Relatively younger, particularly working age • Family-based • Complex, Polarized Picture of Socio-economic Status

  9. Is There Significant Poverty among Asian Americans in Massachusetts?

  10. Poverty by Race and Latino Origin for Families

  11. Poverty by Race and Latino Origin for Individuals

  12. Poverty by Race and Latino Origin in Boston

  13. The Geography of AA Family Poverty • Lynn (22.6% Asian, 23.3% Cambodian compared to 16.5% Total Population) • Brockton (13.9% Asian, 26.1% Chinese compared to 12.1% Total Population) • Fall River (41.4% Asian, 61.2% Cambodian compared to 14.0% Total Population) • Quincy (11.8% Asian, 23.6% Vietnamese compared to 7.2% Total Population) • Worcester (27.7% Asian, 30.1% Vietnamese compared to 17.9% Total Population)

  14. Who are the Asian American Poor?

  15. Household Income of Asian Americans and General Population

  16. Ethnicity of AA Poverty

  17. Poverty by Age for Asian Alone and General Population (as Percent of those in Poverty)

  18. Poverty by Age for Asian Alone and General Population (as Percent of those in Age Group)

  19. Why is there Asian American Poverty?

  20. Poverty Status by Place of Birth by Citizenship Status

  21. Poverty Status by Year of Entry for Foreign born Population

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