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1 that the United Statescent, reported Asi
that the United Statescent, reported Asian.3.6 percent, who report-0.6 percent, who report-or more other races.origin. Hispanics whoreported their race ascombination with one or more races, areThis report, part of a series that analyzesfrom Census 2000, provides a portrait ofon the detailed groups, for example:Asian Indian, Chinese, and Japanese.This report is based on data from theof this report discusses data for theThe term AsianŽ refers to people havingorigins in any of the original peoples ofthe Far East, Southeast Asia, or theIndian subcontinent (for example,Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea,Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands,Thailand, and Vietnam). Asian groupsare not limited to nationalities, butinclude ethnic terms, as well. Helping You Make Informed Decisions U.S.Department of CommerceThe Asian Population: 2000 Figure 1.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 questionnaire. What is this person's race?Mark one or more races indicate what this person considers himself/herself to be.Black, African Am., or Negro Some other race— KoreanVietnamese Guamanian or ChamorroOther Pacific Islander— Other Asian—
In this report, the term reportedŽ is used to referto the answers provided by respondents, as well asresponses assigned during the editing and imputationprocesses. The Asian population includes many groupswho differ in language, culture, and length of residencein the United States. Some of the Asian groups, such asStates for several generations. Other groups, such asthe Hmong, Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians, arecomparatively recent immigrants. Data from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 werereleased on a state-by-state basis during the summer ofData for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico areshown in Table 2 and Figure 3. U.S. Census Bureau for people of Asian descent. Datasince the 1870 census. The racialures on other groups such asFilipinos and Koreans. However,data on these other groups werethrough the 1970 census. AsianIndians were classified as White andthe Vietnamese population wasIn the 1980 census, there were sixseparate r

2 esponse categories forAsians: Asian Indi
esponse categories forAsians: Asian Indian, Chinese,Filipino, Japanese, Korean, andVietnamese. These same six cate-gories appeared on both the 1990and Census 2000 questionnaires.Also, for Census 2000, a separateOther AsianŽ response categorywas added with a write-in area forrespondents to indicate specificAsian groups not included on thequestionnaire. suses, the responses reflect self-however, respondents were asked toreport considered themselves and otherCensus 2000 data on race are notdirectly comparable with data frominterpreting changes in the racialincluded 15 separate response cate-gories and 3 areas where respon-dents could write in a more specificrace (see Figure 1). For some pur-poses, including this report, theresponse categories and write-inanswers were combined to createthe five standard Office ofgories, plus the Census Bureau cate-gory of Some other race.Ž The six€White;€Black or African American;€American Indian and Alaska€Asian;€Native Hawaiian and Other€Some other race.into two broad categories: thePeople who responded to the ques-race are referred to as the racepopulation. For example,respondents who reported theirrace as one or more Asian detailedgroups, but no other race, wouldIndividuals who reported of the six races arereferred to as the race population. For example,respondents who reported theywere Asian AmericanŽ or Asian would be included in the AmericanŽ instead of Amer.Ž for theand adding NativeŽ to the Hawaiian responsecategory. In the layout of the Census 2000questionnaire, the seven Asian response cate-gories were alphabetized and grouped togeth-er, as were the four Pacific Islander categoriesafter the Native Hawaiian category. The three(Amer.), Eskimo, and Aleut) were combinedreport more than one tribe. , U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000Brief, C2KBR/01-1, March 2001, is availableon the U.S. Census Bureaus Internet site atwww.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/Respondents reporting a single detailedAsian group, such as KoreanŽ or Filipino,Žtion. Respondents reporting more than onedetailed Asian group, such as Chines

3 e andJapaneseŽ or Asian Indian and Chin
e andJapaneseŽ or Asian Indian and Chinese andVietnameseŽ would also be included in thepopulation. This is because allof the detailed groups in these examplecombinations are part of the larger Asianrace category. The race in combination categories aredenoted by quotations around the combination The maximum number ofpeople reporting Asian islation is to combine those respon-dents who reported only Asianwith those who reported Asian aswell as one or more other races.This creates the Asian way to think of the Asian alone ortotal number of people who identi-fied entirely or partially as Asian.This group is also described aspeople who reported Asian,whether or not they reported anyother races. Table 1 shows the number and per-centage of Census 2000 respon-dents who reported Asian alone aswell as those who reported Asiantion, 10.2 million people, or 3.6 percent, reported only Asian.reported Asian and at least oneother race. Within this group, themost common combinations wereWhiteŽ (52 percent), fol-raceŽ (15 percent), Asian IslanderŽ (8.4 percent) and Asian(6.4 percent). These four combina-82 percent of all Asians whoreported two or more races. Thus,11.9 million people, or 4.2 percentof the total population, reportedone or more other races.Because of the changes made tothe question on race in Census2000, there are at least two waysto present the change in the totalStates. They include: 1) the differ-ence in the Asian populationrace alone concept for 2000, and2) the difference in the Asian2000 using the race alone or inThese comparisons provide a min-imum-maximumŽ range for theincreased by 3.3 million, or 48 per-cent, between 1990 and 2000. Ifpopulation is used, an increase of5.0 million, or 72 percent, results.Thus, from 1990 to 2000, therange for the increase in the Asianpopulation was 48 percent to 72 percent. In comparison, thetotal population grew by 13 per-cent, from 248.7 million in 1990 toASIAN POPULATIONin the text. As the upper bound ofthe Asian population, this groupincludes all respondents whoreported Asian, whether or not theyreported any other

4 race.Hereafter,AsianŽ will be used to
race.Hereafter,AsianŽ will be used to refer tothose who reported Asian whetherthey reported one or more than onerace. However, in the tables andpopulations are shown. U.S. Census Bureau Table1.AsianPopulation:2000(Forinformationonconfidentialityprotection,nonsamplingerror,anddefinitions,seewww.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf1.pdf)PercentoftotalTotalpopulation............................281,421,906100.0Asianaloneorincombinationwithoneormoreotherraces.....................................11,898,8284.2Asianalone.................................10,242,9983.6Asianincombinationwithoneormoreotherraces......................................1,655,8300.6Asian;White...............................868,3950.3Asian;Someotherrace.....................249,1080.1Asian;NativeHawaiianandOtherPacificIslander..................................138,802-Asian;BlackorAfricanAmerican.............106,782-AllothercombinationsincludingAsian........292,7430.1NotAsianaloneorincombinationwithoneormoreotherraces.....................................269,523,07895.8 -Percentageroundsto0.0.Source:U.S.CensusBureau,Census2000SummaryFile1. is the preferred method of presenting or analyz-ing data. In general, either the analysis. The Census Bureau uses bothapproaches. About one-half of the Asianpopulation lived in the West.According to Census 2000, of allrespondents who reported Asian,49 percent lived in the West, 20 percent lived in the Northeast,19 percent lived in the South, and12 percent lived in the Midwest (seeFigure 2). The West had the highest propor-tion as well as the largest totalAsian population: 9.3 percent of allrespondents in the West reportedAsian, compared with 4.4 percentin the Northeast, 2.3 percent in theSouth, and 2.2 percent in theMidwest (see Table 2).reported Asian lived in justOver half (51 percent) of the Asianpopulation lived in just threestates: California, New York, and19 percent of the total population.California, by far, had the largestAsian population (4.2 million), fol-lowed by New York (1.2 million),and Hawaii (0.7 million). The tenstates with the largest Asian popu-l

5 ations in 2000 were: California,New York
ations in 2000 were: California,New York, Hawaii, Texas, NewJersey, Illinois, Washington, Florida,Virginia, and Massachusetts (seeTable 2). Combined, these statesrepresented 75 percent of the47 percent of the total populationU.S. level of 4.2 percent of theFive states were in the West „Hawaii (58 percent), California (12 percent), Washington (6.7 per-cent), Nevada (5.6 percent), andAlaska (5.2 percent); two stateswere in the Northeast „ NewJersey and New York (both 6.2 per-cent); and two states were in theSouth „ Maryland (4.5 percent),and Virginia (4.3 percent). Nopopulations greater than the U.S.national average of 4.2 percent. In nine states, Asians representedless than 1 percent of the total pop-ulation. Four of those states wereKentucky, Mississippi, and WestVirginia. Two were in the Midwest:Two were in the West: Montana andWyoming. Maine was the only stateulation less than 1 percent. the West, especially in Hawaiiulations greater than the nationalaverage of 4.2 percent, of which national average. The overwhelm-than 1 percent).Not surprisingly, the counties with(over 25 percent) were in Hawaii.Honolulu county, by far, had thehighest proportion of Asians (62 percent). Three other countiesin Hawaii were more than 47 per-Francisco Bay area in California. Although Asians resided in anarray of counties, the largest con-centrations tended to be found inwhile smaller concentrations werescattered throughout the UnitedStates (see Figure 3). The majority U.S. Census Bureau The West region includes the states ofIdaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon,Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The Northeastregion includes the states of Connecticut,Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, NewJersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,and Vermont. The South region includes thestates of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida,Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, SouthCarolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, WestVirginia, and the District of Columbia, a stateequivalent. The Midwest region includes the Figure 2.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, C

6 ensus 2000 Summary File 1.(For informati
ensus 2000 Summary File 1.(For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf1.pdf in combinationAsian alone Northeast West19.911.719.120.711.718.8 U.S. Census Bureau Table2.AsianPopulationfortheUnitedStates,Regions,andStates,andforPuertoRico:1990and2000(Forinformationonconfidentialityprotection,nonsamplingerror,anddefinitions,seewww.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf1.pdf)19902000TotalAsianpopulationTotalAsianaloneAsianaloneorincombinationpopulationAsianincombinationPer-oftotallationNumberPer-oftotaltionNumberPercentofpopulationNumberPercentofAsianaloneorinUnitedStates....248,709,8736,908,6382.8281,421,90610,242,9983.611,898,8284.21,655,83013.9Northeast..50,809,2291,324,8652.653,594,3782,119,4264.02,368,2974.4248,87110.5Midwest59,668,632755,4031.364,392,7761,197,5541.91,392,9382.2195,38414.0South......85,445,9301,094,1791.3100,236,8201,922,4071.92,267,0942.3344,68715.2West.............52,786,0823,734,1917.163,197,9325,003,6117.95,870,4999.3866,88814.8Alabama..4,040,58721,0880.54,447,10031,3460.739,4580.98,11220.6Alaska..550,04317,8143.2626,93225,1164.032,6865.27,57023.2Arizona...........3,665,22851,6991.45,130,63292,2361.8118,6722.326,43622.3Arkansas....2,350,72512,1250.52,673,40020,2200.825,4011.05,18120.4California...29,760,0212,735,0609.233,871,6483,697,51310.94,155,68512.3458,17211.0Colorado..3,294,39457,1221.74,301,26195,2132.2120,7792.825,56621.2Connecticut........3,287,11650,0781.53,405,56582,3132.495,3682.813,05513.7Delaware....666,1688,8881.3783,60016,2592.118,9442.42,68514.2DistrictofColumbia.606,90010,9231.8572,05915,1892.717,9563.12,76715.4Florida............12,937,926149,8561.215,982,378266,2561.7333,0132.166,75720.0Georgia...6,478,21673,7641.18,186,453173,1702.1199,8122.426,64213.3Hawaii............1,108,229522,96747.21,211,537503,86841.6703,23258.0199,36428.3Idaho..1,006,7498,4920.81,293,95311,8890.917,3901.35,50131.6Illinois............11,430,602282,5692.512,419,293423,6033.4473,6493.850,04610.65,544,15936,6600.76,080,48559,1261.072,8391.213,71318.8Iowa..............2,776,75525,03

7 70.92,926,32436,6351.343,1191.56,48415.0
70.92,926,32436,6351.343,1191.56,48415.0Kansas...2,477,57430,7081.22,688,41846,8061.756,0492.19,24316.5Kentucky..3,685,29616,9830.54,041,76929,7440.737,0620.97,31819.7Louisiana......4,219,97340,1731.04,468,97654,7581.264,3501.49,59214.9Maine...1,227,9286,4500.51,274,9239,1110.711,8270.92,71623.0Maryland..........4,781,468138,1482.95,296,486210,9294.0238,4084.527,47911.5Massachusetts.....6,016,425142,1372.46,349,097238,1243.8264,8144.226,69010.19,295,297103,5011.19,938,444176,5101.8208,3292.131,81915.3Minnesota.4,375,09976,9521.84,919,479141,9682.9162,4143.320,44612.6Mississippi.2,573,21612,6790.52,844,65818,6260.723,2810.84,65520.0Missouri...........5,117,07339,2710.85,595,21161,5951.176,2101.414,61519.2Montana..........799,0653,9580.5902,1954,6910.57,1010.82,41033.9Nebraska1,578,38511,9450.81,711,26321,9311.326,8091.64,87818.2Nevada...........1,201,83335,2322.91,998,25790,2664.5112,4565.622,19019.7NewHampshire....1,109,2529,1210.81,235,78615,9311.319,2191.63,28817.1NewJersey..7,730,188270,8393.58,414,350480,2765.7524,3566.244,0808.4NewMexico.......1,515,06913,3630.91,819,04619,2551.126,6191.57,36427.7NewYork..........17,990,455689,3033.818,976,4571,044,9765.51,169,2006.2124,22410.6NorthCarolina.....6,628,63749,9700.88,049,313113,6891.4136,2121.722,52316.5NorthDakota......638,8003,3170.5642,2003,6060.64,9670.81,36127.4Ohio...10,847,11589,7230.811,353,140132,6331.2159,7761.427,14317.0Oklahoma...3,145,58532,0021.03,450,65446,7671.458,7231.711,95620.4Oregon...2,842,32164,2322.33,421,399101,3503.0127,3393.725,98920.4Pennsylvania......11,881,643135,7841.112,281,054219,8131.8248,6012.028,78811.6RhodeIsland......1,003,46418,0191.81,048,31923,6652.328,2902.74,62516.3SouthCarolina.....3,486,70321,3990.64,012,01236,0140.944,9311.18,91719.8SouthDakota..696,0042,9380.4754,8444,3780.66,0090.81,63127.1Tennessee.........4,877,18530,9440.65,689,28356,6621.068,9191.212,25717.8Texas.............16,986,510311,9181.820,851,820562,3192.7644,1933.181,87412.7Utah...1,722,85025,6961.52,233,16937,1081.748,6922.211,58423.8Vermont.562,7583,1340.6608,8275,2170.96,6221.11,40521.2Virginia.6

8 ,187,358156,0362.57,078,515261,0253.7304
,187,358156,0362.57,078,515261,0253.7304,5594.343,53414.3Washington........4,866,692195,9184.05,894,121322,3355.5395,7416.773,40618.5WestVirginia.......1,793,4777,2830.41,808,3449,4340.511,8730.72,43920.5Wisconsin.........4,891,76952,7821.15,363,67588,7631.7102,7681.914,00513.6Wyoming453,5882,6380.6493,7822,7710.64,1070.81,33632.5PuertoRico.3,522,037(X)(X)3,808,6107,9600.217,2790.59,31953.9 XNotapplicable.Source:U.S.CensusBureau,Census2000SummaryFile1;1990CensusofPopulation,GeneralPopulationCharacteristics(1990CP-1). U.S. Census Bureau 58.0 (HI) U.S. percent 4.2 Figure 3. U.S. percent 4.2 (For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, andwww.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf1.pdfSource: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 factfinder.census.gov provides census data 0100 Miles populations more than twice thenational average were predomi-nately concentrated in suburbs oflarge metropolitan areas such asSeattle, Washington; Los Angelesand the San Francisco Bay area ofCalifornia; New York, New York;Newark, New Jersey; Washington,Texas; and the Minneapolis-St.Paul,Minnesota, metropolitan area.the suburbs of large metropolitanareas were typically located nearAsians. Honolulu county was thewere New York and Los100,000 or more population, NewYork had the largest Asian popula-tion with 872,777, followed by LosAngeles with 407,444 (see Table3). Eight places had Asian popula-tions over 100,000: five in theWest, and one each in theOf the ten largest places in thelargest proportion of Asians (15 percent), followed by LosAngeles and New York with 11 per-cent each. Asians represented 1.3 percent of the total populationin Detroit, the lowest percentageamong the countrys ten largestAmong places of 100,000 or morepopulation, the highest proportionof Asians was in Honolulu (68 per-cent) as shown in Figure 4. Oneadditional place, Daly City,California, had over one-half of itspopulation reporting Asian. Theten places with the highest propor-tion of Asians ranged from 29 per-68 percent in Honolulu, Hawaii.All ten places were in the West;nine of them were in Californi

9 a. THE ASIAN POPULATIONWhich Asian group
a. THE ASIAN POPULATIONWhich Asian group was theAccording to Census 2000,Chinese was the largest detailedAsian group in the United States.This is true for both the alone andlations. There were 2.3 millionpeople who reported only Chinese U.S. Census Bureau United States with 100,000 or more population.designated places that were not legally incorpo-rated. For a list of these places by state, seewww.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/ Table3.TenLargestPlacesinTotalPopulationandinAsianPopulation:2000(Forinformationonconfidentialityprotection,nonsamplingerror,anddefinitions,seewww.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf1.pdf)TotalpopulationAsianaloneAsianaloneorinPercentoftotalRankNumberRankNumberRankNumberAsianaloneAsianaloneorinNewYork,NY..............18,008,2781787,0471872,7779.810.9LosAngeles,CA...........23,694,8202369,2542407,44410.011.0Chicago,IL................32,896,0167125,9747140,5174.34.9Houston,TX...............41,953,6318103,6948114,1405.35.8Philadelphia,PA............51,517,5501167,6541274,4354.54.9Phoenix,AZ...............61,321,0453426,4493033,1942.02.5SanDiego,CA.............71,223,4006166,9686189,41313.615.5Dallas,TX.................81,188,5802732,1182736,6652.73.1SanAntonio,TX............91,144,6464817,9344224,0461.62.1Detroit,MI.................10951,270949,2688412,3611.01.3SanJose,CA..............11894,9433240,3753257,57126.928.8SanFrancisco,CA.........13776,7334239,5654253,47730.832.6Seattle,WA................24563,3741073,910984,64913.115.0Honolulu,HI*..............46371,6575207,5885251,68655.967.7Fremont,CA...............85203,413975,1651080,97937.039.8 *Honolulu,HI,isacensusdesignatedplaceandisnotlegallyincorporated.Seefootnote10.Source:U.S.CensusBureau,Census2000SummaryFile1. people who reported Chinese withgroup. A total of 2.7 million peo-ple reported Chinese alone or incombination with one or moreother races or Asian groups (seeTable 4).Filipinos and Asian Indians werethe next two largest specifiedAsian groups. There were 1.9 mil-lion people who reported Filipinowho reported Filipino in combina-tion with one or more other racesor Asian groups

10 . This gives a totalof 2.4 million peop
. This gives a totalof 2.4 million people who reportedAsian group. About 1.7 millionpeople reported only Asian Indianreported Asian Indian in combina-tion with one or more other racesor Asian groups. A total of 1.9 million people reported AsianAsian group. Combined, Chinese, Filipinos, and58 percent of all respondents whoreported a single Asian group. Ofall Asian groups mentioned in racecombinations, these three groupsaccounted for 57 percent of allresponses. Of the six largest specified Asiangroups, Japanese were most likelyto report one or more other races orAsian groups. Of all respondentswho reported Japanese, either aloneor in combination, 31 percentreported one or more other races orAsian groups (see Figure 5). Thisincluded 4.8 percent who reportedJapanese with one or more otherAsian groups, 21 percent whoreported Japanese with one or moreother races, and 4.8 percent whoreported Japanese in addition toone or more other races and Asiangroups (see Table 4). Vietnamesewere least likely to be in combina-tion with one or more other racesor Asian groups. Of all respondentswho reported Vietnamese, 8.3 per-cent reported one or more otherraces or Asian groups. Were there differences inThe median age of the total U.S.population was 35.3 years. Thereported Asian alone was Those who reported Asian in com-bination with one or more raceshad a median age of 31.1 years,The Census Bureau collects data onand program requirements. Dataon race are used in the legislativeredistricting process carried out byVoting Rights Act. These data areprograms that promote equal U.S. Census Bureau Figure 4.Ten Places of 100,000 or More Population With the Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1.(For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf1.pdf Asian alone Torrance, CAGarden Grove, CAFremont, CADaly City, CA exposure to environmental risks.More broadly, data on race are crit-ical for research that underliesof government.my family, and myAll levels of government needand evaluate programs, or

11 enforcelaws. Examples include: the Nat
enforcelaws. Examples include: the NativeAmerican Programs Act, the EqualCivil Rights Act, the Voting RightsHealthcare Improvement Act, theJob Partnership Training Act, theEqual Credit Opportunity Act, theRedistricting Data Program.Both public and private organiza-areas where groups may needhealth, and other programs thataddress these needs. For example,activities that reflect the diversityin their community. Or a businessmerchandise it will sell in a newstore. Census information alsohelps identify areas where resi-dents might need services of par- U.S. Census Bureau Table4.AsianPopulationbyDetailedGroup:2000(Forinformationonconfidentialityprotection,nonsamplingerror,anddefinitions,seewww.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf1.pdf)DetailedgroupAsianaloneAsianincombinationwithoneormoreotherracesAsiandetailedgroupaloneorinanycombinationOneAsiangroupreportedTwoormoreAsiangroupsreportedOneAsiangroupreportedTwoormoreAsiangroupsreportedTotal.....................10,019,405223,5931,516,841138,98911,898,828AsianIndian..................1,678,76540,013165,43715,3841,899,59941,2805,6259,65585257,412....................183917321213,1591,4611,83726316,720171,93711,83220,8301,453206,052Chinese,exceptTaiwanese.....2,314,537130,826201,68887,7902,734,841.......................1,850,31457,811385,23671,4542,364,815169,4285,28411,153445186,310IndoChinese.................1135523819939,7574,42917,2561,63163,073IwoJiman....................15360-78796,70055,537241,20955,4861,148,932.......................1,076,87222,550114,21114,7941,228,427168,70710,39617,9141,186198,20310,6904,3392,83770018,566.....................27222-517,8583511,128629,3993,5132,6252,8161,64510,599153,53311,09537,5872,094204,3091,437580307702,394SriLankan20,1451,2192,96625724,587Taiwanese....................118,04814,09611,3941,257144,795.........................112,9897,92927,1702,195150,283Vietnamese...................1,122,52847,14448,6395,4251,223,736OtherAsian,notspecified146,87019,576195,4497,535369,430 -Representszero.Thetotalof10,019,405respondentscategorizedasreportingonlyoneAsiangroupinthistableislowerthant

12 hetotalof10,019,410showninTablePCT5(U.S.
hetotalof10,019,410showninTablePCT5(U.S.CensusBureau,Census2000SummaryFile1100-PercentData,seefactfinder.census.gov).ThistableincludesmoredetailedgroupsthanPCT5.Thismeansthat,forexample,anindividualwhoreported‘‘PakistaniNepalese’’isshowninthistableasreportingtwoormoreAsiangroups.However,thatsameindividualiscategorizedasreportingasingleAsiangroupinPCT5becausebothPakistaniandNepalesearepartofthelargerOtherspecifiedAsiangroup.ThenumbersbydetailedAsiangroupdonotaddtothetotalpopulation.ThisisbecausethedetailedAsiangroupsaretalliesofthenumberofAsianratherthanthenumberofAsian.RespondentsreportingseveralAsiangroupsarecountedseveraltimes.Forexample,arespondentreporting‘‘KoreanFilipino’’wouldbeincludedintheKoreanaswellastheFilipinonumbers.Includesrespondentswhocheckedthe‘‘OtherAsian’’responsecategoryonthecensusquestionnaireorwroteinagenerictermsuchas‘‘Asian’’or‘‘Asiatic.’’Source:U.S.CensusBureau,Census2000,specialtabulations. or ethnic groups, such as screen-ing for hypertension or diabetes.FOR MORE INFORMATIONFor more information on race inthe United States, visit the U.S.Census Bureaus Internet site atwww.census.gov/population/www/Race data from the Census 2000Summary File 1 were released on amer of 2001. The Census 2000Summary File 1 data are availablefactfinder.census.govprotection, nonsampling error, andFor more information on specificwww.census.govMinority Links.Ž This Web page2000 and provides links to reportsand housing topics is presented ined on the U.S. Census Bureaus Webwww.census.gov/html. This series presentshousing tenure, and other social,For more information about Census2000, including data products, callwebmaster@census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau Figure 5.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, special tabulations.(For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf1.pdf VietnameseKorean Alone In combination with one or more other races and/or detailed Asian groups U.S. Department of CommerceWashington, DC 20233Penalty for Private Use $300 FIRST-CLASS MAILPOSTAGE & FEES PAIDU.S. Cens