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P20-540

The Asian and Pacific Islander

Population in the United States:

March 2002

Population Characteristics

Issued May 2003

Current

Population

Reports

By 

Terrance Reeves

and

Claudette Bennett

This report presents data on the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of the Asian and Pacific Islander

population in the United States, based on

the Annual Demographic Supplement to

the March 2002 Current Population

Survey (CPS).1 The topics covered are

geographic distribution; age distribution;

marital status; family type and family

size; educational attainment; labor force

participation, unemployment, and occupation; family income; and poverty status.2 Data for these characteristics are

compared with those of the non-Hispanic

White population.3

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

One-half of Asians and Pacific

Islanders live in the West.4

In March 2002, 12.5 million Asians and

Pacific Islanders lived in the United States,

representing 4.4 percent of the civilian

noninstitutionalized population. While

one-half lived in the West (51 percent), 

19 percent lived in the South, 12 percent

1 The data in this report are from the Annual

Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current

Population Survey. The population represented (the

population universe) is the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States. Members of

the Armed Forces living off base or with their families on post are included if there is at least one civilian adult living in the household. 2 Data on income and poverty in this report refer

to the calendar year before the survey. For example,

income information collected in March 2002 refers to

calendar year 2001. 3 Because Hispanics or Latinos may be of any

race, data in this report for Asians and Pacific

Islanders overlap slightly with data for Hispanics.

Data for Asians and Pacific Islanders include Hispanic

Asians and Pacific Islanders, who made up

approximately 2.4 percent of the Asian and Pacific

Islander population. 4 The four regions of the United States for which

data are presented in this report are as follows:

Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New

Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,

Rhode Island, and Vermont; Midwest: Illinois,

Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,

Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South

Dakota, and Wisconsin; South: Alabama, Arkansas,

Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North

Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,

Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; West: Alaska,

Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,

Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah,

Washington, and Wyoming.

“Asian” refers to those having origins

in any of the original peoples of the

Far East, Southeast Asia, or the

Indian subcontinent including, for

example, Cambodia, China, India,

Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the

Philippine Islands, Thailand, and

Vietnam. “Pacific Islander” refers to

those having origins in any of the

original peoples of Hawaii, Guam,

Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. The

Asian and Pacific Islander population

is not a homogeneous group; rather,

it comprises many groups who differ

in language, culture, and length of

residence in the United States. Some

of the Asian groups, such as the

Chinese and Japanese, have been in

the United States for several generations. Others, such as the Hmong,

Vietnamese, Laotians, and

Cambodians, are comparatively

recent immigrants. Relatively few of

the Pacific Islanders are foreign born.
in the Midwest, and 19 percent in

the Northeast (see Figure 1).5,6 In

comparison, 194.8 million (69 percent) of the United States population was non-Hispanic White and 

19 percent lived in the West, 

33 percent in the South, 27 percent

in the Midwest, and 21 percent in

the Northeast. 

Nearly all Asians and Pacific

Islanders live in metropolitan

areas.7

Ninety-five percent of all Asians

and Pacific Islanders lived in metropolitan areas, a much greater

proportion than of non-Hispanic

Whites (78 percent). Of the two

populations, Asians and Pacific

Islanders were twice as likely to

live in central cities located in metropolitan areas (41 percent compared with 21 percent). However,

among those living in metropolitan

areas but not in central cities,

Asians and Pacific Islanders were

only 3 percentage points below

non-Hispanic Whites (54 percent

and 57 percent, respectively). 

2 U.S. Census Bureau

5 The estimates in this report are based

on responses from a sample of the population. As with all surveys, estimates may

vary from the actual values because of sampling variation or other factors. All comparisons made in this report have undergone

statistical testing and are significant at the

90-percent confidence level unless otherwise

noted. 6 The percentage of Asians and Pacific

Islanders living in the South was not statistically different from the percentage living in

the Northeast. 7 The general concept of a metropolitan

area (MA) is a large population nucleus with

adjacent communities that have a high

degree of economic and social integration

with that nucleus. Some MAs are defined

around two or more nuclei. The Office of

Management and Budget (OMB), with technical assistance from the U.S. Census Bureau,

published standards to define MAs for federal agencies. See the Office of Management

and Budget, Federal Register Notice, Vol. 55,

No. 62, March 30, 1990 and OMB Bulletin,

No. 93-177, issued June 1993.

AGE DISTRIBUTION

The Asian and Pacific Islander

population is young.

In 2002, Asians and Pacific

Islanders were younger than 

non-Hispanic Whites. Twenty-six

percent of Asians and Pacific

Islanders were under 18, compared

with 23 percent of non-Hispanic

Whites; while 7 percent of Asians

and Pacific Islanders were 65 and

over, compared with 14 percent of

non-Hispanic Whites.

MARITAL STATUS

The proportion of Asians and

Pacific Islanders who are

divorced is one-half that for

non-Hispanic Whites.

Of the 9.8 million Asians and Pacific

Islanders and 158.3 million nonHispanic Whites 15 and older in

2002, 57 percent of each population was married,8 but the

percentage of divorced Asians and

Pacific Islanders was one-half that

of non-Hispanic Whites (5 percent

compared with 10 percent, respectively). Asians and Pacific Islanders

were less likely than non-Hispanic

Whites to be widowed (4 percent

compared with 7 percent), but were

more likely to have never married

(33 percent compared to 25 percent, respectively).9

Marital status varied by sex for both

the Asian and Pacific Islander and

non-Hispanic White populations (see

Table 1). Asian and Pacific Islander

women were more likely than their

male counterparts to be married,

widowed, separated, or divorced.

However, in the non-Hispanic White

population, men were more likely to

be married, but women were more

likely to be divorced, separated, or

widowed.

8 Married includes those with a spouse

present or a spouse absent. 

9 No statistically significant difference

existed between the proportions of Asians

and Pacific Islanders who are divorced and

widowed.

Figure 1.

Region of Residence for Selected Groups: 2002

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement to 

the March 2002 Current Population Survey.

Asian and Pacific Islander

Non-Hispanic White

(Percent distribution of population)

Northeast Midwest South West

18.9 19.2

33.3

18.6 20.5

11.5

27.0

51.1
FAMILY TYPE10 AND FAMILY

SIZE

The majority of Asian and

Pacific Islander households

are family households.

Asian and Pacific Islander households were more likely to be family

U.S. Census Bureau 3

10 The race of householder was used to

determine the race of the family. Data do

not include families in group quarters.

households than nonfamily Asian and Pacific Islander families

households (73 percent compared had five or more members, comwith 27 percent) in 2002. The pared with 11 percent of nonsame was true for the non-Hispanic Hispanic White families. At the

White population, but to a lesser same time, 30 percent of Asians

degree (66 percent compared with and Pacific Islanders lived in two34 percent). member families, compared with 

47 percent of non-Hispanic Whites. Family size varied by family type. Twenty percent of Asian and Pacific Asian and Pacific Islander families Islander married-couple families were larger than their non-Hispanic consisted of five or more members,

White counterparts: 18 percent of while 13 percent of families

Table 1.

Marital Status by Sex for Selected Groups: 2002

(Percent distibution of population)

Marital status

Asian and

Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic White

Total

90-

percent

confidence

interval

(+/-) Male

90-

percent

confidence

interval

(+/-) Female

90-

percent

confidence

interval

(+/-) Total

90-

percent

confidence

interval

(+/-) Male

90-

percent

confidence

interval

(+/-) Female

90-

percent

confidence

interval

(+/-)

Total ........... 100.0 - 100.0 - 100.0 - 100.0 - 100.0 - 100.0 -

Married, spouse

present ......... 53.3 0.016 50.9 0.023 55.5 0.022 56.3 0.003 58.5 0.005 54.3 0.005

Married, spouse

absent .......... 3.2 0.006 3.8 0.009 2.8 0.007 0.8 0.001 0.8 0.001 0.8 0.001

Widowed . . . ...... 4.2 0.006 1.5 0.006 6.8 0.011 6.9 0.002 2.7 0.002 10.9 0.003

Divorced ......... 5.0 0.007 3.6 0.009 6.2 0.011 10.0 0.002 8.8 0.003 11.1 0.003

Separated . ....... 1.4 0.004 0.9 0.004 1.8 0.006 1.5 0.001 1.3 0.001 1.6 0.001

Never married .... 32.9 0.015 39.3 0.023 26.9 0.020 24.5 0.003 28.0 0.004 21.3 0.004

- Represents zero.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey.

Figure 2.

Family Type by Size for Selected Groups: 2002*

*The race of the householder was used to determine the race of the family. Data do not include families in group quarters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey.

(Percent distribution of families)

Non-Hispanic White

Asian and

Pacific Islander

Non-Hispanic White

Asian and

Pacific Islander

Non-Hispanic White

Asian and

Pacific Islander

Two members Three members Four members Five or more members

Married couple

Female householder, no spouse present

Male householder, no spouse present

4.3

28.0 24.6 27.5 19.9

47.0 19.7 21.2 12.1

42.9 28.9 15.4 12.7

54.9 29.6 10.7 4.8

56.2 24.2 11.4 8.1

61.2 26.0 8.5
maintained by women with no

spouse present, and 8 percent of

Asian and Pacific Islander families

maintained by men with no spouse

present were that large (see Figure

2). In contrast, 12 percent of nonHispanic White married-couple families, 5 percent of its families maintained by women with no spouse

present, and 4 percent of the

group’s families maintained by men

with no spouse present had five or

more members.11

EDUCATIONAL

ATTAINMENT

Asians and Pacific Islanders

are more likely than nonHispanic Whites to have

earned at least a college

degree, but are also more

likely to have less than a

ninth-grade education. 

In 2002, 87 percent of the 7.9 million Asians and Pacific Islanders

and 89 percent of the 133.4 million non-Hispanic Whites aged 

25 and older had earned at least a

high school diploma.

A substantial difference existed in

the levels of higher education

attained by Asian and Pacific

Islander and non-Hispanic White

men and women, specifically

among those earning at least a

bachelor’s degree (see Figure 3).

Asian and Pacific Islander men

were much more likely than nonHispanic White men to have earned

at least a bachelor’s degree 

(51 percent compared with 32 percent, a difference of 19 percentage

points). Similarly, Asian and Pacific

Islander women were more likely

than non-Hispanic White women to

have earned at least a bachelor’s

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11 No statistically significant difference

existed between the proportions of nonHispanic Whites families maintained by men

or women with no spouse present with five

or more members.

degree, (44 percent compared with

27 percent).

A substantial difference existed at

lower educational levels: Asians and

Pacific Islanders were almost twice

as likely to have less than a ninthgrade education (7 percent) than

non-Hispanic Whites (4 percent).

Although the percentages for men

were statistically different, the

numerical values were relatively

close—5 percent compared with 

4 percent. In contrast, the figures

for women were very different: 

10 percent of Asian and Pacific

Islander women, compared with 

4 percent of non-Hispanic White

women.12

12 There is a statistically significant difference between the unrounded proportions of

non-Hispanic White men and women with

less than a ninth-grade education.

LABOR FORCE

PARTICIPATION,

UNEMPLOYMENT, AND

OCCUPATION

Among Asians and Pacific

Islanders, men are more likely

than women to participate in

the civilian labor force.13

Similar proportions of Asians and

Pacific Islanders and non-Hispanic

Whites aged 16 and over were in

the labor force (67 percent and 

66 percent, respectively) in March

2002. In both populations, men

13 Civilian labor force data in this report

reflect characteristics of the civilian noninstitutionalized population aged 16 and older

for March 2002 and are not adjusted for

seasonal changes. Data released by the

Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor

Statistics, may not agree entirely with data

shown in this report because they are seasonally adjusted.

Figure 3.

Educational Attainment by Sex for 

Selected Groups: 2002

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement 

to the March 2002 Current Population Survey.

(Percent distribution of population 25 and over)

Men

Women

Asian and Pacific Islander

Non-Hispanic White

Bachelor's degree

or more

Some college

or associate degree

High school graduate

Less than high school

Bachelor's degree

or more

Some college

or associate degree

High school graduate

Less than high school

27.3

10.5 

11.5

20.5

31.5

18.1

25.2

50.9

31.7

14.5

11.1

23.2

34.3

18.5

27.3

43.8
had higher labor force participation

rates: 75 percent of men, compared with 59 percent of women

for Asians and Pacific Islanders,

and 73 percent of men, compared

with 60 percent of women for nonHispanic Whites.14

U.S. Census Bureau 5

14 There is no statistical difference in the

proportions of Asian and Pacific Islander and

non-Hispanic White men in the civilian labor

force. Similarly, the percentages of women

in these populations in the civilian labor

force do not differ significantly.

Similar proportions of Asians

and Pacific Islanders and nonHispanic Whites were

unemployed.

Of the 6.5 million Asians and

Pacific Islanders in the civilian

labor force, 6 percent were unemployed, compared with 5 percent

of the 103 million non-Hispanic

Whites, a difference that is not statistically significant. However, the

difference between the proportions

of non-Hispanic White unemployed

men and women is significant: 

6 percent and 4 percent, respectively. Among Asians and Pacific

Islanders, no statistically significant difference existed between

the 6 percent of men and 5 percent of women who were unemployed.15

Asians and Pacific Islanders

are concentrated in

managerial and professional

specialty occupations.16

In 2002, 6.1 million Asians and

Pacific Islanders and 97.8 million

non-Hispanic Whites aged 16 and

older were employed. A higher

proportion of Asians and Pacific

Islanders than of non-Hispanic

Whites were concentrated in managerial and professional specialty

occupations. Among both groups,

a large disparity existed between

the proportions of men and

women in technical, sales, and

administrative support jobs; an 

11 percentage point difference

separated Asian and Pacific

Islander men and women (23 percent and 34 percent, respectively),

and a 20 percentage point difference separated non-Hispanic White

men and women (20 percent and

40 percent, respectively). For

those employed within the precision production, craft, and repair

occupations, a smaller disparity

existed between the sexes of the

Asian and Pacific Islander population than between the sexes of the

non-Hispanic White population.

Nine percent of Asian and Pacific

Islander men and 3 percent of the

women (a 6 percentage point

difference), and 19 percent of 

15 There is no statistically significant difference in the 6 percent of Asian and Pacific

Islander and non-Hispanic White men unemployed. Also, the percentages of women

unemployed in these populations do not differ significantly. 16 They include occupations such as managers, executives, administrators, physicians,

nurses, lawyers, architects, engineers, scientists, and teachers. These data are based on

the respondent’s current occupation.

Figure 4.

Occupation Distribution of the Employed Civilian 

Labor Force by Sex for Selected Groups: 2002

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement 

to the March 2002 Current Population Survey.

(Percent distribution of population 

16 years and over)

Men

Women

Asian and Pacific Islander 

Non-Hispanic White

Farming, forestry,

and fishing

Operators, fabricators,

and laborers

Precision produciton,

craft, and repair

Service

Technical, sales, and

administrative support

Managerial and

professional 

Farming, forestry,

and fishing

Operators, fabricators,

and laborers

Precision produciton,

craft, and repair

Service

Technical, sales, and

administrative support

Managerial and

professional 

1.2

41.0

33.4

22.9

20.2

12.4

8.4

9.4

18.6

13.1

16.3

1.1

3.0

37.2

36.9

33.5

40.2

16.7

15.2

3.4

1.8

8.8

4.8

0.5
non-Hispanic White men and 2 percent of women (a 17 percentage

point difference) held jobs in this

category (see Figure 4). 

FAMILY INCOME17

While Asian and Pacific

Islander families are more

likely than non-Hispanic White

families to have incomes of

$75,000 or more, they are also

more likely to have incomes

less than $25,000.

In 2001, 40 percent of all Asian

and Pacific Islander families had

incomes of $75,000 or more, compared with 35 percent of nonHispanic White families. However,

17 percent of Asian and Pacific

Islander families had incomes of

less than $25,000, compared with

15 percent of non-Hispanic White

families. Among married-couple

families, 44 percent of Asians and

Pacific Islanders had incomes of

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17 Data for all families include a small

number in group quarters. Income is the sum

of wages and salaries, net income from selfemployment, and income other than earnings.

Income data refer to calendar year 2001.

$75,000 or more, about 4 percentage points higher than their 

non-Hispanic White counterparts

(see Figure 5). 

Among both groups, families maintained by men with no spouse

present had higher incomes than

families maintained by women

with no spouse present. For families maintained by men with no

spouse present, 31 percent of

Asian and Pacific Islander families

of this type had incomes of

$75,000 or more, compared with

19 percent of non-Hispanic White

families (a 12 percentage point difference). Among families maintained by women with no spouse

present, 17 percent of Asian and

Pacific Islander and 11 percent of

non-Hispanic White families had

incomes of $75,000 or more.18

18 The 12 percentage point difference in

the Asian and Pacific Islander and nonHispanic White families maintained by men

with incomes of $75,000 or more and the 

6 percentage point difference in families

maintained by women in these populations

are not statistically different. 

A large proportion of families in

both groups that were maintained

by women with no spouse present

had incomes below $25,000: 

32 percent of Asian and Pacific

Islander families, compared with

41 percent non-Hispanic White

families. However, in both populations, 25 percent of families maintained by men with no spouse

present had incomes below

$25,000. 

POVERTY STATUS19

Asians and Pacific Islanders

are more likely to live in

poverty than non-Hispanic

Whites.

In 2001, 1.3 million Asians and

Pacific Islanders (10 percent) and

15.3 million non-Hispanic Whites

(8 percent) lived below the poverty

19 In 2001, the poverty threshold for a

family of four was $18,267. Poverty statistics

exclude unrelated individuals under 15. For

more information, see Bernadette Proctor and

Joseph Dalaker, U.S. Census Bureau, Current

Population Report, Series P60-219, Poverty in

the United States: March 2001, U.S.

Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Poverty data refer to calendar year 2001.

Figure 5.

Family Type by Family Income for Selected Groups: 2001*

*The race of the householder was used to determine the race of the family. Data do not include families in group quarters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey.

(Percent distribution of families)

Non-Hispanic White

Asian and

Pacific Islander

Non-Hispanic White

Asian and

Pacific Islander

Non-Hispanic White

Asian and

Pacific Islander

$50,000-

$74,999

$75,000

and over

$35,000-

$49,999

$25,000-

$34,999

Less than

$25,000

Married couple

Female householder, no spouse present

Male householder, no spouse present

19.1

14.3 7.4 13.5 20.6 44.2

11.8 9.6 15.0 23.5 40.1

32.0 20.4 16.5 14.0 17.1

41.1 17.2 17.6 13.5 10.5

24.8 13.2 10.5 20.5 31.0

24.5 16.8 20.1 19.5
level. For each group, the highest

proportions living in poverty were

those younger than 18 years old

(see Table 2).20 There was no statistically significant difference in

the proportion of Asian and Pacific

Islander women and men living in

poverty; however, non-Hispanic

White women were more likely

than their male counterparts to live

in poverty.

Asian and Pacific Islander families

maintained by women with no

spouse present were more likely

than both married-couple families

and families maintained by men

with no spouse present to live in

poverty: 15 percent, 7 percent, and

9 percent, respectively (see Table 3).

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20 There is no statistical difference in the

proportion of Asians and Pacific Islanders

under 18 and those 65 and over living in

poverty.

Similarly, non-Hispanic White fami- collected in February and April.)

lies maintained by women with no The institutionalized population,

spouse present were more likely which is excluded from the populathan married-couple families and tion universe, is composed primarifamilies maintained by men with no ly of the population in correctional

spouse present to live in poverty: institutions and nursing homes (91

19 percent, 3 percent, and 10 per- percent of the 4.1 million institucent, respectively. tionalized population in Census

2000).

SOURCE OF DATA

ACCURACY OF THE The population represented (the ESTIMATES population universe) in the Annual

Demographic Supplement to the Statistics from surveys are subject

March 2002 Current Population to sampling and nonsampling error.

Survey is the civilian noninstitution- All comparisons presented in this

alized population of the United report have taken sampling error

States. Members of the Armed into account and are significant at

Forces living off post or with their the 90-percent confidence level.

families on post are included if This means the 90-percent confithere is at least one civilian adult dence interval for the difference

living in the household. (Starting in between the estimates being com2001, the Annual Demographic pared does not include zero.

Nonsampling errors in surveys may Supplement includes some data

Table 2.

Poverty Status by Age for Selected Groups: 2001

(Percent distribution of population)

Asian and Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic White

90- 90- 90- 90- 90- 90-

Selected age percent percent percent percent percent percent

groups confi- confi- confi- confi- confi- confidence dence dence dence dence dence

interval interval interval interval interval interval

Total (+/-) Male (+/-) Female (+/-) Total (+/-) Male (+/-) Female (+/-)

Total ........... 10.2 0.005 10.1 0.007 10.4 0.007 7.8 0.001 6.9 0.002 8.8 0.002

Under 18 years . . . 11.5 0.010 11.5 0.014 11.4 0.015 9.5 0.003 9.6 0.004 9.5 0.004

18 to 64 years . . . . 9.7 0.006 9.1 0.008 10.4 0.009 7.2 0.001 6.2 0.002 8.2 0.002

65 years and over . 10.2 0.019 13.8 0.032 7.4 0.021 8.1 0.003 5.2 0.004 10.2 0.004

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey.

Table 3.

Poverty Status of Families by Type for Selected Groups: 2001*

(Percent distribution of population)

90-percent 90-percent

Family type Asian and confidence Non-Hispanic confidence

Pacific Islander interval (+/-) White interval (+/-)

Total ................................... 100.0 - 100.0 -

Married-couple ............................ 6.6 0.006 3.3 0.002

Male householder, no spouse present ....... 9.1 0.039 10.3 0.011

Female householder, no spouse present ..... 14.6 0.032 19.0 0.009

-Represents zero.

*The race of the householder was used to determine the race of the family. Data do not include families in group quarters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey.
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