California's Chinese population grew 39 percent in the 1990s, while the Korean population increased 33 percent and Filipino 26 percent. Other Asian groups show the same propensity to cluster in established areas. Statewide, the Vietnamese population grew 60 percent. Many Vietnamese, along with refugees from Cambodia and Laos, have educational levels much lower than other Asians. Their poverty rates are also higher.
Demographers warn, however, against making broad assumptions about California's Asian population.
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