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News Article
April 30, 2004
Asian Population in U.S. in 2050
By The Associated Press
The U.S. population on July 1, 2000, and July 1, 2050, by race and ethnicity,
according to projections from the Census Bureau (news
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web sites). Total population is in
millions. Estimates for whites, blacks and Asians refer to those who are of only
one race. Percentages for white refer only to those who were not of Hispanic
ethnicity.
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BY RACE AND ETHNICITY |
|
Group
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2000
|
2050
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|
Total pop.
|
282.1
|
419.8
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|
Pct white
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69.4
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50.1
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Pct black
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12.7
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14.6
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Pct Asian
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3.8
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8.0
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All other races
|
2.5
|
5.3
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| Hispanic |
(of 12.6 |
24.4 any race) |
A breakdown of those Americans who
selected only "Asian" as their race in the April 1, 2000 census. The "other
Asian" category in 2000 refers to those who identified themselves with a
nationality not listed, or with two or more nationalities. The "other Asian"
category in 1990 did not count people of two or more nationalities.
| Race or nationality |
2000 pop. |
1990 pop. |
Pct Chg. |
| Asian only |
10,242,998 |
6,908,638 |
48 |
| All nationalities |
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Asian Indian
|
1,678,765
|
815,447
|
106
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Chinese
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2,432,585
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1,645,472
|
48
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Filipino
|
1,850,314
|
1,406,770
|
32
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Japanese
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796,700
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847,562
|
-6
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Korean
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1,076,872
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798,849
|
35
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Vietnamese
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1,122,528
|
614,547
|
83
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Other Asian
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1,285,234
|
779,991
|
65
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