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Mar 27, 2024 | 
pewresearch.org | Ziyao Tian |Neil G. Ruiz
Asian Americans are often portrayed as educationally and financially successful when compared with other racial or ethnic groups. However, Asian origin groups in the United States . Indeed, more than 2.3 million Asian Americans – about one-in-ten – lived in poverty in 2022, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. Learn more about Asian Americans’ experiences with economic hardship in our data essay and short film.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
pewresearch.org | Neil G. Ruiz |Ziyao Tian |Shannon Greenwood
Illustrations by Jing LiMarch 27, 2024Asian Americans are often portrayed as economically and educationally successful. In reality, about one-in-ten Asian Americans live in poverty. Asian Americans also have the most income inequality of any major racial or ethnic group in the United States. Without closely examining the diversity of Asian American experiences, it’s easy to miss the distinct stories of Asian Americans living with economic hardship.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
pewresearch.org | Ziyao Tian |Neil G. Ruiz
Asian Americans are often portrayed as educationally and financially successful when compared with other racial or ethnic groups. However, Asian origin groups in the United States . Indeed, more than 2.3 million Asian Americans – about one-in-ten – lived in poverty in 2022, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. Learn more about Asian Americans’ experiences with economic hardship in our data essay and short film.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
pewresearch.org | Neil G. Ruiz |Ziyao Tian |Shannon Greenwood
The survey analysis is drawn from a national cross-sectional survey conducted for Pew Research Center by Westat. The sampling design of the survey was an address-based sampling (ABS) approach, supplemented by list samples, to reach a nationally representative group of respondents. The survey was fielded July 5, 2022, through Jan. 27, 2023.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
pewresearch.org | Neil G. Ruiz |Ziyao Tian |Shannon Greenwood
Illustrations by Jing LiMarch 27, 2024Asian Americans are often portrayed as economically and educationally successful. In reality, about one-in-ten Asian Americans live in poverty. Asian Americans also have the most income inequality of any major racial or ethnic group in the United States. Without closely examining the diversity of Asian American experiences, it’s easy to miss the distinct stories of Asian Americans living with economic hardship.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
pewresearch.org | Sono Shah |Neil G. Ruiz
One-in-five Asian American adults say they have hidden a part of their heritage – cultural customs, food, clothing or religious practices – from non-Asians at some point in their lives. Fear of ridicule and a desire to fit in are common reasons they give for doing this, according to a Pew Research Center survey of Asian adults in the United States conducted from July 2022 to January 2023.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
pewresearch.org | Neil G. Ruiz |Ziyao Tian |Jens Krogstad
Most are skeptical of considering race and ethnicity in college admissionsPew Research Center conducted this analysis to understand the views of Asian Americans toward affirmative action. This in-depth analysis uses data from a nationally representative survey of Asian American adults, two nationally representative surveys of U.S. adults, and a qualitative study of Asian Americans. The analysis is the latest in the Center’s series of in-depth analyses of public opinion among Asian Americans.
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May 8, 2023 | 
pewresearch.org | Neil G. Ruiz |Luis Noe-Bustamante |Sono Shah
About six-in-ten feel connected to other Asians in the U.S.Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to understand the rich diversity of people of Asian origin or ancestry living in the United States and their views of identity. The study is part of the Center’s multiyear, comprehensive, in-depth quantitative and qualitative research effort focused on the nation’s Asian population.
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May 8, 2023 | 
pewresearch.org | Neil G. Ruiz |Luis Noe-Bustamante |Sono Shah |Shannon Greenwood
Life for Asians living in the United States is shaped by the relationships they form here, their cultural heritage, and their group’s history in the U.S. Their lives in America are also shaped by the connections they have with other Asian Americans and their views of representation and politics. For many Asian adults, where they were born shapes friendships formed in the U.S.Life for Asians living in the United States can look quite different depending on where they were born.
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May 8, 2023 | 
pewresearch.org | Neil G. Ruiz |Luis Noe-Bustamante |Sono Shah |Shannon Greenwood
Asians in the United States trace their origins to a vast continent that spans more than 20 countries in East and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. This geographic diversity translates into multiple ways Asians in the U.S. personally describe their own identities. Some choose to identify with their ethnic origins such as Filipino or Korean or Chinese, some with the pan-ethnic label Asian, some with a regional identity such as South Asian and others with an American identity.
