The U.S Census Bureau put this out late last week, and while it's too long to quote out in this post (view the full release), here are some interesting facts (some of which you might already know because you're just that damn smart, because you're Asian, or because you know someone who's Asian - we rub off like that sometimes):
- 14.9 million people identified themselves as Asian alone or in combination with another race as of July 2006. 5% of the total population.
- 10.3% - the percentage of single race Asian Americans who live in poverty.
- 15.5% - the percentage of single race Asian Americans who live w/o health insurance.
- 292,100 - the number of single race Asian American vets (1 in 3 are 65 or older).
- 35.2 - median age for Asian America.
- 33.4 million - estimated number of Asian Americans by 2050 (single race only). About 8% of the population.
Just for the record - there needs to be better aggregation of non-single race Asian Americans with these reports.
