Suffolk County
Asian American Advisory Board
"One World, Many Cultures"
Suffolk County Asian American Advisory Board
Office of Minority Affairs, H. Lee Dennison Building
100 Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099
ph: 631-853-4738
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Asian American and Pacific Islander - Primer
According to the Census Bureau, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are the fastest growing minority group, and also the most diverse.
AAPIs represent a vast array of cultures and hundreds of languages and dialects. Asian Americans refer to Americans with origins from one or more of the 28 Asian nations. Pacific Islanders refer Native Hawaiians and other natives living in the US protectorates of Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, or Americans with origins from one or more of the 19 Pacific island nations. (Note that Native Hawaiians and individuals born in the US protectorates are considered native-born.)
Asian | Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
---|---|
Asian Indian
| Chamorro Fijian Guamanian Hawaiian Marshallese Micronesian Nothern Mariana Islander Palauan Samoan Tahitian Tongan All other Pacific Islander |
Today, there are approximately 12 million AAPIs living in the US, or about 5% of the total population. By 2020, the AAPI population is projected to reach 20 million, and by 2050, approximately one out of every 10 Americans will be of Asian or Pacific Islander descent (38 million).
Up to 70% of AAPIs are recent (first generation) immigrants and/or refugees. The Philippines, China, and Vietnam were among the 10 leading countries of birth of America's foreign-born population. An estimated 40-50% of AAPIs are limited-English proficient.
Source taken from US Enrivinmental Protection Agency.
http://www.epa.gov/aapi/primer.htm
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Suffolk County Asian American Advisory Board
Office of Minority Affairs, H. Lee Dennison Building
100 Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099
ph: 631-853-4738
alt: 631-975-2236
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