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Appendix E

Asian Americans According to the U.S. Census Bureau

Part I

Organize statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau on Asian American diversity using the matrix below. The Web site is available at http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb10-ff07.html

Statistic 1 of the Cultural Makeup column is provided for your reference. Note: you will find only two statistics to place in the Future row.

|                         |Statistic 1                       |Statistic 2                         |Statistic 3                         |
|Cultural Makeup           |15.5 million U.S. residents are   |5.1 million Is the Asian population|3.62 million Asians of Chinese     |
|                         |Asian or Asian in combination     |in California.                     |descent in America followed by     |
|                         |with other races                 |                                   |Filipinos, Asian Indians,           |
|                         |                                 |                                   |Vietnamese, and Japanese           |
|                         |                                 |                                   |respectively.                       |
|Income                   |$70,069 was the median household |11.8% was the poverty rate for     |The median income for Asian Indians|
|                         |income for single race Asians in |single race Asians in 2008 up from |in 2008 was $90,528                 |
|                         |2008                             |10.2 percent the preceding year.   |                                   |
|Education                 |50%   of single race Asians 25 and|85% of single race Asians had at   |20% of single race Asians had an   |
|                         |older with a bachelor’s degree   |least a high school diploma.       |advanced degree.                   |
|Career                   |1.1...