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Asian immigrants to U.S. surpass Hispanics for first time

 

(Jeff Chiu/AP)

Asians have surpassed Hispanics as the largest group of new immigrants to the United States, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.

The study, called "The Rise of Asian-Americans" and released on Tuesday, reveals that Asian-Americans also have the highest income, are the best-educated and are the fastest-growing racial group in America.

About 430,000 Asians--or 36 percent of all new immigrants--arrived in the United States in 2010, according to U.S. census data. About 370,000, or 31 percent, were Hispanic.

The wave of incoming Asians pushed the total number of Asian-Americans to a record 18.2 million, or 5.8 percent of the total U.S. population, according to census data. By comparison, non-Hispanic whites (197.5 million) account for 63.3 of the U.S. population, while Hispanics (52 million) and non-Hispanic blacks (38.3 million) account for 16.7 percent and 12.3 percent, respectively.

The influx of Asians reflects "a slowdown in illegal immigration while American employers increase their demand for high-skilled workers," the Associated Press said.

"The educational credentials of these recent [Asian] arrivals are striking," the report said. Sixty-one percent of 25-to-64-year-old Asian immigrants come with at least a bachelor's degree--more than double non-Asian immigrants, making the recent Asian arrivals "the most highly educated cohort of immigrants in U.S. history."

The study also found that Asian-Americans are "more satisfied than the general public with their lives, finances and the direction of the country, and they place a greater value on marriage, parenthood, hard work and career success."

Last month, data released by the U.S. Census Bureau showed that there were more minority children born in the United States than whites for the first time in history--signaling what the Washington Post called "the dawn of an era in which whites no longer will be in the majority."

According to the census report, 50.4 percent of children born in a 12-month period that ended July 2011 were Hispanic, black, Asian-American or from other minorities groups, while non-Hispanic whites accounted for 49.6 percent of all births in that span. In 2010, minority babies accounted for 49.5 percent of all births.

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"The educational credentials of these recent [Asian] arrivals are striking," the report said. Sixty-one percent of 25-to-64-year-old Asian immigrants come with at least a bachelor's degree--more than double non-Asian immigrants, making the recent Asian arrivals "the most highly educated cohort of immigrants in U.S. history."

 

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Interesting note.

alena06

True Alena, but this is also driven by geography as very few Asians even have a chance of coming here illegally and the fact that many come on H1B visas vs family sponsorships for reunion purposes.  Many professional Asians also tend to sponsor relatives with similar profiles and not every "not-a-rass" qualified family connection.

 

But overall, Asians do tend to come for more professional advancement reasons.

FM
Originally Posted by caribny:
Originally Posted by baseman:

And they generally tend to vote Republican.


Not necessarily true.  Indians tend to lean Democratic as do Filipinos.  Obama got most of the Indian votes. Vietnamese are die hard GOP.  More recent Asian immigrants go Democratic.

Maybe so.  But Obama was an anomaly, he is/was very likable and after seeing Palin's performance, even the sheep went for Obama.

 

Even though baseman thinks Obama did not deliver and wasted his first two years, I do believe he is more sincere in what he says than Romney.  Actually, I find only Ron Paul and Gingrich on the Rep side to be as sincere.

FM

Even on the surface, the Republican are in disarray with Mitt Romney.

 

There are still deep-rooted differences with the different factions of the Republican party.

 

Barack Obama, similar to all sitting presidents do have problems, but the Democratic Party is currently more united and focused to win the November 2012 election.

FM
Originally Posted by alena06:

 

The wave of incoming Asians pushed the total number of Asian-Americans to a record 18.2 million, or 5.8 percent of the total U.S. population, according to census data.

 

By comparison, non-Hispanic whites (197.5 million) account for 63.3 of the U.S. population, while Hispanics (52 million) and non-Hispanic blacks (38.3 million) account for 16.7 percent and 12.3 percent, respectively.

Hispanic Americans are still in the majority, despite the recent increase of Asian Americans.

FM

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