The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the U.S.: March 1996

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Detailed tabulations are now available which pro-vide statistics on the civilian noninstitutional Asian and Pacific Islander population of the United States, based on the March 1996 Current Population Survey. These tables provide information such as:

In 1996, the Asian and Pacific Islander population was estimated at 9.6 million persons and represented 3.7 percent of the total population.
There were 2.1 million Asian and Pacific Islander fam-ilies in 1996; of these about 80 percent were married-couple families; of the remaining 20 percent, 12 percent were families maintained by women and 8 percent were families maintained by men with no spouse present.
Fifty-nine percent of all households maintained by an Asian or Pacific Islander householder had 3 or more persons in them in 1996.
In 1996, 83 percent of all Asian and Pacific Islander persons 25 years of age and older had at least a high school education; about 42 percent had at least a bachelor’s degree.
In 1995, the median earnings of Asian and Pacific Islander women and men working year-round, full-time were $24,880 and $31,570, respectively, for a female-to-male earnings ratio of 0.79.
Asian and Pacific Islander families had a real median income of $46,360 in 1995.
About 15 percent of all Asian and Pacific Islanders had incomes below the poverty level in 1995.

Tables

Table 1. Selected Social Characteristics of the Population, by Region and Race: March 1996 [<1.0 MB]

Table 2. Selected Economic Characteristics of the Population, by Sex and Race: March 1996 [<1.0 MB]

Table 3. Educational Attainment of Persons 25 Years Old and Over, by Sex, Region, and Race: March 1996 [<1.0 MB]

Table 4. Householders in Family Households by Size of Family Group, Family Type, and Race and Hispanic Origin: March 1996 [<1.0 MB]

Table 5. Selected Characteristics of Households, by Type, Region, and Race of Householder: March 1996 [<1.0 MB]

Table 6. Educational Attainment of Year-Round, Full-Time Workers 25 Years Old and Over, by Occupation of Longest Job in 1995, Sex and Race [<1.0 MB]

Table 7. Total Money Income in 1995 of Persons 15 Years Old and Over, by Sex, Region, and Race [<1.0 MB]

Table 8. Total Money Earnings in 1995 of Year-Round, Full-Time Workers 25 Years Old and Over, by Educational Attainment, Sex, Region and Race [<1.0 MB]

Table 9. Total Money Income in 1995 of Families by Type, Region and Race [<1.0 MB]

Table 10. Total Money Earnings in 1995 of Persons 15 Years Old and Over, by Sex, Region, and Race [<1.0 MB]

Table 11. Occupation of Longest Job in 1995 of Year-Round, Full-Time Workers 25 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Median Earnings, Educational Attainment, Sex and Race [<1.0 MB]

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