Demographic Group: Asian Americans
Cristina Reyes
Demographic overview
With a population increase of 51% since 2000, Asian Americans are the fastest growing multicultural segment, edging out the Hispanic population (Nielsen, 2012b). While the latter growth comes from domestic births (Nielsen, 2012b), Asian American growth largely stems from immigration. Nearly three-quarters of Asian American adults were born outside the US (Pew, 2012).
Forty-nine percent of foreign-born Asians think they can speak English "very well", but this figure shrinks to 31% when limited to those without a college degree (Pew, 2012). Forty-five percent of all Asian Americans feel it is very important...