For decades, Latinos were far and away the fastest-growing minority group in America. Driven by both migration and higher birth rates, the are now on the verge of becoming one-fifth of the U.S. population.
But according to new Census data, Asians now represent the fastest-growing racial or ethnic group in the U.S. The nation’s Asian population totaled 21 million as of July 1, 2015, up 683,000, or 3.4%, since July 1, 2014. The Latino population grew 2.2% during the same period. (In fact, Asians’ growth rate surpassed that of Latinos in 2013.)
Asian population growth in the U.S. is due largely to net migration, the bureau said. Data from the Migration Policy Institute show that the number of immigrants hailing from Asia, which includes the Middle East, outnumbered those coming from Mexico 12.8 million to 11.7 million in 2014. Chinese immigrants (including Taiwanese and Hong Kong natives) constituted the largest Asian immigrant population, followed by Indians and Filipinos. Southeast Asia was the largest Asian region of origin.
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3 comments:
Good. We need more hard working and intelligent people to offset the lazy and stupid ones we have to feed and shelter.
And a lot of them were born right here, 6:05.
Asians usually excel; that's true. But stats enter here also. Coming off a smaller base their percentage increase is easier to achieve.
If we had two native of the South Pole living here (not gonna happen) and they had a kid it's 50% growth even though there are now only 3 of them.
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