Asian/Pacific Islander
American Heritage Month
POPULATION
The Largest Asian Populations in U.S.
The Largest Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander Populations
281,000
HAWAII
The nation’s
only majority-
Asian state
i
22% Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders comprised
the largest
proportion of the
total population
54%
Asians made
up the highest
proportion of
the total
population
50%
20%
15%
5%
28%
10%
ASIAN
AMERICANS
25 OR OLDER
NATIVE
HAWAIIANS AND
OTHER
25 OR OLDER
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
ME
Asian Indians
$90,528
All Asians
$70,069
Native Hawaiians
and Other Pacific
Islanders $57,721
Vietnamese
Americans
$55,667
Total U.S.
$50,303
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
BU
Asian/Pacific Islanders
(in billions)
1990 $116
2000 $269
2009 $509
2014 $697
At $509 billion in 2009, the U.S. Asian
market already
outshines the entire
economies of all but 21
countries—
it is smaller than the 2008
GDP of Switzerland and
larger than the GDP of
Indonesia.
Source: Selig Center for Economic Growth,
Terry College of Business, The University of
Georgia, July 2009
