Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States

Abstract

This is an analysis of characteristics of the Asian American and Pacific Islander populations of the United States and is one in a series of monographs based primarily on data from the 1980 census. The first eight chapters are concerned with Asian Americans and cover such topics as immigration population size and growth place of birth citizenship fertility mortality age and sex distribution residence and migration family and households educational status employment and occupations and incomes. Chapter 9 is concerned with Pacific Islanders. (ANNOTATION)