Asians in US live in segregated enclaves: study
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June 27, 2013, Thursday
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ASIAN immigrants tend to live in highly segregated enclaves in the US and their income level is often higher than that of white Americans, said a US study out yesterday.
The nearly 18 million Asian immigrants to the US are the country's fastest growing minority group, more than doubling since 1990, said the research by Brown University.
Data from the US Census provided a snapshot of the Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese living in the US and how trends have changed.
The report, "Separate but Equal: Asian Nationalities in the US," found Indians and Japanese were the most economically advantaged nationalities, while Vietnamese had the lowest incomes among Asian groups.
Still, Vietnamese tended to live in neighborhoods close to par with average whites, the report said.
Every other Asian nationality lived on average in neighborhoods with higher incomes and more college-educated residents than non-Hispanic whites did, it said.
"We are so aware of the disadvantaged situation of blacks and Hispanics that we tend to assume that segregation results in unequal neighborhoods for minorities," said John Logan, a professor at Brown University.
"This isn't the case for any major Asian nationality. And that means there is very little incentive for Asians to assimilate into white neighborhoods."
Chinese were the single largest national group, with more than 4 million people or a quarter of the Asian total, followed by Filipinos (3.4 million) and Indians (3.2 million).
"Indians and Japanese are the more advantaged nationalities, while Vietnamese have the highest unemployment, lowest income, and least education among these groups," the report said.
Indians had the highest median household income among Asians at US$89,600 in 2010.
The nearly 18 million Asian immigrants to the US are the country's fastest growing minority group, more than doubling since 1990, said the research by Brown University.
Data from the US Census provided a snapshot of the Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese living in the US and how trends have changed.
The report, "Separate but Equal: Asian Nationalities in the US," found Indians and Japanese were the most economically advantaged nationalities, while Vietnamese had the lowest incomes among Asian groups.
Still, Vietnamese tended to live in neighborhoods close to par with average whites, the report said.
Every other Asian nationality lived on average in neighborhoods with higher incomes and more college-educated residents than non-Hispanic whites did, it said.
"We are so aware of the disadvantaged situation of blacks and Hispanics that we tend to assume that segregation results in unequal neighborhoods for minorities," said John Logan, a professor at Brown University.
"This isn't the case for any major Asian nationality. And that means there is very little incentive for Asians to assimilate into white neighborhoods."
Chinese were the single largest national group, with more than 4 million people or a quarter of the Asian total, followed by Filipinos (3.4 million) and Indians (3.2 million).
"Indians and Japanese are the more advantaged nationalities, while Vietnamese have the highest unemployment, lowest income, and least education among these groups," the report said.
Indians had the highest median household income among Asians at US$89,600 in 2010.
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