Asians doing well in US: report

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (UNI): Asians in the United States, accounting for nearly 25 per cent of the 33.5 million foreign-born population, is doing well in terms of education and socio-economic characteristics and is the most qualified group.

According to the latest US Census Bureau report, foreign-born people make up nearly 12 per cent of the total 288.4 million US population.

"The Asian population is doing well in terms of socio-economic characteristics in the United States," the report said.

Nearly 87.4 per cent of Asians in the United States had a 'high school or more' qualification as compared to 84.9 per cent among those from Europe and 49.1 per cent from Latin America.

Nearly 50 per cent Asians had attained a bachelor's degree or more in comparison with 35.4 per cent for those from Europe and 11.6 per cent from Latin America.

Foreign-born households are larger than those of natives.

About 28 per cent of them have five or more people as compared to only 13 per cent of native households.

The report also showed that Asians (47 per cent) comprised the highest foreign-born workers in management and professional occupations.

The Indian-born population in 2002 in the United States was 1,228,604, the report said, adding at present it might be 1,779,736.

The report said this does not include people of Indian origin born in the US or people of Indian origin born to American parents abroad.

Poverty rate was the highest among foreign-born population from Central America at 24 per cent and the lowest among those from Europe at nine per cent.