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Tuesday September 26, 2006

Did you know?

Vanita Kothari

...that in North America, 2.3 million people speak Chinese at home? Next to Spanish, Chinese is the most widely spoke non-English language in the country. Also among the top most frequently spoken languages are: Tagalog (1.3 million),
Vietnamese (1.1 million), and Korean (966,959).

...that India was declared an independent nation in 1947?

...that 52% of the foreign-born U.S. population from Asia are naturalized U.S. citizens? The corresponding rate for the foreign-born
population as a whole is 38%.

According to the 2002 census, there were more than 150,000 Korean owned businesses throughout the United States, the third largest minority-owned business sector after Chinese and Indians.

...that 87% of Asian-Americans, ages 25 and over, are high school graduates?

...that 20% of Asian-Americans, ages 25 and over, have advanced degrees (i.e., Master's, PH.D's, M.D's, etc)?

...that Asians make up 58% of the population of Hawai'i?

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