Asian Americans

While the share of Black, Hispanic and Asian American teachers has increased, it hasn’t kept pace with the growth in the diversity of students.

Pew Research Center’s political typology sorts Americans into cohesive, like-minded groups based on their values, beliefs, and views about politics and the political system. Use this tool to compare the groups on some key topics and their demographics.

From 2016 through 2019, lawmaker mentions of Asian Americans on social media – either of the population at large or of smaller subgroups – followed a relatively predictable pattern.

A record 22 million Asian Americans trace their roots to more than 20 countries in East and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

Here’s a look at how individual origin groups compare with the nation’s overall Asian American population.

The vast majority of Asian Americans (81%) say violence against them is increasing, far surpassing the 56% of all U.S. adults who say the same.

The Asian population in the U.S. grew 81% from 2000 to 2019, from roughly 10.5 million to a record 18.9 million people.

Americans are much less likely to say there is discrimination against White people: 40% say White people face at least some discrimination.

About four-in-ten unemployed workers had been out of work for more than six months in February 2021, about double the share in February 2020.

The number of Black registered voters in Georgia increased the most among all major racial and ethnic groups between 2016 and 2020.