WASHINGTON, May 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
ASIAN & PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
Profile America — Monday, May 9th. By presidential proclamation, this month recognizes one of the nation's fastest-growing population groups — those of Asian and Pacific American heritage. The observance began in 1978 with a joint congressional resolution honoring the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in the 1840s and the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1870 with the help of Chinese immigrants. The occasion was extended to the entire month in 1990. Now, nearly 20 million people in the U.S. are of full or partial Asian or Pacific American heritage, about 6 percent of the total population. California has the largest number of these residents, at nearly 7 million. Hawaii is the state where Asians and Pacific Islanders make up the highest proportion of the total population, at 48 percent. Profile America is beginning its 20th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sources:
Origin of observation/accessed 2/16/2016: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/asianintro1.html
Asian & Pacific Islander population: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_DP05&prodType=table
California: http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2013/PEPSR5H?slice=Year~est72013
Hawaii/tables R0204 and R0205: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/data/data-tables-and-tools/ranking-tables/
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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