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Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. In popular American consciousness, the term generally refers to persons with ancestry from East Asia, which includes Chinese, Korean and Japanese Americans, though in definition they encompass any minority group whose national origin is from the Asian continent.

Overall, Asian Americans have the lowest poverty rate [3], the highest educational attainment levels, median household income,[4] and median personal income[5] of any racial demographic in the country. Asian Americans make up the third largest minority group in the United States.

2000 Census
Population Percent
San Francisco Bay Area 7,039,362 19.9
Sacramento Metropolitan Area 1,796,857 13.1

Current estimates indicate that about 14.9 million people report themselves as having either full or partial Asian heritage, around 5.0% of the U.S. population.[1] The largest ethnic subgroups are Chinese (3.53 million),[27] Filipinos (3.05 million),[28] Indians (2.77 million),[29] Vietnamese (1.64 million),[30] Koreans (1.56 million),[31] and Japanese (1.22 million).[32] Other sizable groups are Cambodians/Khmers (206,000), Pakistanis (204,000), Laotians (198,000), Hmong (186,000), and Thais (150,000).[26]

The Asian American population is heavily urbanized, with nearly three-quarters of Asian Americans living in metropolitan areas with population greater than 2.5 million. The three metropolitan areas with the highest Asian American populations are the Greater Los Angeles Area (1.868 Million in 2007), the New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island Area (1.782 Million in 2007), and the San Francisco Bay Area (979 Thousand in 2007).[33] A large proportion of all Asian Americans live in California (5 Million in 2007), New York (1.4 Million in 2007), Texas (915 Thousand in 2007),[34] New Jersey, and Hawaii. Census data shows that Asian American populations are developing more quickly in major metropolitan areas away from the West Coast than on the West Coast itself.

Study has indicated that most non-Asian Americans do not generally differentiate between Asian Americans and Chinese Americans. Stereotypes of both groups are nearly identical.[63] A 2002 survey of Americans' attitudes toward Asian Americans and Chinese Americans indicated that 24% of the respondents disapprove of intermarriage with an Asian American, second only to African Americans; 23% would be uncomfortable supporting an Asian-American presidential candidate, compared to 15% for an African American, 14% for a woman and 11% for a Jew; 17% would be upset if a substantial number of Asian Americans moved into their neighborhood; 25% had somewhat or very negative attitude toward Chinese Americans in general.[64] The study did find several positive perceptions of Chinese Americans: strong family values (91%); honesty as business people (77%); high value on education (67%).