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Article: Asian Americans
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ASIAN AMERICANS
"Asian American" is a general term for Asians and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) living in the United States. According to
U.S. Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting
(1978), Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders refer to persons who can trace their original background to the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands including Native Hawaiians.
In 1999, there were about 10.9 million AAPIs living in the United States and its Pacific Island jurisdictions. Of them, about half (53.1%) lived in the western region and more than 96 percent resided in metropolitan areas. Together, AAPIs represented approximately ...