Asian Americans in New York City A Decade of Dynamic Change 2000-2010 Presented on April 20, 2012 Report from
Asian Americans in New York City: A Decade of Dynamic Change Demographic Changes from 2000-2010 Citywide, boroughs, neighborhoods Children and Seniors Demographic changes Socioeconomic measures: poverty, language, education, health insurance, etc. Civic Engagement Citizenship Language access Voter registration and participation Economic Status and Participation Income and poverty Skills: educational attainment and English ability Employment Asian-owned businesses Impact of the Great Recession on Asian New Yorkers
Fastest Growing Race and Ethnic Group in New York City 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 Asians Blacks Hispanics Non-Hispanic Whites New York City Total 0 1990 2000 2010
Queens Asians by Borough Queens 49% More Asians than blacks reside in Queens for first time. Children: Biggest increase among Chinese and Bangladeshis. Biggest decrease among Indians and Koreans. Added more than twice as many Asian seniors than Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Asians by Borough Brooklyn 25% Home to largest Pakistani and Vietnamese communities in NYC. Had 29 percent of Asian children and only 22 percent of Asian seniors. Added more Asian children than Queens. Increase in Asian children greater than non-hispanic white children. Increase in children from Chinese, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis.
Manhattan Manhattan 18% Asians by Borough Home to largest Japanese population in NYC. Had only 12 percent of Asian children and 20 percent of Asian seniors. Despite this, Manhattan had the lowest median age for Asians (33.4)
Bronx Asians by Borough Bronx 5% Home to largest Cambodian community in NYC. However, this population shrank by 13 percent. Had 6 percent of Asian children and 3 percent of Asian seniors. Growth in child population from Bangladeshi community.
Asian Groups Asian Group 2000 2010 Percent Change Numeric Change Share of Asian Population Chinese, except Taiwanese 374,321 500,434 34% 126,113 44.1% Indian 206,228 232,696 13% 26,468 20.5% Korean 90,208 102,820 14% 12,612 9.1% Filipino 62,058 78,030 26% 15,972 6.9% Bangladeshi 28,269 61,788 119% 33,519 5.4% Pakistani 34,310 46,369 35% 12,059 4.1% Japanese 26,419 31,742 20% 5,323 2.8% Vietnamese 13,010 16,378 26% 3,368 1.4% Taiwanese 5,488 13,682 149% 8,194 1.2% Thai 5,002 7,244 45% 2,242 0.6% Indonesian 3,017 4,791 59% 1,774 0.4% Sri Lankan 2,640 4,369 65% 1,729 0.4% Malaysian 2,287 3,220 41% 933 0.3% Cambodian 2,296 2,591 13% 295 0.2% Laotian 316 664 110% 348 0.1% Hmong 26 83 219% 57 0.0% Other Asian groups (2000) 3,921 Nepalese (2010) 6,187 0.5% Burmese (2010) 4,132 0.4% Bhutanese (2010) 388 0.0% Other Asian groups (2010) 945 0.1%
Asian Majority Neighborhoods
Asian Majority Neighborhoods
Shift in Asian Child Population
Child Poverty Asian children had higher poverty rates than non- Hispanic white children, at 22 percent and 16 percent respectively. Bangladeshi children saw highest poverty rates among Asian groups, going up 7 percentage points to 42 percent poverty rate. Child poverty rates fell for Vietnamese and Chinese, down 11 percentage points and 5 percentage points respectively. Poverty rates for Filipino children, while low, went up 4 percentage points.
Child English Ability
Child Enrollment
Child Status Dropout Rates
Child Health Insurance
Senior Median Age
Senior Living Situations and Marital Status
Senior Poverty and Social Security
Senior English Ability
Senior Health Insurance
Citizenship and Voting Age Asians naturalized faster than Hispanics. Asians represent 11 percent of the citizen voting-age population (CVAP) in New York City, up from 7 percent in 2000. Asian CVAP grew by 53 percent, far outpacing the other three largest race and ethnic groups. Bangladeshi CVAP more than tripled from 2000 to nearly 12,000 potential voters.
Asian Language Spoken by Voters
Registered Voters
Voter Participation Asians were less likely to be registered to vote than the other three major race and ethnic groups, Asians were more likely to say they were not eligible to vote, do not know how to register or had difficulty understanding English as reasons for not registering. Asians were more than twice as likely to cite being too busy as the reason for not voting compared to the other three major race and ethnic groups. How do we make voting a priority? Registered Asians were less likely than other groups to say they felt their vote would not matter or that they were not interested in the election or issues.
Income and Poverty
Educational Attainment
Employment Highest labor force participation rates in the city among the four largest race and ethnic groups at 64% Filipinos had the highest labor force participation rates in the city at 71%. Bangladeshi and Pakistani women had very low labor force participation rates compared to the other groups. Bangladeshi and Pakistani men had the highest rates. Asian workers had the largest jump in unemployment rates going from 6.6 percent in 2000 to 7.7 in the 2006-2010 time period, compared to the other major race and ethnic groups. Bangladeshi workers saw the largest jump among Asian groups in unemployment rates going from 5.3 percent in 2000 to 9.7 percent in 2006-2010. The four largest Asian groups, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, and Korean, all saw increases in their unemployment rates up 1.1 to 1.7 percentage points. Women in three largest South Asian groups had the highest unemployment rates among the Asian groups at 9.4% to 15.3%.
Industry and Occupations Health care and social assistance industry sector employed the most Asian workers as well as the most workers citywide. More than half of non-hispanic white workers employed in the management, professional, and related occupations, only thirty-seven percent of Asian workers in the same fields. Overrepresented Industry Sectors food services wholesale trade manufacturing Occupation Categories production, transportation, and material moving Underrepresented arts, entertainment, and recreation public administration educational services construction natural resources, construction, and maintenance
Business Ownership in NYC Asian-owned businesses in 2007 $38 billion worth of sales, receipts or value of shipments Employed more than 160 thousand paid workers Same number of Asian-owned businesses were from Asian groups as Korean-owned businesses, around 17 thousand. These owners were most likely Bangladeshi and Pakistanis. Representation of Asian-owned business in industry sectors: Overrepresented accommodation and food services transportation and warehousing wholesale trade Underrepresented arts, entertainment, and recreation information finance and insurance
Performance of Asian-Owned Businesses Compared to their industry peers, Asian-owned businesses are smaller on sales per firm and employees per firm. Across most sector Asian firms were less than half the size of their peers by number of employees. Only in manufacturing sector were Asian-owned businesses an average 60 percent the size of their peers. But on an sales per employee basis, Asian firms compare more favorably. Across most sector the average Asian firms had at least 60 percent of sales per employee of their average peer. Average Asian firms in transportation and warehousing; health care and social assistance; and educational services out-earned their average peer on an per employee basis.
Asian Entrepreneurs
Great Recession