Asian Americans




Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. As used by the U.S. Census Bureau Asian refers to a person having ancestral origins in any of the original peoples of East Asia, Southeast Asia, or South Asia. The term includes people who indicate their race(s) as "Asian" or reported entries such as "Indian", "Sri Lankan", "Chinese", "Filipino", "Korean", "Japanese", "Vietnamese", "Pakistani", "Cambodian", "Hmong", and "Other Asian" or provided other detailed Asian responses.