WASHINGTON - THE Asian population in the United States has grown by nearly half over the past 10 years as the country looks increasingly diverse, the US Census Bureau said on Thursday.
The Asian American population totalled 14,674,252 as of last year, a rise of 43 per cent from a decade earlier, the Census said in a study on race. Asians who identify with only one race now make up 4.8 per cent of the US population.
The only other group rising at the same pace was Hispanics, whose ranks also jumped 43 per cent over the past decade.
Growth has been much more tepid among non-Hispanic white people, whose numbers rose by just one percent in the past decade. They now make up 69 per cent of the US population.
The minority population is not evenly spread among the United States.
California, the most populous state and a major Asian American hub, is 'majority minority' with 53.3 per cent belonging to minority groups. -- AFP
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