Asians have surpassed Hispanics as the largest group of new
immigrants to the United States, according to a new study from the Pew
Research Center.
The study, called "The Rise of Asian-Americans"
and released on Tuesday, reveals that Asian-Americans also have the
highest income, are the best-educated and are the fastest-growing racial
group in America.
About 430,000 Asians--or 36 percent of all new immigrants--arrived in
the United States in 2010, according to U.S. census data. About
370,000, or 31 percent, were Hispanic.The educational credentials of these recent arrivals are striking. More than six-in-ten (61%) adults ages 25 to 64 who have come from Asia in recent years have at least a bachelor’s degree. This is double the share among recent non-Asian arrivals, and almost surely makes the recent Asian arrivals the most highly educated cohort of immigrants in U.S. history.
Compared with the educational attainment of the population in their country of origin, recent Asian immigrants also stand out as a select group. For example, about 27% of adults ages 25 to 64 in South Korea and 25% in Japan have a bachelor’s degree or more.2 In contrast, nearly 70% of comparably aged recent immigrants from these two countries have at least a bachelor’s degree.
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Asian immigrants learn English and, by percentage, achieve the most graduate degrees in the US. Hispanics focus on Spanish and don't integrate and don't educate.
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