Fewer than half of Asian Americans consider Central Asians to be Asian | Pew Research Center

May 5, 2023

1. Asian identity in the U.S.

Fewer than half of Asian Americans consider Central Asians to be Asian

Fewer than half of Asian Americans consider Central Asians to be Asian

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1. Asian identity in the U.S.
About half of Asian Americans describe themselves most often by their ethnicity
About half of Asian adults use their ethnicity label alone or together with ‘American’ to describe themselves, but this varies across origin groups
Asian immigrants more likely to identify with their ethnicity than U.S.-born Asians
Vast majority of Asian Americans say Asians in the U.S. have many different cultures
Fewer than half of Asian Americans consider Central Asians to be Asian
Asian adults agree that East Asians, Southeast Asians and South Asians are Asian, but are split on Central Asians
Majority of Asians say they are perceived by others as Asian
Being perceived as Asian by others declines across immigrant generations