Asian Americans

In a new analysis based on dozens of focus groups, Asian American participants described the challenges of navigating their own identity in a nation where the label “Asian” brings expectations about their origins, behavior and physical self.

This project represents our first comprehensive examination of Asian American identity using focus groups. Here’s how and why we did it.

The national total in the 2020 census was largely accurate, but the Census Bureau has estimated miscounts for some states and demographic groups.

Most Asian Americans say violence against them is increasing, and most also worry at least some of the time about being threatened or attacked.

As 2021 draws to a close, here are some of Pew Research Center’s most striking research findings from the past year.

There are racial and ethnic differences in who takes on gig platform jobs and the negative experiences some of these workers say they face.

While the share of Black, Hispanic and Asian American teachers has increased, it hasn’t kept pace with the growth in the diversity of students.

From 2016 through 2019, lawmaker mentions of Asian Americans on social media – either of the population at large or of smaller subgroups – followed a relatively predictable pattern.

A record 22 million Asian Americans trace their roots to more than 20 countries in East and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

Here’s a look at how individual origin groups compare with the nation’s overall Asian American population.