Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Numbers on Chinese American

Data composed by Qiao Lei at Sina Blog from Federal publications. 'Chinese American' refers to all Chinese who live in the US and report tax to the IRS.

1. 3.54 million Chinese live in the United States in 2007.

2. Income of Chinese American between age 18 and 64,
<$10K (19.3%)
$10K-$20K (15.2%)
$20K-$35K (18%)
$35K-$50K (12.7%)
$50K-$75K (14.9%)
>$75K (19.8%)
In other words, the largest age block of Chinese Americans earned more than $75K in 2007.

3. Educated Chinese Americans Earn Less than White Americans
Chinese White
High School $25,641 $32,693
College $55,571 $62,185
Postgraduate $85,805 $86,316

4. Second Generation Chinese American Less Competitive as 1.5 Generations
G1 G1.5 G2
High School: $24,906 $29,720 $29,720*
College: $54,195 $58,031 $55,725
Postgraduate: $79,906 $106,053 $101,281

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