U.S. Census Bureau Report on Koreans in America
Koreans living in the United States had median family incomes substantially below that for all Asian families, although Asians as a whole were better off than all American families according to a recent U.S. census report.
The median income of Asian families was $59,324 - $9,000 higher than the median for all families - but Korean family income only stood at $47,624, according to the bicentennial report by the U.S. Census Bureau issued in December 2004.
The report, entitled "We the People: Asians in the United States," provides a portrait of the Asian population on several demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000.
The data in the report are based on the sample of households that responded to the bicentennial census. Nationally, approximately one out of every six housing units was included in this sample. All comparisons in the report are at a 90-percent confidence level.
But Korean men and women reported lower earnings among both Asian men and women.
Korean men and women reported $38,776 and $28,403, compared to $40,650 for Asian men and $31,049 for Asian women.
Indian, Japanese, and Chinese men had higher median earnings of $51,904. $50,876, and $44,831. Japanese, Indian, and Chinese women earned $35,998, $35,173 and $34,869.
Analysts said key to earnings may be related to English skills and noted also that Koreans tend to underreport their incomes.
In a survey on language spoken at home and English-speaking ability in 2000, about 50.5 percent of Koreans said they speak English less than "very well," while only 18.1 percent say they speak only English at home and 31.4 percent don't speak English at home but are fluent in the language.
Asians were more likely than the total population to be in management, professional, and related occupations with about 45 percent of Asians, compared with 34 percent of the total population, the 2000 census found.
Koreans reported 38.7 percent in that category, while 30.2 percent of Koreans were engaged in sales, 14.8 percent in service, and 12.2 percent in production, transportation, and material moving businesses.
A higher proportion of Asians (44 percent) than of the total population (24 percent) had at least a bachelor's degree. Indians had the highest percentage with degrees, about 64 percent, while Koreans reported 43.8 percent.
Of the total U.S. population, 11.9 million people, or 4.2 percent, reported they were Asian, Koreans 1,226,825, or 10.5 percent of Asians and 0.44 percent of all U.S. population.
The median income of Asian families was $59,324 - $9,000 higher than the median for all families - but Korean family income only stood at $47,624, according to the bicentennial report by the U.S. Census Bureau issued in December 2004.
The report, entitled "We the People: Asians in the United States," provides a portrait of the Asian population on several demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000.
The data in the report are based on the sample of households that responded to the bicentennial census. Nationally, approximately one out of every six housing units was included in this sample. All comparisons in the report are at a 90-percent confidence level.
But Korean men and women reported lower earnings among both Asian men and women.
Korean men and women reported $38,776 and $28,403, compared to $40,650 for Asian men and $31,049 for Asian women.
Indian, Japanese, and Chinese men had higher median earnings of $51,904. $50,876, and $44,831. Japanese, Indian, and Chinese women earned $35,998, $35,173 and $34,869.
Analysts said key to earnings may be related to English skills and noted also that Koreans tend to underreport their incomes.
In a survey on language spoken at home and English-speaking ability in 2000, about 50.5 percent of Koreans said they speak English less than "very well," while only 18.1 percent say they speak only English at home and 31.4 percent don't speak English at home but are fluent in the language.
Asians were more likely than the total population to be in management, professional, and related occupations with about 45 percent of Asians, compared with 34 percent of the total population, the 2000 census found.
Koreans reported 38.7 percent in that category, while 30.2 percent of Koreans were engaged in sales, 14.8 percent in service, and 12.2 percent in production, transportation, and material moving businesses.
A higher proportion of Asians (44 percent) than of the total population (24 percent) had at least a bachelor's degree. Indians had the highest percentage with degrees, about 64 percent, while Koreans reported 43.8 percent.
Of the total U.S. population, 11.9 million people, or 4.2 percent, reported they were Asian, Koreans 1,226,825, or 10.5 percent of Asians and 0.44 percent of all U.S. population.
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