OCA/AAST — A Portrait of Chinese Americans

OCA and the Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland through a unique national nonprofit-academic partnership, proudly present A Portrait of Chinese Americans. The Portrait provides a 64-page, full color portrayal and analyzes the latest statistics, charts, tables, and maps about the diversity of Chinese Americans. The top eight Chinese American metropolitan areas have profiles that include voices from these communities, maps showing Chinese American concentrations from 1970 to 2000, and future projections of Asian Americans in year 2012.

Following the national analysis is a presentation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concentration maps for the top eight communities of Chinese Americans in video format. Each of these areas are highlighted by the inclusion of spatial GIS concentration maps of the percentage and count of Chinese Americans from 1970 through 2000, as well as a map projection of the distribution of Asian Americans in 2012.

A Snapshot of "A Portrait of Chinese Americans" acquaints the reader with the key findings of A Portrait of Chinese Americans and includes information on population, residential patterns, employment, income and poverty, education, multiethnicity and multiraciality, and naturalization of Chinese Americans.

The GIS concentration maps are created using data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2000 Decennial Census, and they capture the latest trend in the changing demography and social composition of the eight largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) where Chinese Americans reside.

Please click here to view the maps, download A Snapshot of "A Portrait of Chinese Americans," or to order a copy of A Portrait of Chinese Americans.