Chinese Americans
Chris Choo-Jones
Hist Paper
4/13/2016
Chinese Americans
Chinese americans are defined as americans who have full or partial chinese ancestry. They are one group of overseas chineses, and are also a subgroup of east asian americans, which is a subgroup of asian americans. Many chinese amercans are immigrans with their descendants from china (particularly souther chinese), hong kong, macau, and taiwan. However, both the governemtns of the republic of chin, and the united states refer to taiwanese aericans as a seperate group of cChinese americans.
The first Chinese immigrants arrived in 1820, according to U.S. government records- 325 male laborers mined for gold and performed labor. There were 25,000 Chinese immigrants by 1852, and 105,465 …show more content…
While there are many Chinese americans in poverty, the newer generation places a value on education and success. Chinese Americans have some of the highest educational acheivements among Asian americans and Americans overall. Chinese americans are the largest group among US national merit scholarship winners in california. They make up 24% of all olympic seattle scholarship winners, 33% of usa math olympiad winners, 15.5% of putnam math competition winners, and 36% of duke talent identification grand recognition ceremony attendees, showing high demonstration in intellect. 25% of phd recipients are ethnic chinese. The 2010 U.S. Census reports that 51.8% of chinese americans have a bachelors degree, compared with 28.2% nationwie, and 49.9% for asian americans. Additionally, 26.6% of chinese americans possess a post bachelors degree, which is compare to 20.3% for asian americans, and about two and a half times above the national average. Poverty between older generations of chinese immigrants has been one of the biggest causes of high educational acheivement for chinese …show more content…
Opportunities by the United states has lifted many Chinese americans out of poverty, bringing them into americas middle class, upper middle class, and high income. The 2010 U.S. census states that chinese american men had a full time average income of $57,061, while Chinese American women had a full time average income of $47,224. Chinese americans have one of the highest average household incomes in the united states, which is 30% higher than the national average, but lower compare with the asian american population. Howeever, Chinese Americans still suffer from economic obstblces. There are still many Chinese americans stuck in poverty, regardless if they are from the newer generation and have ore benefits than their ancestors. While average income remains above some ethnicitys in the United states, 2008 financial crisis studies revealed that Asian men were mot like to have the highest rate of continuous long-term
Hist Paper
4/13/2016
Chinese Americans
Chinese americans are defined as americans who have full or partial chinese ancestry. They are one group of overseas chineses, and are also a subgroup of east asian americans, which is a subgroup of asian americans. Many chinese amercans are immigrans with their descendants from china (particularly souther chinese), hong kong, macau, and taiwan. However, both the governemtns of the republic of chin, and the united states refer to taiwanese aericans as a seperate group of cChinese americans.
The first Chinese immigrants arrived in 1820, according to U.S. government records- 325 male laborers mined for gold and performed labor. There were 25,000 Chinese immigrants by 1852, and 105,465 …show more content…
While there are many Chinese americans in poverty, the newer generation places a value on education and success. Chinese Americans have some of the highest educational acheivements among Asian americans and Americans overall. Chinese americans are the largest group among US national merit scholarship winners in california. They make up 24% of all olympic seattle scholarship winners, 33% of usa math olympiad winners, 15.5% of putnam math competition winners, and 36% of duke talent identification grand recognition ceremony attendees, showing high demonstration in intellect. 25% of phd recipients are ethnic chinese. The 2010 U.S. Census reports that 51.8% of chinese americans have a bachelors degree, compared with 28.2% nationwie, and 49.9% for asian americans. Additionally, 26.6% of chinese americans possess a post bachelors degree, which is compare to 20.3% for asian americans, and about two and a half times above the national average. Poverty between older generations of chinese immigrants has been one of the biggest causes of high educational acheivement for chinese …show more content…
Opportunities by the United states has lifted many Chinese americans out of poverty, bringing them into americas middle class, upper middle class, and high income. The 2010 U.S. census states that chinese american men had a full time average income of $57,061, while Chinese American women had a full time average income of $47,224. Chinese americans have one of the highest average household incomes in the united states, which is 30% higher than the national average, but lower compare with the asian american population. Howeever, Chinese Americans still suffer from economic obstblces. There are still many Chinese americans stuck in poverty, regardless if they are from the newer generation and have ore benefits than their ancestors. While average income remains above some ethnicitys in the United states, 2008 financial crisis studies revealed that Asian men were mot like to have the highest rate of continuous long-term