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Asian population swells in Bay Area, state, nation

The country's Asian American population grew faster than any other ethnic group over the past decade, and in few places can that explosion be seen more vividly than in San Francisco's nearest neighbor - Daly City.

The hilly enclave of 101,123 people has a population that is 58.4 percent of Asian descent, according to U.S. census figures released Wednesday. That gives it the highest Asian concentration of any large U.S. city outside of Hawaii.

This comes as little surprise to anyone who has strolled downtown, where the savory scent of lumpia and chicken adobo fills the air. Daly City was also the most Asian mainland city in the 2000 census at 54 percent - and then, as now, the main reason is the Filipino populace.

People of Filipino descent constitute 33.3 percent of Daly City's population, up from 31.6 percent in the 2000 census.

"The joke around here for a long time has been that the fog in Daly City is really from rice cookers," said City Councilman Michael Guingona, one of two city councilmen with Filipino roots. "I mean, just take a walk through the Serramonte shopping center. I actually hear Filipino dialects that even I can't understand."

Nationwide growth

Nationwide, people who reported they were of Asian ethnicity grew by 46 percent, from 11.9 million in 2000 to 17.3 million in 2010. That means Asians now constitute 5.6 percent of the U.S. population.

Of that total, 46 percent live in the Western United States, with California claiming the biggest Asian population.

The biggest ethnic population in America is white, at 72.4 percent, followed by Latinos at 16.3 percent and African Americans at 13.6 percent. (Figures may add up to more than 100 percent because of multiracial people and because Hispanics can list their race in a separate category.)

In the Golden State, the Asian American population grew 33.7 percent from 2000, faster than any other ethnic group. Asians now constitute 14.9 percent of the state's populace, at 5.6 million people, according to the new census numbers.

Whites make up the largest racial group in California, at 57.6 percent. Latinos are the second-biggest group, at 37.6 percent.

The biggest Asian ethnic group in the nation is Chinese, at 4 million people. Filipinos log in at second with 3.4 million people, and Asian Indians follow with 3.2 million people.

San Francisco's population of 805,235 consists of 35.8 percent Asian Americans, up from 32.6 percent 10 years ago. The largest subgroup by far is of Chinese descent, at 21.4 percent.

The city's white population is 48.5 percent; Latinos are at 15.1 percent; and African Americans constitute 7.2 percent.

Attracting immigrants

David Lee of San Francisco, chairman of the U.S. Census Bureau Information Center Steering Committee, said the Bay Area attracts Asian immigrants with high-tech jobs.

"There is a constant need for highly skilled workers here, and you have excellent universities with high-tech concentrations in India and China that feed that," said Lee, who also is executive director of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee. "There are also needs in the pharmaceutical, biotech and health industries that fuel Asian immigration, much in the same way the agricultural industry fuels Latino immigration."

Sarah Burd-Sharps, co-author of the "A Portrait of California" study published in 2011 by the American Human Development Project in New York, said of the 5.4 million new Asians in the United States over the past decade, 1.4 million live in this state.

"The opportunities for Asian Americans are high in San Francisco, and in California overall," she said. "They live longer, have more education, and have a high level of overall well-being here."

Her study shows that Asian Americans in the Bay Area have a life expectancy of 87.4 years, higher than any other ethnic group or area of the state. Also, 51.5 percent of Asian Americans in the Bay Area have at least a bachelor's degree, higher than any other ethnicity.

"There definitely is a connection Asian people have to education and raising your children well - just as all Americans strive for," Lee said. "And we are making great contributions to society and our communities. Just look at (San Francisco Mayor) Ed Lee and (Oakland Mayor) Jean Quan."

Kevin Fagan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. kfagan@sfchronicle.com

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/21/MNMB1NOCSI.DTL#ixzz1prMw26XE

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Great.... Press 1 for English. 2 for Spanish. 3 for Filipino...

*sigh*

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several posts removed for racism or quoting those posts. continue and it will be do not pass go.

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  On 3/22/2012 at 5:40 PM, charles! said:

several posts removed for racism or quoting those posts. continue and it will be do not pass go.

No racism, no personalities..., how about sexism, gay bashing, and class warfare? Obviously, those are still allowed.

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There are like...100+ LANGUAGES in the Philippines

press 1 for English press 2 for Spanish press 3 for Tagalog press 4 for Bisaya press 5 for Ilocano press 6 for Kapampangan press 7 for Bicolano press 8 for waray press 9 for hiligaynon press 0 for pangasinense

:rofl: :rofl:

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  On 3/22/2012 at 4:43 PM, ♫ said:

Great.... Press 1 for English. 2 for Spanish. 3 for Filipino...

*sigh*

:lol:

  On 3/22/2012 at 5:48 PM, ☼ said:

No racism, no personalities..., how about sexism, gay bashing, and class warfare? Obviously, those are still allowed.

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"I want to take this opportunity to mention how thankful I am for an Obama re-election. The choice was clear. We cannot live in a country that treats homosexuals and women as second class citizens. Homosexuals deserve all of the rights and benefits of marriage that heterosexuals receive. Women deserve to be treated with respect and their salaries should not depend on their gender, but their quality of work. I am also thankful that the great, progressive state of California once again voted for the correct President. America is moving forward, and the direction is a positive one."

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  On 3/22/2012 at 7:02 PM, SMOKE said:

:lol: @ Why_Me's edit

I probably should have stuck with the box of tissues...that ones more than likely to get deleted. Seriously though anymore it's hard to tell the difference between Bill's post and Steven's post on here. Bills probably already filling up ewoks PM box by now.

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"I want to take this opportunity to mention how thankful I am for an Obama re-election. The choice was clear. We cannot live in a country that treats homosexuals and women as second class citizens. Homosexuals deserve all of the rights and benefits of marriage that heterosexuals receive. Women deserve to be treated with respect and their salaries should not depend on their gender, but their quality of work. I am also thankful that the great, progressive state of California once again voted for the correct President. America is moving forward, and the direction is a positive one."

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It didn't seem to give precise reasons as to the growth rate, is it fair to assume this is due to heavy immigration alone?

I was under the impression Asians don't typically have a large number of kids.

Perhaps it's due to the tech industry and of course the snow balling effect of Chain-migration.

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  On 3/22/2012 at 7:12 PM, Why_Me said:

Seriously though anymore it's hard to tell the difference between Bill's post and Steven's post on here.

That's because Charles! keeps deleting my posts. Knowing where that mouth has been so that he can continue to be a global mod, you probably shouldn't be swapping spit with him while you take those long cold showers together.

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  On 3/22/2012 at 7:23 PM, ☼ said:

That's because Charles! keeps deleting my posts. Knowing where that mouth has been so that he can continue to be a global mod, you probably shouldn't be swapping spit with him while you take those long cold showers together.

He gave me a complete bs 24 hour suspension last week so I don't know what your talking about. I don't think a day goes by on here that I don't have at least one of my post deleted. I just got used to it is all. It's like taking the good with the bad.

And why would they delete one of your post? It's a rarity that Iv'e ever seen you post anything bad on here. It's like you sit on the fence...not too far right, and not too far left....well more left lately or so it seems.

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"I want to take this opportunity to mention how thankful I am for an Obama re-election. The choice was clear. We cannot live in a country that treats homosexuals and women as second class citizens. Homosexuals deserve all of the rights and benefits of marriage that heterosexuals receive. Women deserve to be treated with respect and their salaries should not depend on their gender, but their quality of work. I am also thankful that the great, progressive state of California once again voted for the correct President. America is moving forward, and the direction is a positive one."

 

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