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– 17.3 million The estimated number of U.S. residents of Asian descent, according to the 2010 Census. This group comprised 5.6 percent of the total population. This count includes those who said they were both Asian alone (14.7 million) and Asian in combination with one or more additional races (2.6 million).
– The number of U.S. businesses owned by people of Asian origin increased 40.4 percent to 1.5 million between 2002 and 2007, increasing at more than twice the national rate, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today. These businesses also generated $507.6 billion in receipts, a 55.4 percent increase from 2002.
– “Asian-owned businesses continued to be one of the strongest segments of our nation’s economy, bringing in more than half a trillion dollars in sales in 2007 and employing more than 2.8 million people,” – Former Census Bureau Deputy Director Thomas Mesenbourg.
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Covering the AAPI Community since 1996, Asia World Media (AWM) is a unique media company, founded with the business of sharing and celebrating the Asian American & Pacific Islander Cultures (AAPI is an individual having origins in any of the 17th Asian ethnic categories peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, China, Philippines, India, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Laotian, Cambodia , Hmong, Indonesia, Sri Lankan and other Asian).
Since inception, Asia World Media has always realized that the Asian American and Pacific Islander community was under-served. For this reason, AWM strive to deliver the most interesting and important contents and up to date news in English so everyone can be inform and culturally aware.
With Asia World Media online (www.asiaworldmedia.com), Asian American and Pacific Islander are able to check on news, informative contents, events, videos, business resources, entertainment, vibrant food & recipes, business directory and many resourceful information at anytime. AWM comprehensive online Business Directory, includes restaurants, shopping, retailers, various businesses and services.
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