华盛顿消息：根据美国人口普查局刚发布的数据，从2000年到2010年，十年间，美国亚裔人口增长率为43%，成为全美增长最快的族裔。在2000年，美国亚裔人口为一千零二十万；而2010年则为一千四百七十万。在全国人口的统计中亚裔也是增长最快的族裔，录得4%-5%的增长幅度。 白宫亚太裔事务总监Kiran Ahuja指出(政府部门)理解和清楚这一快速成长的人口群的需要是非常重要的。 “我们必须一起来理解在我们国家人口统计的这些改变对公共政策的影响，”Ahuja说：“我们看到，亚太裔代表在一些有影响力的位置上的增长，但是这一社区的人们非常需要基本的保护和服务。” 根据人口普查局的报告，在2010年人口普查中，大多数人都只填写了一个族裔。其中有一千四百七十万人——大约５％的参与者——申明自己是亚裔。最小的族裔是夏威夷土著（Native Hawaiian） 和其他太平洋岛民（Other Pacific Islander），人口大约五十万，约占全美人口的0.2%。 以上是我的翻译.下面是全文: ASIAN POPULATION FASTEST GROWING RACE IN THE LAST DECADE, NEW U.S. CENSUS FIGURES SHOW WASHINGTON – The nation’s Asian population became the fastest growing race over the past decade, experiencing a 43 percent increase from 2000 to 2010, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Asian population grew from 10.2 million in 2000 to 14.7 million in 2010, gaining the most in the share of the total population, growing from 4 percent to about 5 percent over the last decade. White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders director Kiran Ahuja noted the importance of understanding the needs of this growing population. “We must come together and understand what these changes in our country’s demographics mean for public policy,” said Ahuja. “We see increasing numbers of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders representing influential positions, but many pockets of this community are in great need of basic protections and services.” According to the Census Bureau, most people in the 2010 Census reported only one race. Of these individuals, about 14.7 million people – or about 5 percent of all respondents – identified their race as Asian alone. The smallest major race group was Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (0.5 million), which represented 0.2 percent of the total population. |
