List of Tables, Maps and Charts
Introduction and Acknowledgements
Section I. Overview
1. Asian Pacific American Demographics in 2000: Past, Present and Future
2. Census Policy
3. Immigration
4. Socioeconomics
Section II. Ethnicity
1. Chinese
2. Filipinos
3. Asian Indians
4. Koreans
5. Vietnamese
6. Japanese
7. Native Hawaiians
8. Pacific Islanders
9. Southeast Asians (including Hmong, Cambodians, Laotians, Thai)
10. South Asians (including Bangladeshi, Nepalese, Pakistanis, and Sri Lankans)
11. Hapas: the Emerging Community of Multiethnic and Multiracial APAs
Section III. Geography
1. California
2. Northeast
3. Hawaii
4. West
5. Canada
6. Midwest
7. South
Section IV. Culture and Society
1. Arts and Entertainment
2. Culture
3. Education
4. Politics and Civil Rights
5. Work, Labor and the Glass Ceiling
6. Health
7. Business and Hi-Tech
8. Gay and Lesbian
9. Religion and Spiritual Life
Sources
Index
About the Contributors
Contributors:
Andrew L. Aoki (Augsburg College), Pauline Agbayani-Siewert (Cal State LA), Gelly Borromeo (Asian Enterprise), Edward T. Chang (UC Riverside), Mitch Chang (UCLA), Cindy Chew (AsianWeek), Porthira Chhim (Cambodian Community Development, Inc.), Chuong Hoang Chung (City College of San Francisco), Melany dela Cruz (APA Community Development Data Center), Catherine Ceniza Choy (University of Minnesota), Wei-Ming Dariotis (San Francisco State), Karen Fang (University of Houston), Eric Fong (University of Toronto), Thao Ha (University of Texas-Austin), Tarry Hum (Queens College, City U. of NY), Victor Jew (Michigan State University), Tetsuden Kashima (University of Washington), Sharon Kim (Occidental College), photographer Corky Lee, Russell Leong (UCLA), Ethen Lieser (AsianWeek), Ji Hyun Lim (AsianWeek), Loh Sze-Leung (UCLA), Tracy Matsuo (University of Toronto), Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor (University of Hawai'i, Manoa), Ali Modarres (Cal State LA), Ed Moy, Olivia Nguyen (Sacramento Bee), Tram Nguyen (ColorLines), Brian Niiya (Pacific Citizen), Joyce Nishioka (San Francisco Examiner), Paul M. Ong (UCLA), Isabelle Thuy Pelaud (San Francisco State), Mark E. Pfeifer (Hmong Resource Center), Toon Phapphayboun (Lao Vision), K.V. Rao (Bowling Green), Arthur Sakamoto (University of Texas-Austin), Jane Singh (UC Berkeley), Santi Suthinithet, Minh-hoa Ta (San Francisco State), Rahpee Thongthiraj, Dean S. Toji (Cal State Long Beach), Karen Umemoto (University of Hawai'i, Manoa), Linda Trinh Võ (UC Irvine), Eric C. Wat (LA County Children and Families First Commission), Teresa Williams-Leon (Cal State Northridge), Kent Wong (UCLA), Martin Wong (Giant Robot), Deborah J. Woo (UC Santa Cruz), Andrew Yan (Asian American Federation of New York), Grace J. Yoo (San Francisco State), Eui-Young Yu (Cal State LA), Min Zhou (UCLA).
