Figure D
Aggregate estimates understate how unevenly poverty affects AANHPI children relative to white peers: Child poverty rates among white, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander groups, 2021
| Group | Child Poverty Rate |
|---|---|
| Samoan | 35.0% |
| Burmese | 30.2% |
| Micronesian | 25.3% |
| Cambodian | 23.4% |
| All Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 22.7% |
| Polynesian | 22.4% |
| Hmong | 21.2% |
| Guamanian or Chamorro | 17.3% |
| Bangladeshi | 16.5% |
| Sri Lankan | 16.4% |
| Laotian | 16.3% |
| Pakistani | 16.2% |
| Native Hawaiian | 16.1% |
| Thai | 14.5% |
| Chamorro | 13.1% |
| Vietnamese | 12.7% |
| Chinese (except Taiwanese) | 11.8% |
| Nepalese | 11.0% |
| Indonesian | 10.9% |
| White | 10.6% |
| All Asian | 10.3% |
| Japanese | 10.2% |
| Korean | 9.4% |
| Filipino | 5.9% |
| Indian | 4.8% |
| Taiwanese | 4.1% |
Note: White denotes white, not Hispanic or Latino. Listed AANHPI groups are pulled from all available detailed Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander groups alone.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (2021).
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