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Poverty

State of AAPIs:Income and Poverty (2014)

Center for American Progress and AAPI Data (2014)

The story of income and poverty among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, or AAPIs, is a tale of contrasts.

Infographic: Income Inequality

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The Impact of Geography on Asian American Poverty (2013)

Economic Policy Institute (2013)

According to the official poverty rate for 2011 from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Asian American poverty rate was 2.5 percentage points higher than the white rate.