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- NYT News ServiceUpdated: Aug 26, 2021, 12:47 IST IST
Seven charts that show how Indians dubbed the 'model minority', among them Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (in pic), are continuing their march towards greater learning and prosperity
The number of people who identify as Asian in the United States nearly tripled in the past three decades, and Asians are now the fastest-growing of the nation’s four largest racial and ethnic groups, according to recently released US census numbers.
But in addition to the uptick, the Asian population has become geographically diverse with wide variations in income, age, citizenship status, political preference and other demographic categories, according to a New York Times analysis of census data.
But in addition to the uptick, the Asian population has become geographically diverse with wide variations in income, age, citizenship status, political preference and other demographic categories, according to a New York Times analysis of census data.